Finding Me

Finding Me, by Viola Davis

68/60 | Started 11.13.24 • Finished 12.01.24 | 3 stars

Another book that had a lot of hype but really fell flat for me. I appreciated her story of coming out of poverty and abuse but her repeated passages about manifesting her own successes were annoying, to be honest. No one manifests her own destiny; that's just silly. There is only one person over all of your life, whether you believe in him or not. I also felt like it didn't flow very well and instead jumped around from place to place out of order. Would maybe recommend to the right reader.

The Message of Ephesians

The Message of Ephesians, by John R. Stott

67/60 | Started 08.20.24 • Finished 11.20.24 | 5 stars

I read this book over the course of a few months while studying the book of Ephesians with a dozen other women from our church. As I was leading the study, I found this book both incredibly accessible and tremendously helpful. Stott covers passages with different interpretations quite well, presenting each one sufficiently and then explaining his own choice. Would recommend to anyone looking to study Ephesians in depth.

Little Pear

Little Pear, by Eleanor Frances Lattimore

66/60 | Started 11.06.24 • Finished 11.20.24 | 5 stars

"This book is about a boy named Little Pear. He was a naughty boy in the first few chapters but in the last chapter he decided to be good. I loved the story about him going to the city with the kind man. The story about him hiding in the goods on his father’s wheelbarrow was funny."

Carolyn, age 7