After buy this book in December, I read it during my work lunches. Now that I am not working, I just returned to it to finish reading it.

Pastor Jackson made a strong argument for being discerning and aware of evil in our world, while trusting in the blood of Jesus.

This book is outside my usual reading. It is about gaming. I am not a gamer but I am still familiar enough that I could follow along.

This book is funny, but is full of adult content, and veiled commentary on modern times.

I hated it.

This is fluffier reading than I usually do, but it was about a young woman who works in a bookstore so I was willing to give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed it. I found the characters to be likeable.

This is a look at Back to the Future, through the eyes of Michael J. Fox. It was interesting even though I have listened to other such books, and read other books written by MJF.

I actually listened to this selection. Given his health issues, there are times when it is challenging to understand what he is saying, but I am still glad I listened to it, since he was the narrator.

I listened to this because it was written by Andy Weir.

The story revolves around a casino heist that is orchestrated by an IT specialist, so that is not something that I enjoyed. It was a quick listen.

I knew nothing about this book when I began listing to it.

The storytelling is engaging.

I enjoy Wilson's writing. I read this book instead of listening to it, but I heard it in my mind as the voice of Marin Ireland who is sometimes the narrator of his books.

If you want absolute resolution, this isn't the book for you. It ends before you're told what ends up happening.

This book is one that I would not normally listen to, I think, but it was written by Kevin Wilson, and I usually love his books. The story revolves around the actions taken by two teens during a bored Summer break. Their actions had long-lasting effects that eventually catch up with them.

What an excellent book.

In the fictional world, there exists a man known only as 'Theo,' a coffee shop called 'The Chalice,' and an artist named 'Asher Glissen,' all in the town of Golden, Georgia. In the real world, there exists Fountain City Coffee Shop, Garry Pound, and Columbus, Georgia.

This is a story that transports the reader into a small community of people whose lives are changed in big ways due to the unobtrusive reach of one small man. Theo speaks of people as works of art. and beauty as a glimpse of Heaven. Every day we are given opportunities to make the world a better place. Are you a "Theo" in your own life?

https://www.fountaincitycoffee.com/

https://columbussymphony.com/

https://visitcolumbusga.com/dine/

I continue to read this series even though the plots are always wholly unbelievable in that no parent would ever allow their 18 year old daughter and her friends to run around in such dangerous circumstances. I guess they were written for juveniles though.

This is a short story about an Irish man who was born out of wedlock and who determines to bless others in ways that he was blessed.

I think this title just flitted across my Libby app and intrigued me. I love anything having to do with space exploration.

There's been a sudden change in the moon! The chapters of this book, on consecutive days, each take a look at the development through the eyes of different characters.

Once I learned what the change in the moon was, I was hooked.

As I read this book, the actual resolution of the book was the only one I could come up with as a possibility. While I was able to guess the way that it would end, I did enjoy it very much because seeing the way that the same situation affected lots of different characters was very interesting.

I only chose this book because I needed an audiobook and this one is read by Marin Ireland and I can't get enough of her as a narrator.

I knew nothing about the book when I began listening to it. It's about a group of people who embark on a joint quest to find a person of particular importance. The result of the quest is humorous, and heartwarming.

This book is set in Coalfield, TN, which is about 2 hours 26 minutes East of our home.

I enjoyed this book. Part of the reason I enjoyed it is because I listened to our, and Marin Ireland is the narrator.

This is a story that revolves around an artist, art, and friendship; all are interwoven.

I had an awareness of this Great Lakes tragedy mostly from Gordon Lightfoot's epic ballad. My husband grew up in Toledo, Ohio, which is on Lake Erie. The lands around the lakes are steeped in the lore, so he was very aware of it.

The author of this book handled the subject in a very respectful manner. I appreciate the style in which he wrote this book as he touched on the lives of each of the 29 crew members, and held the interest of readers while giving an elaborate history of the ship. I listened to this selection, and highly recommend the audiobook; I also believe the book would be a fine choice.

I would probably not have read this book if I had known that it involves the kidnapping and death of children. The book is set up as a mystery that unwinds in a story-telling format that I liked. I'm not sorry that I read it.

I forgot I had read this last year when I found it on my kindle this week. I had nothing else on deck and had just finished a book, so I decided to reread it. There are lots of cute things in this allegory.

This was not as interesting as I expected it to be. There are a few important tidbits, but nothing extremely important. It can be summed up to say that having somewhat matched sex drives is vital to marriage.

The Poetry of Anne Brontë

I finished Anne's poetry in November 2025.

November 2025
I forgot how much I enjoyed this book that looks to Jesus' gift of His sacrifice on the cross as a continual blessing in which we should rejoice.

I loved listening to Sarah read this book. What a whirlwind her life has been. It was great to learn what her career encompassed prior to her time in the White House, and now as Governor of Arkansas.

When I learned of this book, I immediately claimed it since I'd listened to his former book on the topic. Again, I would be happy to hear more. I was particularly interested in the power of super-spreaders of contagion, that groups greater than 150 people lose social cohesion and informal peer enforcement, and the Miami opioid epidemic and the way that Indiana was hardest hit by drugs.

I listened to this book and it was read by Dean Butler, himself. I like that he was the reader.

He told listeners about his life, and he described his time working as a member of the Little House on the Prairie cast.

I suppose many people would find this story predictable. Whatever. I found it enjoyable, nonetheless.

Frederick Fife was given an odd second chance at his own life, and an opportunity to attempt to redeem the life of a person who was no longer using his, by chance. I liked the growth shown in the characters, and I appreciated the ending.

I read friend's review of this book over the years and thought about reading it. It happens to feature an inmate who was/is incarcerated in Indiana, so that added a layer of interest for me.

I hope for prison reform as I believe that our current system just makes people angry and does little to actually rehabilitate them, and that's bad for everyone. I am a reader. I love to read. I believe that reading is good for everyone. I love that Laura Bates offered to teach Shakespeare to inmates. I love that so many embraced the opportunity to enroll in the course she offered.

As for the veracity of the story of the particular inmate whose story she told throughout the book, I cannot state that I absolutely believe that it is wholly true. I do think it is very unfortunate that he committed the crime, or was an accomplice to it, at the age of 17, but also that the deal that he accepted charged him as an adult and disallowed him to have his sentence reduced for good behavior.

I was so excited when I saw that this book was being written. I pre-ordered it. I think the book was released in October or November of 2024 but because I purchased a physical copy and I mostly read eBooks, I only very sporadically read this.

I really enjoyed it; and I really enjoyed the plot twist, which I will not mention so as not to spoil it for others.

This physical book, and the others in the series are some of my favorite physical books. They are probably my top favorite for physical components of size and weight, and quality. They are just about perfect in size. The copies that I purchased in England are bound in canvas too, which is even better.

I completed "Agnes Grey" in September. This year I watched To Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters (TV Movie 2016). I have read books by Charlotte and Emily but I had not read anything by their sister Ann. I wanted to remedy that. In August I completed The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

Agnes Grey is the story of a young woman who is compelled to seek her own livelihood from the only respectable career available to Victorian young women because of her father's mismanagement of his income.

This is an exhaustive look at Laura Ingalls Wilder. Interwoven is the life of Rose Wilder Lane. As authors the two are very comingled. I came away from this book with an even lower appreciation for Rose Wilder Lane, the woman. I now see the "Little House" books as fiction, based on truth, more than biographical truth, and that's fine.

This is basically a self-help book. Miranda acquired Lyme Disease/ Myalgic Encepahlomyelitis and this is her record of how she pushed through it to the point of being able to have a fuller life once again. While she did not specifically mention this as the reason she stopped playing the role of "Chummy" on "Call the Midwife," her vacation from that role, and the end of her sitcom "Miranda" occurred at the same time, in 2015, so it seems likely to be the cause.

This is a fascinating book. I earmarked so many passages in it that it really is too much to try to discuss here. Did you know that the illness that goes by the name of Poliomyelitis was very likely an illness caused by pesticides such as lead arsenate and DDT used to treat a moth that was released in the United States by mistake? The introduction of the polio vaccine coincided with the banning of DDT, and that is the likeliest reason that the number of cases dropped.

Fascinating. If you are intrigued, read it. If you are a skeptic, read it.