Bookish Considerations: What is your stance on DNFing books?

To live in the 21st century is to swim in a sea of TLAs (three[or two]-letter-acronyms). One might think that the bookish world—with our love of long-form thought and sophisticated vocabulary—might be ...

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Lately || August 2025

August was a big month for our family: we celebrated a milestone birthday; got underway with some new ventures (a Classical Conversations community for the family, and American Heritage Girls for Kali ...

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The Redeemed Reader: Cultivating a Child’s Discernment and Imagination Through Truth and Story (Bonus Book Review)

In a world that inundates us with advice, every parent needs a curated list of trusted advisors and resources. In our home, one of those trusted sources is The Redeemed Reader, a ...

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What I Learned This Summer . . . About Faith, Family, Floods, & First Birthdays (plus a few more things).

I’m toying with the idea of moving to a year-round school schedule for our homeschool. The biggest reason is that summer is actually the worst time of year for our family to ...

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Nickelson Ryan || Twelve Months Old!!!

Happy Birthday to my precious Nico-Nico! One year ago today you burst into our lives and our hearts in the most humbling, gloriously imperfect fashion. In many ways, yours was the birth ...

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Quick Lit + August 2025

Today is the second Thursday of August, which is official book review day here on the blog (in case you missed it, there’s more on the new posting schedule at the end ...

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Featured Book Review: The Focused Faith

2025 has been my year of intentionally spending time with my Shepherd and learning to discern His voice. There are many obstacles that prevent me from listening for (and following) the voice ...

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First Response

I knew from the moment he plodded into the van and plopped into his booster seat that something was wrong. After nine long hours at church camp, Charleston would usually be buzzing ...

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Lately || July 2025

July brought unfathomable tragedy to many Texans, including some just miles from my home. It feels wrong to keep on with life as usual when life has changed or even ended for ...

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Bookish Considerations: A few thoughts on The StoryGraph.

In my last Bookish Considerations post, I shared about my experience with Goodreads, which I have been using to catalogue my books since 2012. (As a quick aside, thanks so much to ...

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