Bound by Victoria Lynn
Title: Bound Author: Victoria Lynn Genre: Christian Contemporary (MG/YA) Setting: United States Publisher: Victoria Lynn Source: from author (in exchange for honest review) Overall Rating: 4.5/5 stars Bound by Victoria Lynn Levi thought he was making this journey alone. But when he meets an eight-year-old girl at the train station, that plan is turned on […]
St. Patrick’s Day Paperback Sale!
Guess what? There’s a big paperback sale going on! That’s right; a group of Indie Christian authors (including myself) are flocking together to offer discounted paperbacks. There are sooo many incredible books on sale for such amazing prices … how can you resist? *dangles books in front of your face* Signed paperback copies of my […]
A Passionate Hope by Jill Eileen Smith
Title: A Passionate Hope: Hannah’s Story Author: Jill Eileen Smith Series: Daughters of the Promised Land, #4 Genre: Biblical Fiction Era: Biblical (Hannah, mother of Samuel) Publisher: Revell Books Source: from Netgalley (in exchange for honest review) Overall Rating: 4.5/5 stars A Passionate Hope by Jill Eileen Smith Hannah and her husband, Elkanah, share a […]
Are Novels Important?
I’ve heard people say that reading fictional stories is a waste of time, and I wanted to point out why this is not true. However, it was simply too big a subject for me! Books have taught me certain lessons … but they’ve taught other people completely different things. And I hate to narrow this broad subject down […]
A Heart Most Worthy by Siri Mitchell
Title: A Heart Most Worthy Author: Siri Mitchell Series: Against All Expectations, #4 (is meant to be a standalone) Genre: Historical Romance with Christian undertones Era: 1918 (WW1) Setting: Boston, United States Publisher: Bethany House Source: bought myself a copy at the local library Time Taken to Read: about three days Overall Rating: 5/5 stars
The Mayflower Bride by Kimberly Woodhouse
Title: The Mayflower Bride Author: Kimberly Woodhouse Series: Daughters of the Mayflower, #1 Genre: Historical/Christian Romance Era: 1620s (Pilgrims) Setting: England and then New England, 1620 Publisher: Barbour Books Source: from NetGalley (in exchange for honest review) Time Taken to Read: seven days (during NaNoWriMo, too!) Overall Rating: 4.5/5 stars
Swazi Sunrise by Donna Chapman Gilbert
Title: Swazi Sunrise Author: Donna Chapman Gilbert Genre: Christian Nonfiction/Biography (missionaries) Era: early 1900s (1907 through the early 1920s) Setting: New York, then Africa Publisher: Donna Chapman Gilbert Source: from author (in exchange for honest review) Overall Rating: 4/5 stars Swazi Sunrise by Donna Chapman Gilbert 19-year-old Lula is bookish and shy. She longs for a […]
Cries of Grace by Angela Beach Silverthorne
Title: Cries of Grace Author: Angela Beach Silverthorne Series: Cries, Book 2 Genre: Christian Contemporary Setting: United States Publisher: Angela Beach Silverthorne Source: from the author (in exchange for honest review) Overall Rating: 2/5 stars Cries of Grace by Angela Beach Silverthorne The Haven has enjoyed five years of peace after a brutal demonic assault. […]
Happy 2017th Birthday, Jesus!
This is going to be short. It’s my last post for the 12 Days of Christmas party; after that, we will TRULY be back to regular posts*. Right now, I’m going to talk about the most important birthday ever! I’ve decided to add some brief authory updates at the end of this post just ’cause […]
Music of Her Heart by Sophie Dawson
Guess what … I’m reviewing a book today! Okay, I guess it’s not all that surprising considering that’s just about all I do here, but … but …? YAY I ANNOUNCED IT! IT’S OFFICIAL! Now, y’all know I obsess over like historical romances, particularly the Christian or Inspirational type … but it’s very rarely that […]
Update #3 + We Need You Questions! (again)
Happy Wednesday, people reading this post (even if you’re not reading it on Wednesday)! Yes, this is another post that’s getting out a wee bit late. Well, if you’re not in Pacific time (which most people I know online aren’t for whatever reason). Here, it’s not that late. (Or at least I don’t think so; […]
Why I Do Halloween
[Note: this is an old blog post. The takes in this post may no longer apply to what the author currently believes and/or the information may be outdated. Please take all that is written here with a grain of salt.] *deep breath* Okay. Here we go. I know I’m going to offend a lot of […]
