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Mating Season, The

Version 1.0.0 “You can't press your suit and another fellow's trousers simultaneously.” Author: P.G. Wodehouse Bertie Wooster is in another rather sticky situation. He’s stuck at Deverill Hall, surrounded by a gaggle of critical aunts, pretending to be a ditzy friend of his, helping with other people’s complicated romances, and making rather a mess of all of it. Without his devoted manservant, Jeeves, it’s doomed to failure. When said ditzy friend arrives, this time disguised as Bertie himself, more hilarity and misunderstandings ensue. Relationships reform and break apart, aunts get scandalized, a play is ruined, and eventually Jeeves himself [...]

Frances Carden2025-06-14T09:25:33-07:00June 14th, 2025|Tags: book review, classic, Comedy, Jeeves, read, reading, Wodehouse|

We’ll Prescribe You a Cat

“Cats are more effective than any other medicine out there.” Author: Syou Ishida In five interconnected narratives five down-and-out people, each suffering from acute mental distress, find themselves in the magical Nakagyo Kokoro Clinic for the Soul, consulting the disconcertingly laid-back Dr. Nikké and his irritable nurse, Chitose. You only find this clinic from rumor – the recommendation of a friend’s brother’s babysitter’s aunt, for example. It’s down a difficult to navigate alley, it appears like magic, and no matter what you are suffering, they will cure you. The cure, however, is just as unexpected as it is delightful and adorable. [...]

Frances Carden2025-06-08T11:43:27-07:00June 8th, 2025|Tags: book review, cat, cats, cozy, Japanese, magical realism, read, reading, Short Stories, short story, Syou Ishida, We'll Prescribe You a Cat|

Spiritual Warfare: A Biblical and Balanced Perspective

Putting on the Full Armor of God Authors: Brian Borgman & Rob Ventura In Ephesians 6:10-18, the Apostle Paul describes the metaphorical full armor of God. It’s a famous passage, and despite the title of Brian Borgman and Rob Ventura’s book, Spiritual Warfare, the true focus here is on a step-by-step exegesis turned devotional hyper-focused on this classic bit of scripture. Authors Borgman and Ventura explain that the armor of God is essential for surviving and remaining “standing” throughout spiritual warfare. They briefly examine spiritual warfare, with a focus on not dismissing it, but also on not becoming unnaturally focused on [...]

Frances Carden2025-05-27T16:53:46-07:00May 27th, 2025|Tags: book review, Christian, Ephesians, exegesis, full armor of God, read, reading|