thoughts on life, literature, and faith
This book touched me on a deeply personal level, and I had to process it for a little while before writing about it. Anna Lyndsey’s amazing memoir is about her experience of a rare and unexplained physical condition that leaves her unable to be in the presence of light—not just sunlight, but soft lamps, LED […]
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Hello, readers! How is your February going? Mine has been flying by! I have been more social this month and have been doing a little less reading. Nevertheless, I couldn’t let another week go by without a new post. So without further ado, here’s my top fiction recommendation for the month of February Our Souls […]
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This was a great year for me and books! What with blogging, joining the Litsy community (@annahenke), and just loving the reading life, I’m perfectly content. I read over 120 books in 2016. It’s customary in the blogosphere to do some sort of “Best of” list, and I’m excited to share mine with you. Here’s […]
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The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald Read by Fiona Hardingham and Lorelei King This book about books is well-written, sweet, and tons of fun. When Swedish visitor Sara arrives in Broken Wheel, Iowa, she finds her pen pal and fellow booklover, Amy, has died. However, the town is bound and determined that […]
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Here’s a look at the fiction I’ve finished lately! Book Five in the Wilderness Series Format: Audiobook Recommended to fans of Outlander, the Wilderness series is a sweeping historical romance and multigenerational family saga that begins in 1792 and carries on for decades after. The fourth book, Queen of Swords, opens in 1814 and is […]
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Wow, September flew by! It’s been three weeks since my last post, but the truth is . . . I’ve been busy reading! BOOKS READ IN SEPTEMBER: 13 New Releases: 4 Backlist TBR Books: 6 Surprise Finds: 3 Format Galleys: 2 Audio: 4 Ebook: 3 Print: 4 Graphic Novel: 1 Other Details: Fiction: 11 Nonfiction: […]
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July was a great month for reading—partly because it was too hot to do anything else! I participated in the #24in48 readathon weekend, so I finished a lot more books than usual. I didn’t get close to 24 hours of reading done in 48 hours, but it was time well spent. I read 14 books […]
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I am a big Boot Riot fan—the posts, the podcasts, the whole shebang—so I decided to take up their 2015 Read Harder challenge. I like to take up a challenge every year to stretch my reading horizons (and be inspired to catch up on my TBR pile). It’s definitely made me pick up a few […]
Read MoreI’ll be honest. Sometimes, I get turned off by too much hype. I listen to book podcasts, follow bestseller lists, and read book blogs. If too many people tell me about a book, I get to feeling like I’ve already read it. That’s why I put off reading Kathryn Stockett’s The Help. I’ve sold more […]
Read MoreI just finished listening to The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, read by Nick Podehl. It was GREAT! Epic fantasy gets overlooked a lot–mostly because it’s nerdy, but partly because people think that Tolkien was a genius and everyone after him is a copycat. Don’t get me wrong, I love Tolkien as much (probably more) […]
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