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I feel the MOST accomplished when I read my BOTM books right when I get them.
Thanks to @netgalley for this one! // This was such a cute sequel to Waiting for Tom Hanks! I flew through it and loved revisiting this fun cast of characters. It has the classic sexual tension vibe of two characters you KNOW will end up together even if it takes them a while to realize it themselves, and it had some solid character development to it, too!
I went hunting for books to satisfy the last few letters of my alphabet reading challenge, and found this one in my Libby app for Z! It was a cute little YA read, totally predictable and enjoyable but nothing to write home about (unless you’re fond of French, in which case i recommend a read as they’re studying French and speak it a lot throughout the book!).
It’s a beautiful and relevant and timely book paralleling the women of Exodus with women in our world today (and in recent history) and it is COMPELLING. This is what I love about reading widely and diversely— Kelley, as an adopted woman with a husband of a different ethnicity and adopted children, who has lived in America and Burundi, who has deep knowledge and a unique perspective, can illuminate things in and about Scripture in a way that others couldn’t. And I am better for having read her words from her heart and her thoughtful and thought-prov
This one started out almooooost freaking me out with the direction I thought it was going (a guy with a fake identity trying to become a high school teacher to get close to a teenage boy... had me worried...) BUT THEN it took a turn I did not expect (!!!) and I couldn’t put it down and it unfolded in a great, fast/paced way that had me hooked and surprised until the end. Lisa Scottoline can WRITE, you all. Dang.
I read this in one sitting (couldn’t put it down!) and loved it — female friendship, love and heartache, a dream that puts reality into question— it felt super quick and I wanted a bit more grit and depth to it, but it was good!!!
I looooooove Barbara Brown Taylor so dang much and loved savoring these sermons/writings from her earlier days as a preacher. Girl knows her STUFF and these words were encouraging and rich in a way I needed right now.
