{"id":29115,"date":"2025-01-04T17:05:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T23:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?page_id=29115"},"modified":"2025-12-31T21:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T03:36:18","slug":"2025-book-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/angelas-book-lists\/2025-book-list\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Book List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The Holy Covenants<\/em> by Anthony Sweat (An approachable book about the meaning and purpose of temple covenants. A good follow-up to the author&#8217;s book, <em>The Holy Invitation<\/em>.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ<\/em> \u2665\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>What&#8217;s Your Shine?<\/em> by Claudia Beeny, Ph.D (It didn&#8217;t resonate with me.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>How to Stitch an American Dream<\/em> by Jenny Doan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Our Mutual Friend<\/em> by Charles Dickins (Challenging, but satisfying.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>City of Tranquil Light<\/strong><\/em> by Bo Caldwell (I loved it.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>You Never Kno<\/em>w by Tom Selleck (I enjoyed it.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere<\/em> by Savannah Guthrie (Very nice, engaging, well-thought.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Garner Files<\/em> by James Garner and Jon Winokur (I enjoyed it.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Forty Autumns<\/em> by Nina Willner (It reads like a textbook sometimes, but I liked this true story about life behind the Iron Curtain.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>The Coddling of the American Mind<\/strong><\/em> by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt (Lots of things to talk about in this one.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal<\/strong><\/em> by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. (Vital. Deep. I loved it.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Snow Child<\/em> by Eowyn Ivey (Good writing and a compelling story.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>A Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice<\/em> by Rebecca Connolly (A good page-turner about the Titanic and its rescuers.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion<\/strong><\/em> by Jonathan Haidt (Difficult, but important.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Essays of E.B. White<\/em> (Brilliant. I loved many of these.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>A Country Year: Living the Questions<\/em> by Sue Hubble (It was ok.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>A Farewell to Arms<\/em> by Ernest Hemingway (No, thank you.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Women<\/em> by Kristin Hannah (Book club. Rough.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion <\/em>by Beth Bower, Books 1-8 (first reading)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion<\/em> by Beth Bower, Books 1-8 (second reading)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>How to Walk Into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away<\/em> by Emily P. Freeman (Not great.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>My Grandfather&#8217;s Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging<\/strong><\/em> by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. (Nourishing. I loved it.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes<\/em> by E. Randolph Richards and Richard James (Good, not a quick read.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Greenlights<\/em> by Matthew McConaughey (I wish I hadn&#8217;t read it.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life<\/em> by Arthur C. Brooks (Interesting, a book club selection.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ<\/em> \u2665\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Doctrine and Covenants<\/em> \ud83d\udc99<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Making Sense of the Doctrine and Covenants: A Guided Tour through Modern Revelations<\/em> by Steven C. Harper (Thorough, at times poetic, very helpful commentary.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Sense and Sensibility<\/em> by Jane Austen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Revelations in Context: The Stories Behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants<\/em> (A few of these were really, really helpful.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>After All We Can Do: Embracing Hope, Grace, and Joy<\/em> by Dieter F. Uchtdorf<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Maya Angelou&#8217;s Guide to Hope: 50 Simple Ways to Spread Hope<\/em> (Book club for January. This is literally a list of 50 things, most of them expressed in a couple of words, not really written by Maya Angelou, just inspired by her words.\ud83d\ude44)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Saints: The Standard of Truth<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Doctrine and Covenants<\/em> \ud83d\udc99<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":10356,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29115","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29115"}],"version-history":[{"count":78,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31522,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29115\/revisions\/31522"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}