Amazing Grace (Book Review with Quotes)
I’d recommend reading Amazing Grace to anyone who wants to probe Christian vocabulary a little further in the hands of an unabashed, fearlessly direct, open minded, and remarkably cogent writer.
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Art Supplies (Book Review with Quotes, Contacts, and Photos)
This is one of the best books I read this year. I endorse it with a hearty five stars!
This Tender Land (Book Review)
This is excellent fiction that will make you grateful for the home you have.
She Who Became the Sun (Book Review)
This novel is a reimagining of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty in 12th century China, who in this telling, is a girl disguised as a man, married to a woman.
Klara and the Sun (Book Review)
I think it is best to go into this book knowing little and patiently watch it unravel as it does.
This Time Tomorrow (Book Review)
Make good choices and appreciate with full mindfulness the time you have with those you love.
A Beautiful Blue Death (Book Review)
This book strikes just the right note for my taste in a good mystery read.
Why Fish Don’t Exist (Book Review)
This is genre-bending reading, part memoir, part biography of David Star Jordan, part expose and social commentary, part existential philosophy by an atheist searching for the meaning of life in a world filled with entropy.
The Fortnight in September (Book Review)
This book is delicately straightforward, about ordinary life in an earlier time, closely observed in copious detail.
The People We Keep (Book Review)
Read this only if you want a rollercoaster of feelings, boomeranging back and forth between heartbreak and hope.
Sapiens (Book Review)
This book is a major achievement; it is very readable while simultaneously being the work of rare brilliance.
Love Poems from God (Book Review with Sample Poems)
This book of poetry includes twelve worldwide interfaith voices spanning the years from 717 and 1691.
Once Upon a River (Book Review)
A bit of a moody, misty mystery, slightly fantastical, and with totally excellent and satisfying writing, I give this unique read 5 stars.
The Bodyguard (Book Review)
It’s a perfect read for August, when you need to kick back a bit, and not expect too much of yourself.
Fellowship Point (Book Review)
I really liked this new book (just out in July 2022), although it started slow and took a long time ramping up.
The House at the Edge of Night (Book Review)
This was a meandering but engaging multigenerational family saga spanning four generations on an island off Sicily.