From old classics to children’s books, Christian living to Christian fiction, we’ve reviewed our favorites from our very own bookshelves here in the March of Books. Now it’s your turn. We don’t just want to see what’s on your bookshelves—though that was a delight for a bibliophile’s eyes! We want to hear about those books…
Archive | March, 2010
Little Women – Inspiration for Every Day
I have a confession to make. I was 22 years old before I picked up and read Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women from cover to cover. Then I wished I’d read it years before. Of course, I’d heard enough about it to pique my interest years before, but somehow I only had read snatches here…
Love & Little Britches
Ralph Moody’s Little Britches series is like the book Farmer Boy, times eight, but with biblical principles held high and important life lessons passed on from father to son.
Christian Medical Sci-Fi?
Medical Fiction is not exactly the genre to be reading when you’re pregnant. I found that out last summer. I didn’t even know the genre existed until I found the books by Sandra Glahn and Dr. William Cutrer. Actually, to be more proper, the Library of Congress catalog states the subject as “Medical students—Fiction” in…
Heart Training
When we focus on our children’s outside behavior and neglect what is on the inside, we will cause our children to become manipulators. They will learn to please us by jumping through the hoop (by acting the way we tell them to act out of a fear of punishment) but they will not learn the…
Our Mutual Friend
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens is one of those books that was just meant to be read aloud. Literally. Dickens considered himself the novelist of the common man and his works were originally published in the relatively inexpensive serialized form. I heard that in nineteenth century England, whole neighborhoods would go in together to…
The Heart of A Rose
There are few things as beautiful as a perfect rosebud, softly fragrant and nearly ready to blossom. It is the promise of greater beauty, of more lovely fragrance yet to come, but the only one who can unfold the petals of the rose and reveal its heart is the One who created it, and in…
Your Bookshelves!
We’ve been talking about books all month. New releases. Old favorites. Kindle downloads. Decorating with books. Books, books, and more books. And then, we let you take a peek into our homes at some of our very own bookshelves. Now, we want to see your bookshelves! Empty Shelves Jessicas Bookshelves Natalies Family Collection Loras shelves…
