Let’s Talk About Book Reviews

I recently came across a blog post titled “5 Things I’ve Learned From Reviewing Everything I’ve Read For Almost Three Years.” My initial reaction to the post’s title was, “Wow! She reviews ...

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Lately // February 2022

After a January that dragged, February flew right by. We have been BUSY! I have accidentally found myself involved in FOUR separate Bible studies/small groups, in addition to serving on Sunday mornings ...

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Lately // January 2022

Let’s give a big round of applause to ALL OF US for making it to the end of January, this month that lasted approximately eighty-seven days (give or take a week). Honestly, ...

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A Plan for a Flourishing Reading Life in 2022

Last year was a fantastic year of reading for me—not because I read a record number of books (I finished fewer books last year than I have since 2017) or because the ...

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Lately // December 2021

December—the most favored of months, though it never feels big enough to carry all that I want to press into its generous arms. I adore everything Christmas, as this December recap will ...

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2021 Reading Wrap-Up and My Best Books of the Year

The month of December abounds with goodness and joy and all things magical, not the least of which is the many Best Of lists filling our feeds in these closing days of ...

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Lately // November 2021

The sprint to the end of the year is upon us, and this November shot right by—thankfully it graced me with some very special moments as it passed on through. // READING ...

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Lately // October 2021

Like my kindred spirit Anne, I am so happy to live in a world where there are Octobers. Sadly, this October went by far too quickly, but for mostly good reasons. We ...

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October 2021 Quick Lit: Fiction

There was quite a bit of uniformity in last week’s Nonfiction reviews. Today’s books are all quite different: from intended audience to genre to tone, we have a bookish grab bag going ...

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A Reader’s Guide to a More Fulfilling Reading Life: Part Three—Beyond the Books

For some readers, the reading experience concludes with the final sentence of a book. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this approach: a reader is simply a person who reads, and there ...

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