My September reads

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

E. Nesbitt - The railway children  4/5
Roberta, Peter and Phylliss and their mother have to change their comfortable live in Edwardian London for a remote village in Yorkshire when their father is mysteriously taken away. Luckily, the children make new friends and have many adventures at the nearby railway station.

This is a really sweet children's classic, in a way a sort of British Little Women. Not a lot of action, but little adventures and moral lessons. Some things might annoy or surprise us as modern readers (like the way women are talked about in one chapter for example), but I think in general it holds up well the way family and friendship is described. A cozy read, perfect for autumn!

Tim Keller - Walking with God through pain and suffering 4/5
This is an impressive work which tries to shine a light on many aspects of pain and suffering in relation to the Christian faith: both theological, philosophical and personal. It starts of a bit dry with some theoretical chapters about the view on suffering in multiple times and cultures. But it really builds on this knowledge so in later chapters it can speak more in-depth about personal response to pain and suffering. This is a book you need to take time for, but it has a lot of good and usefull things to say.

Nicole Deese - A season to love 3/5
Willa Hart has been through too much, first loosing her husband and then seeing her young daughter battle cancer, to enjoy live unreservedly. Her brother challenges her to let go more and Willa takes the first small steps by accepting a part-time job. Then she meets the new town doctor, Patrick McCade, an adventurer by heart. They quickly strike up a friendship and Patrick sets out to show Willa how to be adventurous in everyday live. Patrick is only in town for a short time, but will this keep him and Willa from developing more than just a friendship?

I want to write a full review of this novel for my own journal, so I'll keep it short here: I'm very hard to please when it comes to contemporary romance and this book just didn't please me... I can't really explain, but I couldn't really connect with the characters and I was a bit annoyed with how 'easy' things seemed to change for the characters.

Matt Rawle - The salvation of Doctor Who 4/5
A Bible study guide inspired by the famous BBC sci-fi show Doctor Who!
I actually already wrote a review for this one here. To be short, I really liked this book and how it connected Doctor Who stories with elements of the Christian faith.

Books in September: 4
Books in 2016: 25

Comments

[kiwiria.livejournal.com]

I love "The Railway Children"! I only discovered E. Nesbit as an adult, but she writes really cute books. I think "The Treasure Seekers" is my favourite.

Have you read "Five Little Peppers and How They Grew" by Margaret Sydney? It's much the same style and SO charming :-) It's available as a free ebook from Project Gutenberg, and as a free Audiobook from Librivox.org.

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks for the tips, I'll definitely look out for these books!

[kiwiria.livejournal.com]

I just checked, and they're currently free from Amazon.com as well! No guarantees about the quality, but thought I'd let you know :)

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

Thank you, though I think I might try one of them as my next LibriVox book. I've been listening to this big Anthony Trollope tome for aaaaages and a lighter and shorter book might make for a nice change next!

[kiwiria.livejournal.com]

Excellent! I've just re-downloaded "Five Little Peppers" myself :) It's not the best quality of reading ever, but it's free, so who cares ;)

(But of course, if you're already familiar with Librivox, you know all about that :) )