Life of a Reader
A Reader’s Review of Literature
The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin Published in 2022 415 Pages Content: * * * * (4.8) I have mostly given up finding women’s fiction novels that are clean. It is nigh unto impossible to find a book without explicit sex in it. There’s a reason some people purposefully classify their book as a “closed-door romance” – it’s […]
Maybe I, Leda Johnson, have been given something wonderful but just can’t see it—like being handed the keys to the Space Shuttle and then just driving it up and down the huge runway in Florida complaining about how hard it is to turn. Maybe since Todd is a good friend, is it possible my dream already came true—just not in the way […]
I have a tendency to be incredibly nostalgic and sentimental when it comes to a certain style of books. If you’ve read before of my love of Kate DiCamillo, then you know what I’m getting at. I have found, once again, another book that paints a story as beautiful as an impressionist’s canvas. Oh by the way, have I mentioned […]
‘I don’t know. I feel like maybe I’m meant for something more than this.’ He gestured around him and took a deep, shuddering breath, forcing air into his lungs. They felt too tight, as they seemed to so often these days, the air too thick. ‘I feel a little like I’m suffocating here, and I don’t know why.’ Made […]
It was on a dreary, barren weekend that Jack invented the fifty-ton, mile-long, giant, killer octopus stories. He and I built a bonfire on the beach late that Saturday afternoon just as the sky was clearing and night was falling. When we were all huddled close, he began his story . . . Yours, Mine, and Ours The Derwood […]
Arnault walks out of prison after more than twenty years. Though falsely accused of murder, Arnault quietly did his time and now has the opportunity to begin life anew. Yet this proves to be difficult as the city of Paris can’t see beyond his criminal history, false though it may be. Arnault proves his humility and compassion, however, as he […]
Grace is the only hope for any sinner. John MacArthur is a prolific writer. True, much of his written material comes from sermons and series that he has preached and taught. Nevertheless, his writings are many and various. Today I’m starting a new line of review – booklets! I have received many booklets (and pamphlets) over the years that […]
Christ,’ she used to say, ‘keeps firmer hold on us than we keep on him’. I have only read two of Tim Challies books. Both have been small, but powerful. In Devoted: Great Men and Their Godly Moms, Challies pairs short biographies with thought-provoking questions and application from the lives of influential but forgotten mothers. Mrs. Challies jumps in […]
Man Wanted in Cheyenne is my first book review to go live over at Reedsy. I will be writing shorter and less-detailed reviews there, but hope to also write fuller and more biblically minded reviews here on my blog. In the summary of this book, it is stated that the timeless question answered in Man Wanted in Cheyenne is, “What makes […]
A pushover is a bad thing to be, but an opinionated pushover is a worse thing to be. A pushover is nice and goes along with it, whatever it is. An opinionated pushover acts nice and goes along with it, but while quietly brooding and resentful. I am an opinionated pushover. I listened to the audio version […]