Blog

On the Blog . . . 

30 Oct

Top Ten Tuesday – Gothic Novels

Happy Tuesday, book lovers! Today’s topic is, predictably, a Halloween freebie according to That Artsy Reader Girl. I don’t even acknowledge Halloween as a general rule. For me, 31 October is Reformation Day—the anniversary of the day (501 years ago this year) when Martin Luther

Read More

29 Oct

When You Look At Me (Pepper Basham) – Review

~ About the Book ~ An unexpected mother-to-be A romance-leery composer And a forgotten melody from the past that holds the keys to their futures When Julia Jenkins’ great aunt dies and leaves her a Victorian mansion with decades of secrets, Julia never expects to unearth a World War 2

Read More

28 Oct

Weekend Book Buzz – 27/28 October 2018

Welcome to the Weekend Book Buzz! I hope you’ve had an enjoyable weekend. We got to spend the weekend catching up with old friends as we celebrated 65 years of service for one of the organists at Christ Church Cathedral in Newcastle (Australia), the church where my husband and I met and

Read More

26 Oct

First Line Friday – 26 October 2018 – Emerald Illusion (J. Rodes)

Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books! I have a gem of a book for you today, which I reviewed just yesterday: Emerald Illusion by J. Rodes (Jennifer Rodewald). This is a great read if you love adventure, but it’s also allegorical in the way it depicts our waiting for

Read More

25 Oct

Emerald Illusion (J. Rodes) – Review

Title: Emerald Illusion Author: J. Rodes Genre: Fantasy, Allegory, YA Publisher: Rooted Publishing Release date:  25 October 2018 Pages: 316 Abrielle used to dream of a different life. Adventure. Romance. Hope. Not of Kansas.
24 Oct

The Ways We Fall Apart (Christina Coryell) – Review

~ About the Book ~ Life has proven more complicated than she expected, juggling being a mother with her career and baseball travel. Add to that near-constant public scrutiny, and Camdyn Taylor finds herself overthinking her every move. But when her most outspoken critic becomes more brazen than

Read More

23 Oct

Top Ten Tuesday – Villains

Happy Tuesday, book lovers. This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is all about villains—those characters we love to hate. Or occasionally mourn because we really didn’t see that coming! As I sat down to think about this list, it occurred to me just how many books these days don’t have

Read More

23 Oct

Becoming Mrs. Lewis (Patti Callahan) – Review

  Posted as part of a blog tour with TLC Book Tours ~ About the Book ~ From New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan comes an exquisite novel of Joy Davidman, the woman C. S. Lewis called “my whole world.” When poet and writer Joy Davidman began writing letters to C. S.

Read More