Here are the books I read in May:
Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
Rating: 10/10
Review: I loved this book. It’s a great story to read from a front porch swing or your back deck. Read it slowly and enjoy the story about the life of Jayber. You’ll feel like your listening to your grandfather describe his life from a beautiful, bygone era. This would make an excellent book to read this summer!
Buy this book and take it on your next vacation.
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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Rating: 9/10
Review: This was a very interesting story that gave me new insight on the French Resistance – how the citizens of France were invaded by the Germans, as well as how families and lifelong friends are torn apart. The book showed the fear, the love, and the sheer bravery of how people got through those devastating years. I recommend the audio version of this book. The narrator does a great job with the accents and really makes the story come to life.
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Confronting Christianity by Rebecca McLaughlin
Rating: 10/10
Review: This is an excellent book! I listened to this audio book and highly recommend it. The author has a British accent and a soothing voice. She earned her PhD from Cambridge and explores 12 questions. The four that stood out to me were:
- How can you take the Bible literally?
- Isn’t Christianity homophobic?
- How can you say there is only one true faith?
- Hasn’t science disproved Christianity.
The author does a FABULOUS job answering these questions!
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Habitudes by Dr. Tim Elmore
Rating: 9/10
Review: This book is full of stories to inspire a person to be a better leader. I read it with my two older sons. The book was a little advanced for them, but since we were reading it together, we could talk about how the topics related to them. I’d recommend this book for someone in college and older. Overall, it’s easy-to-read, but talks about the best ways to ‘oversee’ others and didn’t exactly apply to my boys, but had some good lessons.
Here are a few points my 13-year-old pulled from the book:
- All people have value and deserve respect no matter their role. Don’t treat the janitor different than the principal.
- Value being ‘interested’ over ‘interesting.’
- People are more like chess than checkers. In checkers, you play every piece the same. In chess, every piece is unique. People are unique. Strong leaders get to know people and find out their individual strengths.
- There are different types of listeners. Sometimes I’m an “impatient listener” – meaning I finish people’s sentences and want them to finish so I can speak.
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Who was Frederick Douglas? by April Jones Prince
Rating: 9/10
Review: I read this book with one of my sons. It gives a brief, but good overview of Frederick’s life – his bravery, intelligence, and fight to be free!
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