As part of the Celebrate Lit tour for Prayer Warrior Confessions I am pleased to welcome one of the authors – Harriet E. Michael – to the blog today! She co-wrote the book with her lifelong friend Shirley Crowder whose parents served as missionaries in Nigeria, West Africa. Their friendship has […]
GENRE; Non-Fiction, Historical PUBLISHER: Practical Pioneer Press RELEASE DATE: November 26, 2016 PAGES: 142 Whether you love her, hate her, or love to hate her, Nellie Oleson is one of the most recognizable literary figures of the 20th century. But Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House on the […]
I recently had the opportunity to review three different Ellie Claire art journals. One ended up being my favorite (I knew it would) and one grabbed my husband’s attention. The other one is beautiful as well but not really our style. I’m going to review each one in little snippets […]
REVIEWER’S NOTE: This is the rare case when I feature a book here on the blog that I cannot recommend. Mainly because I feel the theology is a dangerously inaccurate interpretation of Scripture, and I take that very seriously, not wanting to inadvertently lead any of my blog’s readers astray. […]
As part of the Celebrate Lit tour for Beating Cancer, please join me in welcoming Marianne C. McDonough to the blog today! Journalist and author of award-winning 8 Steps to Getting Real with Cancer, Marianne C. McDonough believes the way to beat cancer is one truth at a time. She […]
As part of the Celebrate Lit tour for Live Pure and Free, I am pleased to welcome Dave Howe to the blog today! Dave Howe is an author, speaker, musician, consultant, retreat leader, and a Regional Group Leader for Pure Desire Ministries. After fighting his own battle for purity, Dave […]
Happy Sunday! Today, we wrap up the week’s worth of posts about upcoming books I’m excited to read! We’re finishing with non-fiction, and while it’s not my go-to genre there are some great titles coming May-August that I’ve added to my TBR pile! Here’s a refresher of the schedule in […]
As we wrap up the week’s series of ‘best of 2017’ posts, I am left with a hodgepodge – a potpourri, if you will – of categories that I couldn’t quite get up to 10. Mostly because I just didn’t read that many in these categories this past year. 2017 […]
Today finishes our week of posts about the upcoming new releases that I’m excited about!! While I do read mostly fiction, sometimes a few nonfiction reads catch my eye too! Here is the schedule of posts so you can catch up on what you’ve missed & zero in on your […]
Happy Tuesday! Today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is (as you may have guessed) ‘books I want to see under the tree’. Books are always a good idea to have on a Christmas list. Why? Well first … duh. 😉 Second, they don’t go out of style and they won’t not […]
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 […]
A backstage look at the making of Nora Ephron’s revered trilogy–When Harry Met Sally, You’ve Got Mail, and Sleepless in Seattle–which brought romantic comedies back to the fore, and an intimate portrait of the beloved writer/director who inspired a generation of Hollywood women, from Mindy Kaling to Lena Dunham. In […]
Today’s post wraps up our look at Fall 2017 New Releases with a focus on nonfiction! Here’s the breakdown for the week’s posts: Monday – Contemporary Fiction Tuesday – Fantasy/YA Wednesday – Historical Fiction Thursday – Amish Fiction Friday – Mystery/Suspense Today – NonFiction If you want to know more […]
Raised in a mean-spirited, poverty-stricken home in the seventies, where her quarrelsome father tries to squash her carefree spirit and her three siblings make fun of her, Amy struggles to understand what value she has. Somehow finding God in the midst of an atheist upbringing, she perseveres to grow up […]
A riveting glimpse of life and love during and after World War II—a heart-warming, touching, and thoroughly absorbing true story of a world gone by. In the spring of 1939, with the Second World War looming, two determined twenty-four-year-olds, Heather Jenner and Mary Oliver, decided to open a marriage bureau. […]
From the creator of Bulletproof Coffee and author of the bestselling The Bulletproof Diet comes a revolutionary plan to upgrade your brainpower—in two weeks or less. For the last decade, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dave Asprey has worked with world-renowned doctors and scientists to uncover the latest, most innovative methods for […]
Christians are free in Christ, yet Christianity can feel like a prison. Unchained helps Christians who don’t feel that grace has changed their lives. Often when people follow Jesus, they feel more guilty instead of more free. A powerful book for the spiritually restless, Unchained shows readers how to have a robust faith […]
Join me in welcoming Lisa Pennington to the blog today! Lisa has a passion for helping women find JOY! She is the author of Mama Needs a Do-Over and Tightropes and Teeter-Totters. She loves her Texas country life with her CPA, receipt-loving husband of 30 years and their nine children, some of whom […]
The author of Skin Cleanse returns with a comprehensive guide to the ultimate ingredient for living an all-natural, plant-based lifestyle: essential oils. For millennia, essential oils have played a key role in health and beauty rituals. From references in the Bible (frankincense and myrrh) to Hippocrates (who documented the effects […]
Pistols and Petticoats 175 Years of Lady Detectives in Fact and Fiction by Erika Janik March 2nd 2017 Book Blast A lively exploration of the struggles faced by women in law enforcement and mystery fiction for the past 175 years In 1910, Alice Wells took the oath to join the […]