Keep Going (Book Review with Quotes)
I give this uplifting little volume, which is full of quotes, by a kindred spirit, a gentle five stars
Books
Linchpin (Book Review)
This book is about you living up to your potential and becoming indispensable for exactly your own unique gifts. Who doesn’t want that?
Paint the Bird (Book Review)
It is not a fun read, and is R-rated in places, but the metaphors ring poetic on the rebound. The main characters are a disillusioned aging African American minister who who picks up an artist at a bar whose HIV positive gay son has just died.
The Stowaway (Book Review)
I enjoyed this true story that reads more like fiction. It is about Byrd’s expedition to Antarctica in the 1920’s, through an obscure main character’s experience.
Tattoos on the Heart (Book Review)
This book is written by a Jesuit priest who has a ministry among the competing gangs in a ghetto in Los Angeles. He gives them jobs, removes tattoos, and buries them young because of rival gunfire
The Moonflower Vine (Book Review)
Beyond family, this book’s themes are rebellion, faith, secrets, love, independence, and the need for extending compassion to everyone for reasons we may never know.
Ramses Series (Book Review)
This sweeping saga about Ramses the Great is wonderful. A series of five books, is written by an Egyptology professor. This is blockbuster fiction at its best depicting a laudable leader doing his best for…
Inventing Abstraction 1910-1925 (Book Review)
This coffee table book is the best on the subject that I have seen. The charts and the color photos are great…
Daring Greatly (Book Review with Quotes)
We give this book five stars. Give it a read to find another level of freedom from your own inner gremlins.
Of Mess and Moxie (Book Review)
This book is by turns hilarious and heartwarming. I both laughed out loud and teared up. It is all over the lot and swings from grocery store shopping and potty training to forgiveness and sanctuary.
The Abundance (Book Review with Quotes)
So many parts of this book glowed with insight and authenticity, I can’t help still giving it five stars. This author is a natural treasure.
The Gentle Art of Blessing (Book Review)
I loved this book and want to encourage everyone to read it. It presents a simple but ultra powerful practice that can make all the difference in your life. It can jumpstart your spiritual progress. I give it 5 stars.
Small Great Things (Book Review)
At times this book is excruciating to read. However, it is important, especially for white people, to read it.
12 Rules for Life (Book Review)
I’d give this book only two stars, although most of our (still critical) book discussion group would give it more than that. It is just not productive, and furthermore is frustrating because it is a lost opportunity to actually help someone.
My Birthday 2019
Yesterday was my birthday and I had a lovely but very full day. My husband took me out to lunch and made the lovely slip covers…
Magpie Murders (Book Review)
This is a clever mystery novel with unexpectedly two stories within one, which was a twist I’ve never run across before.
The Clockmaker’s Daughter (Book Review)
I thought the writing here was wonderful, although a bit dense. Most problematic, it jumped confusingly around through time, with multiple threads from various times, tied together by a house.