The Singer of Stories

Well. This week happened. Somehow I read a lot this week? Which confuses me because it was an absolutely hectic week and I spent a lot of time wondering where my brain went and how the heck I could possibly convince it to come back and play nicely for a while. I'm still not sure I have a brain, but at least I have a blog post? It even has a theme again, and I'm still not sure how I did that because it was definitely a week where I read wherever my fancy took me and didn't try to stick to a genre or even what I was "supposed" to be reading. That means that in this post you'll find everything from Gothic classics to thrillers to middle grade fantasy. Some are obscure or still unpublished, others are famous and have left their mark. Some feature people living on the margins of society while others detail the lives of celebrities. It's a week of extremes. And honestly after the week I just had, it seems oddly fitting. Sort of on that note, the first review thi...

Remember how last week I said it was surprising to me that I'd been able to theme everything so well when I normally have a ton of books going that I finish at random? Yeah, so apparently this was "finish half the books Singer was in the middle of" week, and there is no rhyme or reason to how they're organized that I can see (although if you can see a pattern please don't hesitate to point it out.). This is going to be a long, largely random weekly round-up with four different books representing four different genres. Here we go! Our first book is a Christian nonfiction work that I've been working my way through and finished this week. Garden City: Work, Rest, and the Art of Being Human Author:  John Mark Comer Genres:  Nonfiction, Christianity, Theology Star Rating:  3 Stars Review Type:  I was simply curious My Tags:  nonfiction Synopsis * You’ve heard people say “Who you are matters more than what you do”. Does the Bible really teach that?  In  Gard...

Happy October! We made it! Something that I didn't expect when I started this blog three whole weeks ago (Can you believe it? I can't) was that my posts were going to theme themselves so neatly. I normally have anywhere from two to ten books going at any point in time, so what I finish and when has never seemed particularly organized. Sure, I'll get into moods where all I want to read are retellings of a specific fairy tale or hard science fiction, but those moods normally last months and don't lend themselves to three weeks of three very different kinds of book reviews.  This week appears to have been an exclusively nonfiction week. Who knew? Get Your Life Back Author:  John Eldredge Genres:  Nonfiction, Christianity, Self-Help Star Rating:  4.75 stars Review Type:  Recommended to me My Tags:  nonfiction, favorites Synopsis * We live in soul-scorching times. The 24-7 onslaught of contemporary life--with its never-ending feed of global tragedies and shrieki...