Recent reads.

Usually I only comment on the books I enjoyed, which thankfully is most things I read, but occasionally there are a few that I don't love. I have a long running note on my phone where I jot down books that I hear others recommend. And by jot down, I mean I snap a picture of the screen when I see it and then I finally pause when I have loads of book pictures and add the title to my list and then delete the photo. (I should get a better system.) What better place to start my book list than from people who recommend it?! On the opposite end, if I hear people saying that they don't recommend a book, why would that make my prospective book list? I acknowledge that writing a book is hard work and what an amazing gift it is to get published, but two books that I couldn't get into were Will by Will Smith and One Plus One by Jojo Moyes. I read Will a couple years ago, but got about half way and thought it was long and slow moving and didn't finish it. I was reading One Plus One recently, and got about halfway through and just wasn't excited to keep going and didn't feel connected to the characters. That said, both of those titles were on my book list because I saw others recommend it, so clearly some people like them and that's great! They just weren't my favorites.

Here are a few that I did finish recently and enjoyed!

Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Sexuality: Empowering Your Kids to Understand and Live Out God's Design by Hillary Morgan Ferrer- I was interested to read this book, as our girls are getting older and we are starting conversations about these topics. This was an informative and thought provoking read. They talked about many different topics (like marriage, homosexuality, pornography, etc.) and how to go about talking about them through a Biblical lens.

In His Image: 10 Ways God Calls Us to  Reflect His Character by Jen Wilkin- I have heard about Jen Wilkin for awhile, but only recently read something by her. The women in our life group did this book as our study this year and it was really good! A great book for a study, if you want, as it also has discussion questions at the end of each chapter, but also would be great to read solo too. I loved every chapter and learned from each one. She does a great job of weaving Biblical truth, stories, and Scripture into each character trait. 

The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir by Kelly Bishop- I read this book while on our Florida trip. I was thrilled to find it at our library and excited to read it, as I love the show Gilmore Girls. I was expecting much of the book to be about what it was like filming the show and her experience with that, but that was only a small portion of the book. I was disappointed there wasn't more about Gilmore Girls in it, but it was about her entire life and career and that was interesting to hear about too. It wasn't my favorite read, as it had many details about performing and acting (which I am not involved in that world), but it was neat to hear about her life.