Sabbath Revival: What’s in your summer reading pile?
Doing the time warp way back to 22nd of May, 2012, with Melissa M’s interest in your Summer reading plans – the titles, the anticipation, the routines and tricks to get it happening. What’s on YOUR...
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Reading Beyond the Comfort Zone
Some of the books we’re excited to read this week. When school ended for the summer a few weeks ago, my two older children were sad to say goodbye to their teachers and friends, but also excited at the...
View ArticleBeauty and the Beast and Me
When I was about twelve years old, a librarian recommended I try reading the book Beauty by Robin McKinley. I had already read most of the other things in the small teen section of my library branch...
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Best Biographies for Kids
My daughter, Lucy, loves whenever a book is “a real true life story” as she says. She smacks her lips in satisfaction to know a tale is good enough to be true. To meet with her greatest reading...
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What if the Church Library was a Real Library?
I accepted a new calling in the last week. It came as a surprise and not a surprise at all. A surprise because I’m well below the unstated age restriction to become a librarian in my ward, but that’s...
View ArticleBacon is good, poetry is better
Thrift Store Guerilla Poetry: Artist Agustina Woodgate visits second-hand stores with pre-threaded needles and strips of poetry printed on paper, much like fortune cookies. She quietly sews poetry onto...
View Article101 Ways to Run a Book Club
“How do you start a book club?” a friend asked recently. Any way you like. There are 101 ways to run a book club, and here are some ideas for starters. May they inspire you to start your own. The...
View ArticleWeed or read? Why not both?
I have a confession that might horrify some of my author friends: I don’t buy very many books. Last year I read 107 books, but I only bought 6. In my family, we are readers and book lovers, but maybe...
View Article2018 Whitney Awards Finalists: Historical Romance
Although this year’s Historical Romance finalists for the Whitney Awards have similar covers and similar settings, they still offer a variety of storylines. You can read about love that develops...
View ArticleBook Review: The First Four Books of BYUS’s New Testament Commentary Series
BYU Studies has published four print books so far as part of their New Testament Commentary series. This series draws on an array of academic tools from fields such as archaeology, biblical studies,...
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