Dream Count - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Knopf Canada, 2025) Read: Wed Wabbit - Lissa Evans (Scholastic, 2018) Familial Hungers - Christine Wu (Brick Books, 2025) Lady Macbeth - Ava Reid (Books on Tape, 2024) (narrated by Imani Jade Powers) The Anxious Generation - Jonathan Haidt (Penguin Press, 2024) I Hope This Finds You Well -… Continue reading What I Read: March 2025
Dearly Beloved follows, from childhood into late life, two Presbyterian ministers and the women they marry. This might not sound dramatically interesting and it certainly isn't a book filled with twists and turns. Instead it's a study of character. We have two men, Charles and James, who each come to ministry at a fairly young… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
I should probably start this off by confessing that I've never read Shakespeare's Macbeth, nor have I ever seen a production of it. So there may well be references in Ava Reid's re-telling that I missed. That said, I'm familiar with the plot points and the characters and I read the Wikipedia article once I… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid
Anne of the Island - L.M. Montgomery (Apple Classics, 1992) In these posts I hope to share a little about what I am reading with my two children. Not exactly a review but a look at a book we’ve read together and how it worked for us. For context, my daughters are currently 7- and… Continue reading Reading with Pearl & Rose: Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
The Anxious Generation - Jonathan Haidt (Penguin Press, 2024) When I posted on Instagram that I was currently reading The Anxious Generation, I very quickly received several DMs from friends that they were curious about the book, that they wanted to read it too, or that they wanted to know what I thought when I… Continue reading Book Review: The Anxious Generation
This is really just a post to throw a bunch of photos and anecdotes out there. Here’s some stuff that’s happened in the last few weeks: The girls turned our living room into a blanket fort. Saw a mom friend share on Instagram that her daughters had turned their living room into a blanket fort… Continue reading Life: Stuff That’s Happened
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory - Tim Alberta (Harper Collins Audio, 2023) (narrated by the author) I first came across this book via customer request at work. Probably because of this, with the book's subtitle of "American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism", I assumed it was a look at the Evangelical Church… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory by Tim Alberta
I received an Advance Reader Copy of this book thanks to 8th Note Press and NetGalley. All opinions are my own. Azaan hasn't been back to his northern California hometown for many years. Not since he was caught kissing Madison, a white girl, by his father, the local imam. Azaan's family believes he's spent the… Continue reading Book Review: The Last Man in Paradise by Syed M. Masood
Hard to believe but recently we celebrated 10 whole years of Pearl! This girl is the best. She's so thoughtful and silly and smart. She's a fantastic big sister, a loyal friend, so curious about the world and so eager to step in to be a helper. Pearl loves animals, exploring, and being outdoors. She's… Continue reading Pearl is 10!
I heard a lot of mixed reviews for this one before I decided to pick it up and see for myself. Fair warning: this review will also be mixed. Our never-named narrator receives a position in a secretive branch of the UK government. Her new job is to be a "bridge". A bridge is a… Continue reading Book Review: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
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