And here we are at the end of my book reviews for 2021! I made it through all 65 books. I have loved going over each of them with all of you, and I hope you’ve found a few gems to add to your own to-read list. As far as I’m concerned, you can never have too many books to…
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2021 Reads — 56-60
My second-to-last post of mini-reviews for the year! This particular list contains first three books that were a solid four stars, then one that was merely three stars, and finishes with a whopping five stars. What are the books in question, you ask? Here you go! The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien Continuing my second read-through of The Lord of…
Interview With Jonathan Garner
A dear friend and talented fellow author, Jonathan Garner, just published his first book! I had the privilege of beta-reading it years ago and was so excited to recently get to hold a copy in my hands and get it on my shelf. I asked Jonathan if I could interview him regarding the book, and he agreed! Enjoy, and please…
2021 Reads — 51-55
Five more books, and as always, it’s a wildly mixed bag! My reading habits are diverse, and I love that. We have everything from two- to five-star reads on this list! The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien Okay, so my relationship with these books is complicated. I absolutely love The Hobbit and have read it multiple times. The…
“The thousandth part of what lies within me”
For half a century I have been translating my thoughts into prose and verse: history, drama, philosophy, romance, tradition, satire, ode, and song; all of these I have tried. But I feel I haven’t given utterance to the thousandth part of what lies within me. When I go to the grave I can say, as others have said, “My day’s…
2021 Reads — 46-50
The particular period in which I read these five books was the early postpartum days with my third baby. I say this so that you can keep it in mind as you begin to notice a theme in these reviews — a lack of much retention! Between sleep deprivation (I read a few of these mostly in the middle of…
Sparkly Panda
I wrote this piece a few weeks ago in honor of a friend of ours who has since passed away. I thought I would share it here in the hopes that it would bless my readers. * * * * * I sit in stunned silence in the morning sunlight, turning the words over and over in my head –…
2021 Reads — 41 -45
Another week, another list of five books I read last year, complete with one- or two-paragraph reviews of each. This week’s collection is, as usual, quite eclectic with some books I loved and some I most emphatically did not. Long Days of Small Things: Motherhood as a Spiritual Discipline by Catherine McNiel A friend gave me this one at my…
Intoxication Excerpt
In case you didn’t notice the WIP progress bar on the sidebar over there, I FINISHED the first draft of Intoxication (Firmament Book 9) today! I’m really proud of my consistency in getting it done, and while it definitely needs work, I’m overall happy with how it turned out. In honor of this momentous occasion, I found an excerpt that…
2021 Reads — Books 36 – 40
I’m back with five more 2021 book reviews, and this is a post I’m really excited about because all of the books on today’s list were such joys to read in such VERY different ways! Three of the five, as you’ll see, are rated five stars, which is an honor I bestow sparingly. And the four-star ones could more properly…