2022 Reading Challenge

2022 Reading Challenge
Jill Elizabeth has read 5 books toward her goal of 260 books.
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Book Review: They Called Us Girls by Kathleen Courtenay Stone

I love reading about cutting-edge, ahead-of-their-time personalities, and Kathleen Courtenay Stone’s collection of tales of women throughout the decades of the 20th century who managed to step up and into careers, purposes, and advancements that the world around them believed they couldn’t - or shouldn’t be able to - handle because they were female is […]

Book Review: Rage Against the Minivan by Kristen Howerton

Let me start by stating upfront that I am generally NOT a fan of self-help or parenting books. That said, something about this one struck me and I picked it up anyway, and turns out it was a great fit for me. This is a marvelous book, full of hysterical anecdotes, painful (but funny) truths, […]

Book Review: Red is My Heart by by Antoine Laurain, Jane Aitken (Translation), Le Sonneur (Illustrations)

I cannot stress enough how much I love Antoine Laurain’s storytelling… The style, the substance, the concepts - everything about his books resonates with me. This latest, in which he teams up with the incomparable artist Le Sonneur, is another brilliant example of how he manages to encapsulate human emotion in a way no one […]

What a Year it Was!

My 2021 Year in Books

 

Book Review: The Finest Lies by David J. Naiman

About the Book High schooler Nicole Hallett has just about had it with her brother Jay, so when a mysterious man appears with an offer to replace him with a better one, she doesn’t hesitate. Nicole has always been impulsive, but this time, she finds herself in predicament far worse than anything she’s experienced. Just […]