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In 2022, I’m setting monthly reading goals and have the goal to finish at least one book each week. So far, I’ve mostly been able to stick with that!
Note: You can follow along with the books I finish this year and my star ratings over on GoodReads. Also, books are rated on a 1-5 star scale. I basically won’t finish a book if it’s one star (not worth my time!) and I’ll rarely give a book a 5-star rating unless it was just absolutely amazing or life-changing.
I’ve gotten a little behind in my monthly reading goals and ended up not setting any book goals for May since I’m still working through April’s stack.
And it’s been awhile since I’ve posted any book reviews, so without further ado, here are seven books I finished recently…
The Book of Lost Names
This audiobook is the fictional story of a Jewish woman who became a forger and helped create documents for many children to be able to cross the border into safety in Switzerland during World War II.
I found the details of how they created the documents to be very interesting and I also thought the sections on faith and identity were thought-provoking. I also appreciate some of the rawness that the author used to describe how the main character’s mother dealt with the heavy losses and blows… because it made me wonder how I would respond if I were in her shoes.
That said, I felt like some of the parts of the book were a little on the unbelievable side and other parts felt like they lacked enough depth and development. So I thought it was a good novel, but personally didn’t think it was a great novel (although judging by the multitude of 5-star Amazon reviews, I’m in the minority on that!)
Verdict: 3 stars
The Hard Good
I had read a lot of this book in preparation for my podcast interview with Lisa Whittlebut I finally had a chance to finish it recently. There were so many sections that I found to be valuable — from her honesty over processing…
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