Kim's Page

This is my personal page. I started blogging two years ago, and it piqued my interest in web design. I decided to try my hand at it, and this website is the result. In the process I discovered that I love web design, even if I don't have much spare time for it!

Reading List

In addition to reading for pleasure and personal growth, I have been previewing books for my children, reading through them so that I can decide which ones I want them to read in future years. I decided to make a separate lists of both types of books.

Kiddie Lit

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (currently reading)
The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne DuPrau (3.5)
The Giver (4.5) by Lois Lowry
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (4)
The Prophet of Yonwood by Jeanne DuPrau (3.5)
The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau (4)
The Barn by Avi (3)
City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (4)
Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott (3.5)
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott (4)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (4.5)
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke (3.5 with some reservations for kids)
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue by Laura Lee Hope (4)
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi (2.5)


2007

Inkspell by Cornelia Funke (4 with serious reservations for kids)
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (5 with reservations for kids)
Redwall by Brian Jacques(3.5)
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis (4)
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (5)
Swallowdale by Arthur Ransome (4)
Heidi by Johanna Spyri (5)
A Fine White Dust by Cynthia Rylant (2)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (3.5)
The Treasure of Bessledorf Hill by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (2)
Old Town in the Green Groves by Cynthia Rylant (4)
Beyond the Valley of the Thorns by Patrick Carmen (4)
Sparrows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome (5)
The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (4)

Adult Fare

Hitler by Ian Kershaw (currently reading)
The Shack by William P. Young (3)
Life of Pi by Yann Martel (3.5)
Have a New Kid by Friday by Dr. Kevin Leman (3.5)
The Story We Find Ourselves In by Brian D. Mclaren (0-Don't bother with this book!)
What's So Great About Christianity by Dinesh D'Souza (2)
10 Things You Can Do with Your Autistic Child Right Now (3)
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (4.5 with some content reservations)
Mistaken Identity by Newell, Van Ryn & Cerak (4.5)
Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington (5)
ADHD: The Great Misdiagnosis by Julian Stuart Haber (3)
Love and Logic Parenting for Early Childhood by Jim Fay (3.5)
Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster Cline and Jim Fay (3.5)
Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper (4.5)


2007

Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ by John Piper (4)
The Way They Learn by Cynthia Ulrich Tobias (3)
Hard to Believe by John MacArthur (4.5)
Let's Roll! by Lisa Beamer (4.5)
Blue Like Jazz by Don Miller (2)
Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell (1)
1984 by George Orwell (4) Yeah, again, I'm decades behind. I wanted to read this the year I graduated which was...1984!
Can the Real Jesus Still Be Found by Sigmund Brouwer(2)
Redemption by Karen Kingsbury and Gary Smalley (3)
The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith (3)
High Crimes and Misdemeanors by Ann Coulter (4) Okay, so I'm 10 years behind!
Transforming the Difficult Child by Howard Glasser and Jennifer Easley (3.5)
A Joyful Mother of Children by Linda J. Eyre (3)
The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease (4.5)
CSS Web Design for Dummies (4)
Speaking Mom-ese by Lisa Whelchel (4)

Favorite Quotes

"Let me pass, I have to follow them, I am their leader!" – Ledru-Rollin, French Politician 1848

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot, Missionary & Martyr

"Self-respect--the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious." - H.L. Mencken, American Journalist

"Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions." - G.K. Chesterton, English Writer

"It isn't that Liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan

"Either we are adrift in chaos or we are individuals, created, loved, upheld and placed purposefully, exactly where we are." -Elisabeth Elliot

"Parents are not interested in justice; they're interested in peace and quiet." – Bill Cosby, Comedian