One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle - A tight mother-daughter bond is broken upon the death of Katy's mother, Carol. In the throes of grief, Katy heads off on their planned trip to Italy only to run into a younger version of Carol there in the town of Positano. Women's Fiction. 245 pages, 📃📃📃📃
E. M. Bounds: Man of Prayer - His Life and Selected Writings by Lyle W. Dorsett - What an insightful read when attempting to incorporate more prayer and fasting into my life! E. M. Bounds provides loads of wisdom on the topic of prayer and Lyle is just the author to organize and present Bounds' life and lessons. Christian Living/Biography. 253 pages, 📃📃📃📃-1/2
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis - First written (and the best introduction) in the Narnia series, this is a great allegorical study of the story of salvation. It may be my 3rd reading of it, but it was well worth visiting again. Christian Children's Fiction. 208 pages (I listened in audio form, 4 CDs, 4 hours), 📃📃📃📃
Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon - A Reese's Book Club choice selected by my local book club for May's read. Laid up by cancer, Lana Rubicon, with her daughter, Beth, and her granddaughter, Jack, work on solving a murder. Sometimes mother-daughter relationships are difficult. Debut Fiction/Mystery. 354 pages, 📃📃📃
First Love, Second Draft by Becca Kinzer - Her ex-husband Noah is the last person Gracie wants to help her after she sustains a back injury. But nobody else can help and he's available. Can their love be rekindled and can old hurts heal? Inspirational Rom-Com. 320 pages, 📃📃📃📃
The Book of Last Letters by Kerry Barrett - Elsie Watson hopes to inspire others with a book she creates to capture last messages to loved ones during the ravages of the Blitz. She cannot anticipate that one message, one request, will alter her life forever. Historical Fiction. 384 pages (I listened on Hoopla, 12-3/4 hours), 📃📃📃-1/2
Seeking the Secret Place: The Spiritual Formation of C. S. Lewis by Lyle W. Dorsett - Excellent explanation for how C. S. Lewis grew in his spiritual life over the years. Christian Living/Biography. 165 pages, 📃📃📃📃
Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put by Annie B. Jones - A short collection of essays from a bookstore owner in a small southern town. Memoir/Essays. 240 pages, 📃📃📃📃
How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing by K. C. Davis - Outstanding motivation for when you feel like you just can't keep up with the endless care tasks of living. Depression and trauma can pose severe challenges to what others view as straightforward tasks. Do what you can and give yourself grace. Avoid shame-based cleaning. Make your tasks function for you, rather than against you. Self-help. 144 pages, 📃📃📃📃
A Single Act of Kindness by Samantha Tonge - Tilda's small act of kindness to homeless Milo sets in motion healing, friendship, and reconciliation. Uplifting story. Women's Fiction. 290 pages (I listened on Hoopla, 9-1/4 hours), 📃📃📃-1/2
The Problem of Pain by C. S. Lewis - This book covers the theological issues that stem from the presence of pain in a world with an omniscient and omnipotent God. Christian Apologetics. 141 pages, 📃📃📃📃
Choosing to SEE: A Journey of Struggle and Hope by Mary Beth Chapman with Ellen Vaughn - Enduring the loss of her 5-year-old daughter, Steven Curtis Chapman's wife expresses her anguish and faith. Memoir. 288 pages (I listened on Hoopla, 6 hours), 📃📃📃📃
💖Coming Clean: A Story of Faith by Seth Haines - A powerful and poetic journal across 90 days of seeking sobriety from alcoholism. The honest expressions of pain and doubt hit home but don't leave readers in despair. Rather, they give rise to faith and forgiveness. Memoir/Christian Living. 224 pages (I listened on Hoopla, 6-1/2 hours), 📃📃📃📃📃
The Atlas of Untold Stories by Sara Brunsvold - A mother and 2 daughters head off on a literary road trip in America's heartland exploring sites of various Mid-west authors. Contemporary Women's Fiction. 352 pages, 📃📃📃📃
The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis - This is the 6th written and 1st in chronological order of the renowned Chronicles of Narnia series. It is a prequel to The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. I'm glad I read that LWW first. Children's Fiction. 221 pages (I listened in audio form, 4 CDs, 4 hours), 📃📃📃
The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning - This book articulates the clear call to trust in God's grace rather than the self-sufficiency of your continued obedient faith. Forgiveness precedes repentance. Christian Living. 233 pages, 📃📃📃📃
He Should Have Told the Bees by Amanda Cox - Beckett Walsh bears the responsibility of letting the bees know their beekeeper, her father, is gone. Given her social anxiety, she is unsure how she will survive without him, until a neighbor child and her father's will rattle her world, pushing her out of her comfort zone. Christian Women's Fiction. 326 pages (I listened on Hoopla, 10 hours), 📃📃📃-1/2
Ruthless Trust: The Ragamuffin's Path to God by Brennan Manning - When life throws us for a loop, we cling to God's trustworthiness, no matter the outcome. "Though he slay me, yet will I trust." Christian Living. 190 pages, 📃📃📃📃
Everything's Coming Up Rosie by Courtney Walsh - Rosie Waterman never expected to be directing a play in a retirement center. Nor did she have a clue how much this could impact her life and her dreams. Rom-com. 352 pages (I listened on Hoopla, 11 hours), 📃📃📃📃-1/2
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I love the variety of reviews! This is helpful lining them up.
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