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YouTube Thursday: Books I Love

Some of Julie Bogart's favorite books

Whenever you read a good book,
somewhere in the world
a door opens
to allow in more light.

–Vera Nazarian

Here are books I love! The criteria I used for choosing the titles: Did the book fit a critical moment in my life? Did it suit me for some unique reason?

In the scope below I share the books and the unique reasons. Enjoy!

Books Shared

A big thank you to Angela of Nurtured Roots for jotting these down!

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Shadow of the Moon by M. M. Kaye
I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron
Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Drawing on the Artist Within by Betty Edwards
I Hate Mathematics by Marilyn Burns
Nitty Gritty Grammar by Edith Fine and Judith Josephson
More Nitty Gritty Grammar by Edith Fine and Judith Josephson
The Tea Party Book by Lucille Recht Penner
The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden
Shakespeare Stories by Leon Garfield
Clues to Acting Shakespeare by Wesley Vari Tassel
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Writing with Power by Peter Elbow
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
Otherwise by Jane Kenyon
Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Letters and Papers from Prison by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Home Education by Charlotte Mason
Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore
Close Range by Annie Proulx (short stories)
Siblings without Rivalry by Adele Faber
Everything Bad is Good for You by Steven Johnson (good to read with teenagers)
Poems New and Collected by Wislawa Szymborska
A Room with a View by E. M. Forster

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