Category Archives: Reading

A Christmas Carol

You can read it online here. You can find the starter questions at 5MinutesforBooks The Link to other reviews can be found here: It has been years since I’ve read this story. I havee seen a few versions of the … Continue reading

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What Happens When Women Say Yes to God (review)

I picked this up at a women’s conference of our denomination. The speaker was also from Proverbs 31 Ministries and she did such a great job I wanted to check out some of the books. This one had an … Continue reading

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Battling Unbelief review

I chose Battling Unbelief: Defeating Sin with Superior Pleasure by John Piper to be the devotion book that we reviewed at our annual women’s beach retreat in November. It is the eight application chapters out of a longer work … Continue reading

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Little Britches and The Place to Be (reviews)

I had time over Thanksgiving weekend to read Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers and I loved it! It is the simple story of a boy when his family of seven moves from New England to Colorado for the father’s … Continue reading

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The Instinct to Heal

I picked this book up because it was by the same author as Anticancer: A New Way of Life, a book recommended by a friend with breast cancer. He discusses some interesting concepts so I will summarize them here. The … Continue reading

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What’s on my nightstand in Nov

A quick review of what I read since the last Nightstand entry. I read Antsy Does Time and Everlost by Neal Shusterman, see my reviews here for Antsy and here for Everlost. I assigned Antsy as required reading to … Continue reading

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Antsy, the Master of Time

Tonight I read Antsy Does Time by Neal Shusterman. I was interested after reading the review in Orson Scott Card’s column. My review of Everlost turned into an OSC plug, I’ll try not to do that again here. But if you … Continue reading

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Christmas Gift Idea – books of course!

I’m easily convinced, most of my gifts each year are books. Here is a great place to find encouragement and suggestions for books.

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Reading this week

I finished Everlost by Neal Shusterman. It came up in a review by Orson Scott Card. Actually, I was reading his more recent review of Antsy Does Time by Shusterman and he mentioned Everlost. I checked both out of the library and … Continue reading

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What’s on my nightstand this month?

It’s that time again. I went back and looked at last month’s entry and I am happy to report that I actually got some books read. I finished 4 Elizabeth Goudge books, The Grand Weaver, and At Home in Mitford. … Continue reading

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