News of the World (Book Review)
This short, sweet book is full of gun-slinging action, overcoming, and warmth. It is perfect to read after a something longer or more demanding.
Books
The Robe (Book Review)
I can’t say enough good things about this book, and I give it an enthusiastic five stars. I think everyone should read this Christian classic.
Simplicity by Richard Rohr (book review with quotes)
Both my husband and I enjoyed this book by Richard Rohr, who is a Franciscan Priest much appreciated by contemporary protestants of all stripes. He is calling Christianity to re-examine business-as-usual which I think is a terribly good idea.
The Invention of Nature (Book Review)
This biography of Alexander Von Humboldt is brilliantly researched, pragmatically told, and wildly relevant. I give it five stars.
Vanessa and Her Sister (Book Review)
This book is about the “Bloomsbury Group,” which I didn’t know much about before, even though I had heard of most of the characters involved, and just didn’t know that they were connected.
Sunday Sketching (Book Review)
This is an absolutely wonderful book. It is part memoir, part a book about design and creativity, part humor and pure brilliance. I give it 5 stars.
When the Emperor Was Divine (Book Review)
This books does not take long to read, but it is deeply affecting. I give it five stars.
Murder at the Brightwell (Book Review)
This languidly paced novel was both undemanding and enjoyable. If you too are in need of an entertaining distraction, you might enjoy it too. I give it four stars.
Book Review: My Grandmother Told Me To Tell You She’s Sorry
This book is as different and wonderful as the exceptional almost-eight-year-old-girl and her chaotic, cantankerous, superhero of a grandmother are.
Book Review: Interrupted
This fresh book is thankfully neither self-satisfied nor the last word, but the beginning of a discussion on what it means to really follow Jesus, instead of the stale culture of most of modern Christianity.
Book Review: Jade Dragon Mountain
I really liked this mystery set in 18th century China. It was fresh and well written, and it tied up every loose end without feeling contrived.
Reading Challenge for 2017
Please join me for this year’s reading challenge! I hope you like the new list. I think it is easier than last year’s and more open ended.
Books We Got for Christmas
Here are the books that were under our family’s tree this Christmas. What books did you receive that you are excited about?
2016 Reading Challenge Complete
It has been a bit of a scramble to complete my Reading Challenge for this year, but I’m going to make it! See here what I read this year, with live links to corresponding blog reviews in blue…
Best Poetry Books for Children and Young Adults
It is a fortunate child who shares these poems with an adult that cares– firelight, fuzzy blankets, cookies, and hot chocolate, are optional additions for added ambiance…
Book Review: Now and Again
How do we get past waste and pointlessness, to sow true bonds of health, freedom, and virtue in the world?
Book Review: Dinner with Edward
This sweet, yummy book is a great way to spent an evening. It is a short, loving memoir of the transformative effect their dinners together has on both of them.