I haven’t posted a book review for a while because Tom and I have been busy exploring.  But I’ve still been reading and “In the Kingdom of Ice” is a book that deserves a review.  I saw this book on the “New Releases” table at Barnes and Noble and was intrigued by the second line …

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I recently finished John Grisham’s newest novel “Gray Mountain.” I have enjoyed all of Grisham’s novels.  I read all of them as soon as they come out and are available at the library.  His early legal thrillers were gripping and exciting and deserved to be made into blockbuster movies.  I also enjoyed John Grisham’s sidetrips …

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Sometimes, at the end of a long day at work, the most satisfying thing to do is read a fun romance novel.  I like romance novels because they always have happy endings.  I can count on it.  Bestseller novels can be gripping, but I hate investing my time in 300 pages of a book that …

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“Stitches:  A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair” is a wonderful little book that I have been reading and digesting for a while now.  I didn’t want to read too much of it at once – there are so many wonderful thoughts that I like to take time to savor them. In “Stitches,” Anne Lamott …

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For my morning devotions in January I have been reading the book “Invitation to Pilgrimage” by John Baillie.  John Baillie wrote a wonderful book of prayers that I read frequently, so I was excited to read this small book.  A noted English theologian and Christian apologist, Dr. Baillie delivered a series of lectures on Christianity …

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Now that I finished reading the Bible (see previous post) I have turned to the devotional reading of some Christian classics in the morning.  This week I read “Of the Imitation of Christ” by Thomas a Kempis. “Of the Imitation of Christ” is a small volume written originally in Latin around 1420. It was one …

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“In God We Trust All, Others Pay Cash” is the amusing and intriguing title to a Jean Shepherd book.  In case you aren’t familiar with Jean Shepherd, he is best known as the writer and narrator of the movie “A Christmas Story.”  The stories used in the movie were based on Jean’s childhood growing up …

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I first read the novel “Christy” when I was in Junior High (a loooooong time ago).  I read it again 20 years later.  Then they made a television series about it (1994 starring Kellie Martin and Tyne Dalley) and I read it again.  And it was one of the books that I kept to read …

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I’m not a fan of tell-all books written by “stars” trying to hang on to their star status.  I was looking for a particular book with “prairie” in the title and “Confessions of a Prairie Bitch:  How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated” is one of the books that came up …

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I have not read a novel by Amy Tan since her first book, “The Joy Luck Club” was published in 1989.  Although that book was long and convoluted, I enjoyed the historical aspects, the exploration of the Chinese-American culture, and especially the portrayal of the complex relationships between mothers and daughters.  So I was anticipating …

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