by Leslie Sholly | Jan 6, 2021 | book review, books, linkups
I did not read many books in December because Advent/Christmas. I will be making it up in January for sure! Just before Advent, I heard about The Reed of God on multiple podcasts. I took that as a sign to add it to my plans for Advent. It’s perfect for the...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 3, 2020 | book review, books, linkups
Oh, look! Here I am again, being all consistent and posting about what I read in November! Normally our book club reads something scary around Halloween, often something by Stephen King. The above read (which we discussed outside and distanced around a crackling...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 11, 2020 | book review, Uncategorized
I’ve always been that girl with her nose in a book. Yet somehow in recent years I have realized that I am spending more and more time reading news online and less and less time sitting down with a good book. This month I decided to do something about that. I...
by Leslie Sholly | Jun 6, 2019 | book review, books, Catholicism
Y’all know I love to read, and that I occasionally review books here. I was enthusiastic about an earlier Amanda Hamm novel, because not only did I enjoy the story but I had always wondered why among the plethora of Christian romance novels there were none by...
by Leslie Sholly | Apr 3, 2019 | book review, books, Catholicism, family, homeschooling, Life Issues, review
As a student in parochial school, I first encountered the Corporal Works of Mercy, as a list to memorize for a religion grade. Thirty years or so later, I made my homeschooled children memorize them too, write them out in their best handwriting, draw pictures...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 26, 2018 | Babies, book review, books, Catholicism, death, Deep Thoughts, giveaway, Giveaways, Life Issues, marriage, Parenting, pregnancy
Ten years ago, I lost our sixth and last baby in an early miscarriage, a baby who was planned, wanted, loved. I’ve never written about it here. In a very dark period of my life during which I lost first the baby, then my dream home, and finally almost every...