My present life involves a lot of driving. Most of that driving involves my children in the car. Since they are 9 and 5, we usually listen to things in the car. I tend to choose words over music, for some reason, and we have a significant list of podcasts (mine and theirs). My children … Continue reading Audiobooks for Kids
New Review: The Great Alone
This review may contain SPOILERS!! You've been warned. I kicked this book down the road for quite a while because it's just not in my usual genres. As an Alaskan, I also have a real fear of reading books that take place in Alaska because of what might be mis-portrayed or annoying in them. The Great … Continue reading New Review: The Great Alone
New Review: The Last Suppers
I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I rarely feel ambivalent about a book, but that's where I find myself after reading The Last Suppers by Mandy Mikulencak. It is not that the novel about a cook at a Louisiana prison in the early 50s isn't interesting. It is … Continue reading New Review: The Last Suppers
Bullet Review: Girl in Translation
Read for: Book Club (personal) Read time: 2 days Grade: B For me: engaging read fairly smooth writing style consistent characters (until last 40 pages) information about an experience other than my own close mother and daughter relationship Not- so- much for me: Kim's character focus really seemed to drop in the last chapter … Continue reading Bullet Review: Girl in Translation
New Review: Kindly Welcome
I received a copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review. I have a discount code for purchasing a hard copy of the book. Click here and use code: PVNV3C at checkout. Many thanks to author Linda Stevens for persisting in generosity to provide this code. I haven't wept over … Continue reading New Review: Kindly Welcome
New Review: The Butterfly Effect
My weekend was filled with porn. I spent 3.5 hours of my weekend on porn. I spent 3.5 hours of my weekend listening to an audiobook about the variety of impacts that free, streaming porn has had on American and Canadian societies. Jon Ronson (Them, The Men Who Stare At Goats, This American Life) has compiled a … Continue reading New Review: The Butterfly Effect
Reblog: The Hate U Give
When I wrote this review for RevGalBlogPals, the verdict in the case mentioned below had not yet been decided or announced. The day after this review posted, it was announced that the police officer who shot Philando Castile was acquitted. The officer shot Castile who was seated in a car next to his fiancee and … Continue reading Reblog: The Hate U Give
New Review: Who Counts?
Who Counts? 100 Sheep, 10 Coins, and 2 Sons is a beautifully illustrated picture book of the "lost and found" parables from Luke 15. The parables are presented as a series of stories, with no mention of Jesus. There is a connecting thread and phrase about completeness through each story that children pick up on … Continue reading New Review: Who Counts?
New Review: Deliberate Acts of Kindness
In exchange for an honest review, I received a copy of Deliberate Acts of Kindness: A Field Guide to Service as Spiritual Practice by Meredith Gould. This review was originally written for RevGalBlogPals and posted on 3/30/17. Pluses: Spiritual depth- The book sincerely covers a breadth of spiritual and religious practices and how service is a component of each of … Continue reading New Review: Deliberate Acts of Kindness
