Just popping in for a quick minute to share the two best books I’ve read lately. I checked out a copy of The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction by Meghan Cox Gurdon as soon as it was available at the library. After I blazed through it, I… Read More Two Favorite Books
Hi there! Just popping in with a book list in case you’ve set some reading goals and need a little inspiration. Here are my favorite books from 2018. Nonfiction My Squirrel Days, Ellie Kemper Fun, light-hearted, told in short vignettes so it’s easy to read if you only have snippets of time here and there… Read More My Best Books of 2018
Loved My Squirrel Days by Ellie Kemper I love The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, so it’s no surprise that I love Ellie Kemper, too. This was a quick, light-hearted memoir that made me laugh out loud at least once every few pages. I found the first half of the book funnier than the second, but that… Read More Reading Lately
If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you know that I love books and try to read as much as possible. I also love talking about certain types of books with other people, especially books about faith and spiritual growth, and now that EfM is over, I don’t get to do that… Read More How to start a laid-back book club
Loved Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman Even though this book was published just after WWII, so much of it still resonates today. Howard Thurman is deeply theological while being completely accessible (one of my favorite combinations in writers). He helped me to see how even though we claim to be all one in… Read More Reading Lately
I’ve been trying to read more, which probably sounds ridiculous for an English teacher, but the truth is that I have to do so much required reading that it leaves me very little time for reading for fun. Since finishing grad school in May—which helped cut down on required reading quite a bit—I’ve been visiting… Read More Reading Lately
I first heard about Fight Back With Joy through social media. I’d been thinking about choosing joy as my focus word for the year, and when I saw posts about how much people were looking forward to this book, I researched it a little more and preordered it right away. The preorder was for my Kindle,… Read More Reading Lately: Fight Back With Joy by Margaret Feinberg