long time in the making

i have a new book group.
it is pretty much all i have read this year. 
wow, this year is different from last. 
i poured myself into my books last year.... this year i don't seem to have the time. i guess that is a good thing considering the previous year was a move and lost of transition.  it is a good thing. 

 here are my book club reads:
the invisible bridge by julie orringer
(which we all appreciated the historical context and insight into hungary during WWII)
girl in translation by jean kwok
(provided a much deeper discussion than read but a worthy insight into a immigrant experience)
the unlikely lavender queen by jeannie ralston
run with the horsemen by ferrol sams
(i am determined to finish this)

 my discipleship group read:
celebration of the disciplines by richard foster
give them grace by elyse fitzpatrick & jessica thompson

 my summer reads:
looking for alaska by john green
the woman upstairs by claire messud

 and other books:
adoption is a family affair by patricia irwin johnston
twenty things kids wish their adoptive parents knew by sherrie eldridge

 and now i find myself at the beginning of the school year and only that much less time to read. alas, i suppose it will not be a bountiful reading year. 

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Heidi said…
I love your book lists! Glad you're filling life with other things as well. Your "babies" are getting so big!
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