alltheradreads's Reviews (1.9k)

I could swoon about this book for days, and I have been. It was beautiful. Stunning. Engaging. Magical. Powerful. Inspiring. Challenging. Convicting. Life-changing. This book awakened things in me and in my faith that I hadn't ever known how to name or identify before, and it spoke so clearly to my soul and the way my heart and mind work. It was AMAZING.

Thanks to @randomhouse for this one! @readalongwithnat saw it in a recent story I posted and raved about it, and I’m so glad I picked it up right away— it’s a beautiful graphic novel that sooooo accurately and honestly tells a story of living with anxiety and depression. I relayed a LOT and felt so seen and known as I read. plus, it’s incredibly beautiful and the illustrations drew me in so much.

my girl Anne did it again, delivering her signature soul and sass and Spirit-filled goodness, packing a strong punch in a small book, making me laugh and think and settle deeper into truth. forever a favorite author.

imagine the parent trap set in 2021 with one sister being a total insta influencer and there being a dna test/adoption thread added in, and you have this book! cute and fun and full of problems that could be easily solved if people just communicated!

SO glad a friend shared this one with me — I hadn’t heard of it and might never have stumbled upon it, but wowweee I loved it! It’s rare to that books tell a story of teens in foster care in a more positive and redeeming light, and this one did so BEAUTIFULLY. It was motivated by the author’s own foster daughter, and you can tell that the story (although totally fiction) is close to her heart and coming from a place of both firsthand knowledge and deep love.

It warmed my heart, it made me cry, it made me hopeful... it was lovely and important and SO worth a read.

thanks to @harperperennial for this one! first of all, the COVER

This was a “read in one sitting” book for me, and I took several pages of notes as I read the classic Rob Bell stream of consciousness pages. It’s not my favorite style of writing, but the good stuff was GOOD and I can’t stop thinking about some of the questions he asked and thoughts he shared. I really appreciate the way Bell thinks and lives and questions and explores and believes. I find his work thought-provoking and Spirit-filled, and I’m grateful for it.

Thanks to @randomhouse for this one! I was excited to pick up this collection from a few authors I know and love, and so many new voices, too. They are innovators, storytellers, thought leaders, and warm, wise womxn, and each essay was beautiful and heartfelt in its own way. The description read that this collection “shows how reconnecting with our own burning, undeniable intuition points us toward our unique purpose and the communities where we most belong” which sums it up well.

0% believable, approximately 75% enjoyable, 100% readable on a sunny backyard porch ☀️ that’s it, that’s the review.

this book was like @evolvfaith in book form, aka it was glorious and diverse and so rich. i’ll return to these words often— these prayers and meditations and writings are layered and lovely.