How does one read a book the right way? Are there certain practices and behaviors that are often disrespectful of a book or the author? I would say yes. This is all in a half-joking manner, but there are truly some things that I think we should remember when reading a book. Judge Every Book […]
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How to Read All the Books On Your To-Be-Read List
If you are a reader or you want to consider yourself a reader (like me) then you probably have a long list of books on your TBR (To Be Read list – it’s a bookworm thing). Here’s how you can get through that humongous list before you die of old age. 1. Take some books […]
Madeleine L’Engle – beauty in children’s literature
Madeleine L’Engle, who lived from 1918 to 2007, was anything but common. In A Wrinkle in Time, the first and most popular book of The Time Quintet, L’Engle’s fanciful nature cannot be missed. She believed that “you have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult […]
A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’Engle – a review
A few years ago, I watched a movie with my family that made all of us think “why did we waste two hours watching that?” You would think that, after an experience like this, I wouldn’t think of reading the book that inspired the movie. But… something in me decided to pick it up when I […]
goodreads
Hello, my friends. I feel like every other day, I’m telling you about a social media you can find me on. This time, it’s a reading website that I’m sure most of you have heard of. It’s called “Goodreads,” and you can go straight to their website here. On this wonderfully bookish social media, you […]
A Fun Resource for Your 2017
Now and then, I read a blog (and listen to the blogger’s podcast) called ModernMrsDarcy.com. I’m sure I wouldn’t agree with many (if not most) of her political views, but I enjoy hearing about books and reading, and she doesn’t talk about politics too much. 😉 This year, she came out with two reading lists […]
A Simple Jumpstart Guide to Reading
(This is a guest post I wrote for my cousin’s blog, zacharypierpont.com) Reading is hip these days. I think that’s good. So if you’re someone who wishes they read more, this guide is for you. step one: find a book The obvious first step is to find a book to read and start reading it! Here are […]
Short One: Do you want to have a great, fulfilling conversation?
Today, I had a really enjoyable and fulfilling conversation about a host of Christian matters, history, time management, and reading. Why? Because the person I talked with was a reader, and the books he and I had read sprouted into awesome conversations. It didn’t even matter that we hadn’t read the same books! Why are […]
My Favorite Authors
I love so many authors, so I wanted to share a few with you today. Listing favorite books is nice, but a list of favorite authors includes so much more. So here is a list of my favorite authors. CS Lewis This one is beginning to sound is really cliché, but very true. I have read Mere […]
My Reading Life
About a week ago, I listened to a podcast from the Read Aloud Revival featuring Anne Bogel of ModernMrsDarcy.com (here’s the podcast I listened to). It inspired me a lot. Anne Bogel is a super reader. She reads like three to four books every week (and not just little romance novels… no offense to romance). She reads […]
