… and now anyone who grew up in the 80s/90s is singing “if the Lord’s the Lord of them.” Sorry about that š The reason for today’s topic is that I am currently in the town where I grew up, celebrating my 40th (yikes) birthday a couple of weeks early […]
Sometimes we just need to laugh, don’t we? Like when the world seems bleaker at every turn. Like when pain gets to be too much. Like when life gets to be too much. We can cry or laugh. And sometimes it’s perfectly appropriate to cry. But sometimes it’s just necessary […]
Can you believe it’s already October?!? That means Christmas is about two months away… and then 2018 is right around the corner. Something else around the corner in October? My dreaded 40th birthday. Ugh. Has anyone figured out how to age backwards yet? Because I’ll pay. Anywho… It’s officially fall […]
Happy Sunday, my friends! Do you use a specific book for your ‘devotions’ (time with God)? I tend to get bored with just one so I mix it up a bit, using several throughout the year. I tend to keep the same faves and add to them haha! So if […]
Happy Sunday! My thoughts and prayers continue to be with everyone in Irma’s path. I have friends who decided to shelter in place and friends/family who evacuated. Praying protection and comfort for all. ā„ For today’s Sunday Book Club, let’s talk cliffhangers. I believe it was my friend Andrea who […]
Good Sunday morning to you, dear reader friends š As I continue to work through the wonderful post ideas that you gave me a few weeks ago, today’s discussion topic comes from Elaine Stock: As both an author and reader, Iād like to know what makes a reader put down […]
Happy Sunday!! I am continuing to go through the topics you posted when I asked what you wanted to talk about in future Sunday Book Clubs posts. Today’s topic comes from Rebecca Maney: As the facilitator for a āliveā book club, I would love to hear how others choose their […]
Happy Sunday, my friends! A couple of weeks ago, I asked YOU what you wanted to talk about in future Sunday Book Clubs and you came up with some fantastic topics! DeAnna Dodson said: Iād like to know what readers like best in a series. Excellent question! I personally […]
As the countdown to #CFRR2017 (and a book contest I’m judging) gets smaller and smaller, it seems that my ability to come up with Sunday Book Club topics is also getting smaller and smaller. Lol. Soooooooo …. I’m turning it completely over to you for today. Talk to me. What […]
Happy Sunday to you, my friends! š Today on the Book Club, let’s talk about books that changed your mind. And by that, I don’t mean books you thought you were going to hate but ended up loving (or vice versa). I mean those books – fiction or nonfiction – […]
Recently, Pepper Basham talked about how her hero in the upcoming Charming the Troublemaker (November 2017) is ‘adorkable’. Adorkable can mean: silly in a cute way adorably awkward kinda nerdy but really endearing too So that got me thinking about other ‘adorkable’ characters that I love. Like Eisley Barrett in […]
Happy Father’s Day to the two men that read my blog – my husband and my father lol. I hope you are enjoying a day with your father or simply resting in the deep deep love that your Heavenly Father has for you. On Tuesday, I looked at my favorite […]
Every story has a beginning. Every romance has that first boy-meets-girl moment. And your love of Christian fiction started with that first book that grabbed you and wouldn’t let go. For me, it was Janette Oke’s “Love Comes Softly” series and for many years I stuck to the historical genre. […]
I recently read this blog post where the blogger explained why she is no longer rating books, and of course that got me thinking.Ā And then of course, I wanted to know what YOU think. How do you feel about book ratings in general? (Are they helpful? Too arbitrary?) What, […]
Happy Sunday, my friends! I get asked a lot for book recommendations for people starting out in a certain genre. Like “I’ve never read romantic suspense before. Where should I start?” OR “I want to learn more about World War 2. What novels would you recommend.” OR (my personal fave) […]
Happy Happy Sunday! I know I’ve been posting here on the blog this week even though I’ve been at #RT17 in Atlanta but I haven’t gotten the chance to interact with comments… so I feel like I’ve been away from y’all too! I’ve missed you!! While I was at the […]
Let’s all just pretend for a moment that it’s still Sunday and that I wasn’t too busy to post the Sunday Book Club at its regularly scheduled time. :-/ Last week for Top Ten Tuesday I talked about Carrie-bait, i.e. those elements to a book that will instantly make me […]
It’s crazy but true – Easter is next Sunday! Next week, I’m going to take the day off from the blog so today I want to talk about your favorite Easter season reads – both fiction and nonfiction. One of my hands-down, no contest faves in fiction is The Lion, […]
Happy Sunday, my friends! Today, let’s talk about book towers. You know, those stacks of books that won’t fit on your bookshelf so they tower from the floor to nearly the bookshelf’s height. Or maybe you stack up your TBR pile for the week or the month, etc. Or maybe […]
Happy Sunday! A friend shared a fun article on Facebook about which literary heroine is most like you, based on your Myers-Briggs personality assessment. You can take a Myers-Briggs type test here, if you haven’t already. I am an ISFJ-T, a “defender”. ISFJ-T’s are “very dedicated warm protectors, always ready […]