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Hope Is the Word

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Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

August 10, 2009 by Amy Leave a Comment

I mentioned last week that I am beginning a list of my favorite picture books of all time.  Barbara Cooney’s Miss Rumphius is the book that inspired me to do this.  This book is a perfect, heart-warming, gentle story about a girl who grows to be a woman and finally makes her mark on the world.  … [Read more…]

Posted in: Picture Books Tagged: Best Books, Picture Books

Best Picture Books

August 4, 2009 by Amy Leave a Comment

I’ve decided it’s time for a new feature here on my blog. I spend a large portion of my time nowadays reading and thinking about picture books, so I want to start a list of my favorite picture books of all time. I’m creating a page for it and I will add to it as … [Read more…]

Posted in: Bloggy Randomness, Picture Books Tagged: Best Books, Picture Books

What's on My Nightstand–April Wrap-up and Looking Ahead

April 28, 2009 by Amy Leave a Comment

It looks like I read and reviewed a grand total of four books during the month of April that I read for my own enjoyment or edification.  That brings me up to sixteen for the year.  While there’s a chance I’ll finish one more before the month’s end, that’s not a big stack of books.  … [Read more…]

Tagged: Best Books, To Be Read

January Picks

January 31, 2009 by Amy Leave a Comment

January has been a good month for reading here at the House of Hope.  I read a total of eight books this month, not to mention the seventy-five or so I read aloud to my girls. While the read-aloud number is fairly normal for any given month around here (and that number really only accounts … [Read more…]

Posted in: Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction Tagged: Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction, Best Books, Bookish Thoughts

Best Books of 2008

December 31, 2008 by Amy Leave a Comment

As I mentioned in my Bookish Year in Review, this year has marked a return to reading for me.  I have read some thirty-seven books this year, not to mention the countless books I’ve read aloud to my children.  By many readers’ standards, this is a rather paltry total, I know.  However, when I consider … [Read more…]

Posted in: Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction, Christian Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Newbery Award, Young Adult Fiction Tagged: Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction, Award Book, Best Books, Bookish Thoughts, Christian Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Newbery Award, Young Adult Fiction
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2019 Reading Challenge

2019 Reading Challenge
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
News of the World
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer


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