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

First Line Friday – 24 August 2018 – Nightshade (Ronie Kendig)

Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books! This week I have a super sale for you! If you haven’t had the chance to pick up any of Ronie Kendig’s novels yet (or even if you have gaps in your collection!) now is the time to do so. For a limited time only, a whole lot of her books are on sale! You don’t need to hang around here long before you work out Ronie is one of my favourite authors EVER. So today, I’m going to share the first line of Nightshade, the book that introduced me to her

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24 August 2018

Top Ten Tuesday – Books to Combat Emotional Burnout

G’day, booklovers! This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic from That Artsy Reader Girl is technically Books to Pull You Out of a Reading Slump. To be honest, I don’t have a lot of experience with reading slumps. 😊 Bookhangovers? Yes. But that’s not quite the same thing…

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21 August 2018

Ties That Blind (Chautona Havig) – Review + Giveaway

~ About the Book ~ He may not be the only person in the Rockland area to wake up without a memory, but he might be the only killer. Simon Prescott, the latest victim of spontaneous amnesia in Rockland, is about to be arrested for murder. The evidence, though weak and circumstantial, points only to him. He’s confident he didn’t do it. He just can’t prove it. Grieving for a wife he doesn’t remember, Simon refuses to have anything to do with his family, keeps helping the police and ticking off his lawyer while he’s at it, and is heading

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20 August 2018

Weekend Book Buzz – 18/19 August 2018

Welcome to the Weekend Book Buzz! I don’t know what it’s like where you are, but August is the windy month where I live. I really don’t like windy weather! In fact, of all the weather choices, windy is right down there on the bottom. Not even the fact that it’s an excuse to stay inside and read improves my opinion! Why is it, I wonder, that it’s so much more relaxing to listen to the sound of rain than the sound of wind? Reading on a rainy day = cozy. Reading on a windy day? Just not the same,

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19 August 2018

Some Like it Hot (Susan May Warren) – Review

~ About the Book ~ When western Alaska erupts in a devastating fire, the elite firefighting crew of the Jude County Smokejumpers is called in to save the day. They’ll do anything to stop the fire, including fighting alongside a crew of local prisoners. The last thing they expect is a jailbreak and when the prisoners disappear into the forest with one of their own, they’ll have to fight not only the fire, but for the freedom of their friends…during the Summer of the Burning Sky. Book 3: Some Like It Hot Riley McCord is trouble, from his blue eyes

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13 August 2018

Weekend Book Buzz – 11/12 August 2018

Welcome to the Weekend Book Buzz! It’s been a busy book week for me, as you’ll see from the reviews posted below, so I hope you’re looking for a good book to read. We’re also getting definite hints that spring is on the way, with some lovely sunny days this week. There’s nothing quite like the warmth of the sun! Have you read a great book this week? I’d love to hear about it!

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12 August 2018

Freedom’s Kiss (Sarah Monzon) – Review

~ About the Book ~ They were prisoners of the past. Could legacy be the key to set them free? Olivia Arroyo knows who she is and where she’s going—her sense of family responsibility a stepping-stone to her dream of becoming a chef. When her employer refuses her the chance to move from server to the kitchen, she makes another opportunity for herself with the owner of a new food truck. But her life derails when a hidden piece of her past suddenly comes to light, and she discovers everything she thought she knew about herself has been a lie.

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11 August 2018