2013 in Books: A (Not So) Modest Proposal

I don’t make New Year’s resoultions. It always ends with me feeling disappointed in mid-February when I don’t stick to it and diving headfirst into a trough glass of pinot. No resolutions. Not for me.

I’ve made a few goals, mostly related to prayer and living my vocation more fully.

But one thing, there’s one thing I am sure of for 2013, and the wisdom came from the blog of a dear friend.

More reading; less social media.

Dear Facebook,

I’m setting a timer. 15 minutes in the morning. 15 in the evening. Done.

As for the reading?

You know I made a list.

So what’s on my list, you ask?

Let’s start with the two I am reading right now:

The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

Graced and Gifted by Kimberly Hahn

and then throw in the ones I started and haven’t yet finished:

The World’s First Love: Mary, the Mother of God by Fulton Sheen

The Infertility Companion for Catholics by Ruhi-Lopez and Santamaria

One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp

Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire by William Cavannaugh

The World As It Could Be: Catholic Social Thought for a New Generation by Fr. Thomas Williams

My Life with the Saints by Fr. James Martin

Now for good measure, some I haven’t yet begun but own:

Abandonment to Divine Provedence by Jean-Pierre deCaussade

Anima Christi by Mother Mary Francis

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A’Kempis

A Grief Observed by CS Lewis

Turn My Mourning Into Dancing by Henri Nouwen

Women in Christ: Towards a New Feminism edited by Michele Shumacher

Weightless by Kate Wicker

The Last Campaign by Thurston Clarke

Now some fiction to round it all out:

The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford

The Magician’s Assistant by Ann Patchett

The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wrobleski

And last, but not least, what I call “vocational” books:

Beloved and Blessed: Biblical Wisdom for Family Life by Kimberly Hahn

Smart Martha’s Catholic Guide for Busy Moms by Tami Kizer

The Handbook for Catholic Moms by Lisa Hendey

What books are you hoping to read in 2013?  Do you make resolutions? What are yours?