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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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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Quick Lit + July 2025

I have a lot of words to say today about a lot of books, so let’s skip all introduction and get right to the reviews! NONFICTION All the Worst Humans: How I ...

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Bookish Considerations: A few thoughts on Goodreads.

When engaging in bookish conversations with non-readers and occasional-readers, I rarely mention Goodreads; when I happen to make the casual Goodreads reference, I’m almost always met with blank stares and overt disinterest. ...

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Featured Book Review: Shepherding a Child’s Heart

One way I am embracing my Word for the year (Shepherd) is by reading a Word-related book each season. The goal is to read at least two books this year related to ...

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Quick Lit + June 2025

We have a shorter-than-usual roundup of books today, but included in this list are a few awesome books (including two that are in my Top Five so far this year) and plenty ...

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Quick Lit + May 2025

I have had less time to read this month, and have no idea how I got through as many books as I did. And most of them were pretty great! Let’s get ...

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Bookish Considerations: Let’s Talk Book Series

When I think back to the most memorable reading experiences of my childhood, there is one prevailing theme: nearly all of my favorite books were part of a series. I loved settling ...

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Quick Lit + April 2025

In looking at the assortment of books I’m reviewing today, I couldn’t help but notice some interesting connections—so many, in fact, that I’ve decided to organize these reviews by their weird relationships, ...

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Bookish Considerations: End Game

I recently listened to a bookish podcast discussion in which one of the hosts mentioned that she rarely remembers the endings of books. I could relate! Of course I do remember the ...

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