The Bibliovore's Wife

Intro: focusing on re-reading and *trying* to slow down to avoid book gluttony , but I still exceeded my 2023 count by a lot. It was very helpful to have 4-6 books going at once (a Mother Culture idea), so I always had one available that would fit my mood and energy. Here's what I finished reading in 2024, organized by month but highlighted by topic. (Key: 👂 Audible, 🔖 Re-Reads, ✟ Christian Faith, 🧪 Science/Autism and Evolution, 💤 Lighter Fare, 📚 Education) January Books finished:  J. R. R. Tolkien. Two Towers. 👂🔖 P. Magness. Church Music for the Care of Souls. ✟ M. Bird. Religious Freedom in a Secular Age. ✟ J. R. R. Tolkien. Return of the King. 👂🔖 S. Cain. Bittersweet. 💤 J. Polkinghorne. Belief in God in an Age of Science. ✟ 🧪 D. Venema & S. McKnight. Adam and the Genome. ✟ 🧪 D. O. Lamoreux, J. H. Walton, C. J. Collins, & W. D. Barrick. Four Views on the Historical Adam. ✟ 🧪 February Books finished:  J. Walton & N. T. Wright. The Lost World of Genes...

Welcome to the first post in what will be something quite different from what I’ve done over the last few years of posting to this blog and to The Renaissance Biologist! Taking a cue from Write Useful Books , I would like to use at least the few months of 2025, or however long it takes, to share with you live-ish updates on my process for writing a book that’s been on my heart for a few years. As you might have gathered from hints in 2023 and 2024, the Bibliovore and I constitute a pair of neurodivergent (or nearly neurodivergent) adults and parents. Because of that, our parenting and interaction styles are likely different from many in the general population. The book, on neurodivergent (ND) parenting and CM-style home education, is an expression of that. I hope it will help you if you (1) think you’re ND, (2) know you’re ND, and/or (3) are married to someone ND.  Specifically, the book will look at ways to incorporate the ND into parenting and education from a Christian perspecti...