Back online

We have just returned from long service leave and a wonderful break as a family. For us, it brought home two truths. Firstly, we need rest. Unlike God, who is Sovereign, humans need to rest and doing so is a reminder of that. Secondly, it is a generous gift of the people of God (and our co-workers) to give us that rest by enabling us to take that amount of leave. So, we are very thankful for the reminder and God’s good provision, and are now excited about getting back into the usual life pace and ministry again.

As it was holiday time, my reading was almost exclusively fiction. Some were re-reads of those previously enjoyed, others were a dip into classics I hadn't read, and some were more modern options. I did seem to read a fair bit of Francine Rivers. I think it’s because it fits the ‘holiday reading’ category quite well – it is easy, but still with insight and depth and as it is Christian, it is generally encouraging and honest.

So the next few months will be mainly fiction reviews, and then as my reading for the year gets a bit meatier, so will the reviews that match them! Thanks for reading.

A return to blogging

Hello, old friends. If there are any of you still out there that is!

Almost five months off. How time flies when you are having fun.

It has taken some time to decide to re-start blogging again. For a while there I wasn’t sure if I would and to be honest, I’m still not sure. However, I am reading good books again, and while I continue to read good books there seems to be some point in sharing them with others.

Over this week I’ll give you a brief update on life here over the last 5 months, and then we’ll get started again on book reviews next week.

[For those that would like a little-Easter kick start, you can get some ideas from previous years by reading the Easter posts. If you want to do the Easter Readings with your family (via resources tab), they start next week (April 7), so there is still lots of time to print it and think about putting some eggs together with the key verses. Personally, I am loving my annual dip into Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross by Nancy Guthrie.]

New Growth Press

I have started a bit of a partnership with New Growth Press.

They are having blog tours to promote their new titles. They send me a copy and those that I like and recommend, I will review here on musings.

I want to up front about this.  I receive a free copy of the ebook to review in advance and will sometimes receive a free paper copy.  At times I will be able to offer some free copies (either paper or ebook) to readers.  I am not in any way obliged to write positive reviews, although when I choose to review a book it will be because I think it is good.

I have been very encouraged by some of the material I have seen so far and am keen to share it with you.

Later this week I will be reviewing one of their new titles – an excellent book and a great resource, although it's a sign of our fallen world that such a resource needs to exist.  Come back later and see…

New Blog

I have decided to start a new blog. I have a personal family one, but for some time have thought that I would like to talk about other things with other bloggers.

My original thought was to have a book blog only, but think with time it is likely to expand into more than that, so I'll keep my options open!

As I am a Christian woman who is a wife and mother, these are the things I mainly read (non-fiction) books about - faith, marriage, parenting, etc. However, I am not certainly not limited to those things only! There's a lot of other good books out there - if only I had time to read them all!

As for other discussion topics - let's see how it goes...