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A Life Update, 2024

Well fellow readers, I have been MIA for almost a year. And what a year it was! On Good Friday I found out I was expecting baby boy #5....

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Feb 152 min read

January and February 2024 Books

Welcome to the new year of books! Already my initial choices of books for my reading challenges have changed, but I am fairly happy with...

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Mar 6, 20248 min read

Reading Challenges for 2024

Happy January! Here are three reading challenges that I am going to try to complete. It will probably not happen, but I am excited to try...

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Jan 2, 20245 min read

December 2023 Reads

The Spectacular by Fiona Davis: historical fiction set in the 1950s during the end of the reign of terror by the Big Apple Bomber in New...

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Jan 2, 20245 min read

October and November 2023 Reads!

The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner: it's 1943 and Elise Sontag is living a normal American life until her German father is...

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Dec 12, 20235 min read

Great Picture Books!

Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett: illustrated by Jon Klassen, this fun story follows a girl who discovers a box that seemingly has a...

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Nov 26, 20232 min read

September 2023 Reads

Authentically, Izzy by Pepper Basham: Izzy's well-meaning cousin sets her up on a dating site and she reluctantly agrees. A match to...

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Nov 3, 20234 min read

August 2023 Book Reviews

The Love and Honor series (Word of Honor and Honor's Refuge) by Hallee Bridgeman: Christian fiction focusing on military life and all...

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Sep 13, 20236 min read

July 2023 Reads

Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake: Badger is a Very Important Rock Scientist and a bit of a hermit. His life is turned upside down when...

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Aug 11, 20234 min read

June 2023 Reads

A Lady Unrivaled: Ladies of the Manor Book #3 by Roseanna M. White: after her oldest friend's betrayal, Lady Ella Myerston is determined...

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Jul 5, 20237 min read

May 2023 Reads!

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff: this slim book is filled with actual letters written back and forth between Helene in New York...

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Jun 6, 20237 min read

April 2023 Reads!

Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges: nonfiction; Christians can become so preoccupied with major cultural sins that they tolerate and/or...

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May 8, 20236 min read

March 2023 Book Reviews

Happy Resurrection Day, fellow readers! 1 Corinthians 15:17, 19 "And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are...

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Apr 8, 20235 min read

February 2023 Reads!

Night Angels by Weina Day Randel: WWII historical fiction. This book follows the true story of Chinese diplomat, Dr. Ho Fengshan, to...

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Mar 12, 20235 min read

January 2023 Reads!

Hello from Upstate New York where our hill is covered in snow and the wind is whipping over our house! It has been lovely to see family...

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Feb 7, 20235 min read

November and December 2022 Reads!

We are officially stateside again! It's been a pleasure to relax after the last few stressful months of moving overseas. I couldn't find...

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Jan 2, 20237 min read

October 2022 Reads!

Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe by Voddie T. Baucham: the death of George Floyd and the...

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Nov 13, 20223 min read

September 2022 Reads!

Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary: Henry Huggins is a third grade boy living on Klickitat Street who believes nothing ever exciting happens...

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Oct 9, 20224 min read

August 2022 Reads!

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center: dumped by her boyfriend/coworker on the eve of her mother's funeral, Hannah is placed on forced...

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Sep 6, 20225 min read

Things I Love, Edition 2

Just some things I've been enjoying lately! Carly Jean Los Angeles Clothing Line--I heard about this clothing line through an ad on one...

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Aug 14, 20222 min read