A few years ago, as I was sitting around a dinner table discussing hobbies with with a group of newish friends, my love of reading inevitably entered into the conversation. After I’d ...
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Quick Lit + April 2024
This month included books I loved and books I didn’t, books that will be with me for a long time, and a couple of books I can’t WAIT for you to read ...
Best of the Backlist: Middle Grade Novels That Adults Will Love Too!
It seems that every month features a bookish celebration (or five!), and one celebration I can absolutely get excited about is Middle Grade March. This month-long festival is dedicated to reading Middle ...
Bonus Book Review: Habits of the Household, by Justin Whitmel Earley
As a mom, my primary goal in raising my children is that they know and love the Lord—not superficially, but with all of their hearts, minds, and souls. I pray that they ...
Quick Lit + March 2024
I have a range of books for you today, from mystery and romance to history, fantasy/horror, and a classic that I adored. Let’s get right to the reviews! MIDDLE GRADE Trixie Belden ...
Bookish Considerations: Thoughts on Reading Challenges
Our local library is doing a Winter Bingo Reading challenge, and as I picked up our family’s Bingo cards last month, I couldn’t help but chuckle at the concept: only in our ...
Quick Lit + February 2024
This edition of monthly book reviews contains a little of everything—memoir, parenting, cooking, feel-good stories, mystery, historical fiction, and more. There are lots of books here, so lets get right to the ...
Best of the Backlist: Books On Habits, Time Management, and Cultivating Healthy Rhythms
Not every book we read will change us, but any book can, and some books are explicitly written for the purpose of initiating change in their readers. I don’t really love the ...
28 Books On My TBR (That I Already Own!)
If December was a time for looking back (gotta love all the Best Books lists!), January is when we start to look ahead. For many readers this involves making reading goals and ...
Quick Lit + January 2024
Today’s book reviews lean heavily into Christmas. I realize that January is not an ideal time to be sharing Christmas reads, but these reviews follow my reading life in real time (with ...