Good, Simple Short Christian Book Reviews are hard to find. They are even harder to find for the discerning woman. I am a researcher, so I like to read reviews from a Christian Worldview before I spend the time reading a book. It is just plain helpful. Each month at The Peaceful Haven I review the best of the books I have read that month. I look at each book through a variety of lenses but the most important one is what the Bible has to say about the topic and does the book being reviewed encourage that view?
To say I love to read would be an understatement. It is my desire to help others pick encouraging books and in so doing, motivate others in the JOY of reading. The subjects of books I review reflect topics that directly affect me. I am, the grateful wife of Michael, homeschooling mother of six children and author of the book Chosen: One Family’s Journey With Autism.
I also am a homemaker and lover of fiction so you will see books that directly affect a woman’s life, reviewed.
Have FUN reading this month!
SPIRITUAL
Putting God First: How to Make God the #1 Priority in Every Area of Your Life is a wonderfully simple book that will encourage you to put God first in your life. It is written in a user-friendly way and addresses real-life issues and how to overcome obstacles that may get in your way of spending time with God on a daily basis. Chocked full of practical ways to accomplish this goal! Well worth your time to read and re-read if necessary.
Putting God First: How to Make God the #1 Priority in Every Area of Your Life
FICTION
Are you looking for a good book that will calm your nerves, slow your mind down and help you to enjoy the little things in life? Then this series is for you. Written from the perspective of Miss Read, the village schoolmarm living in the British countryside town of Fairacre in the 1950s. I laughed my way through the first four books of the series, there are 20 charming books!
*There were two words in the first four books that I found offensive. One in reference to people of color and one in reference to children with special needs. They reflect the time the book was set in.
Village School (The Fairacre Series #1)
Village Diary (The Fairacre Series #2)
Storm in the Village (The Fairacre Series #3)
Miss Clare Remembers and Emily Davis (The Fairacre Series 4)
HEALTH
Reading Heal Local: 20 Essential Herbs for Do-it-Yourself Home Healthcare was an education for me. I found myself looking around my yard and neighborhood for plants that grow wild to be used as vitamin supplements and herbal medicine. I really appreciated Dawn’s view of the importance of all kinds of medicine and when it is appropriate to use each one of them. Best of all… she is from Ohio!
Heal Local: 20 Essential Herbs for Do-it-Yourself Home Healthcare
INTERIOR DESIGN
Barbara Westbrook’s book Gracious Rooms blew me away! Does anyone else read the so-called “Coffee Table” books from cover to cover? This book inspired me in the art of loveliness. The use of God’s elements in a home such as light and nature and how those things bless daily living was new to me. Take a minute or a day to read through this beauty.
Barbara Westbrook’s book Gracious Rooms
FINANCIAL
The Ten Commandments of Financial Happiness: Feel Richer with What You’ve Got is a great book that is chocked full of quizzes that help you truthfully evaluate how you relate to money and why you do the things you do. Take the quizzes with your spouse and have fun discussing your answers. I have read and re-read many books about personal finance but never one that clearly helped me understand myself and my views about money.
The Ten Commandments of Financial Happiness: Feel Richer with What You’ve Got
HOMESCHOOL
Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning: An Approach to Distinctively Christian Education helped me to see Christian Education in a new light. I will be applying the things I learned with my two children left in our homeschool. I wondered why I had not found this book earlier in my homeschooling career? Very valuable information and a must-read for anyone interested in the education of their children. This not just for the homeschooler but for every parent.
Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning: An Approach to Distinctively Christian Education
CHILDREN
James Herriot’s Treasury for Children: Warm and Joyful Tales by the Author of All Creatures Great and Small has been read and reread in my home until now our copy is dogeared! All I have to say is curl up on the couch today and read this book of inspiring stories to your children! I promise you will cry and laugh and make memories together as a family!
COOKBOOK
The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom is for anyone who is interested in healthy cooking. Well written and easy to use recipes that will actually heal your body and make you healthy! Cooking and eating encompass more than just food that tastes good…although these recipes have the winning combination of being good for you and tasting amazing!
The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom
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Happy Reading!
Blessings,
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Hi Janelle. This is the first time that I have read one of your book review posts. I found it very helpful. I’m going to go back through and read some of the others. I’m excited to read some of your suggested books.
Thanks Christina…I am so pleased you found it helpful!
Thanks so much for including my book in your list!! Pinning! 🙂
My privilege Brittany…loved your book and I know it will bless so many people!
Great post! Thank you and best of luck.
Thank you Christina, so glad you found it helpful!