Month: May 2025
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Book Review: Orion by Gail Brewer-Giorgio
I don’t remember exactly where I came across this book. Probably from a YouTube video. I was intrigued to learn that it was this book (along with another by the same author) that planted the conspiracy theory that Elvis Presley faked his death. I’ve never believed this, but culturally, I’ve found its popularity fascinating…
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Book Review: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Going into this book, I’d read and heard a lot of mixed reviews saying that this book deviates from Emily Henry’s typical style. I wasn’t too concerned about this because the style of this book actually aligns more with my typical reading preferences, so I feel I was lucky in this regard…
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Book Review: The Healing Power of Praying the Rosary by Gary Jansen
The Healing Power of the Rosary is a great guide to enriching prayer life. It offers different approaches to praying the Rosary, such as visualization, nature, meditation, etc…
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Book Review: Nagasaki by Susan Southard
I knew going into this book that it was going to be upsetting, but even when you imagine the worst about a nuclear strike, it’s still worse than you could ever envision on your own…
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Book Review: The Woman in the Trees by Theoni Bell
I was only vaguely familiar with Our Lady of Champion going into this book. I couldn’t even have told you the year in which the apparition occurred. I probably should have started with some nonfiction books on the subject, but finding modern written Catholic fiction is so difficult that when I saw this book, I…
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Book Review: Maria by Michelle Moran
I’ve been so excited to read this book since I heard it was coming out last summer, but even though I preordered it, I decided it was more important to wait for the perfect season to read it. I know The Sound of Music is typically associated with Christmas, but personally, I’ve never understood why.…
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Book Review: The Housekeeper’s Secret by Sandra Schnakenburg
The synopsis of this book sounded interesting, but I could never have predicted how it all panned out. Long story short, this ended up being a book that made me lose track of time when I sat down to read…
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Book Review: Vietnam as They Knew It by Jerry L. Staub
This might be the most unique book about war I’ve ever encountered. There’s something about poetry that brings you into a subject more deeply than other forms of writing. Poetry jumps straight to the point, the rawness, and all that surrounds it…
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Book Review: The House of Promise by Indrajit Garai
I’ve read a number of Indrajit Garai’s books by now and all of them have impressed me. The House of Promise, however, I found to be exceptional. Given the time gaps between each of the books I’ve read, I’m struggling to pinpoint exactly what the difference is, but it’s there, and I’m all for it…
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Book Review: Life on the Bridge by Kaelynn Partlow
I’ve watched a lot of Kaelynn Partlow’s YouTube Shorts and love the way she approaches teaching people about the autism spectrum. I was so excited when I saw that she published a book going deeper into the topics she discusses on her channel…