Quotable || Reading & Friendship

“Reading well adds to our life—not in the way a tool from the hardware store adds to our life, for a tool does us no good once lost or broken, but in ...

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Best of the Backlist: Small Novels With Big Impact

In recent years I’ve started seeing a trend of reading Novellas for November, and I think it’s brilliant! November is a busy month for most of us, resulting in shortened attention spans ...

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Quick Lit || November 2023

My reading this month was wide ranging and quite satisfying, with plenty of excellent books to recommend. Let’s get to those reviews! The Indian in the Cupboard, by Lynne Reid Banks Omri’s ...

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Bookish Considerations: In Praise of the Kindle

Amazon released its first iteration of the Kindle e-Reader in November of 2007. As I’ve never been one to jump on the latest technology craze, the development was not even a blip ...

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Quick Lit || October 2023

I’m back from my blogging hiatus and eager to share some books with you! My month is weighted more heavily than usual toward Middle Grade fiction. We have some adult fiction, too, ...

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Best of the Backlist: Hard-But-Hopeful Memoirs

Reading can serve many purposes, and we each come to the pastime with different goals. Some read strictly for pleasure or to escape, others read to learn and grow. Many of us ...

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Quick Lit || September 2023

It didn’t feel like a banner reading month for me when I was in it, but looking over the titles I read in the last several weeks, I can see that my ...

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Bookish Considerations: Choosing What to Read Next

Deciding what to read can be as simple as picking up the most convenient book on the shelf. But for the bookish souls among us, it often becomes a much more complicated ...

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Quick Lit || August 2023

I read a little less broadly than usual this month, but if you’re interested in books about books or deep-dives into faith, family, and education, I have a great assortment of books ...

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Best of the Backlist: Summery Reads for Seasonal Reading

Are you a seasonal reader? I would certainly never claim to be a seasonal reading purist, but there is something special about reading a book whose setting matches my own current season. ...

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