by applewooddollhospital | Nov 8, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
by GK Chesterton This book is a collection of about 44 essays on subjects ranging from the common man to necromancy to Elizabeth Barrett Browning to nudism to match making historical figures and how they’re getting together may have changed history. Needless to...
by applewooddollhospital | Oct 19, 2023 | Blog, Essays
“It’s the best thing since sliced bread.” I’ve heard this phrase all my life. It’s always made me think, “Boy, slicing your own bread must have been pretty difficult in order...
by applewooddollhospital | Sep 19, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
by: Elizabeth Janeway This was a pretty good book. I read it aloud to my 4th grader for his history and I think we both considered it time well spent. Probably me more than he but only because he’s a young boy who would rather be up to his armpits in...
by applewooddollhospital | Aug 28, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
by Saint Augustine of Hippo I’ve tried a couple of translations of this book over the years and I’m not sure if I’m just in a place where my mind was finally ready for this book or if it was Sheed’s translation, but I really clicked with this book. I’ve...
by applewooddollhospital | Aug 24, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews
by Dr. John Bergsma I got this for Christmas. It was as great as I hoped it would be.Doctor Bergsma is an Old Testament and Dead Sea Scrolls specialist and a teacher at Franciscan University. You can tell how fascinating and exciting he finds all this and his...