Tag: nonfiction


Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Kennesha Buycks & Restoration House

Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Kennesha Buycks & Restoration House

Posted April 22, 2019 / 11 Comments

I am delighted today to introduce you to Kennesha Buycks and her new book Restoration House (Zondervan, April 30)! Kennesha Buycks is the creator of Restoration House. A Southern transplant to the Pacific Northwest, she has a passion for connecting others, gathering, and inspirational styling and design. When Kennesha is […]





Book Review: Ellie Claire Art Journals

Book Review: Ellie Claire Art Journals

Posted November 29, 2018 / 6 Comments

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 […]


Book Spotlight (and a Giveaway!): Love Again, Live Again by Joan Hunter

Book Spotlight (and a Giveaway!): Love Again, Live Again by Joan Hunter

Posted November 21, 2018 / 9 Comments

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. […]



Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Dave Howe & Live Pure and Free

Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Dave Howe & Live Pure and Free

Posted September 7, 2018 / 3 Comments

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 […]


New Releases I’m Excited About: Spring/Summer 2018 Non-Fiction

New Releases I’m Excited About: Spring/Summer 2018 Non-Fiction

Posted April 22, 2018 / 5 Comments

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 […]



New Releases I’m Excited About: Winter 2018 Non-Fiction

New Releases I’m Excited About: Winter 2018 Non-Fiction

Posted December 31, 2017 / 4 Comments

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 […]


Top Ten Tuesday: Books on my Christmas List

Top Ten Tuesday: Books on my Christmas List

Posted December 19, 2017 / 30 Comments

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 […]


Sunday Book Club: Such Devotion

Sunday Book Club: Such Devotion

Posted September 24, 2017 / 24 Comments

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 […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): I’ll Have What She’s Having by Erin Carlson

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): I’ll Have What She’s Having by Erin Carlson

Posted August 25, 2017 / 35 Comments

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 […]



Book Spotlight (and a Giveaway!): A Door Cracked Open by Carmina Edwards

Book Spotlight (and a Giveaway!): A Door Cracked Open by Carmina Edwards

Posted August 9, 2017 / 23 Comments

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 […]


Book Review: The Marriage Bureau by Penrose Halson

Book Review: The Marriage Bureau by Penrose Halson

Posted May 12, 2017 / 8 Comments

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. […]


Book Review: Head Strong by Dave Asprey

Book Review: Head Strong by Dave Asprey

Posted April 4, 2017 / 9 Comments

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 […]


Book Review: Unchained by Noel Jesse Heikkinen

Book Review: Unchained by Noel Jesse Heikkinen

Posted March 16, 2017 / 2 Comments

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 […]