HearthKeeper Library

(Currently Residing at Abby Jones’ Home)

(Book Reviews are Linked)

(Click HERE for Annotated Bibliography)

 Cleaning

• The Mold Medic: An Expert’s Guide on Mold Removal by Michael Rubino

• Sink Reflections: FlyLady’s BabyStep Guide to Overcoming Chaos by Marla Cilley

Cookbooks and Cooking

• Antoinette Pope School Cookbook by Antoinette and Francois Pope

• Ball Blue Book of Preserving

• The Dutch Oven Cookbook by Louise Pickford

• The Fat Kitchen: How to Render, Cure & Cook with Lard, Tallow & Poultry Fat by Andrea Chesman

• The Philosopher’s Kitchen: Recipes from Ancient Greece and Room for the Modern Cook by Francine Segan

• Southern Baked by Amanda Dalton Wilbanks

• The Ultimate Companion to Meat: On the Farm, at the Butcher, in the Kitchen by Anthony Puharich and Libby Travers

Decorating:

• Cozy Minimalist Home: More Style, Less Stuff by Myquillyn Smith

• Creating a Beautiful Home by Alexandra Stoddard

• Happy Starts at Home by Rebecca West

• Home Body by Joanna Gaines

• The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking

• The Nesting Place: It Doesn’t Have to be Prefect to be Beautiful by Myquillyn Smith

• The New Bohemians Handbook by Justina Blakeney

• Simple Sustainable Style by Randy Florke

• Simplicity at Home: Japanese Rituals, Recipes, and Arrangements for Thoughtful Living by Yumiko Sekine

• Welcome Home: A Cozy Minimalist Guide to Decorating and Hosting All Year Round by Myquillyn Smith

Gardening and Herbs

• Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients into Food & Remedies that Heal by Rosalee De la Foret

• The Comprehensive Guide to Herbalism for Beginners by Ava Green and Kate Bensinger

• Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre by Brett L. Markham

General Inspiration

• A Well-Kept Home: Household Traditions and Simple Secrets from a French Grandmother by Laura Fronty and Yves Duronsoy

• Bella Grace Magazine, multiple issues

• The Life Giving Home: Creating a Place of Belonging and Becoming by Sally and Sarah Clarkson

• Love the Home You Have by Melissa Michaels

• Songs of a Housewife, Poems by Marjorie Kinnan Rowlings

• Cottage Witchery: Natural Magic for Hearth and Home by Ellen Dugan

• Homemaking: An Invitation to Greatness by Norma Steven and Joyce Orwick

• The House Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Space with Rituals and Spells for Hearth and Home by Arin Murphy-Hiscock

• The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Dr. Laura Schlessinger

History

• Voices of American Homemakers Edited by Eleanor Arnold

Health

• Mommy Diagnostics by Shonda Parker

• The Naturally Healthy Woman by Shonda Parker

• Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon

• Prescription for Nutritional Healing: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements by Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, and James F. Balch, MD

• Trim Healthy Mama Plan by Pearl Barrett and Serene Allison

Home Management

• Mrs. Beatton’s Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton

• Food and Household Management: A Textbook of the Household Arts by Kinne and Cooley

• Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson

• Home Management: Plain and Simple by Kim Brenneman

• Home Economics: Vintage Advice and Practical Science for the 21st-Century Household by Jennifer McKnight Trontz

• The Summa Domestica by Leila Lawler

• The Ultimate Career by Daryl Hoole and Daughters

• Zero Waste Home by Bea Johnson

Organization and Editing:

• The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson

• The Home Edit by Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin

Theology

• Home-Making by J.R. Miller

• Living in God’s Two Kingdoms by David VanDrunen

• Theology of Home: Finding the Eternal in the Everyday by Carrie Gress and Noelle Mering

• The Theology of Home II by Carrie Gress and Noelle Mering

RULES:

• Place your name in the front of the book to show the group how many of us have read that book.

• There is no due date, but please be aware of others waiting on particular books.

• Feel free to highlight, note, underline and annotate the book you’re borrowing. If you do so, please indicate on the inside cover what color pen you used. For example, if Abby used black, use blue, and make sure you indicate it on the front flap.

• If you want it shipped, you will need to cover shipping. (If you need help with this, please let Abby know.)

• If you would like to submit a review of a book for the blog, please contact Abby.

• If you would like a particular book reviewed, please let Sarah Gabriel or Abby know.

• Feel free to donate to the HearthKeeper Library.

• Feel free to start your own HKL chapter. Reach out to Abby to help make what you have available.