Life of a Reader
A Reader’s Review of Literature
Some news from my desk! I am so incredibly excited to announce that I am now an official book reviewer for Reedsy Discovery! Reedsy Discovery is a fun website where authors and reviewers can connect to promote specific genres of literature to the right audiences. Readers are welcome to dig through Reedsy’s archives and find thousands of new and upcoming […]
I originally published this list in January of this year; however, my system of dates, book read, and star rating didn’t line up and was unreadable! My blogging skills are nowhere near legendary, so I now present to you the reformatted version of my reading list with only the month listed for each book I read. 🙂 How many of […]
God has a purpose for all things in our lives, even anxiety. If the chief end of man is to glorify God, then we can trust that our anxiety is doing something for our good and God’s glory. Anxiety has become a household term, a self-diagnosed disease and a permanent fixture of life in American society. It is heart-breaking […]
Time management has become a necessary skill in our fast-paced world. Every day seems to fill up faster than the last. Yet, underneath the ever-increasing pace of life, the essentials of food preparation, sleep, personal Bible study and prayer, household chores, and personal hygiene have not diminished. If anything, specific portions of our daily habits, such as prayer and Scripture […]
I’m on a mission. Actually I’m on a mission now for the second year in a row. It’s simple, truly: read all the books I already own. But let me tell you about the rabbit trails . . . I’m just kidding. We don’t have time for that. But let’s just say, I have a new rule about going to […]
I’m unimpressed and disappointed. While I considered writing this as a Mini-View instead of a full review, I decided this book warranted a full discussion. We’ll get into the whys below (yes, there is a plurality of reasons unfortunately), but I can summarize by saying it is an emphatic no to the question of whether you should read this book. Sad […]
In my attempts to find enjoyable, clean, and well-written literature for young men, I have been troubled and unsure of where to turn to being my searches. Fortunately, I didn’t have to look far; in fact, I didn’t have to look at all. I listen to audio books with a subscription on the app Scribd. After saving lots of books […]
Drummer Boy at Bull Run by Gilbert Morris Published in 1995 152 pages Content: * * * * * (5.0) Clean fiction is hard to come by these days. Have you wandered the JF (junior fiction) and YA (young adult) shelves at your local library lately?! If you noticed the publishing date of this book, you might […]
grace truth: even when the sky doesn’t open sweetly you can still find grace growing from somewhere. I avoided poetry for a very long time. I appreciated literature as a child, growing up in a home where books were read-aloud every night and spending every free moment drinking in every Nancy Drew mystery and Janette Oke book I […]
I’d like you to imagine that you’re holding God’s GPS in your hand. Regardless of when you pick this book up to read it, or where you live in the world, God’s everlasting principles herein will never fail to guide you as you seek to make him known in your relational encounters. What if the greatest danger to […]