It urges us to go beyond just reading the Bible to studying it. Dig deeper and go beyond the surface.

As a remarried mom I really sunk into this book I feel like I could relate really well.

We used this book in our Book Club it's about not giving in to the Devil and not following Jesus.

I was not as captivated by this book as some of Maas others. The story line continued from Crescent City but was slow to develop. Once I got the gist of the plot it did get better but I had trouble following all the side plots which eventually did come together. She does leave me wanting to read the next book in the series and I am looking forward to it the end January 2024.

It was a sad story about Ruby Bridges being the only and first black girl who went to a school for all white people.

I adored listening to Kelly Bishop tell us her story from childhood to being on Broadway and all the stops in between before becoming a quintessential part of modern culture as The Emily Gilmore. There were moments that made me teary especially as she spoke about her great love, Lee.

It about the elegance associated with drinking tea while sharing a cup of Kindness with Treasured Friends.

I was a little off put by the first chapter, but I decided to continue and am grateful that I did. It was an enjoyable book that I will probably read aloud to my children.

Based on separate suggestions from two trusted reader friends, I decided to venture outside my normal mystery/thriller genre and give Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale a try. It was a wise decision. Although it is a long book (17.5 hours in audio, expertly read by Polly Stone), I finished it quickly because it was so interesting and so well written. Vianne Mauriac and Isabelle Rossignol are sisters, very different in both age and personality, trying to survive in war-torn Nazi occupied France. Politics, culture, religion, weather, family, friendships and the disruption of normal life all factor into a captivating story. Not a spoiler — Rossignol is French for Nightingale, which becomes significant in the long run.

It was a fun book to read it talked about how the girl did not want to be ballet she wanted the pursue ice skating but the mom had different plans for the girl the mom wantes her daughter to dance ballet