Genre: Religion / Christian Living / Women's Interests

June ’26 Wrap-Up

Posted 06/30/2026 by Charli in Wrap Up / 0 Comments

I finally got back into reading this month after almost a year of not reading. I didn’t review all the books on this list, but I did review several of them. Here’s what I read in June 2026: So there it is – all 13 books I read during the month of June 2026! Clown in a Cornfield, Together We Rot, We Did Nothing Wrong, 1 Peter, 52-Week Prayer Practice for Women, The Courage to Change, Sweet Nightmare, and The Joy of an Uncluttered Life were NetGalley reads. Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives and Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo were just to finish the released books in the series. ‘Salem’s Lot, Hell House, and The Exorcist were part of my Summerween/Scariest Books Ever Written list. What did you read this month?

52-Week Prayer Practice for Wo..

Posted 06/28/2026 by Charli in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

52-Week Prayer Practice for Women is a book that I expected to really like, but turned out to be just OK. In this book, Ms. Johnson gives weekly journaling prompts, with a “monthly” prompt every four weekly prompts. Each weekly prompt covers a specific topic, includes an object lesson or anecdote, a scripture, and then several questions to answer along with a prompt to write out a prayer for specific things. Some of the topics/prompts are quite convicting – such as going to other people when sad or disappointed instead of going to God first – while others are run-of-the-mill things we probably hear from our own pastors every Sunday morning. If the book hadn’t been just a ton of journaling prompts, I might have liked it better. However, I am not someone who is excited about journaling period, much less journaling by having prompts. I gave this 3.5 stars […]

1 Peter by Mariel Davenport

Posted 06/15/2026 by Charli in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

I’ve heard about Mariel Davenport and her TEND Bible Study method on a few podcasts, so I was thrilled when I was approved for 1 Peter. I had not, however, realized that the TEND study method was a journaling-based method. I’ll be honest, I’m not big on journaling period, much less doing so as a method of studying the Bible. Part of the study was familiar to me – before I had surgery on my dominant hand, I used to do a daily Scripture writing that would included several verses of various books of the Bible. So it wasn’t a big deal for me to write out Scriptures, although I have to say, my hand didn’t appreciate it very much. I had no issues with taking time to pray or examining the Scriptures – but the notice the lessons and do what it says sections weren’t as easy. Thankfully the bottoms […]