Book Girl

When you hear a riveting story, does it thrill your heart and stir your soul? Do you hunger for truth and goodness? Do you secretly relate to Belle's delight in the library in Beauty and the Beast?

If so, you may be on your way to being a book girl.

Books were always Sarah Clarkson's delight. Raised in the company of the lively Anne of Green Gables, the brave Pevensie children of Narnia, and the wise Austen heroines, she discovered reading early on as a daily gift, a way of encountering the world in all its wonder. But what she came to realize as an adult was just how powerfully books had shaped her as a woman to live a story within that world, to be a lifelong learner, to grasp hope in struggle, and to create and act with courage.

She's convinced that books can do the same for you.

Join Sarah in exploring the reading life as a gift and an adventure, one meant to enrich, broaden, and delight you in each season of your life as a woman. In Book Girl, you'll discover

• how reading can strengthen your spiritual life and deepen your faith,
• why a journey through classic literature might be just what you need (and where to begin),
• how stories form your sense of identity,
• how Sarah's parents raised her to be a reader―and what you can do to cultivate a love of reading in the growing readers around you, and
• 20+ annotated book lists, including some old favorites and many new discoveries.

Whether you've long considered yourself a reader or have dreams of becoming one, Book Girl will draw you into the life-giving journey of becoming a woman who reads and lives well.

1. Opening
2. Introduction
3. What's So Good About Being A Book Girl?
4. Who Is This Book For?
5. In A World Full Of Books, Why Read This One?
6. How Should This Book Be Used
7. How This Book, And This Book Girl, Came To Be
8. Chapter 1
9. Katrina Jones
10. Selection
11. Organization
12. Content
13. The Art Of Discernment
14. Chapter 2
15. Liz Hoare
16. Read What You Love
17. Read Regularly
18. Read Mindfully
19. Read With Attention
20. Read In Fellowship
21. Chapter 3
22. Gwen Todd
23. The Beloved Dozen
24. Books That Talk Back
25. Chapter 4
26. Girlhood Classics
27. Biographies
28. The Nightstand List
29. Chapter 5
30. Dillon Naylor
31. Girl Power
32. Courage, Dear Heart
33. What To Do With The Time We've Been Given
34. Chapter 6
35. Novels Of Eucatastrophe
36. Books About Imagination
37. Chapter 7
38. Joy Clarkson
39. The Books We Shared
40. What? You Too?
41. Chapter 8
42. Ruth Moon Mari
43. A Little Poetry Everyday
44. Startled Awake
45. Beauty Speaks Truth
46. Chapter 9
47. Kimberlee Conway Ireton
48. The Holy Way
49. The Gift Of Sacred Time
50. Chapter 10
51. Sally Clarkson
52. Not Escapism
53. God Is Big Enough
54. Epilogue
55. Lists For The Growing Book Girls In Your Life