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My Library

"A book is a dream that you hold in your hand."
-Neil Gaiman

 “The love of books is a love which requires neither justification, apology, nor defense.” 
- J.A. Langford

Growing up, I would beg my mom to drive me to the library so that I could pick out books. I would carefully choose five or six and check them out and take them home. 
I would then spend the next 48 hours in my room, reading until all of the pages and all of stories were in my brain (only coming out when my parents would force me to eat meals with the family). Once I had finished, I would emerge from my room and start begging my mom to take me back to the library. 
As I got older, I started having less time for reading, and so I would read when assigned to do so for school, but not much more than that. The love, however, has never gone away. 

This year, I have made it a goal to "read more."
I want to read as much as I can. I want to get back to being 13 and yearning for time spent with my nose in a book. Some will be new treasures, some old favorites, but when the year is done, I hope this page will be full of books that I have read, memories that I have made, and lessons that I have learned.

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Books I Read in 2017


  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone  by J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets  by J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban  by J.K. Rowling
  • Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
  • When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
  • Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
  • Brianna, My Brother, and The Blog by Jack Weyland
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
  • Bossypants by Tina Fey
  • Seriously I'm Kidding... by Ellen DeGeneres
  • My Story by Elizabeth Smart, Chris Stewart 
  • Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling
  • The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
  •  Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brene Brown
  • Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely by Lysa TerKeurst 
  • The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams 
  • All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 
  • Same Beach, Next Year by Dorothea Benton Frank 
  • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 
  • Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum 
  • The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
  • The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
  •  Lessons of the Lost by Scott C. Hammond, PhD
  • Turtles All The Way Down by John Green




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