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Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Top Ten Tuesday: My Autobiography in Book Titles
8:28 AM
I'm bummed I missed last week's Top Ten Tuesday topic and, honestly, if I hadn't come up with this week's prompt myself, I would probably be doing that one instead! When I thought up this one—Top Ten Book Titles That Describe Me/My Life—I just thought it would be something different that could help us all get to know each other a little better. I didn't realize how tough it would be. Sorry. Hopefully, I'm not the only one doing the topic this week. Ha ha.
As always, TTT is hosted by the lovely Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl.
Top Ten Book Titles That Describe Me/My Life, Or, My Autobiography in Book Titles
Remember when I told you that I was born with a very Irish surname (even though my father's family is more Scottish)? I wasn't lying. I started life as:
I was born and raised in a lovely little burgh in Washington State, making me a:
I went off to college in Utah, where:
Actually, I met the man who would become my husband when I walked into his apartment during our freshman year of college. It all started because his roommate, who was team teaching a church class with me, brought a plate of homemade cookies over to my apartment. He claimed he had made the delicious treats, even though it was clearly a regifting situation! Upon hearing what had happened, my soon-to-be husband—the person who had actually made the cookies—was affronted. To prove that guys could cook, he invited all of the girls in my apartment over for dinner. A few of us went. We were all impressed by the boys' efforts and we ended up becoming good friends with the guys in their apartment. Of course, two of us became a *little* bit more than friends...
My boyfriend and I were both members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Young men and women in our church often serve full-time missions for the Church. At 19 (the minimum age for male missionaries at that time), he went to Chile, dedicating the next two years of his life to serving the Lord while I continued my studies. It was the early 1990s and since phone calls weren't allowed and email wasn't really a thing yet, we wrote letters back and forth. Lots of letters.
Two years later, we stopped being
and became
Soon after that, life was all about:
We had four kids and they kept us very busy, especially in the early days when I had to:
to feed and cuddle my babies. I got pretty good at holding a bottle in one hand and a book in the other!
Now, those babies have grown up, and with them going off to college, serving in the Army, working adult jobs, and so forth, it feels like:
over and over and over again!
We've still got our high schooler at home for one more year, but I think the hubs and I are going to settle into empty nesterhood pretty well. We already enjoy "granny" hobbies like reading, genealogical research, traveling, enjoying time with our grandbaby, serving at our beloved Mesa Temple, eating out in the middle of the day, and so on.
Sure,
and I have my struggles. Still, life is pretty darn good. I feel blessed and grateful. There's a lot more to come for me, my husband, and our family, but we've experienced more good than bad over the years, and I think we're well on our way to our own uniquely beautiful
Okay, that wasn't so bad. I had fun with it! Just FYI, I've only read one of these books—Loved Walked In by Marisa de la Santos—so I can't vouch for any of these others. Have you read any of them? What did you think? What book titles did you find that describe you and your life? I'd truly love to know. Leave me a comment on this post and I will gladly return the favor on your blog.
Happy TTT!
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You and your husband have a wonderful story about how you met!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun walk through some of the profound chapters in your life! Great take on the prompt!
ReplyDeleteI love this. You told a story with book titles! Bravo!
ReplyDeleteMy list: https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/ttt-book-titles-that-describe-memy-life.html
Oh my goodness! Kudos to you for being able to turn this into an actual autobiography! I just had fun picking titles that I felt like described me perfectly...even if the book itself went in another direction! Lol.
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Susan, this was very nice. All about 'Susan' with books. Ha! The only one I've read is Love Walked In as well. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI love how you’ve told your story with your titles!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your #TTT
What a great list! I love Small Town Girl.
ReplyDeleteWow you really wrote an entire story using the titles! Yours is definitely one of the more unique posts today, love it! 😍
ReplyDeleteGreat topic and great choices! I think I took this a little too literally so struggled with it but did my own take which I think still was in the original purpose.
ReplyDeleteI started this topic but my list got morbid pretty quick, so I switched it up this week. I agree, it is a good topic and a great way to get to know each other. Have a good week.
ReplyDeleteI thought this was a fun TTT topic! Of course, my post is not nearly as fun as yours...I didn't elaborate on any of my book titles or tell any fun stories about me like you did. I just let the titles speak for themselves. :D
ReplyDeleteWow! You really did an incredible job with this prompt. I love the way you really told you life story in books. Very sweet.
ReplyDeleteSuch a good way of telling your whole life story with this prompt! I especially resonated with 'Give Up The Night' for becoming a parent, lol.
ReplyDeleteI love how you arranged this list! So fun!
ReplyDeleteLove the way you've done this!
ReplyDeleteYou told a really amazing story of your life through book titles. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThat was brilliant. I learned so much about you in just ten titles!
ReplyDeleteWonderful to approach this as the story of your life! Well done, and so clever!
ReplyDeleteThat's such a beautiful way to do the prompt! I'm jealous 😂
ReplyDeleteHave a great week!
This was a fun walk through your life through book titles.
ReplyDeleteThis is great! I really like that you actually worked the titles into sentences to tell a story <3
ReplyDeleteI really liked the prompt, personally!
ReplyDeleteI like how you formatted your post, too.
I love how you really told the story of your life through the titles! Thank you for coming up with this topic, even if it was a bit tougher than I expected, it was also fun to do and a great way to get to know our fellow bloggers a bit more :)
ReplyDelete"we wrote letters back and forth. Lots of letters." There is a beautiful book waiting to be written. 💚💚💚
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job with this topic. It was hard but an interesting topic. I, too, missed last week's topic and I really hope to get a chance to do it. Maybe during a freebie week. Thanks for the fun topic.
ReplyDeleteOh I love how you made it like a story, incorporating the titles into between. I did not think of that haha. It is such a cool prompt idea, as you saw with so many of us doing it enthusiastically haha.
ReplyDeleteHow nice that you describe your curriculum vitae. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my post:
https://momobookblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/top-ten-tuesday-me.html
I love how you put this together, Susan. I love the story of how you and your husband met. I agree, nothing is perfect, but it sounds like you've had a wonderful life.
ReplyDeleteYour post is FANTASTIC! I absolutely loved your story. Great use of titles. And what a wonderful life story. You are blessed. God is so good!
ReplyDeleteI love that you went all out and told a full story with book titles! it was a fun topic, even if it was harder than I had expected.
ReplyDeleteThis was so clever! I love how you approached this. I'm in the "All the Little Kids" state right now!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the stories that went along with the titles! And lol about the genealogy search being a granny hobby...I began documenting my family tree last summer.
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