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Old Testament Handbook Review & Giveaway

Thanks to Lifeway Christian Resources for providing a sample of the below-reviewed product for this review. All opinions expressed are my own.

Throughout my lifetime, there have been many occasions I’ve studied the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This can be, obviously, a challenging task, both in terms of time and interest. So, when allowed to review the Old Testament Handbook, I could not think of a better time of year to consider the roots of my faith in the coming months ahead.

The Old Testament Handbook features a reader-friendly text of the Christian Standard Bible. Showcasing both the Bible’s original meaning, its original Torah teachings, and new, easy-to-follow, engaging scripture designed to highlight thought and individual Biblical responsibility. Allowing readers to quickly immerse themselves in the Old Testament Handbook, with its elegant, full-color Biblically-minded handbook styling that provides readers with a robust summary of conceptualized charts, maps, Biblical studies, illustrations, and summarized teachings. Something every member of the family can use as a daily Biblical reading, too.

Constructed with high-quality cloth covering and a double-sticked binding, the Old Testament Handbook is
designed to last a lifetime. The companion resource necessary for modern Biblical study for ongoing discipleship at home.

Plus, the text, beyond its durable, easily-cleanable, cloth binding and covering, can lay flat- a true necessity for late nights of Biblically study at home. The book is both elegant and sturdy in design. Including, a rich fabric ribbon marker perfect for easy referencing, teaching, gifting, or sharing. A gift that will bring meaning to its recipients for decades to come.

Making the Old Testament Handbook both a true companion for your personal bible studies and library, as well as the ultimate holiday gift for those looking to gift your nearest and dearest this holiday season-you’ll want to purchase your copy of the Old Testament Handbook this Christmas, too. For those looking to gift this book, please click here.

Moreover, you can also enter for a chance to win a $10 Amazon Gift Card between today, and 12/2/23. Be sure to click here, to enter! Friends, I now want to ask, what would you most want to research in your copy of the Old Testament Handbook? Please leave your comments below.

Fighting For The Soul Of Your Child Review & Giveaway

A special thanks to XO Publishing for providing a sample of the product, Fighting for the Soul of Your Child, for this review. As always, all opinions stated are 100% my own and this post may contain affiliate links that I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you.

As a global citizen and mother, I’m often on a mission to find new ways to help young children, my own and others, to be their best selves and be positive members of society. Instilling in youth, that young minds may be blessed and influenced by good behaviors, a strong work ethic, a steadfast moral compass, and the ability to offer kindness to themselves and others. This, for me, includes praying for their souls as empathetic members of society, global and otherwise. As a Christian, my top priority is to share the love of God with others-especially our communal village of children.

If this, too, sounds like your personal brand of kingdom aid, then you’ll want to pick up a copy of “Fighting For the Soul of Your Child,” today. Which, you can use code MIN25 for 25% off your book purchase at the XO Store. It is a must-read for every parent and grandparent this season at home.

Fighting for the Soul of Your Child” Book Review, Coupon Code, and Giveaway

Growing up, my own parents would quote the Bible to me. One favorite passage, of myself and my family, is that of Proverbs 22:6, which states “Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.” A great passage for every member of the family, as the Good Book teaches us at home each evening together. The ultimate in resourcing to aid mothers in helping our little ones face their own day-to-day spiritual battles.

Fighting for the Soul of Your Child: A Practical Guide to Biblical Parenting,” by Jimmy and Karen Evans, offers parents, teachers, counselors, grandparents, and adoptive parents the tools to help raise their child in today’s ever-evolving, tech-centered, empathy-deprived world. Today’s world is fast-paced and difficult-especially for empathetic souls. Making this rich text a must-have for parents and guardians of all kinds. This text is written to help equip parents with the tools needed to raise spiritually and emotionally healthy young men and women.

Inside, “Fighting for the Soul of Your Child: A Practical Guide to Biblical Parenting,” parents will find tools to aid you in your quest to empower your role as a parent in shaping your child’s future. With the time-tested wisdom of Jimmy and Karen Evans, respected marriage and parenting experts with over 40 years of experience comes their heart-protective learning strategies, effective communication strategies, and secrets to unlocking open and honest communication with your child, and fostering pathways to open dialogue and connection this season and beyond. While gaining powerful insights into handling common parenting challenges, including better listening strategies and skirting social and technological addictions.

With wisdom and thoughtful strategizing, “Fighting for the Soul of Your Child” is a seasonal resource that will provide decades-long resourcing to your little ones and teens alike at home. Raising thoughtful little ones is hard-this resource that helps make your child’s journey to thoughtfulness less difficult. Solid resourcing that will bless your child, and yourself, for years to come.

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The 30 Best Places To Find Free Audiobooks Online

Since childhood, I’ve loved being read to. From my earliest memories of my Uncle Danny reading to me each night to me learning to read to him to help him fall asleep, to quicken my unsupervised nightly prowling sessions around his home office and computer builds, to listen to comedy cassette tapes, I have fond memories of them all. But ass it turns out, listening to the written word provided my life with numerous benefits far into adulthood. 

This is why, despite being a bit of a book snob, I love audiobooks. As they help me bring some of the favorite books of my childhood to life by way of amazing actors, voice-over artists, and often the authors themselves. Listening enjoyment that can be enjoyed on long commutes or doing household chores like nightly dish duty. There’s also the added benefits of listening to audiobooks while multi-tasking at home, listening to audiobooks helps make performing chores more fun, they also turn hours of my day into fun that would otherwise be rather unenjoyable. As scrubbing the bathroom, putting laundry away or dusting is always easier when my audiobooks are on the play. 

Did I also mention how perfect audiobooks help me get to sleep, calm anxiety? There’s that too. This is why I have come to think of audiobooks as vital parts of my self-care routine at home. Especially during the cold weather months each year.  The only drawback? It can sometimes be difficult to enjoy the benefits of audiobooks if they don’t fit into your book budget. Which is why I’m sharing today some of my favorite ways to enjoy free audiobook titles.

Please note: The following resources are all free, legally-obtained audiobook sources. TheLadyPrefers2Save.com does not advise the illegal download of audiobook files. The theft of intellectual property is not only criminal, but it is also immoral. As it takes advantage of the authors, publishers, marketing teams, influencer reviewers, booksellers, distributors, shippers, and agents that work untold hours to bring your favorite stories to life. So when it comes to downloading free audiobooks, download legally. Authors deserve to be compensated for all the good they give to this world. And, of course, enjoy the following sources. Then, when you find a gem, share it online via GoodReads or your favorite review site. Pass your finds forward. And as always, enjoy the freedom and privileges of literacy and education. By way of the history of the spoken word.

Websites To Find Free, Reduced, or Inexpensive Audiobooks Online

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Librivox

Librivox is a non-profit, online initiative that records and provides public domain books, released as free audiobooks. The site boasts over 10,000 projects, with a diverse set of titles ranging from War and Peace to Leaves of Grass to The Dream of the Red Chamber to Anne of Green Gables. You can find a free audiobook by searching by title, author, genre/subject, or language. You can also browse all the titles in the catalog, view only the most recent audiobooks, and subscribe to new releases as podcasts. Once you reach a book’s description page, you can read more about it and even listen to the chapters individually without having to download each of them. You can even volunteer to read sections for books-in-progress! Find out more about them, here.

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Lit2Go

Lit2Go offers audiobooks, plays, short stories, and poems that have been tailored for use in classrooms. Along with each free audiobook, you’ll get citation information, playtime, and word count.  accompanying PDF that can be used to read-along with text. Available as well on Android and ios. Find out more about this service, here.

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Loyal Books

Loyal Books shares free audiobooks from titles in the public domain. You’ll find options like John Milton’s Paradise Lost and Sir Author Conan Doyle’s The Return of Sherlock Holmes, among others. Users can also submit reviews and read what others have had to say about each of the titles. Find out more about this service, here

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Mind Webs

Mind Webs is a hauntingly-good old-time radio dramatization of over 150 of the most classic science fiction short stories. You’ll find free science fiction stories from Ursula K. Le Guin, Kurt Vonnegut, and H.G. Wells, among others. Find out more about his service, here

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Open Culture

Open Culture’s site brings together high-quality cultural along with educational media to provide kids of all ages with a comprehensive lifelong learning community. With hosts of intelligent audio and video content to choose from, this site’s free choices make it fun to use as it is enriching for listeners of all walks of life. You can gain access to this high-quality content by clicking here

OverDrive

OverDrive provides access to the most ebook and audiobook content you’ll find on this list, by pairing with local libraries. With over two million books and videos, and partner with more than 30,000 libraries nationally,  you’ll find the newest audiobook releases through OverDrive. All free of charge through your local library’s Overdrive access for 7, 14, 0r 21-day loans. Books can also be downloaded by specific chapters alone, too. The app can also be linked to Android, desktop, and iOS services. To find out about this service, click here

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Scribl

Scribl provides users with a great option for newer releases, with many of the books read by the authors themselves. These free audiobooks are provided in a serialized form, so you can listen to small chunks that fit into your commute. My favorite site feature? Podiobooks encourages listeners to donate money directly to the authors of the books, with authors receiving 75% of donations. Including indie authors and artists. To find out about this site, click here.

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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg is the Cadillac of sites for free books that are in the public domain. Since they use books no longer under copyright, most of the books on the sites were written before 1923. So keep that in mind when searching for something to listen to. Including their section on human-read free audiobooks offers an even wider collection of books. Stand-outs include Marion Zimmer Bradley’s The Colors of Space and Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. Project Gutenberg also offers computer-read audiobooks too. To find out more about this site, click here.

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Spotify

No one loves Spotify more than me. So if you too are a playlist junkie, be sure to check out Spotify’s audiobooks playlist for a list of audiobooks that are always being added to by the service. Spotify is free to listen, or you can go premium if you don’t want the ads. Spotify’s list currently features The Great Gatsby audiobook, as well as 1984 and Pride and Prejudice. To find out more about the service, and its apps, click here.

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Storynory

Storynory offers free audiobooks for kids, with a mix of classics, fairy tales, and original stories for kids. But for the kid at heart, you’ll also love classic titles like Brothers Grimm folk tales, Aesop’s fables, or stories from 1,001 Nights again. To find out more about this site, click here

Sync

Every summer, readers looking for YA audiobooks can head over to SYNC, a free summer audiobook program for teens, sponsored by AudioFile Magazine and delivered by OverDrive. Also worth noting, each summer the site gives away two free audiobooks every week in the summer. Users can also sign up for alerts to know when new audiobooks are available.  To find out more about his site, click here

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Bound

The Bound app, which downloads your audiobooks directly from a DropBox account, or other cloud-based services, onto your Bound app, for both iOS and Android, allows users to use bookmarks and can remember where you paused your book. And it’s simply prettier and easier to use. To find out more about this app, click here

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Google Play Books

Google Play Books allows you to listen to your purchased audiobooks across platforms and devices. That enables listeners to pick up where they left off on their Android device, iPhone, or desktop PCs. Audiobook controls allow you to skip ahead or scroll along the timeline, jump to chapters, and configure playback speed and a snooze timer. Unlike other audiobook services, Google Play Books doesn’t run on a monthly subscription, instead of allowing users to preview audiobooks and then buy what they want over the Google Play Books marketplace. However, you just pay monthly after the trial to keep downloading each of your enjoyed audiobooks. To find out about this app, and service, click here.

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Digitalbook.io

Digitalbook.io is a free audiobook directory that makes it easy to find public domain audiobook downloads. Browse titles by the most popular or recently added audiobooks to find one you might like to listen to or look through the list of genres or authors. and even by specific quotes or chapters, too. You can also see trending audiobooks at Digitalbook.io’s homepage. There are currently over 100,000 items at Digitalbook.io, and while some are audiobooks, others are regular eBooks. To find out more about this site, click here.

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Light Up Your Brain

Light Up Your Brain’s audiobook site is geared towards tech-savvy kids aged 5-15 and a free text version is available with each audiobook. Most audiobooks are under 10 minutes and most titles will provide PDF transcripts of the audiobooks as well. Including classic audiobooks, ready-to-be-steamed directly from the website. Keep in mind, all titles must be downloaded individually, as there is currently no group downloader available and all audiobooks must be downloaded by right-clicking on each title to be saved as Mp3 files. As the site does not host stylized download or hover buttons. To find out more about this site, click here

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ThoughtAudio

Thought Audio is another classic-minded audiobook site featuring classic works of literature and philosophy books available for download as free audiobooks. You can browse the whole list or search for books, as well as see them in order of those that were most recently added to the collection. To get these audiobooks you have to either listen to them on the ThoughtAudio website or download them in installments by right-clicking each part that you want to save. PDF transcripts for these audiobooks are also available for download. Some audiobooks are available in multiple audio formats. The perfect place for classic audiobooks for writers, college students, and seminary students alike. To find out more about this site, click here

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Learn Out Loud

LearnOutLoud’s self-development focused free audiobooks allow users to find practical information by way of thousands of free audiobooks, categorized by genre,  including documentaries, courses, speeches, and more. Keeping in mind, a free user account is needed for some audiobooks and other titles may be subject to trial offers. Most titles can be sorted by recently added, random, most popular, or alphabetically. There are also specific categories that you can choose to find only those types of free audiobook downloads, such as Science, Technology, Self Development, Languages, Business, and Travel. To find out more about this site, click here

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Hoopla

Hoopla, much like OverDrive, provides users with various digital media services offered by local public libraries. Allowing users to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics, and TV shows to enjoy on your device of choice. Including various computers, tablets, e-readers, or smartphones. Even on your TV or smart tv and other iOS and Android devices as well as Roku, Chromecast, Fire TVs. With Hoopla, there’s no waiting for titles. As selections can be streamed immediately or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later. Featuring hundreds of thousands of titles to choose from, with more being added daily, this site brings the best of your local library into your home. With tons of titles at your fingertips, anytime and anywhere. As with the OverDrive app, users need a valid library card, and your local library must be signed up to use the service in order for users to get started renting titles from home.  To find out more about the site, click here

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NewFixtion

NewFixtion is in a category all to itself. It doesn’t have many titles, but what it does have are original stories delivered in daily episodes, much like daily radio shows of the 1940s. With each episode is voiced by trained actors, which gives it a more rounded feeling. It’s really more like listening to an old-time radio drama than simply having a book read to you. You can’t download titles from NewFixtion, though. Titles are listed through your desktop or mobile browser. To find out more about the site, click here

ejunto

Fans of American history will love ejunto’s library of historic media. Users can access, download, and listen on iTunes or download as an MP3 through a podcast library of resourcing links. While titles cannot be downloaded in bulk, rather on a chapter-by-chapter downloading basis, the site is still a great resource for history lovers of all ages. at a time. To find out more about the site, click here

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YouTube

Similar to Spotify, YouTube is not primarily a good source for audiobooks because most of the content is music and videos. However, you might have luck finding some really great free audiobooks on YouTube if you know how to search for them. Such as searching for a title name followed by “audiobook.” Users can also try Reddit. Which hosts genre-specific directories for finding YouTube-centric audiobook files. Specifically for sharing which videos on YouTube are actually audiobooks. Once you find an audiobook you like, and so long as you know it’s public domain or is legal to download, you can download just the audio from the video with a YouTube to MP3 converter.  Browse YouTube audiobooks, here

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DigitalBook, formerly Librophile, lets you search through a database of public domain books from places like Librivox, Gutenberg, Open Library, and also includes books from Amazon and Audible. Although not all books are free, a large number of them are, and they boast a catalog of over 100,000 free audiobooks and eBooks. If you sign up for a free membership, you can save books on a personal bookshelf to read later without having to download. Click here to find out more about this site

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Audio Archive

Internet Archive is a non-profit archive of internet sites and other cultural artifacts, made available to users in digital form. It’s one of the larger and more well-known sites out there for access pretty much anything in the public domain. Providing free access to an archive of over 4 million audio recordings, 11 million books and texts, and 3 million videos. To find out more about this site, click here.

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RBDigital

RBDigital offers an extensive collection of audiobooks, magazines, and eBooks, with the largest independent collection of unabridged audiobooks. To find out more about this site, click here

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Your Cloud Library

YourCloudLibrary is an application for Windows, Mac, iPhone, and Android that offers access to millions of ebooks and audio to download.  cloudLibrary by bibliotheca works with a huge range of eReading devices, and we’re adding support all the time. Right now, you are able to view and download content on iOS and Android recognized devices. To find out more about this service, click here.

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Amazon Audiobooks

If You’re an Amazon Prime Subscriber, you can get free audiobooks there, too! If you’re an Amazon Prime member you can get unlimited access to a selection of free audiobooks each month in addition to Prime eligible Kindle ebooks. Keep in mind, Amazon doesn’t make it particularly clear where to find the list of audiobooks currently free to borrow for Prime members. This means you’ll need to download the ebook before you can get the audiobook from separate lists of available audiobooks, downloading each individually. 

To get started, here’s the list of Books with Audible Narration free for Prime members in 2019.  Prime eligible ebooks show a Prime logo in the buy box that says, Included with your membership. Books that also have a matching Prime-eligible audiobook will show a box that says, Read and Listen for Free. If the audiobook isn’t part of Prime it will just say, Read for Free.

When searching for free Amazon audiobook titles, be sure to search and select Prime-eligible books. Including titles with matching audiobooks available with Prime, as it will automatically be available once you borrow the ebook. Fire tablet users you can easily find Prime audiobook content from the menu of the Audible section where it lists Prime Benefits.

Audible Channels are another way to get free audio content with Prime. Audible Channels include original short-form audio content (podcasts), along with playlists, and a selection of audiobooks to stream anytime. All options to help you find free audiobooks from Amazon.

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Kobo

Kobo, known for its e-reader services and devices, is also home to 5 million ebooks and audiobooks with an ever-growing catalog. Kobo might be one of the biggest competitors battling Amazon’s Kindle line. Free 30-day trial, cancel anytime. $12.99/month for an audiobook subscription after that point. Kobo’s audiobook player covers your basics, with a timeline scrubber bar, time skip buttons, chapter navigation, playback speed configuration, and a snooze timer. The app provides cross-platform syncing,  a customizable ebook reader, and a dedicated audiobook player. New users can sign up for a $5.00 additional discount on their first ebook purchase. The site also offers many new, free selections, too. To find out this site, click here

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Bookmobile

Bookmobile is a service, for both Android and iOS that specializes in DRM-free audiobooks and DRM-locked content from iTunes and Audible, as well as DRM-free content,  ripped from CDs or downloaded, including M4B and MP3 audiobooks. This app features a control panel designed to keep you from easily losing your place and includes drive and sleep modes, as well as supporting background playback. Extra features include a custom bookmarking feature that can automatically remember where you last stopped, playback speed controls, and AirPlay support. The free trial lasts for 60 days and allows you to import three audiobooks; iOS users will be charged $3.99 after free trial if not canceled. Users can even weekly free audiobooks for users who utilize their sign-up newsletter service. To find out about this app, click here

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Public Libraries

No longer do you need to leave the house in order to borrow a book from the library, as you can now even borrow public library books from your kindle, but you may still want to. As going to your local library can still gain you access to varied titles as well as the opportunity to request new releases by way of interlibrary loans from other branches. Local libraries also host a litany of other free services open to the general public, too! To find a library near you, click here.

Audiobooks, no matter if you’re listening to them on your commutes, while we’re cleaning the house, running, or, even while cooking, it’s always worth your listening time. Thankfully, these 30 websites, apps, directories, and sources can help offer thousands and thousands of free audiobooks for you online this season. That’s a lot of books. Get to listening!

Finally, be sure to share your favorite places to get audiobooks in the comments below. Or just say hi. That’s fun, too! 

A Drop of Hope by Keith Calabrese Review

I received this product for free from Moms Meet to use and post my honest opinions. Compensation for this post was provided and your thoughts may differ.

 

With Spring comes all things wanderlust. Which is why I loved reading the new YA title, A Drop of Hope, a new book from Keith Calabrese. A book that the students in my husband’s classes haven’t been able to put down.

This book has everything that young readers like – a bit of magic, intrigue, missing treasure, and new found friendships that will appeal to both boys and girls. the book
for family read alouds.

A Drop of Hope is great for readers aged 8–12 that offers a myriad of teachable lessons. Everything from empathy and hope to grace and even shares how simple acts of kindness can create waves of hopefulness and peace that even the smallest of readers can take something away from at home this season.

I love that this book teaches children to be empathetic in small ays that they can apply in their own lives and even with those closest to themselves at home. After all,  this day and age, we need all the kindness we can get.

I was also delighted to hear that the author of the book, Keith Calabrese, is a screenwriter and this book, A Drop of Hope is his debut that he wrote on a dare from his daughter. I mean, talk about great teachable moments and career advancements!

Scholastic’s A Drop of Hope is available to purchase in the kid’s section wherever books are sold. You can also find Scholastic’s A Drop of Hope at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, Books-A-Million, iBooks, Audible, and Google Play. Pick up your copy today. Happy Reading!

I Think You’re Wrong (But I’m Listening): A Guide to Grace-Filled Political Conversation Review

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This has been a year of change for me. From revamping my blog to starting a podcast with my good friend Melissa, there seem to a constant need for change at every corner. Which has caused me to be more mindful in the way I view two very important facets of my life, my spirituality, and politics.

As a new podcaster, I am always on the lookout for other podcasts that bring audiences together in a civil, concise way. Especially when it comes to politics. As more than ever, politics seems driven by decisiveness and rage. Conflicts that have caused friends to become strangers in pews every Sunday and loved ones at the dinner table to be akin to enemies. Couples with toxic political rants on social media and agenda-driven media stories becoming the new norm, it’s exhausting just trying to stay politically astute in America.,

Which is why I’ve been a long-time listener of Pantsuit Politics, a podcast that covers diverse views of pop culture, societal issues, faith, and politics each week.  And when I saw that my favorite podcasters, Sarah Holland and Beth Silvers, have written a book about their podcasting experience in, I Think You’re Wrong (But I’m Listening): A Guide to Grace-Filled Political Conversation, I knew it was going on my to-be-read pile this season!

This beautifully designed hardcover book speaks to the heart of the American spirit. Where people from opposing political perspectives truly can have grace-­filled conversations with one another. By putting relationships above partisanship. Understanding and commonality above arguments.

In I think you’re wrong, the content is divided by recent topics and modern political dialogue. It also peppers in faith into each conversation. Allowing the reader to feel less like a reader and more a friend privy to a long, overdue conversation amongst peers and would make an excellent gift for all the politics in your life this season.

I intend to give copies of these to all the political junkies I know this year. For any book that thoroughly addresses politics in such an uplifting manner is a must-read for everyone!

CosyKiller Subscription Review

 Please note, this review was sponsored by CosyKiller. All opinions are my own. Thank you.

 

If you know anything about me, you know I love nothing more than a great book. Especially a cozy with teeth! Then if you could combine it with a subscription service that doesn’t require me to hunt down a book, visit a bookseller, or prowl sales sites online, now that’s golden! Which is why I have been loving the CosyKiller subscription service online from Kickstarter.

While most subscription boxes give you something a couple snacks, toiletry samples, or coupons to purchase future subscriptions,  CosyKiller gives you something a bit different. It’s a new subscription box coming from Red Herring Games that is a monthly murder mystery series. A subscription packed out with easy-to-solve, mystery clues that let you solve a case. 

Cosykiller is a groundbreaking project. It’s neither a book nor a board game. it’s a storyline. A series of events which allows the subscriber to process evidentiary clues in order to solve a murder set in the golden age of fiction. Something more akin to old-school murder mystery radio programs. 

Each box is packed with clues, in the form of keepsakes and mementos, which you’ll need to review in order to unravel your monthly mystery.

What is critical to solving each crime, deducting suspects, and piecing each series together is all up to you. No conclusions are drawn, except those you make for yourself!

CosyKiller is the brainchild of Red Herring Games LTD. The award winning specialist murder mystery company for the past decade that has provided sleuths like you and me!

My lastest CosyKiller subscription included a book, small clues, and a letter of information to get me started. All packaged neatly in zero-waste cardboard and wax packaging. Which was a bonus for me!

Currently, on Kickstarter CosyKiller is offering subscription plans at a massive discount; you can pay-as-you-go, monthly, or annually. With boxes starting at 25.00£ GBP, roughly around $34.00 USD. Making now a great time to think outside the box for an upcoming graduation, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day gift ideas this season! 

I really enjoyed the complexity of this subscription. It’s a service that I would love to receive each month. A subscription that’s more than one-and-done. It’s designed to make you think, react, and play. And that’s just about everything you could ask for as a bibliophile extraordinaire! If you love murdery mysteries, you’ve got to check this service out for yourself!

Now if you are interested in getting this service for yourself, click here for more information. Now, friends, I want to ask, are you into cozies with teeth too? And are you interested in CosyKiller? Let me know your thoughts below!

Book Review: The Closer, by Mariano Rivera

 

Hello again, savvy savers! Today finds us with a new book review, and this time its the Mariano Rivera autobiography, The Closer.

This book, which centers on the rise to fame of a man who shares how he came by his greatest love of all-baseball. This is less of a novel, and more of a clever tale of candor and realism, a tale of one man’s rise from the son of a humble fisherman to becoming a mechanic, to becoming the his personal interpretation of the American dream, a New York Yankee, and ultimately a thirteen-time All-Star, a Yankees icon for time to come. Though the 300-page book seems to be such a quick read,  readers will be engaged again and again by a story that could as easily be from the written word as from a Hollywood movie; there are numerous behind-the-scenes stories about the team managers and owners, teammates, rivalries with other clubs, and probably most important, about his personal struggles to overcome his cultural mores, language barriers, and distance from his childhood home.

If you are a fan of the sport, than this is the read for you.

To find out more about this book, click here!