The Bright Unknown…
An asylum with dark secrets and a daring escape… yes, please! I got this one
during a $5 sale at my nearest Christian bookstore and then got even more
excited about it when I read a riveting review on Bookstagram.
A Christmas Carol…
My mom and I are going to buddy read this one, which I am pretty sure I’ve
never actually read, right before Christmas. Fun fact: This book was originally
self-published!
The Girl with the Silver Eyes… When I was maybe nine years old, my aunt told me she adored
this book and passed it on to me. Last month she talked about telepathy and I
reminded her of this book. It turned out we both still have a copy so we
decided to read it as a buddy read together and see if it’s aged well.
The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus… I haven’t read any Jaime Jo Wright books but have
wanted to for a while now. I was offered the opportunity to review this one and
jumped at the chance! I tend to like circus books and a spooky fall read sounds
so perfect. I like imagining myself curled up with a blanket, mug of tea, and
this book. Mainly because it is still too hot and my mouth hurts too bad to
stay present in my reality.
The Honest Enneagram…
I got super excited about this book when I heard about it on an Annie F Downs Enneasummer podcast. So excited that I
bought a brand-new copy without ever having read it, something I almost never
do. (I’ll read a book from the library first, or the free Kindle sample if my
library doesn’t have it. Then, if I truly love it and think it’s something I’ll
reference many times or will want my kids to read in homeschool high school,
I’ll add it to a list and watch for it used. I almost only buy a homeschool book as a brand new book). Then I got a few
nonfiction review books and nonfiction library books so this sweet little thing
has been sitting near the top of my TBR stack for a couple of months now! The
book and I are both sad about it and ready to change this.
Hurricane Season…
I have wanted to read this one for so dang long! I love books set in the south,
for one thing, so you had me at Alabama. But it’s also about a marriage
(established marriages are great- it’s new
romantic relationships I don’t enjoy reading about), infertility, and a
community’s hurricane season. My mom would call this synopsis depressing but I
just love books about real issues like this because there is always so much
growth, connection, and reflection found in them!
In This House We Will Giggle… I am a gentle and loving mom most of the time (with lots and lots
of grumpy mess-ups, of course) but I’m not often a fun mom. I’m not really concerned about it, since I think it takes
all kinds, but I would like my kids to remember me as fun and not just gentle
because, I don’t know, I feel like they’ll only want to come home when they’re
devastated if I’m only gentle and not fun. Probably not true but still. Anyway,
I’ve had this book on my shelf since back when I felt like I should completely
change myself and be the! funnest! mom! ever! so I’m ready to read it in a more
healthy way… looking for practical ways (practical! Boy, this author has her
work cut out for her) to bring fun into our current routines without me trying
to fake some energy that isn’t me and then burning out. We’ll see how it
goes.
Planet of Microbes…
But haven’t you read all the microbe
books already? No matter. Just one more. I can quit any time I want.
The Story Mama… A
book about motherhood and books, don’t mind if I do! I enjoy a good
book-about-books and considering that I read 300% more kid books than grown-up
books these days I suspect I’ll find a whole lot of joy in this one.
A Thousand Tomorrows…
My sister-in-law has Down Syndrome and we recently had a conversation
explaining this to A. He was very interested and we looked up library books
about Down Syndrome, but I was surprised to see this one pop up too. This is a
Christian fiction romance (romance is definitely not my favorite genre) about
an “angry and isolated” cowboy who takes care of a younger brother with Down
Syndrome and his relationship with “a mysterious woman with a secret.” I’m very
cautiously optimistic about this one.
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