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

Top Ten Tuesday – Animal Inspiration

Happy Tuesday, book lovers! This week’s Top Ten Tuesday post is all about titles. Technically, the topic according to That Artsy Reader Girl is Frequently used words in ________ Titles, with __________ being where you insert genre of your choice. Well, I could have done fall or love for romance titles, but that was a little uninspiring. I thought of conspiracy because that’s in the title of the book I’m currently reading, but aside from a few favourites it was taking too long to come up with a list.

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Best of 2017 – The Emoji Files, Part IV: Got Me in the Feels

Welcome to Part IV of The Emoji Files. So far this week I’ve given you my best of 2017 in the following categories: 😍 The Swoony Awards 😆 The LOL Awards 😮 The WOW Awards Today, I’m giving you a list of books that got me in the feels. Some books are great for escaping into and helping us to forget our daily worries and cares for a little while, and some books confront life’s big worries and cares head on. Perhaps not our specific worries and cares, but the kinds of worries and cares that could be ours one day, or the kinds

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Top Ten Tuesday – Motherhood

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday with the girls at The Broke and the Bookish has a motherhood theme, for obvious reasons. I don’t know about anyone else, but my Facebook feed over the weekend made it clear that Mother’s Day is a day of conflicting emotions for many. For many of us, it is a day of celebration—and at its core, motherhood is a precious gift that should be celebrated—but in this fallen world, it often brings pain as well.

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Weekend Book Buzz – 15/16 April 2017

He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Alleluia! It may not be quite Sunday where you are, but it’s coming! So happy and blessed Resurrection Day to you all! Here’s a quick recap of what’s happened here at Fiction Aficionado over the last week:

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Author Interview with Karen Sargent

This is an author interview with Karen Sargent, author of ‘Waiting for Butterflies’. If you would like to read my review, go to this post. ~ About the Book ~ A mother’s love never ends–not even when her life does. Longing for her family after her sudden death, Maggie becomes a lingering spirit and returns home where she helplessly witnesses her family’s downward spiral in the aftermath of her passing. Her husband is haunted by past mistakes and struggles to redeem himself. Her teenage daughter silently drowns in her own guilt, secretly believing she caused her mother’s death. Only her

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Waiting For Butterflies (Karen Sargent) – Review

This is my review for the novel Waiting for Butterflies. If you would like to read an interview with Karen Sargent, and some behind the scenes facts about the book, go to this post. ~ About the Book ~ A mother’s love never ends–not even when her life does. Longing for her family after her sudden death, Maggie becomes a lingering spirit and returns home where she helplessly witnesses her family’s downward spiral in the aftermath of her passing. Her husband is haunted by past mistakes and struggles to redeem himself. Her teenage daughter silently drowns in her own guilt, secretly

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First Line Friday – 10 March 2017 – Waiting For Butterflies (Karen Sargent)

Welcome to another edition of First Line Fridays! Today I’m introducing you to a book that will release on 4th April 2017: Waiting for Butterflies by Karen Sargent. ~ About the Book ~ A mother’s love never ends–not even when her life does. Longing for her family after her sudden death, Maggie becomes a lingering spirit and returns home where she helplessly witnesses her family’s downward spiral in the aftermath of her passing.

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Top Ten Tuesday – My Spring (Autumn!) TBR Part 1

We still have one week before we get back to our regular Top Ten Tuesday post care of the girls at The Broke and The Bookish, but when I took a look at the topic for next week (Top Ten Books on my Spring TBR) I thought, You’ve got to be kidding me. Just 10? So, welcome to Top Ten Books on my Spring TBR Part 1! 😄 This week, I’m featuring books releasing in March and the first half of April (in order of release date). Tune in next week for books releasing in the second half of April and

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