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Books I have enjoyed (in no particular order)

Middle Grade

  Otherwise Known As Sheila the Great (and the entire Fudge Series) - Judy Blume
My Side Of The Mountain - Jean Craighead George
Buddy - M.H. Herlong
Prisoner B-3087 -  Alan Gratz
Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine
Holes - Louis Sacher
Hatchet - Gary Paulsen
Walk Two Moons - Sharon Creech
  Anne Of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery
Island Of The Blue Dolphins - Scott O'Dell 

Young Adult

The Great Wide Sea - M.H. Herlong
The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton
Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson
Winter Girls - Laurie Halse Anderson
Go Ask Alice - Anonymous
Breaking Point - Alex Flinn
Breathing Underwater - Alex Flinn
Bound - Vijaya Bodach
Fracture - Megan Miranda
Cracked - K.M. Walton 

Adult Fiction


The Invention Of Wings - Sue Monk Kidd
Catch Me When I Fall - Nikki French 
Killing Me Softly - Nikki French
Secret Smile - Nikki French
Solo Variations - Cassandra Garbus
The Guest List - Lucy Foley
Lock Every Door - Riley Sager
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
The Millionaire's Secrets - Mark Fisher 
North And South - John Jakes
Love, Charleston - Beth Webb Hart  

Memoirs/Non-Fiction

Left To Tell - Immaculee Ilibagiza
Man's Search For Meaning - Victor E. Frankl
Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
Eat Pray Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
The Power Of The Powerless - Christopher De Vinck
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone - Lori Gottlieb 
Dying To Be Me - Anita Moorjani 
Subverted - Sue Ellen Browder
My Sisters the Saints - Colleen Carroll Campbell
A Graceful Waiting - Jan Frank

Health

  The Heart's Code - Paul Persall, PH.D  
When The Body Says No - Gabor Mate M.D 
Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom - Christiane Northrup M.D
Taking Charge Of Your Fertility - Toni Weschler, MPH
The Power Of The Heart - Baptist De Pape 
The Sabbath - Wayne Muller
Love, Medicine & Miracles - Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.
TCM- a Woman's Guide To A Hormone Free Menopause - Nan Lu, OMD
How Healing Works - Wayne Jonas, MD
Moody Bitches - Julia Holland
  Home Aromatherapy - Julia Lawless 

Non-Fiction Self Help

  The Power of Positive Thinking - Norman Vincent Peale
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living - Dale Carnegie
12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You - Tony Reinke
Saying What's Real - Susan Campbell, Ph.D
He Wins, She Wins - Willard F. Harley, Jr.
The Dance of Intimacy - Harriet Lerner, Ph.D
The Dance of Anger - Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.
Boundaries - Henry Cloud, John Townsend
Love is a Choice - Robert Hemfelt
Gift From the Sea - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Religious 

What Does God Want? - Father Michael Scanlan
My Imitation of Christ - Thomas A. Kempis
Practice of the Presence of God - Brother Lawrence
Searching For And Maintaining Peace - Father Jacques Phillippe
Nothing Short Of A Miracle - Patricia Treece
God Calling - A.J. Russell 
St. Faustina's Diary - St. Faustina
Hinds Feet in High Places - Hannah Hurnard
No Greater Love - Mother Teresa
Rome Sweet Home - Scott and Kimberly Hahn
 
On The Art of Writing

The Art Of Slow Writing - Louise DeSalvo
If You Want To Write - Brenda Ueland
Walking On Water, Reflections Of Faith & Art - Madeleine L'Engle
The Art Of Opinion Writing - Suzette Martinez Standring  
Chapter After Chapter - Heather Sellers









 

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