We thought we’d be back with a new season of Chasing Creative in 2022, but alas: it did not happen. Our lives are just too full right now with, well… life! We cannot, however, let the year go by without getting together to talk about books: our most favorite episode to record each season. So, we’ll dive in and talk about our reading wins this last year, our goals for next year, and what life *actually* looks like these days for both of us.
Where to connect with Abbie:
Goodreads | Instagram | Newsletter | Bookshop (affiliate)
Where to connect with Ashley:
Goodreads | Instagram | Newsletter
Books Mentioned:
The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk
Wintering by Katherine May
Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (audio narrated by Tom Hanks)
Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal
Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (on audio)
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Sea Wife by Amity Gaige
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon
Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
The Life We’re Looking For by Andy Crouch
The Tech-Wise Family by Andy Crouch
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
The Wild Robot & The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown
The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman
Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling (illustrated versions, too!)
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street Series by Karina Yan Glaser (audio)
The Henry Huggins Audio Collection by Beverly Cleary
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Rewilding Motherhood by Shannon K Evans
State of Wonder by Anne Patchett
Attached to God by Krispin Mayfield
The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr
Try Softer by Aundi Kolber
Middlemarch by George Eliot
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
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