Sign in with Facebook
2,164 books
—
1,306 voters
Mary A
https://www.goodreads.com/mafaulkner
“She is free not by disobeying the rules but by obeying them.”
― Let Me Be a Woman
― Let Me Be a Woman
“We have no need to learn to think much of ourselves, to care for ourselves, to consider our own needs, wants, and desires. We already do that far too much. The problem is getting us to think of others, to have a lowliness of mind that springs from humility and love.”
― Building Her House: Commonsensical Wisdom for Christian Women
― Building Her House: Commonsensical Wisdom for Christian Women
“A farmer depends on himself, and the land and the weather. If you're a farmer, you raise what you eat, you raise what you wear, and you keep warm with wood out of your own timber. You work hard, but you work as you please, and no man can tell you to go or come. You'll be free and independent, son, on a farm.”
― Farmer Boy
― Farmer Boy
“You could buy a suckling pig with it, if you want to. You could raise it, and it would raise a litter of pigs, worth four, five dollars apiece. Or you can trade that half-dollar for lemonade, and drink it up. You do as you want, it's your money.”
―
―
“Frodo was now safe in the Last Homely House east of the Sea. That house was, as Bilbo had long ago reported, ‘a perfect house, whether you like food or sleep, or story-telling or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all.’ Merely to be there was a cure for weariness, fear and sadness.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
VT Christian Reading Challenge
— 747 members
— last activity Jan 23, 2026 11:57AM
For all those who are taking up the #vtReadingChallenge [Visual Theology Reading Challenge] from www.challies.com - totally unofficial group!
Mary A’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mary A’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
310 books
|
41 friends
118 books
|
87 friends
135 books
|
120 friends
3 books
|
58 friends
0 books
|
33 friends
16 books
|
28 friends
206 books
|
9 friends
167 books
|
31 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Mary A
Lists liked by Mary A
