I’ve always been a book lover and a reader, but the last few years it’s come in spurts.

Sometimes I just don’t seem to have the time or I’m totally exhausted and just want to mindlessly veg out with my few moments of spare time. Other times I can’t seem to get my nose out of a book and you’ll find me snatching a few paragraphs in line at the bank, while waiting for my lunch to heat in the microwave, or even while Mr. Fix-It is filling up the truck with gas. (I can not read while riding in the car. It makes my normal car sickness 1000 times worse! I can barely stand to read a map while riding.)

But this year I’m inspired and determined!

{This whole post, by the way, is totally inspired by Monica over at Homesteading by Faith. She is just as crazy busy as I am, but she manages to read and cook from scratch and redecorate her house and blog about it all too…Such an inspiration!}

This is my reading list for 2012.

I’ve already started The Money Saving Mom’s Budget by Crystal Paine and Good Girls Don’t Have to Dress Bad by Shari Braendel and am rolling right through them. They’re excellent! They both have a very down to earth, conversational style that makes them easy to read and easy for me to connect with.

I’ve started updating my Links I Love page, by the way. If you’re wondering how I picked some of these, those are the blogs and ladies that inspire me. Most of these were recommended at one time or another by them.

The whole stack is non-fiction. I don't find myself reading as much new fiction any more--just my old favorites. Every once in a while I'll try something new by a favorite author and try it.

There’s gardening books, crafting and business books, homemaking books, and a couple family and marriage books. I found some used, two at the thrift store, and then I went through my shelves while doing this house-wide purge and found a bunch of practically brand new books that I must have bought a while ago and just never got around to.

I did manage to fit the whole stack on the bottom of my nightstand–which I then covered with a pretty flower fabric so that Mr. Fix-It wouldn’t see how many were under there. Now the top is nice and neat for a change. Mr. Fix-It doesn’t mind the books themselves so much as he does the piles everywhere.

I came across this lovely figurine that was a Christmas ornament, and now decorates my nightstand.

I’m also joining Aurie over at Our Good Life to read the bible in 90 days, starting February 1st. I figure that gives me enough time to either read it again or read a good bible study later in the year. (Who would imagine I would be talking about reading the whole bible more than once in a year?!)

What do you like to read?