Reading, Reviews

2022 Reads — Books 21-25

I’m going through these a bit more slowly than I did last year. I limit myself to about two hours of work time a day, so that I’m not working while my kids are awake, which means that most of that time needs to go to actual writing and more concrete business matters. But these reviews and this blog are…

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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…

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Reading, Reviews

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…

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Reading, Reviews

2021 Reads — Books 21 – 25

Returning for five more mini book reviews for my 2021 reads! I’ve already read more books this year than I read last year total, so I’ll have lots more reviews for you next year! But one year at a time. Here are five more snippets of thought about the books I read last year. The First Four Years by Laura…

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