If I had read this book 10 years ago, maybe we would not have made some of the financial mistakes we’ve made. The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason is a simple book with very sound principles for financial management. Lessons are illustrated through engaging fictional stories set in old time Babylon written […]
i just finished reading The Complete Short Stories of Miss Marple mysteries, by Agatha Christie, of course. Short who-dunnit stories are fun to read, but they are not as satisfying as a whole novel. There’s no build up to the crime and examining of suspects. The resolution is interesting, but it happens too fast. The […]
This is the third time I am reading Anne of Green Gables. Right now I am reading it aloud to Amy each night at bedtime. I love this story of the red-headed orphan because it’s a story of victory over adverse circumstances. It’s a story of how ordinary folks can make a difference in one […]
What can you do to amuse yourself on a hot afternoon? I read a book – Death of a Maid, by M. C. Beaton. In this Hamish Macbeth series, the victim is always someone annoying whom everyone wants dead. No one feels sorry for the deceased, so almost everyone in the small seaside village is […]
For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it. We will just skim our lives instead of actually living them. Sickness is a bad thing. But as […]
The story is so simple, the writing is so easy to read, yet the concepts about life are so poignant. In the book, Artist of the Floating World, by Kazuo Ishiguro, the artist Masuji Ono made a decision to use his artistic abilities for what he thought was a greater good. Instead of painting the […]
If you’ve never heard of Owly, I bet most of you probably haven’t, you’ve got to read it and experience a little “warm fuzzies” in your heart. Owly by Andy Runton is a graphic novel for all ages. When you think graphic novel, you might think of manga or comic books. But Owly is different. […]
I recently finished reading “The 10 Dumbest Things Christians Do“, by Mark Atteberry. The title sets itself up for a series: “10 More Dumb Things Christians Do”; “The 10 Dumbest Things Teenage Christians Do”; “The 10 Dumbest Things Christian Women Do”…I will refrain from going on. The book makes some good points about how we […]
I’ve been reading this book on and off for a while. Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions by George Barna gives good insight into the importance of children’s ministry in our churches. If you want to have a lasting influence upon the world, you must invest in people’s lives; and if you want to maximize that […]
I finished reading At Home in Mitford a few weeks ago. It’s a Christian fiction written by Jan Karon. Audrey’s German teacher gave her the whole series to put in our church library. So I am reading them first. I haven’t heard of this author, but the cover says At Home in Mitford is a […]
I just finished reading Why I am a Christian by John Stott. Though Stott is a very popular Christian author, this is the first book I’ve read by him. I got this book free from Intervarsity when we visited Elliot during Parent’s weekend at USC. The author explains several reasons why he is a Christian. […]
The Dragon Keeper by Carole Wilkinson is a fantasy adventure set in China in the days when Imperial Emperors and dragons existed. The heroine is a little slave girl who discovers her destiny as the true dragon keeper by helping the last of the imperial dragon, Danza. They journeyed together to the ocean to hatch […]
I am half way through reading Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. I am not going to read the rest of it. I don’t like the book. Is it ok to dislike a book that is suppose to be a literary classic? In our local library there is a Classic section. I like to read something from […]
I like to read biographies written for children. When we go to the library, I look in the J92 section – Juvenile biographies. The easy reading gives me a quick glance at famous characters. Amy and I read them together and often get inspired by what people have been able to accomplished. The biography of […]
The Rodeo Murder is the title of the 3rd mystery in the book 3 At Wolfe’s Door, by Rex Stout. A rodeo comes to town, and the rich guy whom nobody liked and everyone would want dead is strangled during the party. There were 4, or was it 5 possible suspects. The movements and timing […]
Here is my first post under my new catagory of Book Review. I want to keep track of the books I read. Now that I am not in school, I can simply read for pleasure, no pressure of a test, don’t have to remember details and dates. I usually don’t even remember the author’s name. […]