{"id":22712,"date":"2026-02-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=22712"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:33:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:33:02","slug":"january-reading-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/january-reading-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"January Reading Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Books that I finished<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4a9TJLs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/419cK-givdL._SY445_SX342_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4a9TJLs\"><em>Pox Romana<\/em> by Colin Elliott<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4bpP8H5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/512xirxn1hL._SY445_SX342_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4bpP8H5\"><em>Homeschooling<\/em> by Ginny Yurich<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4qLZJ3O\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41BBgbGz6iL._SY445_SX342_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4qLZJ3O\"><em>Mojave Crossing<\/em> by Louis L&#8217;Amour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/49Mc5mB\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41d9D6yia5L._SY445_SX342_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/49Mc5mB\"><em>The Cunning Man<\/em> by David Butler<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4t63Byc\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51d4ppMLUKL._SY300_SX300_QL70_FMwebp_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4t63Byc\"><em>Writing Great Fiction<\/em> by James Hynes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ZAAh5p\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41lDOQbXWmL._SY445_SX342_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ZAAh5p\"><em>Elon Musk<\/em> by Walter Isaacson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Z58QAG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41b9u16WnUL._SY445_SX342_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Z58QAG\"><em>The Sackett Brand<\/em> by Louis L&#8217;Amour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4qLgtbs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51+Td8yqeRL._SY445_SX342_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4qLgtbs\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4qLgtbs\"><em>Writing the Great American Romance Novel<\/em> by Catherine Lanigan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4bSXC9S\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41jiL12kpGL._SX342_SY445_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4bSXC9S\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4bSXC9S\"><em>The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child<\/em> by Linda Dobson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/45WAUtV\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41jpSa11B8L._SY445_SX342_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/45WAUtV\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/45WAUtV\"><em>Work Pray Code<\/em> by Carolyn Chen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3LEmDer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/5165Vp7fwWL._SY445_SX342_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3LEmDer\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3LEmDer\"><em>Civil Rights<\/em> by Thomas Sowell<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51OTAqYC5aL._SY445_SX342_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A Revolution of Common Sense<\/em> by Scott Jennings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Side note: Why is this book excluded from the Amazon Associates program? It couldn&#8217;t possibly have anything to do with Amazon&#8217;s woke political bias, could it? Surely not!) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4a9VvMC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41ZELAZReeL._SY445_SX342_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4a9VvMC\"><em>Rocket Dreams<\/em> by Christian Davenport<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4qo8joJ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/31mGISYVqIL._SY445_SX342_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4qo8joJ\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4qo8joJ\"><em>The Elements of Eloquence<\/em> by Mark Forsyth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4bVDdAW\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41oVsyqakbL._SY445_SX342_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4bVDdAW\"><em>While Time Remains<\/em> by Yeonmi Park<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/45DUTx7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41b-lPLJXLL._SY445_SX342_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/45DUTx7\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/45DUTx7\"><em>The Happiness Files<\/em> by Arthur C. Brooks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4ri4It1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41MNpXG3t1L._SY445_SX342_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4ri4It1\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4ri4It1\"><em>The Sacrament and Your Endowment<\/em> by Mark A. Shields<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4qNegfV\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41+mS5YtwYL._SY445_SX342_.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4qNegfV\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4qNegfV\"><em>The Sky-Liners<\/em> by Louis L&#8217;Amour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Books tha I DNFed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The Sorceress and the Cygnet<\/em> by Patricia A. McKillip<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Status &amp; Culture<\/em> by W. David Marx<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Virtual Light<\/em> by William Gibson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>When Homeschooling Gets Tough<\/em> by Diana Johnson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Techniques of the Selling Writer<\/em> by Dwight V. Swain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Why Women Read Fiction<\/em> by Helen Taylor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Pride of Chanur<\/em> by C.J. Cherryh<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Origin &amp; History of Consciousness<\/em> by Erich Neumann<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books that I finished Pox Romana by Colin Elliott Homeschooling by Ginny Yurich Mojave Crossing by Louis L&#8217;Amour The Cunning Man by David Butler Writing Great Fiction by James Hynes Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson The Sackett Brand by Louis L&#8217;Amour Writing the Great American Romance Novel by Catherine Lanigan The First Year of Homeschooling&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/january-reading-recap\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">January Reading Recap<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[2236,2243,2231,2229,2233,2225,790,2240,2241,2244,2226,2242,2227,2230,1229,2237,2234,2238,242,2232,1996,2239,2228,452,2235],"class_list":["post-22712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-arthur-c-brooks","tag-c-j-cherry","tag-carolyn-chen","tag-catherine-lanigan","tag-christian-davenport","tag-colin-elliott","tag-david-butler","tag-diana-johnson","tag-dwight-v-swain","tag-erich-neumann","tag-ginny-yurich","tag-helen-taylor","tag-james-hynes","tag-linda-dobson","tag-louis-lamour","tag-mark-a-shields","tag-mark-forsyth","tag-patricia-a-mckillip","tag-reading","tag-scott-jennings","tag-thomas-sowell","tag-w-david-marx","tag-walter-isaacson","tag-william-gibson","tag-yeonmi-park","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7iXK-5Uk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22712"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22761,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22712\/revisions\/22761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}