I may have mentioned that I’ve joined a book club for the first time. It’s a group of ladies from my neighborhood, so not only do I get to read books I might not have picked for myself, I get to know my neighbors in the …
May Reads
I know this is a few days earlier than normal, but since I just began reading a couple of new books and know I won’t be finished with them by May 31, I thought this was as good a time as any to share my May Reads! And let …
April Reads
This has been one of those months where I’ve been reading several books at once. And just when I felt like I wasn’t making any progress on any of them, I finished most of them! Part of the problem were that several were very …
March Reads
I feel like I’m little bit back to normal in my reading life, although I am currently making my way through 3 non-fiction books in between the fiction, so there’s that. But I’ve read some fun and interesting stuff this month, …
Spending Spree
I received a few Amazon cards for my birthday recently, and while I did spend part of those on a new lap desk for my office, the rest I dedicated to books! And not just any books. Recent releases I feared I wouldn’t get to …
February Reads
Finishing up revisions on Hidden Riches, due out in November, put a damper on my reading time this month. And the short month itself didn’t help matters. I’m currently in the middle of several books, but here are the few I …
January Reads
Ah, January. Hunkering down on cold days and reading in front of the fire or cuddled up beneath the covers in bed. And some good books filled those warm reading times! (Be aware that not all of these are Christian …
A Quick Read through the Bible
Have you ever done a quick read through the Bible? Genesis to Revelation in just a few months? That might sound daunting, but I can attest to the fact that it can also be an amazing adventure with the Lord. I first did …
The Stories in Old Books
From Inspired by Life . . . and Fiction this week: As you know, I’ve been cataloguing the books in my library. I got about half done via barcode, but the other half? Too old for barcodes! So I’ve been inputting them …
My Goodreads Rating System
I ran across a social media post last week asking how you rate books on Goodreads. It’s a topic I’ve thought a lot about so I thought I would address my personal thoughts on this here. For me, ratings of books are …