As The Page Turns: February Edition

Books, books, books! Time for my latest book reviews 🙂

Everything Is Spiritual by Rob Bell

I first heard of Rob Bell when he was a guest on one of The Minimalists podcasts. I enjoyed the episode and decided to check out his book. It was so good. This isn’t a “woo-woo” book or anything but Bell weaves together his stories and his life with the awareness that we are all part of something bigger. We are all interconnected. It really is kind of hard to fully explain but I truly enjoyed this book and it made me think which I feel, is what non-fiction books are supposed to do.

Enough by Jessica Rose Williams

There aren’t many bloggers that I follow and actually take the time to read their blogs and actually be invested in their words and photos and stories, but Jessica is absolutely one of those people. She writes about simple living and minimalism and just last month, published her very first book! Enough, is about being enough in our own lives and to stop trying to be something you are not and know that you are truly enough. Jess weaves in her personal stories with reflections and journal prompts and while parts of her story were definitely hard for her to share, she shares her journey and how it can help others.

The Deep Places by Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat is a New York Times columnist who wrote this memoir chronicling his debilitating five-year struggle with Lyme Disease. To be clear he still has the disease, but he is in a stage of the chronic form where he able to manage the symptoms much better. But wow, what he went through… There is no cure currently for Lyme Disease which is afflicting more and more Americans each year and Douthat’s story, chronicling his depths of despair while being so intensely sick, is a fascinating foray into documenting your life as it is happening, knowing that if it can help just one person, then something good can come from the heartbreak.

A Monstrous Regiment of Women

A Monstrous Regiment of Women is the second book in the series featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes. This series imagines a woman partner to Sherlock instead of Dr. Watson. These books take place in the 1920’s, where Sherlock is in his late 50’s, still solving cases. The first 7 or 8 books of this series are really the best. If you want to read this book however, I’d recommend reading the first book in the series, The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, or otherwise you’ll be a bit lost in this one.

That’s it from me! Any interesting books you’ve read lately? Let me know!