Category: Reading Life

I love reading and sharing about what my reading life has looked like each month.  I read in a variety of genres, too many books at a time, and love every second of it.  As mothers, I believe that developing our own reading life is one of the greatest things we can do in order to serve our families well.  There are thousands of different ways to be a reader, mine is only one of them, but I believe we can learn a lot from the way other people fit reading into daily life. I aim to share how I fit reading voraciously into my life as a home-educating mother of four.

Book Review: The Munich Girl by Phyllis E. Ring

December 31, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
Review of: The Munich Girl by Phyllis Edgerly Ring Genre: Historical Fiction Book Description (Cover Blurb): Anna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her father’s war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun.  Fifty years after the war, she discovers what he never did–that her mother and Hitler’s mistress were friends.  The secret surfaces…

Book Review: The Quantum Door by Jonathan Ballagh

December 26, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
Review of: The Quantum Door by Jonathan Ballagh Genre: YA, Sci-fi Brady and Felix have lived outside of a forbidden forest for as long as they can remember, but when a mysterious new neighbor moves in and fences spring up around the forest overnight, their curiosity knows no bounds.  When…

Book Review: Captive

December 17, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
Review of: Captive by Aimee Carter (#2 in the Blackcoat Rebellion series) Genre: YA, Dystopian Ever since Kitty Doe was kidnapped and forced to take over the life of the Prime Minister’s niece, her frustration and irritability has been growing.  She hates everything about her new life–her fiancee, her diet,…

Book Review: Stoker’s Manuscript

December 9, 2015 Reading Life 1 Comment
Review of: Stoker’s Manuscript by Royce Prouty Genres: Fantasy, Literary, Mystery Joseph Barkley is a renowned inspector of rare and valuable manuscripts.  With such valuable items, he is used to their wealthy owners having quirks or downright odd demands, so when he is given the task of authenticating and delivering…

Book Review: Letters to the Lost

November 26, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
Review of: Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey Genre: Historical Fiction, Literary Jess is running away from her abusive boyfriend on an icy night in February in downtown London. When she comes to an abandoned flat, she has no choice but to break in or freeze to death.  Never…

BOOK REVIEW: The Midwife of St. Petersburg

November 17, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
Book Review of: The Midwife of St. Petersburg by Linda Lee Chaikin Genre: Historical Fiction Karena Peshkev wants to be a midwife and attend the medical school in St. Petersburg, like her mother always dreamed of doing.  As the daughter of a farmer though, she can feel that dream slipping…

Book Review: The Lake House by Kate Morton

November 9, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
Review of: The Lake House by Kate Morton Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery Alice Edevane is an imaginative, budding writer at the tender age of sixteen.  In 1930’s Cornwall, England, she lives with her family on an idyllic estate near the lake until tragedy strikes at a Midsummers Eve party when…

BOOK REVIEW: Deja Vu by Ian Hocking

November 6, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
Review of: Deja Vu by Ian Hocking (#1 in the Saskia Brandt series) Genre: Sci-fi, Time Travel This book was sent to me by the publisher for review for no compensation.  All opinions expressed are my own. When Saskia Brandt arrives in her office after a depressing long weekend and breakup…