Thursday, January 17, 2008


My sweet mother who instilled in me the love for reading, has posed this question:

If you were going to have someone read three life–changing, inspiring, lessons to teach books, (besides The Book of Mormon) what would they be?

What a hard question to answer, especially because I feel like I still have yet to read so many inspirational books, but fresh on my mind are the following books divided into categories-


Wake up and smell the roses you idiot!
Books to help you see through the looking glass-
The Total Money Makeover- Dave Ramsey
Spin Sisters- Myrna Blyth
The Real America- Glenn Beck

Embrace your inner diva and be a real woman!
Books embracing womanhood
A Joyful Mother of Children- Linda Eyre
Simple Abundance- Sarah Ban Breathnach
Jane Eyre- Charlotte Bronte or Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austen

Walk towards the light...
Books to inspire
The Peacegiver- James L. Ferrell
The Screwtape Letters- C.S.Lewis
The Giver- Lois Lowry
If you had to, would you cut your arm off?
Books about overcoming obstacles
Alicia, My Story- Alicia Appleman Jurman
Alone- Richard E. Byrd
Left to Tell- Immaculee Ilibagiza
Why can't we just get along?
Books about....getting along
The Five Love Languages- Gary Chapman
The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands- Dr. Laura Schlessinger
How to Win Friends & Influence People- Dale Carnegie

If all else fails, refer to your...
First Aid Book
Boy Scout Handbook
Yellow Pages
Ward Directory

2 comments:

O'BRIEN FAMILY BLOG said...

great book list! i am going to look into a few that i already havent ... some thoughts on some i have read ... making sense of suffering by wayne brickey, one tattered angel by blaine yorgerson, the fishers of men series is also incredible!

Sami Volcansek said...

Love your music too, by the way!