- Jun 4
Review of A Song for the Road by Kathleen Basi
Basi manages an incredible feat: the book involves messy feelings and grief, yet it isn't maudlin or sappy despite the tragedy and...
- May 28
May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
My very favorite books from May! In no particular order, here's the gist of each of the books I most loved reading during the past month:...
- May 20
Review of An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown Taylor
Taylor's books exploring faith and life's meaning are delights: she is wise but unassuming, knowledgeable yet open to new experiences,...
- May 18
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/18/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a brand-new romance-and-music book that's gotten lots of buzz; a beautiful modern classic from a...
- May 14
Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War
The Civil War Books This painful, terrible time in our nation's history makes for some poignant, brutal, often beautiful storytelling....
- Apr 9
Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality
Are you intrigued by reflections on life and death? This is a departure from many of my other Greedy Reading Lists: witchy books, young...
- Jan 16
Review of The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
A book I loved, in case you missed it! Jesuits in space find extraterrestrial life--and explore the limits of their faith. This is unlike...
- Jan 12
Review of Untamed by Glennon Doyle
I love Glennon's heart and her honesty, but many of these essays ended too soon for me. Doyle, the bestselling author of Carry On,...
- Jan 6
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/6/21 Edition
01 With or Without You by Caroline Leavitt In Leavitt's novel, published by Algonquin Books late last summer, Simon and Stella have been...
- Jan 5
Review of Here For It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America by R. Eric Thomas
Here For It is refreshing and playful yet thoughtful. I loved spending time with the uproariously funny Thomas. In Here for It: Or, How...
- Nov 20, 2020
Shhh! Books I'm Giving as Gifts This Holiday
Spoiler alert: If you're someone I give gifts to for a fall birthday or for the holidays, this roundup might be a surprise ruiner! Or...
- Aug 3, 2020
Review of Shiner by Amy Jo Burns
The women's lifelong friendship felt like the heart of the story and was a fantastic element.
- Jun 14, 2020
Review of The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
This story imagines a wife for Jesus, questions gender roles, and offers adventure.
- Jan 13, 2020
Review of Leaving the Witness by Amber Scorah
In Leaving the Witness, Amber Scorah takes the reader into her confidences and lays bare her sheltered experiences, religious...
- Oct 25, 2019
Review of I've Seen the End of You: A Neurosurgeon's Look at Faith, Doubt... by W. Lee Warren
Warren digs deeply into the realities of doubting his faith, God, his life’s work, and his vision of an afterlife. This book made me cry...
- Jan 3, 2018
Review of Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
There were a million ways this story could have felt less real and messy and fascinating. But it was just wonderful.
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