A Gentleman in Moscow
“At one time I had all the conveniences. But in the end, it has been the inconveniences that have mattered to me most.”
The Lucky One
“I’ll never be a victim again.”
The Madness of the Faithful
This book was madness of its own kind. I didn’t like it.
The Villa
“She hadn’t thought that perhaps houses hold on to the bad with the good, just as people do.”
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The Nineties
What I was hoping to be a funny nostalgic read ended up being a bit of a drag.
All About Books Crossword Puzzle
See how many clues you can figure out of this one-of-a-kind Shelf Reflection crossword puzzle all about books!
The Paris Apartment
“If you know what is good for you, you will stop. You will leave this place. And never look back.”
Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Sexuality
Our kids are being desensitized, song by song, cartoon by cartoon, numbed to the point where immorality feels like no big deal.
The Rom-Com Agenda
“You’re a hopeless romantic and an incurable optimist. Uh, usually.”
Die Around Sundown
“My irritation was growing and something else was, too, a darker fear that I was being drawn into a game too dangerous for any parlor. No, not a game. A trap.”
Alter Ego
“They had two dead strangers in town. One killer. One victim.”
Resisting Gossip
“The problem is not that we love stories but that we can love stories too much, and, especially, we can love the wrong stories.”
Mastering the Art of French Murder
“I suppose if one could count having a father for an investigator and reading mystery novels as the groundwork for real-life detection experience, I was as prepared as anyone.”
Box 88
“They want something that couldn’t be found in his phone calls, his emails, his text messages… They want his memory.”
Live Your Truth (and Other Lies)
“You are not enough, but when your trust is placed in Jesus, his enough-ness is transferred to you”.
The Last Graduate
“Senior year, you spend half your time staying alive, half your time on your lessons, and half your time working out a graduation strategy to get you through the hall. If you can’t make that equation add up properly, you die.”
A Burning Obsession
“She was going insane. The only way she could know peace was with Moses behind bars. Abby would chase Moses Wilcox to the ends of the earth to protect her children.”
A Spacious Life
“We think guardrails restrict our freedom. When freedom is freedom from constraints, we live in a world we can’t control— yet we find ourselves caged by the things we chase.”
Firekeeper’s Daughter
“I never thought about secrets being like a bull’s eye. The smaller the circle, the bigger the secret.”