Reader's Book Stack with Recommendations

Favorite book? Trick question. I’m a rebel. Do you see my giant night stand stack? Picture the same ridiculousness on the table next to my bedroom chair, teetering in the office, and overflowing on bookshelves... . . So I could give the Typical homeschool Mom answer and show Read Aloud Revival, Brave Learner, Call of the Wild And Free —- which I love —- for this @ourlittlesliceofheaven #backtohomeschoolchallenge2020 ... or I could use this to encourage those of us who don’t follow the classics and hard reads preached on the podcasts... . . I read for fun most of the time. Classics mixed in. Young adult here and there. Lots of nonfiction and history and Jesus books. Hopefully the kids see and catch on to the reading life through my obsession. That’s the goal right? . . Here’s my top three authors that more people should discover. * Jo Boaler - This book wins my “changed my homeschooling approach the most this last year” vote. It’s not an easy read. Reads like a textbook. But so eye opening for pushing not math textbooks but math thinking and problem solving. I’m still trying to figure out how to implement her changes. * Louise Penny - I’ve read all the current. But such a good reread and mental escape. I’m working on buying them all to have for reread availability in the years to come. Find Inspector Gamache and his Quebecois world. You’re welcome ;) * Charles Martin - He’s a Christian novelist with good clean stories. Not sappy clean like Christian romance set in Amish country... But like real situations with strong men and encouraging situations. He needs our support to show that not all books need we’d and bad words. He’s a keeper. . . Feel free to be a rebel like me. it’s good to not feel alone. And as for that toy gecko on top of the books? My kids keep moving him around my bedroom trying to scare me. Tonight I found him on my nightstand. :)