Friends. This book. I don’t even know where to start about this book. This book got passed around my friend group like wildfire. I’d heard about it for a couple of years, but never got around to buying it (and let’s be honest, I love my public library but they’re not quick to buy Christian… Read More What I’m reading: Bread & Wine
I realize I’m just about the last person in the world to read this, but I have to tell you about what I just finished. Tina Fey’s Bossypants. You must go read it, right now, immediately. Or go get the audiobook and have Tina Fey read it to you. Think about it. What’s better than… Read More What I’m reading: Bossypants
2015 may have been the year of escapism for me in fiction. Not in the genre specifically; more in the sense that I craved books set in another time, with characters of different ages and ethnicities and life experience than myself. The memorable books had faraway settings or fantastical realities or clear journeys/goals for the… Read More Top five fiction reads of 2015
2015 was a year for the books. No really. I read a ton of books. This past year, I had a goal to read 70 books. That’s a lot, more than one a week. I knew some of it would be in spurts – on vacation I average one a day, while during busy work… Read More Top five nonfiction reads of 2015
You guys. YOU GUYS. Earlier this year, I read a really great book about calling and life and following Jesus, and you should all go read it. I work with college students, am married to a law student, and find myself squarely in young adulthood, so I am constantly having conversations with others about calling,… Read More Book review: Work, Play, Love
So, a preface. I don’t read a lot of nonfiction for entertainment. Most of the nonfiction I read is either faith-growing, professionally helpful, or travel books. Therefore it of course feels a bit strange really to choose a top five of those three diverse categories – do I have separate categories for each, or make sure… Read More Top five nonfiction reads of 2014
One thing you should know about me is that I love to read. LOVE to read. Odds are, there’s a book in purse at all times. I’m the type who is already reading about four books at once, but there’s a system to it. Maybe we’ll cover that in a future blog post. As the… Read More Top five fiction reads of 2014