Tactics
“If we disqualify legitimate discussion, we compromise our ability to know the truth, and error can thrive without restraint.”
Thieves’ Gambit
“Know your exits, pick the best one. That was my thing, wasn’t it? Always knowing the best way out.”
Shelf Reflection’s Reading Challenge for Kids 2025
Inspired by my daughter, together we created a 2025 Reading Challenge for Kids! Check it out— lots of fun printables to help the kids track their progress.
November Reads 2024
I read a lot of thrillers this months!
The Anxious Generation
“It is very difficult to construct a meaningful life on one’s own, drifting through multiple disembodied networks.”
The Fury
7 friends on an isolated Greek island and one of them ends up dead! The narrator tells us this is a whydunit, not a whodunit…
Moonflower Murders
A classic whodunnit with the same book within a book style of Horowitz’s previous book, Magpie Murders.
Shelf Reflection’s 2025 Reading Challenge
This year we have a two part reading challenge. Part One is 20 normal prompts. Part Two is all about the number 25. Do a few or all, as long as you’re reading, it’ll be a good year!
When You Pray
“Prayer isn’t about saying what we think the Lord wants to hear from us. Prayer is an honest, intimate, and intentional reaching for the Lord in truth, in reality, in the actuality of our lives as they are.”
A Flicker in the Dark
“Monsters don’t hide in the woods; they aren’t shadows in the trees or invisible things lurking in darkened corners. No, the real monsters move in plain sight. They lived among us.”
The Overnight Guest
A suspenseful story set in rural Iowa in the middle of a blizzard.
October Reads 2024
5 of the 7 were 5 star reads!
The Mystery Guest
“It underscored just how hazardous a maid’s work can be. It’s not the backbreaking labor, the demanding guests, or the cleaning chemicals that present the greatest danger. It’s the assumption that maids are delinquents, murderers, and thieves: the maid is always to blame.”
Break Every Rule
“We can’t change the law, so we break it when the law stands in the way.”
Don’t Follow Your Heart
“Self-worship not only robs us of awe, originality, freedom, authenticity, humility, courage, and adventure; it also strips us of the joyous capacity to give and receive a love that is truly redemptive, like God’s love.”
Morning Star
“Slavery is not peace. Freedom is peace. And until we have that, it is our duty to make war.”
Every Good Boy Does Fine
“If you forced me to sum it up, I’d tell you that is the point of this book: a love for the steps, the joys of growing and outgrowing and being outgrown. And— just as in the Mozart— how time seems to stop, or even go in reverse, when you are learning.”
What Do I Say When…?
“We are called to witness to the truth for the sake of truth itself, not because it will be met with total gladness or joy by all, but because the proclamation of the gospel is the means by which the Lord redeems those he’s called to salvation.”
Parenting without Panic
“God’s vision for our bodies and relationships really is good news and we can talk calmly and confidently about it with even our young kids.”
September Reads 2024
This list has the next book you should read in October!