Books

Cozy evenings with warm tea and a good book - I love it!

Here are the books we read during December:

Wow. The author's detailed research does justice to this fascinating story of hunting down Eichmann, the German Nazi responsible for ordering and carrying out the Final Solution. On the back it reads, "offers the intrigue of a detective story and the thrill of great spy fiction."

The Badeau's adopted and raised 22 children. The amount of energy they poured into raising these children, some with disabilities, made me tired just reading it. It was an interesting book to read, but not worth buying new.

This book was put into our church library to equip those may be in a destructive relationship or to help walk along someone who is. Author, Leslie Vernick teaches: confronting and speaking truth when the timing is right, recognizing behaviors that are meant to control, punish, and hurt, and the author emphasizes being transformed by God as you build an identity in Christ. This book would be helpful to those who are in emotionally destructive relationships. I would also say this book is meant for just that, not for someone who is trying to "get out" of a relationship by looking for excuses.

This book had a good reviews. Adam is almost finished "A Higher Call" and he said the story line is intriguing, although not exceptionally well written.

*Devil at My Heels" by Louis Zamperini was another book we polished off. (sorry no picture)

Zamperini has an amazing story. He was a World War II air force pilot who was shot down in the middle of the ocean. Miraculously, he survived 47 days on a life raft only to be captured by the Japanese and after two years of torture, he was finally released. Zamperini writes of his struggles after his imprisonment and shares his story of salvation and forgiveness towards his captors. Unfortunately Zamperini could of used a tamer tongue in his own book. ("Unbroken" the story of Zamperini's life, has been a best seller and now a movie has come out depicting his life but both have stopped the story before Zamperini becomes a Christian. Zamperini's own book, "Devil at my Heels" differs from the others because of this.)

The boys love reading and I love it when they read. There is silence in a usually loud household! And yes, Tyler would say reading is even better when you are wearing a mask!