by Leslie Sholly | Jul 11, 2021 | book review, books, linkups
I did not read as much in June, but I did meet my goal. Here’s the breakdown: Call Down the Hawk is the first of a trilogy that follows the Raven Boys series, which I loved. My adult daughter loves young adult fantasy and I am grateful for the ones she...
by Leslie Sholly | Jun 4, 2021 | book review, books, linkups
Y’all, I read TEN books this month! I kicked it off with Anne’s House of Dreams. You know, I never realized before how wildly varying in style the Anne books are. In contrast to the primarily epistolary structure of Anne of Windy Poplars and the episodic...
by Leslie Sholly | May 13, 2021 | Abortion, Babies, book review, books, Catholicism, Education, homeschooling, Life Issues, Parenting, review
I have an article published in the Spring issue of Celebrate Life Magazine. Brooke and Christiane worked with a New York Times best-selling illustrator for four months, providing guidance and ideas for the illustrations. According to Brooke: “The illustrations truly...
by Leslie Sholly | May 5, 2021 | book review, books, linkups
April was a month in which I read parts of a lot of books which I will finish and post about NEXT month. I did meet my five book goal for April though! Continuing with my re-read of the Anne of Green Gables series, I read Anne of the Island, in which Anne goes to...
by Leslie Sholly | Apr 7, 2021 | book review, books, Catholicism, linkups
I read a lot in March! I am once again becoming the girl who always has a book in her hand, and I love it! I was not expecting to read The Turn of the Key, which was a book Emily got for herself at the library. But as she described the plot, I became intrigued. ...
by Leslie Sholly | Mar 4, 2021 | book review, books, linkups
I met my five-books-per-month reading goal for February, plus I read parts of lots of others. It seems weird to think of reading as something I need to schedule, but thinking of between three and five in the afternoon (when I don’t have anything pressing going...