Transitus Tiber

Life as a Catholic wife and mother

Books of 2011

A nice listing of what I’ve read this year. All links (except book reviews) are Amazon associate links, which means I receive a small amount of compensation if you buy something through them. :) Dates in parenthesis are the dates I finish each book.

Finished

The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World (1/1/11)
Jesus-Shock (1/6/11)
The Discipline Book: How to Have a Better-Behaved Child From Birth to Age Ten (1/14/11)
Catholic Education: Homeward Bound : A Useful Guide to Catholic Home Schooling (1/15/11)
Mothering: Becoming the Heart of the Home (A Little Mandate Book) (1/15/11)
Teaching Montessori in the Home: Pre-School Years: The Pre-School Years (1/25/11)
Holiness for Housewives: And Other Working Women (1/28/11)
Book Review: Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader’s Eye-Opening Journey across the Life Line (1/30/11)

Better Off : Flipping the Switch on Technology (P.S.) (2/7/11)
Guiding Your Catholic Preschooler (2/26/11)
The Discipline Book: How to Have a Better-Behaved Child From Birth to Age Ten (2/28/11) [re-read]

Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spirit (3/7/11)
Keys to the Hearts of Youth (3/11/11)
Raise Happy Children…Raise Them Saints! (3/29/11)

Mothering: Becoming the Heart of the Home (A Little Mandate Book) (4/15/11) [re-read]
Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism (4/15/11)
Book Review: Happy Catholic (4/23/11)

Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist (5/4/11)
Parkinson’s Disease: The Complete Guide for Patients and Caregivers (5/5/11)
Your Labor of Love (5/9/11)
It’s So You! Fitting Fashion to Your Life (5/23/11)

Beloved and Blessed: Biblical Wisdom for the Family Life (6/5/11)
A Christian Woman’s Guide to Hospitality (6/20/11)
Radical Hospitality: Benedict’s Way of Love: Benedict’s Way of Love, 2nd Edition (6/30/11)

The Appalling Strangeness of the Mercy of God: The Story of Ruth Pakaluk – Convert, Mother & Pro-life Activist (7/4/11)
Holiness for Housewives: And Other Working Women (7/20/11) [re-read]

Book Review: The Evangelization Equation (8/21/11)

The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life (9/26/11)
The Real Food Revival (9/26/11)

Splendor in the Ordinary: Your Home as a Holy Place (10/4/11)
The Seven Capital Sins (10/15/11)
Full of Grace: Women and the Abundant Life (10/18/11)
Consoling the Heart of Jesus (10/20/11)
Uniformity with God’s Will (10/28/11)

He Leadeth Me (11/16/11)
Praying to God as a Friend (11/17/11)
Calm My Anxious Heart: A Woman’s Guide to Finding Contentment (11/18/11)
How to Converse Familiarly with God (11/20/11)
Constructive Living (11/22/11)
The Desert Fathers: Saint Anthony and the Beginnings of Monasticism (11/25/11)
Creative Hospitality (11/30/11)

Positive Discipline for Preschoolers: For Their Early Years–Raising Children Who are Responsible, Respectful, and Resourceful (Positive Discipline Library) (12/02/11)
The Little Way of Saint Therese of Lisieux: Into the Arms of Love (12/05/11)
Helps for the Scrupulous (12/06/11)
Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence: The Secret of Peace and Happiness (12/08/11)
Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life (12/15/11)
Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss & Love (12/19/11)
The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life (12/21/11) [re-read]
Introduction to the Devout Life (12/25/11)
Free-Range Kids, How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry) (12/29/11)
Shirt of Flame: A Year with St. Therese of Lisieux (12/31/11)