Well Read Mom, 2026-27
All women are welcome!
"The woman's soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold."
-Edith Stein (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross)
Take Care of Your Heart through reading and friendship
What is Well Read Mom?
Motherhood at its heart is a ministry. You are physically or spiritually raising up the next generation for the glory of God. His glory is women fully alive! Well Read Mom is not another “add-on,” but a vital ministry, foundational to women in a burnt-out world. “You cannot give what you do not have… take care of your heart, that’s how you mother.” Join a Well Read Mom group and find fruitful, life-giving time with women from the area. You are not alone. The Lord wants to give you abundant life where you are.
In Well-Read Mom, we only have one rule. Don’t apologize if you don’t finish the reading. Our goal is to help women read more and read well!
This year's theme
Year of the Woman
Well Read Mom Booklist:
(email wellreadmom.batavia@gmail.com for the full booklist)
Engage
Come and see what we are all about!
If you are a woman who desires real, fruitful conversations this group is for you!
- First meeting: September 11 — Come and See! (No book to complete for the first meeting)
- Date: Every Second Friday from September – June
- Time: 7:30-9:30pm *Nursing babies welcome!*
- Location: Alternating members’ houses (between Withamsville-New Richmond)
Sign up to learn more about locations, communications & this year’s booklist.
Join Us
Please complete the form if you are interested in joining Well Read Mom. One of our leaders will be in touch with you!
Well Read Mom Interest Form
Past Year Booklists
Year of the Teacher (2025-26)
- Persuasion by Jane Austen
- Giants in the Earth by O.E. Rolvaag
- Christmas Around the Fire edited by Ryan Topping
- The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
- The Chosen by Chaim Potok
- Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri
- This Is Happiness by Niall Williams
- The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
- Christy by Catherine Marshall
Year of the Father (2024-25)
- Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
- Aeneid by Virgil
- My God and My All by Elizabeth Goudge
- The Pearl by John Steinbeck
- The Father’s Tale by Michael O’Brien
- Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
- Pinocchio with Reflections on a Father’s Love by Carlo Collodi & Franco Nembrini
- King Lear by William Shakespeare
- Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell
Have questions about Well read mom?
Contact Mary Clare Smith
You can reach Mary Clare Smith at wellreadmom.batavia@gmail.com