Book Review: Queen of Babble Series

The Queen of Babble series (Meg Cabot) is one I’ve had my eye on for awhile and it turned out to be my road trip reading for the summer. Of course, it follows the traditional chick lit pattern. Quirky 20-something with a flaw meets the perfect guy… My first impression was that some people might [...]

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Children’s Classics – Beatrix Potter

I read Beatrix Potter as a kid, but I don’t have a strong memory of her stories. What I do remember is a book cover with  Jemima Puddle Duck  and a story about a fox. And, of course, I have read The Tale of Peter Rabbit, but with no lasting impressions of her stories. In [...]

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Favorite Author: Jane Austen

I know it sounds cliche, right? Isn’t every other woman’s favorite author (or favorite novel) Jane Austen? Maybe so, but there’s a reason, right? To put it ever so simply, she’s so good. The woman just amazes me. The stories, the characters, her life. It’s wonderful and bittersweet all at once. She’s like the fly [...]

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Book Review: Treasuring God in Our Traditions

Originally published on October 8, 2008 on my personal blog. I finally finished reading Noel Piper’s Treasuring God in our Traditions. I thought I would have gotten through it much faster than I did. It is only 105 pages long and I started reading it in the beginning of the year. Nevertheless, I have finished [...]

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