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There are so many great things about this book that it’s hard to narrow them down to just a few! Channing O’Banning, a 4th grader, is not happy! A new kid at school, Marco, has turned the head of her bestie, and she is determined to make him the enemy. But they find themselves in […]
Sometimes, when you’re very, very fortunate, you come across a story that is so poignant that it punches you in the gut, yet is sprinkled with laughter and hope, beauty and grace. That story is told in ‘The Sweetest Hallelujah’ by Elaine Hussey. It’s a story that makes you long to laze the day away […]
The Apple Orchard, by Susan Wiggs, is vintage Wiggs at her finest. Regardless of whatever atmosphere that she so passionately creates, readers find themselves wanting to pick and move their entire lives into her story’s settings. In this case, readers will want to transport themselves to tiny Archangel, California, a tiny town in the Sonoma […]
If you enjoy learning about characters in the Bible in a new, fresh way, this book is for you! The story of Rebekah, wife of Isaac, takes us from her ‘less than appealing’ home life to accepting a marriage proposal from a man she had never met, Isaac. It’s a story of love and loss, […]
I was recently given the opportunity to read ‘A Kingsbury Collection’ – three novels by Karen Kingsbury. I’d like to offer some thoughts on the first novel, “Where Yesterday Lives”. Karen Kingsbury has been one of my favorite authors for years, and this novel did not disappoint. Ellen Barrett, a Pulitzer Prize-Winning journalist must confront […]
I love reading about historical characters, and Jane Kirkpatrick’s ‘One Glorious Ambition’, about the life of Dorothea Dix, did not disappoint. It takes a special touch to render a biography interesting; Ms. Kirkpatrick has that touch. She relates Dorothea Dix’s story with compassion, humor and sensitivity. If I didn’t know that the story was true, […]
Covenant Child by Terri Blackstock is a beautiful portrait of forgiveness. Amanda was the new stepmother to three year-old twin girls, but she loved them as much as she could ever love a biological child. Through a twist of fate, the girls were taken away and lived in deplorable conditions with their biological grandparents. One […]
Recently I was given another opportunity to review a book from ‘MyFairyTaleBooks.com. There’s no shortage of companies out there that offer personalized children’s books, but this one is different! These are hardback books that look as though you purchased them at a fine bookstore! Our little five year old absolutely loves seeing his name, friends’ […]
Readers who have fallen in love with Susan Wiggs’ ‘Lakeshore Chronicles’ series will be thrilled with the newest addition to the series, “Return to Willow Lake”. The Lakeshore Chronicles characters are complex, lovable, and very human, and this new book promises to delight readers with the story of Sonnet Romano, a young woman who seemingly […]
Readers who enjoy a delightful romp through merry old England will thoroughly enjoy the novel Secrets of a Wedding Night, the debut novel brought to us by new author Valerie Bowman. The heroine of the novel, coquettish Lily, is a widow and the twenty-two year old dowager Countess of Merrill. Lily is both sweet and […]
