The Faith of her Friends

Well, friends, my list for this month is woefully short. Three books: one classic, one modern fiction, and one historical fiction; two via audiobook and one hard copy. I could give you all sorts of excuses for my lax reading habits, including taking naps in the summer sun, taking long walks to talk with God, going on a road trip, coordinating a concert, revising my novel, being a maid of honor, listening to lots of music, and staying up way past my bedtime. Though all are true and potentially valid (it's been a busy month, ya'll), I choose to blame... Ivanhoe. Ivanhoe, Sir Walter Scott Why this book? I'm glad you asked. 1) I've never read it before and knew nothing about it, and it felt like an important one to add to my literary experience. 2) I had two friends talk about it last month, and I felt left out. Though not as long as Bleak House, this was a doozy of a read because it was really slow-paced and was just a hard style for me to follow and stay focused on. It to...

With much more time on my hands this month, I managed to read six books and got myself back on track with my reading goal for the year - 21 down, 29 to go! I read one via Kindle, three via paperback, and two via Audiobook. Two were nonfiction (memoir and Christian living), and four were decidedly fiction, though I'm not sure how to subcategorize them.    Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as told by me) Story , Bess Kalb This was our book club book for the month, and definitely the most unique memoir I have ever read. I really enjoyed it, mostly because of the perspective the author chose; Bess Kalb actually wrote it in the voice of her grandmother, Bobby Bell. By telling her grandmother's story in this way, she honored four generations of women in her family and shared the broader scope of how their lives intertwined and influenced one another. It was funny and heartfelt and beautiful and intimate... and made me miss my own dear, glamorous, and legendary Grammie. ...