Life of a Reader
A Reader’s Review of Literature
The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles Published February 9, 2021 346 pages Content: * * (2.5) Scattered language of mild to moderate severity. Lots of suggestive material regarding mistresses, sex, longing looks, fantasy, female anatomy etc. Frequent mentions of “trysts” and other similar terms, all of which point to sex although nothing is described in those instances. Several mentions […]
Rob had a way of not-thinking about things. He imagined himself as a suitcase that was too full, like the one that he had packed when they left Jacksonville after the funeral. He made all his feelings go inside the suitcase; he stuffed them in tight and then sat on the suitcase and locked it shut. That was the way […]
The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz Published June 5, 2018 400 pages First in Hawthorne series Content: * * * (3.2) Lots of language, particularly f–k and s–t. Some suggestive material, including brief references to / descriptions of male anatomy. Several mentions of homosexuality. Lead character described many times as homophobic (and this is not okay in the other lead […]
“Who would ever think you would shout, ‘You’re going to vacuum up a squirrel!’” Now Introducing . . . Ladies and gentlemen, I now introduce you to one of my most favorite authors!! Drum roll please . . . . . . Kate DiCamillo! Oh. My. Gummy-bears. I love DiCamillo’s children’s literature. I read several of her books as […]
Excuses, Excuses I’ve been gone from the blog for a grand total of two weeks. It’s quite possible no one even noticed. In fact, I’m sure no one noticed because I have no following whatsoever. I often feel like I’m just talking to myself here. Nevertheless, I felt like I should explain that due to Spring Break, a church retreat, […]
If this past year has taught me (the beginnings of) anything about a Christian’s growth towards God, it is that the process is one of the blacksmith’s forge. Our desires for change are like sketches of what we want God to do. But nine times out of ten, our steely hearts must feel the heat of difficulty and the sparks […]
“Take courage, my beloved, the sun has not ceased to shine, nor has our God forgotten to be gracious.” – Charles Haddon Spurgeon A Cloud of Witnesses In Hebrews 12, the Holy Spirit through the human author encourages us with these words: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us run with endurance the […]
“I could not answer the ceaseless inward question – why I thus suffered; now, at the distance of – I will not say how many years, I see it clearly.” A Miserable Burden What does misery do to the young mind? A great many things. Everyone responds differently given the same circumstances. In the classic novel written by Charlotte […]
For the Want of a Book Barnes and Noble is a pretty nice place to be: the smell of fresh paper, the crack of an untouched spine, the hushed whispers of stories calling to their readers. But take the comfortable atmosphere of B&N one step further. Imagine now you are in a mom and pop bookstore – a crammed building […]
¨And it came to pass that Ilúvatar called together all the Ainur and declared to them a mighty theme, unfolding to them things greater and more wonderful than he had yet revealed; and the glory of its beginning and the splendour of its end amazed the Ainur so that they bowed before Ilúvatar and were silent. Glorious Emotion I […]