If you had told me twelve months ago that our current president of the United States would be banned from all social platforms, unable to communicate with the American people, barely covered by the “news” sources, and so publicly hated by the Congress mob, I would have scoffed. Not in America, surely. We value our […]
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More Fall Reads
Heather Morris’ depiction follows Slovakian Jew Lale Sokolov, who was imprisoned at Auschwitz in 1942, and shows how he fell in love with a girl he was tattooing at the concentration camp. Based on his true story, this novel takes the reader from three years of brutality before his eventual escape. Morris is discreet with […]
Fall Reads: Because We All Need a Break and a Little Perspective
It’s easy into today’s climate to fixate our attention on the media, social networks, or the latest numbers from the CDC, and we wonder when the volcano is going to blow. With politics and pandemics swirling hot lava around our feet, we might feel a little too indifferent or even neglectful to read anything that […]
June & July Reads
I don’t normally read romances (not since high school anyway), but this cover doesn’t do justice to the content of this book. In fact, I almost didn’t read it because of the cover. However, I’d read a Hauck novel several years back about a the history of a wedding dress and enjoyed it. Although I […]
My May Reads and a few other random thoughts…
How is this possible? May 31st is here already…and I made it! Felt like I had a foaming tiger by the tail a few times, but I ran alongside, panting and gritting my teeth. I even got to wave and smile and enjoy the scenery a few places. By the time I could let go, […]
My April Reads
I’ve been reading several historical books and memoirs lately, none of which leave me with a smile. Enlightening? Yes. Lightening? No. Because of all the stress I was wrestling through in my reality, I decided this month, I needed to use my April reads to escape and laugh. Well, I made this declaration after starting […]
My March Reads
This month and the next will be demanding more of my time than usual, but I’m still trying to get some good books in–often from 10:30-midnight. 🙂 The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi by Kathie Lee Gifford, with Rabbi Jason Sobel, takes you through Israel to the various places mentioned in Scripture and gives […]
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My February Reads
Well, I must confess I have started more books this month than I’ve finished. I began reading a biography on Leonardo Da Vinci, but the author quickly fixated on the possibility of Da Vinci’s homosexuality and I got annoyed with his obsession to prove it, ignoring the aspects of the inventor and artist that makes […]
My January Reads
No matter how crammed my life may get, I always set aside time for reading. It’s my oldest and dearest hobby, and this year, I told myself, “Let’s try to read 50 books.” Thanks to the Missouri loaning library, I’ve already logged 5 titles on my Kindle. Here they are: 1.Present Over Perfect by Shauna […]
Fiction and Nonfiction Reads for You
About twice a year I try to give a book review(s) of current or recent-past reads. Obviously, your taste may not be my own, but many are just looking for a good recommendation. I read across several genres and receive incredulous looks over the craziness of reading several books at once. Yes, I’m one of […]