Category Books

In the Raw: A Peek into My Long-Awaited Library

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Mother’s Day weekend 2017 we physically moved in, but January 2019 this house finally feels like our home. The books have their esteemed place on the wall once again. 

Review: The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton

Technically, I shouldn’t have picked it up from the Express shelf at the library. I still hadn’t read the book club selection yet for next week – “but it’s a Kate Morton!” I argued with myself. I can still remember her Secret Keeper twist blowing my mind and regardless of my TBR tower, I couldn’t wait to dive in.

Comparing Used Book Websites: What I’ve Learned

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If you like books and don’t like paying a whole lot for them, here are a few thoughts for you.

Review: The Wonder Years edited by Leslie Leyland Fields

From the Back Cover:   “We’re all getting older. How do we make the second half of our lives the best half? Forty incredible women of faith from 40-85 tackle aging anxieties head-on – and upend them with compelling first-person stories… Continue Reading →

Review: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

From the Back Cover: “Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily’s fierce hearted… Continue Reading →

Review: A Hobbit, A Wardrobe and A Great War by Joseph Loconte

In honor of Hobbit Day this past Saturday… here’s my ode to Tolkien – and his good friend Lewis. This post contains affiliate links. From the Back Cover: “J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis enjoyed one of the most consequential friendships… Continue Reading →

Review: My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud’homme

From the Back Cover: Julia Child singlehandedly awakened America to the pleasures of good cooking with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, but as she reveals in this bestselling memoir, she… Continue Reading →

The Enneagram and Me

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(This is your weekly Theological Thursday post but – on a FRIDAY!) What is the Enneagram?? It’s one of a vast number of personality systems and ways of seeing ourselves. Ann Bogel has a great book called Reading People with a… Continue Reading →

Review: A Place To Land by Kate Motaung

Who should read this book? You. If you’ve lived through any amount of life, you will get this. You need to know the hope in the midst of the pain.

Review: A Song of Home by Susie Finkbeiner

As with every reviewer, you need to know something about their tastes. A food critic who prefers Italian food will put Asian food at a distinct disadvantage simply by their tastes. Also a food critic who happens to be a… Continue Reading →

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