{still} On the porch…… 
On the daily docket…..
On the weekend menu……(chocolate chip pumpkin muffins!!)
On the desk……..(and the night stand, countertops, purse, car, bathroom, and everywhere else I can leave them lying!)
The Southerner’s Handbook: A Guide to Living the Good Life
God at Work (Redesign): Your Christian Vocation in All of Life
The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life
In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership
The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
The Cross & the Prodigal: Luke 15 Through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants
Discipline: The Glad Surrender
The Imitation of Christ (Dover Thrift Editions)
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels
All New Square Foot Gardening: The Revolutionary Way to Grow More In Less Space
On the horizon……
In the mail….
(My friend, Melanie’s, new book, which is SO awesome and funny and makes me love her even more. Preorder here!)
Also, I’m so excited to tell you my friend, Amy Greene, author of NYT best seller, Bloodroot, and one of my very favorite writers, is releasing her 2nd novel in late February. The novel, Long Man, is sure to become one of your favorites this year. She’s kindly agreed to meet for lunch and chat, so if you have any questions you want me to ask her, let me know! I can’t wait to see her again and talk books and life and Long Man!! Here’s one of many starred reviews of her this highly anticipated novel:
“Unforgettable. Like a classical myth, Greene’s second novel, set in the summer of 1936, transforms a period of cataclysmic history into a gorgeous, tragic tale filled with heroes and heroines . . . Greene’s enormous talent animates the voices and landscape of East Tennessee so vividly, and creates such exquisite tension, that the reader is left devastated.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Your back porch always looks SO inviting! I would love to be curled up on your sofa there this weekend 🙂 Thanks for sharing the books you are reading.
The picture of the horizon is absolutely gorgeous! And I liked the mail picture too. I love sending and receiving anything in the mail 🙂 So I especially enjoyed the post you wrote on the hand written note in the 31 day series that you & Ruth did. Hope you all have a rest-filled weekend. Thank you for adding to mine.
Julia
So glad to see the Elizabeth Elliot book ( Keep a Quiet Heart) on your list. She has led a remarkable life. I’ve kept up with her and her family since the 50s, and even did a paper on her work with the Auca Indians in S.A. while getting my masters in education. Amazing that hers was the first book I clicked on in your list, not knowing she was the author. I heard her speak once too.
I’m reading Bird by Bird as well. I love it! So inspiring. A I read I keep thinking how much I’d love to take her workshop.
Love this post! Just pinned “a sourherner’s guide” this week & preordered “antelope” last week …. can’t wait to read both! Enjoy your weekend!
Seriously some of my favorite books are on your list! And I have the pumpkin chocolate chip muffins in the oven as I type!! Can’t wait! 🙂
I’d love a muffin please! Your porch is so beautiful and inviting. Thanks so much for sharing the books ~ several there I’d love to read.
xo
Pat
Well, would you look at the smoldering hot mama with the smashing blue eyes up there on the left!!!
Love it all but especially that fabulous stack of books. I want each and every one. I wish I could buy books like I but groceries-by the cart full. Now to see if our libraries have any of these fabulous titles. I am looking forward to Long Man!! Can not wait to hear all about your lunch with Amy!!
Love this new blog look.
Hugs
Always love your reading lists! Never enough time with so many fabulous books. Can’t wait to read some of these you’ve recommended. THanks so much for sharing books, and yourself, so generously 🙂
REALLY want to read “antelope…”! I’ve got to finish Chasing God first. So it’s next on my list! And can I live on your porch???