Recent Reads

Becca by the Book by Laura Jensen Walker



The next installment in the Getaway Girls series focuses on Becca, a young single and one of the non-Christians in the group. When she breaks a leg and has to limit her adventures, the rest of the group challenges her to a bet to date the same guy longer than she normally does. Becca takes the bet and then wonders what she has gotten herself into when the next guy to ask her out turns out to be a Christian.
I liked how this book was realistic and didn't just have everything all work out in the end. Good book and hopefully there will be more in the series.


Lady of Milkweed Manor by Julie Klassen


My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Not really a fan of historical fiction, but this was a great read. Set back in the 1800's in England, a young unwed woman becomes pregnant and is disowned by her family as a result. This is her story of what happened to her afterwards. Well-written.



Searching for Heaven on Earth by David Jeremiah


My rating: 4 of 5 stars





Overview of the book of Ecclesiastes - looking at how so much of life is vanity, but this is due to it being temporary and fleeting. We were made for more than just this life on earth. The book is broken down into 31 chapters - to be read in a month - 1 chapter a day.

"...God isn't as concerned about our being momentarily happy as He is about our being mature."

"The highest purpose of life is not happiness."

"We must trust God with what we can't control."