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We didn’t get as much reading done as we normally do this month. I only finished four books: 9 Thoughts that Can Change Your Marriage, plus three others. But the books we did finish were terrific, so I wanted to share them: The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis Our family has read through…

October was a banner month for me as far as books go. I finished reading eleven of them, including Nir Eyal’s best-seller, Indistractable. Read on for my impression of each work: 11 Books I Read in October War Stories by Gordon Korman I finished reading Gordon Korman’s ​War Stories ​aloud to the three kids/grandkids I’m…

I finished reading six books in the month of June: Crystal Paine’s Time-Saving Mom plus five others. Scroll down for my impressions of each work. 6 Books I Read in June The Art of Making Memories by Meik Wiking I purchased The Art of Making Memories thinking it might offer some fun ideas for making this summer…

I finished reading eight books last month, including Laura Ingalls Wilder’s The Long Winter. Read on for my impressions of each title. The 8 books I read in May: The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw I read Eloise Jarvis McGraw’s The Golden Goblet aloud to the kids and grandkids I’m homeschooling last month. We’d…

For such a short month, I sure got a lot of reading done. Probably because it was such a cold month, too — good motivation for bundling up under a pile of quilts and turning pages to my heart’s delight. I finished seven books in the course of four weeks: Love Is a Verb plus…

I finished reading seven books in December, including Kevin DeYoung’s Just Do Something, which was excellent. Doing so brought my total count for the year up to 72, which is an average of six books a month. Read on for my impressions of each title in this last batch of books for the year! The…

I finished reading five books in October: Corrie ten Boom’s Amazing Love plus four others. Read on for my impressions of each…. 5 Books I Read in October ​God’s High Calling for Women by John McArthur In God’s High Calling for Women, McArthur examines what the Bible has to say about a woman’s role within the…

August is almost over, and I’m just now getting around to publishing last month’s reading list. I finished four books in July, starting with Gordon Korman’s highly enjoyable The Fort. Read on for my impressions of all four titles. The 4 books I read in July The Fort by Gordon Korman We finished listening to…

I read five books last month, including Dear Henry, Love Edith by Becca Kinzer. Read on for my impressions of each book. The 5 Books I Finished in February How to Get a Date Worth Keeping by Henry Cloud I often hear from singles asking for book recommendations on dating and marriage, so I’ve added…

Oops! We’re already halfway through September, and I haven’t yet told you about Love and Respect or any of the other books I read in August. Sorry for the delay! That’s partly because I spent much of the past month proofreading the first draft of my friend Abbie Halberstadt‘s new book. As good as her…

I finished six books in February: my own Because He Lives (which I go through again every year about this time) plus five others. Read on for my impressions of each: Read to Lead by Jeff Brown and Jessie Wisnewski The authors give practical advice for getting the most out of your reading: ✅ How…

Last month I finished half a dozen wonderful books: Hands Free Life plus five others. Read on for my thoughts on all six of my July reads. Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare My teen boys took turns reading Sign of the Beaver aloud to the family last month. It’s easy to understand…

I finished five books in April: Atomic Habits and four others. Read on for my impressions of each title. April Reads The Sacred Search by Gary Thomas The first book I finished in April was Gary Thomas’s The Sacred Search. Of course, I completed my own sacred search over three decades ago. So why am…

I finished six books in March: Growing Grateful by Mary Kassian, plus five other titles. Read on for my detailed impressions of each. 6 Books I read in March: Risen by Angela Hunt I finished Angela Hunt’s Risen last month. It’s the historical fiction novelization of a move by the same name (which I’ve never…

I finished eight books in four weeks during the month of February. All but three were books I’d read before. Of the new titles, My Tech-Wise Life by Amy and Andy Crouch was my favorite. You’ll find my impressions of all eight books below, listed in the order I read them. February Reads How Do…

I finished six books in the month January: C.S. Lewis’s The Last Battle and five others. Read on for my impressions of each title (listed in the order I completed them). A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve read A Christmas Carol aloud to my children. Either…

It’s August already! But as I was getting ready to post reviews for the books I read in July, I realized I’m a month behind. I still haven’t told you about my six June reads, including the Larimores’ fascinating book, His Brain, Her Brain. But I’m going to remedy that situation right now. Read on…

Schedules have finally slowed down for our family a bit. It has been nice to be back into the routine of school. I’ve gotten a lot of reading done in the past four weeks, finishing six books (including Ray Comforts’s How to Battle Depression) and nearing completion of several others. Here are my impressions of…

July was a busy month for our family. The Tyranny of the Urgent reigned supreme for several weeks, though none of us like living that way. Not everybody wins at such a breakneck pace. Somebody loses. I finished five books for the month. It took some creative use of time to get that many in….

Our family traveled a bunch last month, so I got in a lot of extra reading. Below is a roundup of all the most recommendation-worthy books I finished in April: 31 Days to Love Your Husband, plus 9 other titles. Just Sayin’ by Dandi Daley Mackall I got this book free from My Reader Rewards…

I finished some fantastic books in June, including Lysa TerKeurst’s phenomenal The Best Yes. If you’re looking for a good summer read, check out the following selections. There’s something for almost everyone on this list. The Best Yes by Lysa TerKeurst I started reading Lysa’s book on the way to a restaurant for a family…

Despite the fact February was a short month, we got some great reading done during the course of those four weeks. What follows are our favorite titles of the month. Two of these I read on my own, two I read aloud to our kids, and two my husband read to the entire family all…