Welcome to 12 Months of Reading! Each month in 2024, I will host a different reading challenge category. These categories are broad, and, chances are, whatever you’re reading may fit in them.
September’s book category is a book on a hobby or topic that interests YOU! What do you love to do or learn about? What floats your boat or makes your heart soar? Read about it!
I’m as diverse in my interests as I am in my reading and music preferences, so this is a fun one for me. I have four suggestions geared toward readers interested in writing, reading, literary history and baking/biblical writings.
I can’t wait to hear what you decide to read!
Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner by me and my critique partner, Meagan Smith is a one-stop-shop for all things critique partners. We wish we’d had a book when our journey began, so after many lessons and trial and error, we decided to write it! Get your copy from bookshop.org.
How to Read a Book, by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren, is a book you’ll wish you’d read long ago and will immediately want to share with the students and readers in your life. Get your copy from bookshop.org.
A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, and A Great War by Joseph Loconte presents a sweeping historical examination of how the war influenced soldiers who returned with fantastical stories to tell—and how those stories were influenced by the war and the men’s experiences in it. Get your copy from bookshop.org.
Bread of Life, by Abigail Dodds, combines baking—with recipes of varying degrees of difficulty—with devotions. This book celebrates family and faith and fellowship. Get your copy from bookshop.org.
Whether you read one of my recommendations or come up with your own, I’d love to hear about it! Drop a comment below to let me know what you’re reading. Mark your calendar for September 5 and plan to join my virtual LAM Book Club to share your choice with fellow readers.
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What will you read? Comment below with your choice. Return once you’ve finished to share your review and thoughts. Remember to #ShareTheRead! Tap the graphic below to download each month’s graphic to share on your social media. How many reader friends can you bring to the party?
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Tap the graphic above to join LAM Book Club for an extra way to #ShareTheRead with fellow readers! No set book. Meet virtually once a month. Share what you’re reading or ask for recommendations.