Tag: nonfiction

Author Interview: Lisa Pennington

Author Interview: Lisa Pennington

Posted March 15, 2017 / 9 Comments

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 […]


Book Review: Just the Essentials by Adina Grigore

Book Review: Just the Essentials by Adina Grigore

Posted March 13, 2017 / 18 Comments

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 […]



Book Review: Rise by Cara Brookins

Book Review: Rise by Cara Brookins

Posted January 28, 2017 / 0 Comments

If you were inspired by Wild and Eat, Pray, Love, you’ll love this extraordinary true story of a woman taking the greatest risk of her life in order to heal from the unthinkable. After escaping an abusive marriage, Cara Brookins had four children to provide for and no one to […]


My Fave Reads of 2016: NonFiction

My Fave Reads of 2016: NonFiction

Posted December 31, 2016 / 12 Comments

Closing out this week of faves with my fave NONFICTION reads from 2016. While this isn’t my typical genre of choice, I am always in search of good nonfiction and when I find it I highlight and star and heart and circle all over the pages. And then usually shove […]


Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’d Love to See Under My Tree

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’d Love to See Under My Tree

Posted December 20, 2016 / 30 Comments

Welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday! In leading up to Christmas, we’ve talked about bookish gift ideas as well as actual books for every reader on your gift list. Today, I’m going to look at 10 books that I would personally enjoy finding under my tree. Perhaps not […]


Book Review (double feature): ScriptureDoodle & ScriptureDoodle God’s Promises by April Knight

Book Review (double feature): ScriptureDoodle & ScriptureDoodle God’s Promises by April Knight

Posted December 17, 2016 / 2 Comments

ScriptureDoodle: A Six-Week Devotional Experience (David C. Cook, October 2016) With inspiring exercises and prompts, this unique interactive guide introduces readers to a creative connection between Bible study, artistic expression, and worship. Often, in the busyness of life, Christians forget that God created them to enjoy creativity. With guided instruction […]


New Releases I’m Excited About: Spring 2017 Nonfiction

New Releases I’m Excited About: Spring 2017 Nonfiction

Posted December 17, 2016 / 6 Comments

Are your TBR piles overflowing after this week’s posts? Mine is no longer speaking to me. Nevertheless, I press on! Let’s close out this week of new releases by looking at the Nonfiction books on tap for January-April 2017. Here’s a recap of the week’s posts: Monday – Contemporary Fiction […]



Book Review: Forever Painless by Miranda Esmonde-White

Book Review: Forever Painless by Miranda Esmonde-White

Posted November 15, 2016 / 23 Comments

End chronic pain—for good—with this practical guide from the PBS personality behind Classical Stretch and author of the New York Times bestseller Aging Backwards. Chronic pain is the most common cause of long-term disability in the United States. Twenty percent of American adults accept back spasms, throbbing joints, arthritis aches, and other physical pain as […]


Book Review: Six Days in Leningrad by Paullina Simons

Book Review: Six Days in Leningrad by Paullina Simons

Posted November 3, 2016 / 2 Comments

From the author of the celebrated, internationally bestselling The Bronze Horseman saga comes a glimpse into the private life of its much loved creator, and the real story behind the epic novels. Paullina Simons gives us a work of non-fiction as captivating and heart-wrenching as the lives of Tatiana and Alexander. Only […]


Book Review: Be The Miracle by Delores Liesner

Book Review: Be The Miracle by Delores Liesner

Posted October 30, 2016 / 4 Comments

Whether we title these unexplainable happenings miracles, God-sightings, or some other name, people love to hear of such occurrences. Why? They increase our faith by providing evidence of the miraculous in our everyday lives and heighten awareness of God’s desire to minister personally to us and through us. Unique connecting […]



Book Review: Union With Christ by Rankin Wilbourne

Book Review: Union With Christ by Rankin Wilbourne

Posted October 5, 2016 / 0 Comments

Nothing is more basic or central to knowing and enjoying God than Union with Christ. Have you ever had difficulty connecting what you know to be true about God with how you feel or how you live each day? Have you ever longed to change but just felt stuck? The […]



Book Review: Jesus and the Beanstalk by Lori Stanley Roeleveld

Book Review: Jesus and the Beanstalk by Lori Stanley Roeleveld

Posted September 30, 2016 / 5 Comments

What if a fairy tale and ten Bible verses could free you to live an effective, fruitful life in Christ? We live in unsettling, challenging times. Everywhere we look, we see giant problems: giant obstacles to sharing faith, giant barriers to peaceful lives, giant strongholds of fear. But what if […]



Author Interview (Plus a Giveaway!): Melissa Spoelstra

Author Interview (Plus a Giveaway!): Melissa Spoelstra

Posted September 21, 2016 / 0 Comments

Good morning, my friends! Today, I am pleased to welcome author Melissa Spoelstra to the blog! Melissa Spoelstra is a popular women’s conference speaker, Bible teacher, and writer who is madly in love with Jesus and passionate about helping women of all ages to seek Christ and know Him more […]


Book Review: Carry On by Lisa Fenn

Book Review: Carry On by Lisa Fenn

Posted September 19, 2016 / 3 Comments

In the spirit of The Blind Side comes a deeply moving memoir about the unexpected bonds that wouldtransform three lives. Lisa Fenn produced human-interest features for ESPN for over a decade, but one particular story came into her life and never left. After seeing a newspaper image of two young wrestlers from […]


Most Anticipated Book Releases Fall & Winter 2016: Non-Fiction

Most Anticipated Book Releases Fall & Winter 2016: Non-Fiction

Posted September 9, 2016 / 10 Comments

Happy Friday, friends 🙂 Today I’m taking a (momentary) break from the new releases in fiction (contemporary, historical, suspense, Amish) to talk about the non-fiction new releases I’m most looking forward to through the end of 2016. Tomorrow, I’ll close out the week by looking at the new releases in […]