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

First Line Friday – Always You (Jennifer Rodewald)

Happy Friday, book lovers, and welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books. A new story from Jennifer Rodewald is always something to look forward to, and her newest release Always You came out just this week. So guess what’s coming up on my TBR!

Not only that, but by a strange coincidence, the first paragraph of this story mentions another author who I just happen to be with right now, in Melbourne Australia! (Insert excited squeeing!) Anyone want to guess the name of the author or the highly-trained family of warriors who get a mention?

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6 March 2020

When I Come Home Again (Jennifer Rodewald) – Review

When a family crisis calls him back to Big Prairie, will Craig Erikson be able to work through past mistakes and a tragedy that had sent him searching for a new place to call home?

Brenna Blaum had been sure of three things in her life—her brother, her running, and her dad’s star receiver. But in a matter of a year’s time, everything she’d counted on fell apart, leaving her devastated. Seven years later, she’s stable again. She has a supportive boyfriend, fulfilling career, and close friends.

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19 January 2020

First Line Friday – When I Come Home Again

Happy Friday, book lovers, and welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books. I hope you’ve all had a wonderful Christmas with friends and family. We certainly did, but now I’m trying to get my head around the fact that 2019 will be ending in less than a week. 😳 With that in mind, I looked at my list of 2020 new releases for inspiration for today’s First Line Friday post, and the first 2020 release on my TBR is When I Come Home Again by Jennifer Rodewald. So 2020 is looking good already! 🙂

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27 December 2019

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.

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25 October 2018

Top Ten Tuesday – Best of 2018 So Far

Happy Tuesday, readers! Today’s topic at That Artsy Reader Girl is Series I’ve Given Up On/Don’t Plan to Finish. Since I found that to be an uninspiring topic, I’m going rogue again, and a couple of events have conspired to convince me that there is no better time to post my ‘best of’ list for January to June: Today is the last Top Ten Tuesday post for the first half of 2018. (I’ll pause for a moment to give you the chance to process that last sentence!) My hubby is going away at the end of the week for a little

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26 June 2018

Top Ten Tuesday – Favourite Character Names

Happy Tuesday, book lovers! This week’s topic from That Artsy Reader Girl is Best Character Names. Rather a subjective topic, and with the exception of the first three books on this list, I had no idea what names I would include! The biggest obstacle was separating the names from the characters they represented, because I naturally gravitated to the names of my favourite characters. But in the end, I think I’ve managed to come up with a reasonable list. Let me know what you think!

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22 May 2018

Top Ten Tuesday – Emotionally Exhausting Reads

Happy Tuesday, reader friends. We seem to be having a spate of difficult Top Ten Tuesday topics lately, and this week’s topic from That Artsy Reader Girl is no different: Books I Loved But Will Never Reread. The problem is, I love re-reading my favourite books. If I loved it, there’s no way I could definitively say, “but I won’t ever read it again.” However…

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10 April 2018

First Line Friday – 23 March 2018 – Finding Evergreen (Jennifer Rodewald)

Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books! I have a heartrending, but ultimately healing story for you today: Finding Evergreen by Jennifer Rodewald, which released just yesterday. I’m not going to lie to you; this story hurts. But as I said in my review, “…every time Jennifer Rodewald comes out with a story that’s sure to pummel my heart, I’m right at the head of the line, offering my heart with both hands. Because that restoration at the end is worth every minute of the journey (and the tears) it took to get there.”

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23 March 2018