This is the first day of summer! I can’t believe how quickly June has flown by. I also can’t believe how extra hot it has been this spring. We’ve had weeks of 90+ temperatures already. That usually doesn’t happen until July. It has been a very busy spring for me. I accepted the job as…
Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz, M.D.
I began to suspect that my younger son (8 years old) is dyslexic last fall. I don’t remember exactly how and why I began to be suspicious. Certainly the fact that he was still struggling to blend simple words together at 7-1/2 was disconcerting. I think it was when I was reviewing materials from AVKO…
Anna Karenina
It took me months, but I finally finished Anna Karenina. All 807 pages of it. Believe it or not, I actually liked it. (Well, not all of it. I got a little bored with some of the discussion of Russian agricultural techniques.) It was definitely a thought provoking book. It very clearly demonstrates the effect…
The Money Answer Book by Dave Ramsey
Dave Ramsey’s latest book, The Money Answer Book, is a short, easily readable book written in a question and answer format. Topics include Debt, Credit, & Bankruptcy, Relationships & Money, Budgeting, Stewardship, Insurance, and more. Dave provides his simple, no-nonsense advice in much the same way as he does on the radio. This book is…
Not A Sparrow Falls by Linda Nichols
Not a Sparrow Falls is the story of Mary Bridget Washburn, a young woman from the mountains of Virginia, who has fled her Christian upbringing and has been living and assisting at a meth lab. Seizing an opportunity to escape, she eventually meets a widowed minister with three children. She is determined to keep her…
Hunter’s Moon by Don Hoesel
Hunter’s Moon by Don Hoesel is the story of best-selling author C.J. Baxter. With his personal life falling apart, C.J. returns to his hometown in Upstate NY for the first time in 17 years to attend his grandfather’s funeral. His return is met with mixed reactions from his family and old friends. He soon realizes…
Sleep – It Does A Family Good by Archibald Hart
People today are sleep-deprived, and nowhere are the negative effects felt more acutely than in families. Most parents realize that their families aren’t getting enough sleep, though they likely don’t understand how serious the problem is and need help finding a solution. In this book, renowned psychologist and best-selling author Arch Hart explores why sleep…
Here Burns My Candle by Liz Curtis Higgs
A mother who cannot face her future. A daughter who cannot escape her past. Lady Elisabeth Kerr is a keeper of secrets. A Highlander by birth and a Lowlander by marriage, she honors the auld ways, even as doubts and fears stir deep within her. Her husband, Lord Donald, has secrets of his own, well…
Jane Austen by Peter Leithart
Thomas Nelson has introduced a new series of biographies called Christian Encounters. The purpose of the series is to "highlight important lives from all ages and areas of the church." The compact books are designed to provide an overall picture of the person’s life, rather than an exhaustive compilation. In recent years, I have discovered…
Jane Austen by Peter Leithart
Thomas Nelson has introduced a new series of biographies called Christian Encounters. The purpose of the series is to "highlight important lives from all ages and areas of the church." The compact books are designed to provide an overall picture of the person’s life, rather than an exhaustive compilation. In recent years, I have discovered…