Theology:Picked up a copy of Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund at the thrift store a few weeks ago. This is such a good and helpful book! Highly recommend.
Not because I don't find Leviticus interesting or important, but because I read my Bible in the morning while drinking my first cup of coffee of the day and some of those Levitical passages are.off-putting to say the least.ĭevotional: The Radiant Midnight by Melissa Maimone. (Coincidentally, one of my least favorite times in my Bible reading. Reading this is my way of trying to figure it out, I guess.īible: I'm in Leviticus in The Amplified Study Bible. I am having trouble wrapping my head around how conspiracy theories hijacked people who I used to agree with. Nonfiction: The Storm is Upon Us by Mike Rothschild. (There is such a thing as "so bad, it's fun" in books as in movies, but this doesn't rise to that.) Frankly, life is too short for books that aren't even Interestingly Bad.
And third, there's a lot of telling instead of showing. is my shorthand for "formulaic and banal.") Second, the characters are poorly drawn. (Sorry, homeschool biases sneaking in there.
First, it's written at about a fifth grade reading level (generously speaking). Which is sad, because bookshops, London, and WW2 are three of my favorite things to read about and this ought to be my cuppa but it SO IS NOT. I love Kid Lit and I'm not ashamed of that.)Īnyway, see below for more about this title.įiction:I am bailing on The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin. Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Gabon Republic, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greenland, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.Sometimes the best quotes come from the children's books I read! (Usually aloud to a child, sometimes not.
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