Read the Best Books First

Here's the thing about Beverly Cleary: of all the books I've ever read in my entire life, Beverly Cleary can write a book that's...

Y'all. I would read the phone book if Laura Hillenbrand wrote it. I've read Unbroken twice now; I've read her piece in The New ...

Hello there! I think we can all agree that there is no longer any rhyme or reason to this blog.  Do I have eight or nine other recaps sittin...

Ha pp y Ha ll ow ee n!   The time has come around again for my favorite little tradition : pumpkin carving! And it just so happens that this...

Well, despite the fact that I have no less than nine recaps sitting in drafts— some still from last year —I've spent this week blogging...

Okay, every time I recap a memoir , I feel like I'm always saying how I'm not really a "memoir girl" . And I stand by that...

In 2003, the third edition of John Piper's seminal work, Desiring God, was published. It was big that year with one of the circles in my...