My favorite books of 2021! 
General Nonfiction
• What Happened to You by Oprah Winfrey, Bruce D. Perry, et al.
• The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi
• Try Softer by Aundi Kolber
• Esssentialism by Greg McKeown
Fiction
• The Ocean At the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
• Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
• The Dutch House by Anne Patchett (specifically the audiobook read by Tom Hanks)
Memoir
• Elsewhere by Rosita Boland
• Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
• The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Parenting
• The Connected Parent by Karyn Purvis and Lisa Qualls
• Girls on the Edge by Leonard Sax
Spiritual
• Gentle & Lowly by Dane Ortland
• Becoming Elisabeth Elliot by Ellen Vaughn
• Handle with Care by Lore Ferguson Wilbert
I’ve had a few questions about how to find time to read. It is tricky with six kids.
• We still have quiet time on school breaks and weekends. That’s when I do a lot of reading. I need that time to recharge and so do my kids!
• I read for about 20 minutes before bed.
• Since we moved and had to purge a lot of things, I’ve been reading a lot of books on my kindle. Libby is a great app to borrow e-books free from your local library. I bring my kindle if I know I’m going somewhere that I’ll have to wait, so instead of mindlessly scrolling on my phone (which I definitely still do), I’ll bring up the kindle app and get a few minutes of reading.
• Audiobooks!! I’ve been using noise-cancelling headphones to listen to so many audiobooks. You can speed up the reading rate (the fastest I can go is 1.75). Your brain gets used to the faster reading so that normal speed sounds incredibly slow. These are my favorite budget noise-canceling headphones.
Autumn's Writing 