Posts in All the RAD Reads
10 Five Star Romance Reads

there’s just something about escaping reality with unrealistic meet cutes and fantastic flirtations and steamy scenes that i just can’t get enough of, and with valentine’s day around the corner, it felt like the perfect time to round up some of my most favorite romances!

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16 Modern Day Retellings or Remixes of Classics

One of the prompts for A RAD Reading Challenge in 2023 is to read a modern day retelling of a classic, and I wanted to round up a handful of recommendations for those doing the challenge!

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My 10 Favorite Fiction Reads from 2022

and now, as the year wraps up, i’m sharing my favorites of both fiction and nonfiction. i’m not the best at picking favorites, so i’m wrapping up 10 for each!

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A RAD Reading Challenge for 2023

This is one of my favorite things to create year after year — A RAD Reading Challenge is back for 2023 with nine new prompts!

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26 Advent Book + Devotional Recommendations

if you’re looking for a book or a guide for the season of advent (it starts december 3, 2022) as we look toward christmas and the coming of our savior, i’ve rounded up some suggestions (both that i’ve read and ones that i haven’t but that look great) in hopes that they’re helpful.

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My Halfway Top 12 Reads from 2022

Now that we’re past the halfway point of 2022, I’ve rounded up my 12 favorite reads of the year so far (in no particular order).

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The 73 Books I Read in the First Half of 2022

From January 1, 2022 to June 15, 2022 (aka the halfway point of the year, kinda sorta, just go with it!!!), I read 73 books. I’ve linked my ratings + reviews to them all here for easy searching if you’re curious!

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A 2022 RAD Summer Reading Guide

I hope this guide is a fun accompaniment to your summer, whether you’re staying at home in the AC (same) or traveling (stay safe!) or some mix of both. If our goal is to read one book this summer or 100, you’re in good company here.

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10 Books with Covers I Love

I think it’s pretty obvious by now that we all DEFINITELY do judge books by their covers, as well we should, when they are truly works of art!

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10 Books about Food for A RAD Reading Challenge

Even though I’m allergic to so many fun foods (what I wouldn’t GIVE to be able to eat gluten!!!), I still love a good book where food feels like a character. There’s just something about authors who can write about food in a way that brings it to life and makes you hungry…

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10 Books with One Word Titles for A RAD Reading Challenge

There’s just something about a one word title that I love — no need to get complicated, just short and sweet and straight to the point. They seem pretty rare, too, or maybe I just don’t read that many?! But I rounded up 10 solid recommendations for books with one word titles that I’ve read and liked!

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10 #booktok Recs for A RAD Reading Challenge

Truly the best part of TikTok, though, is #booktok — a beautiful place where readers of all kinds talk about books, share recs, and nerd out about reading. I’ve discovered so many amazing new books because of recommendations on #booktok, and have rounded up some of my favorites here today!

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10 Graphic Novels for A RAD Reading Challenge

If you missed it, I launched a new version of A RAD Reading Challenge for 2022, and you can find the printable version and Instagram story versions here. About once a month, I’ll be sharing recommendations for the different prompts to help give you inspiration and ideas for what to read.

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My 39 Five Star Favorite Reads of 2021

Out of the (nearly) 200 books I read in 2021, these are the ones that were my favorites. I really don’t give out five star ratings frivolously, so these are books that I truly loved (but for all different reasons).

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11 Advent Book + Devotional Recommendations

I love the rhythms of the church calendar and the way my soul seems to need Advent right when it arrives, every single year. It’s a season preparing for the arrival of Jesus as a baby in our world, and a season full of waiting, longing, preparing, watching, and moving toward hope.

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A RAD Reading Challenge for 2022

A RAD Reading Challenge is a fun, motivating, inspiring, and easy way to branch out and read more, get out of reading ruts, and discover new kinds of books. Join us this year!

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Some of My Favorite Books as a Kid (That I Still Have!)

This is by no means a comprehensive list of all the books I loved in my childhood (ya girl MAXED OUT that library card often!), but are some of my favorites that I have held onto all these years later.

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