Review: To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews
Review: The Great Divorce
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis My rating: 4 of 5 stars I first read this while on a missions trip 20+ years ago. I didn’t get it and I didn’t like it (and I didn’t like that I didn’t get it LOL) The ideas did not make sense to me. I’m a better reader…
Review: Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen My rating: 4 of 5 stars I decided to re-read Northanger Abbey so I could listen to the Literary Life podcast episodes from last fall with an updated read. I don’t really remember when I started it, but I know this spring hasn’t been as conducive to reading in the…
Book Review: In Vital Harmony by Karen Glass (Audio Book)
In Vital Harmony: Charlotte Mason and the Natural Laws of Education by Karen Glass My rating: 5 of 5 stars I started in February with reading and I restarted via Audible on May 1 and finished the audiobook today. I do plan to finish reading the print book as well. I’ve come, this year, to…
Review: The Irrational Season
The Irrational Season by Madeleine L’Engle My rating: 4 of 5 stars L’Engle takes her thinking through the liturgical year, starting with Advent and considering incarnation and the human condition, light and dark, time (chronos & kairos), love, Trinity and living out and thinking after Christ day in and day out – understanding the self…
Review: The Rock That Is Higher: Story as Truth
The Rock That Is Higher: Story as Truth by Madeleine L’Engle My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read this as my 2020 Lenten bedtime book. It was a wonderful choice. Considering story – and true story – in to the Gospel, King David, and interwoven with her own life events was a beautiful way…
Review: Wild Hope: Stories for Lent from the Vanishing
Wild Hope: Stories for Lent from the Vanishing by Gayle Boss My rating: 3 of 5 stars Boss is a very good writer and conveys her ideas well. This book is very sad to think about how man’s dominion over creation is many times selfish domination instead of careful stewardship. There is less directly about…
Frost by Dawn Garrett
Frost Have you ever noticed that the clearest, bluest skies yield coldest days? A few puffy white clouds cling to the heavens but mostly the blue is unhindered. Shockingly, on our walk we’re pelted by pellets of sleet? of snow? Flakes flitter and fall with no evidence of their formation. Crystals balled up like a…
Book Review: The Anatomy of Hymnody by Austin Lovelace
Anatomy of Hymnody, The–Lovelace, Austin- by Austin Lovelace My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really enjoyed this book. My children’s organ instructor is very knowledgeable about hymnody and recommended it to me (and teaches it in her university classes). Mr. Lovelace has opinions and he’s not afraid to wield them. He believes that hymns…
Book Review: Hinds Feet in High Places by Hannah Hurnard
Hinds’ Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard My rating: 2 of 5 stars This is one of those books that I’ve always thought I “should” read. In that way, I’m glad to have read it. I’m thankful it was a gift from my dear SIL who knew it was on my “list.” Unfortunately, I…