Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Reading List
    • 2024 Reading List
    • 2023 Reading List
    • 2022 Reading List
    • 2021 Reading List
    • 2020 Reading List
    • 2019 Reading List
    • 2018 Reading List
    • 2017 Reading List
    • 2016 Reading List
    • 2015 Reading List
    • 2014 Reading List
    • 2013 Reading List
    • 2012 Reading List
    • 2011 Reading List
    • 2010 Reading List
    • 2009 Reading List
  • Digital Content
    • Movie Briefs :: 2024 Oscars Best Picture Nominees
    • 2020 Streaming
    • 2019 Movies
    • 2018 Movies
    • 2015 Movies
    • Things I Love :: Financial Literacy
    • Love :: Podcasts
    • Podcasts :: Recommendations, Part 2
  • Recipes
    • Appetizers
      • Recipe :: Balsamic-Tomato Dipping Sauce
      • Recipe :: Guacamole
      • Recipe :: Pimento Cheese
      • Recipe :: Easy Crab Puffs
    • Soups
      • Recipe :: Beef, Mushroom and Barley Soup
      • Recipe :: Delicious and Creamy Shrimp Corn Chowder
      • Recipe :: Hearty Vegetable Soup
      • Recipe :: Thai Butternut Squash Soup
    • Sides
      • Recipe :: Cheesy Apples
      • Recipe :: Chopped Brussels Sprouts
      • Recipe :: Kale and Brussel Sprout Salad
      • Recipe :: Tabouli
      • Recipe :: Tomato Pie
    • Mains
      • Recipe :: Beef Tenderloin
      • Recipe :: Roasted Turkey and Brine
      • Recipe :: Shrimp & Grits
      • Recipe :: Thai Quinoa Salad
    • Sweet Stuff
      • Recipe :: Cranberry Orange Cake
      • Recipe :: Boiled Custard
      • Recipe :: Caramel Apple Cake
      • Recipe :: Carrot Cake
      • Recipe :: Christmas (Swedish) Tea Rings
      • Recipe :: Cinnamon Rolls
      • Recipe :: Lemon Sugar Cookies
      • Recipe :: Trifle in a Glass
  • Twitter
  • Lit&Leisure on FB
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Lit&leisure

Books and other leisurely pursuits

  • Twitter
  • Lit&Leisure on FB
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Reading List
    • 2024 Reading List
    • 2023 Reading List
    • 2022 Reading List
    • 2021 Reading List
    • 2020 Reading List
    • 2019 Reading List
    • 2018 Reading List
    • 2017 Reading List
    • 2016 Reading List
    • 2015 Reading List
    • 2014 Reading List
    • 2013 Reading List
    • 2012 Reading List
    • 2011 Reading List
    • 2010 Reading List
    • 2009 Reading List
  • Digital Content
    • Movie Briefs :: 2024 Oscars Best Picture Nominees
    • 2020 Streaming
    • 2019 Movies
    • 2018 Movies
    • 2015 Movies
    • Things I Love :: Financial Literacy
    • Love :: Podcasts
    • Podcasts :: Recommendations, Part 2
  • Recipes
    • Appetizers
      • Recipe :: Balsamic-Tomato Dipping Sauce
      • Recipe :: Guacamole
      • Recipe :: Pimento Cheese
      • Recipe :: Easy Crab Puffs
    • Soups
      • Recipe :: Beef, Mushroom and Barley Soup
      • Recipe :: Delicious and Creamy Shrimp Corn Chowder
      • Recipe :: Hearty Vegetable Soup
      • Recipe :: Thai Butternut Squash Soup
    • Sides
      • Recipe :: Cheesy Apples
      • Recipe :: Chopped Brussels Sprouts
      • Recipe :: Kale and Brussel Sprout Salad
      • Recipe :: Tabouli
      • Recipe :: Tomato Pie
    • Mains
      • Recipe :: Beef Tenderloin
      • Recipe :: Roasted Turkey and Brine
      • Recipe :: Shrimp & Grits
      • Recipe :: Thai Quinoa Salad
    • Sweet Stuff
      • Recipe :: Cranberry Orange Cake
      • Recipe :: Boiled Custard
      • Recipe :: Caramel Apple Cake
      • Recipe :: Carrot Cake
      • Recipe :: Christmas (Swedish) Tea Rings
      • Recipe :: Cinnamon Rolls
      • Recipe :: Lemon Sugar Cookies
      • Recipe :: Trifle in a Glass

Tag: Book Reviews

Book Reviews, Books Posted onJanuary 2, 2012January 22, 2012

Book Review :: Christian Devotional Reading

I’ve never added books I’ve read during my morning devotions to the books I’ve reviewed, but this year that quiet time I have in the […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books Posted onOctober 8, 2011January 7, 2012

Book Review :: Tobacco Road

Wolfe may be right that you can’t go home again, but re-reading Erskine Caldwell’s Tobacco Road took me right back to Dr. Hitchcock’s Southern Lit class […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books Posted onSeptember 21, 2011October 17, 2011

Book Review :: The Lace Reader

Brunonia Barry’s The Lace Reader is exactly the type of debut novel I love. It isn’t without flaws, but there is enough evidence of brilliant […] Read More

My Reading Life
Book Reviews, Books Posted onSeptember 16, 2011August 12, 2018

Book Review :: My Reading Life

Pat Conroy’s My Reading Life will inspire all readers. In this memoir, he chronicles the people who influenced his reading and writing habits – driving […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books Posted onSeptember 8, 2011October 3, 2011

Book Review :: The Alchemist’s Daughter

This historical fiction and fifth novel from Katharine McMahon, The Alchemist’s Daughter is set in the center of the Age of Enlightenment, and capitalizes on […] Read More

Screwtape Letters
Book Reviews, Books Posted onAugust 31, 2011July 30, 2018

Book Review :: The Screwtape Letters

I just finished re-reading The Screwtape Letters, and I love how some books only get better with each reading. Our pastor used this text as […] Read More

Wally Lamb I Know This Much Is True
Book Reviews, Books Posted onAugust 13, 2011July 31, 2018

Book Review :: I Know This Much Is True

When I finished Wally Lamb’s I Know This Much Is True, I knew I had experienced another epic tale whose characters – their struggles and […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books Posted onAugust 5, 2011July 11, 2018

Book Review :: Serena

So even after my mom raved about Ron Rash’s Serena, I’ve finally just now gotten around to reading it. Some of you who have been […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books Posted onJuly 30, 2011August 14, 2011

Book Review :: The Cracker Queen

This guest review was graciously provided my one of my book club sistas, M.  I am a music educator by trade. To put it poetically, […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books Posted onJuly 24, 2011August 11, 2011

Book Review :: The Abstinence Teacher

Quickly into this book on tape I thought, “Shoot. This is going to be one of those anti-Christian novels that uses a broad brush to […] Read More

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

support childhood literacy

Support Childhood Literacy through Ferst Readers

book swag by my friend kari

things I like to talk about the most

  • Book Clubs
  • Book Reviews
  • Cooking
  • Out and About

all the things I talk about

Even when I don’t write reviews

Elisabeth's bookshelf: read

Consequences
really liked it
Consequences
by Penelope Lively
The Four Winds
it was ok
The Four Winds
by Kristin Hannah
Oh William!
it was amazing
Oh William!
by Elizabeth Strout
All Our Wordly Goods
liked it
All Our Wordly Goods
by Irène Némirovsky
Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
it was amazing
Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
by Kerry Patterson

goodreads.com

history of l&l

NetGalley Professional Reader

Professional Reader

connect with me here

  • Lit&Leisure on Facebook
  • Listy (it’s an app)
  • goodreads
  • Twitter
  • Linked In

find your next favorite book

  • WhichBook
  • Book Marks
  • Your Next Read
  • Gnooks
  • What Should I Read Next (Modern Mrs. Darcy)
© 2025 Lit&leisure
  • Twitter
  • Lit&Leisure on FB
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest