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Work and Play with Nancy Ray

265 - Best Books from 2024

Work and Play with Nancy Ray

Nancy Ray

Business, Rest, Entrepreneurship, Finances, Faith, Christianity, Life, Home, Religion & Spirituality, Play, Work

4.8666 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Reading books will forever be an important part of my life. It is something my dad has instilled in me. I will always be sharing the books that I’m loving and the books that I’m hoping to read on this podcast because I think it’s one of life’s greatest gifts. So today I am going to be sharing with you my favorite books that I read last year in 2024.

Resources from this episode:

Nancy Ray Book Club

Goodreads

Set the Stars Alight by Amanda Dykes

Made for People by Justin Whitmel Earley

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

Rebel by Graham Cochrane

The Unplugged Hours by Hannah Brencher

Women of the Word by Jen Wilkin

The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Restoration Series by Terri Blackstock

How to Train Your Dragon Book Series

Nancy Ray Website

Nancy Ray on Instagram

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0:00.0

Reading books will forever be an important part of my life. It is something my dad has instilled in me,

0:06.2

and I will always be sharing the books that I'm loving and the books that I'm hoping to read on this podcast

0:11.9

because I think it's one of life's greatest gifts. So today I'm going to be sharing with you

0:17.0

my favorite books that I read last year in 2024.

0:30.4

You're listening to Work and Play with Nancy Ray, episode 265.

0:35.6

Much of our daily lives can be divided into two categories, work and play.

0:38.7

Simply put, that's where our life and our legacy take place.

0:44.5

This is a podcast all about learning to work and play well, which leads to a healthy soul and a fulfilling life. Listen in.

0:51.3

I always try to update my annual book lists over at nancy ray.com slash book club.

1:00.6

This is a no obligation book club friend if you're listening and you're just looking for book recommendations

1:06.7

or maybe some books that I've read in the past.

1:09.4

Feel free to go to nancyray.com slash book club,

1:12.2

and you can choose one, two, or all of the books that I'm reading this year and join me in them.

1:18.3

And then follow along as I release podcasts about them.

1:21.8

Sometimes I get to interview the author.

1:23.8

Sometimes I just share my top three takeaways.

1:26.6

But whatever it is, I hope that it fosters love

1:29.1

of reading in you and that you just gain a lot from this podcast, even if you go back a few years

1:35.3

and listen to some episodes or look at some books that I read a few years ago. All of them are listed

1:40.6

over at nancehray.com slash book club and i hope that it just fosters a great love of

1:46.0

reading in you all right first i want to share three things that i am doing this year to really

1:52.6

just help my brain continually be challenged with reading and allow reading to be as easy as possible for me as a mom

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