Blessed Bookshelf

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi I love to read. Always have. I cannot remember the last time I couldn’t put a book down. I’m not one given to sentimentality. I can’t remember the last book that made me weep. I couldn’t put this book down—and it made me weep. When Breath Becomes Air …READ MORE

Shadows on the Rock, while not Willa Cather’s most well-known novel, is my personal favorite. Set in colonial Quebec in the waning days of the 1600s, it is more portrait than story, more contemplative than narrative. The novel is set at a historical moment of seismic proportions, which Cather captures brilliantly—the opening of the New …READ MORE

  I have heard parents say with a resigned air (after it comes to light that their child is reading something less than savory), “At least she’s reading!” I know that many busy parents feel overwhelmed & often let books (or music or movies) slide by that don’t seem to be too objectionable, and some …READ MORE