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The Official 2024 Afterthoughts Read Aloud List

This post contains what it sounds like: a list of the books we read aloud in 2024. Please note that “we” means myself, my husband, and the three children we still have at home. At the beginning of 2024, they were 15, 17, and 18. You need to take that into account when shopping from this list — I am not recommending these books for 8-year-olds, though some of them, I’m sure, would be fine. I’m selecting books for teens Continue Reading…
February 4, 2025
Books & Reading
The 2025 Afterthoughts Books Awards

I almost didn’t do awards this year. I ended up spending half of January traveling due to a death in the family, but that’s just an excuse. The truth is that while I read in lots of books this year, I only finished 26, and many of them didn’t really stand out to me. But you know what? That’s okay. I’m not going to mention here every book I read, just the ones that might actually be worth recommending to Continue Reading…
January 29, 2025
Books & Reading, Mother's Education
Mothers’ Education Course: Summer 2024

As many of you know, I put out two summer reading lists per year. These are simply to serve as inspiration. (Surely I’m not the only one who is inspired by other people’s book lists!) This is 2024’s second post. You can see my first post by clicking here. Of the two lists, this one is meant for the more serious reader. I often caution moms who have newborns or are otherwise sleep-deprived. The other list — the Mother Culture Continue Reading…
June 26, 2024
Books & Reading, Mother's Education
The Summer 2024 Mother Culture Reading List (Plus Summer Reading Habit Trackers!!)

This is one of those “better late than never” situations. I have written two annual posts to kick off summer for many years, and they’re usually published by the end of May. May found us traveling to Tennessee twice! Once for our son’s college graduation, and once for his WEDDING. (Yes, I have become that dreaded thing: a mother-in-law. 😉 ) So I knew this would be delayed, but it was extra, extra delayed when we were in a car Continue Reading…
June 21, 2024