Books Worth Reading in 2016

I fell in love with quite a few fictional characters in 2015. They kept me up at night, made me laugh and made me cry. These are a few books you should definitely read this year! (* indicates my favorites)

If you like your books with a hint of history, read these...

*The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

*Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain

*11/22/63 by Stephen King

If you like books with a quirky leading male protagonist, read these...

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

If you like your books with a dash of whimsy, read these...

*Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

*Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

If you like books that cause you to stay up way past your bedtime, read these...

*What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple

Confess by Colleen Hoover

If you like books that speak to your heart & soul, read this...

For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards by Jen Hatmaker

Next up on my to-read list for 2016...

The Lake House by Kate Morton

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

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Why Harry Potter makes me think of being pregnant

Before I got pregnant, I never had any desire to read the Harry Potter books. When they came out, I wasn't interested in reading them or seeing the movies, but for some reason when I got pregnant I decided I wanted to jump on the Harry Potter train...aka the Hogwarts Express and I'm so glad I did!

I started reading the first book in the series when I was about 20 weeks pregnant and I couldn't stop. I was hooked. By the time I got to the 7th book, my due date had arrived.

I enjoyed the books so much that I even had my husband read me part of the 7th book in the delivery room! That and popsicles can only distract a pregnant gal so long though...

Harry Potter will always have a special place in my heart. It reminds me of days spent reading in Aiden's nursery and dreaming about the day he would be born. It reminds me of the day Aiden was born and how my sweet husband did everything he could to make it a peaceful day for me. It reminds me of the many hours I spent breastfeeding my tiny little newborn while carefully balancing my book on the Boppy pillow.

I can't wait to read these books with Aiden someday. I half expected him to come out with a lighting shaped scar on his forehead! Haha.

Now the big question is, how do you follow up a series like Harry Potter? 

What should I read next?

Help!