The power of fiction, the beauty of words, and the God who made us to wield them for His glory.

First Line Friday – The White Rose Resists (Amanda Barratt)

Happy Friday, book lovers, and welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books. My reading this week has consisted of INSPY reading (as one of the judges in the YA category this year), but I have sooooo many books waiting once I’m finished, including Amanda Barratt’s The White Rose Resists, which I’m anxious to read (with a box of tissues by my side). Anyone else have books taunting them from their TBR pile? Oh, who am I kidding? That’s probably all of you! 😊

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12 June 2020

My Dearest Dietrich (Amanda Barratt) – Review

A staggering love illuminating the dark corners of a Nazi prison

Renowned German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer is famous for his resistance to the Nazi regime and for his allegiance to God over government. But what few realize is that the last years of his life also held a love story that rivals any romance novel.

Maria von Wedemeyer knows the realities of war. Her beloved father and brother have both been killed on the battlefield.

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17 June 2019

First Line Friday – My Dearest Dietrich (Amanda Barratt)

Happy Friday, book lovers, and welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books. I’ve always wanted to know more about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, so when I learned that Amanda Barratt was writing a novel based on his relationship with Maria von Wedemeyer I was very excited. Since My Dearest Dietrich released last Tuesday, I have been hearing sooooo many rave reviews that I’m even more excited to be finally diving in myself!

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14 June 2019