As the new year approaches, there are five books that I am really looking forward to reading. Allow me to share them with you (in no particular order, of course).
Because I haven’t read most of these, I am incapable of summarizing them in my own words. All images and summaries in this post are copied from Goodreads.com.
Coffee Shop Devos by Tessa Emily Hall
Coffee Shop Devos has sat on my want-to-read shelf for so long. Okay, maybe not that long – but at least since spring. I am planning on starting it at the beginning of the new year with my sister.
Summary
There’s something special about spending time at a coffee shop with a friend–engaging in a meaningful conversation, then leaving refueled and ready to tackle the rest of the day. What if your quiet times with God energized you the same way?
Coffee Shop Devos offers a warm atmosphere that will inspire you to discover your God-given purpose and live to your greatest potential. Choose your devo flavor in the Menu of Contents based on your current need. Then lean into deeper intimacy with Christ through reflection and prayer. Along the way, you’ll pick up tips and recipes for making your own coffee-shop beverage–regular or decaf–to enjoy while you read. And don’t forget to share your journey with your friends! #CoffeeShopDevos
Each of the 180 challenging and motivational devotions will leave you feeling refreshed and reinvigorated–almost as though you’ve shared a steaming pot of brew at a coffee shop with your Creator.
Publication Date
September 18, 2018
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
After reading the Hunger Games series earlier this year, I can’t wait to read the sequel!
Summary
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will revisit the world of Panem sixty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Tenth Hunger Games.
Expected Publication Date
May 19, 2020
Stepsister by Jennifer Donnely
Stepsister was recommended to me by my twin sister earlier this year after she read it. There seemed to be a lot of great quotes, which is what convinced me that I really do need to read it.
Summary
Isabelle should be blissfully happy – she’s about to win the handsome prince. Except Isabelle isn’t the beautiful girl who lost the glass slipper and captured the prince’s heart. She’s the ugly stepsister who’s cut off her toes to fit into Cinderella’s shoe … which is now filling with blood.
When the prince discovers Isabelle’s deception, she is turned away in shame. It’s no more than she deserves: she is a plain girl in a world that values beauty; a feisty girl in a world that wants her to be pliant.
Isabelle has tried to fit in. To live up to her mother’s expectations. To be like her stepsister. To be sweet. To be pretty. One by one, she has cut away pieces of herself in order to survive a world that doesn’t appreciate a girl like her. And that has made her mean, jealous, and hollow.
Until she gets a chance to alter her destiny and prove what ugly stepsisters have always known: it takes more than heartache to break a girl.
Publication Date
May 14, 2019
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
This is much older than any of the other books in this post. I have wanted to read this classic story for a while. It’s in my homeschool curriculum, so I guess I’ll finally have the chance to read it.
Summary
The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.
Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior – to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.
Publication Date
July 11, 1960
The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate
I just finished the One and Only Ivan (review to come!). Bob was my favorite character and I’m happy that the author chose to make a book all about him.
Summary
Return to the unforgettable world of the Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling novel The One and Only Ivan (soon to be a major motion picture!) in this incredible sequel, starring Ivan’s friend Bob!
Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.
Bob, Ivan, and Ruby have touched the hearts of millions of readers, and their story isn’t over yet.
Expected Publication Date
May 5, 2020
Let’s Talk
Have you read any of these books? What are you looking forward to reading in 2020?
Leave a Reply