Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder Sometimes times it takes me forever to read a book. That’s how it was with Norwegian author Jostein Gaarder’s 1991 international best-selling novel Sophie’s World. I started it ba…

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20 Books of Summer: The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray’s 2021 historical novel The Personal Librarian had been on my shelf for about two years and to be honest I haven’t been that motivated to …

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Big Book Summer Reading Challenge: The War That Ended Peace by Margaret MacMillan Eager to read more about World War I, especially its origins I purchased an ebook of Margaret MacMillan’s 2013 highly acclaimed The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914. After thoroughly en…

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The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World by Bart D. Ehrman Back in 2003 after hearing New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air I immediately wanted to read his newly released book The Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scrip…

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