Yikes! The end of September? Where is this year going?! Has the change of season made it to where you are? We’re well and truly into Spring in my part of Australia and I have to say, it’s pretty sweet. Longer days, warmer days. And of course, plenty of books to enjoy. đ
Well, I said things would be back to normal around here this week, and boy have I hit the ground running! There are so many wonderful bookish things to be buzzing about, and some fabulous bookish things I’m getting ready for you it’s a wonder I haven’t grown my own set of wings. Actually, that might be handy, come to think of it…
It’s Top Ten Tuesday, and today’s topic from the girls at The Broke and the Bookish is Ten Things on Our Reading Wishlist. My list today will be generally referring to things I’d like to see more of in Christian fiction, as that is where I pick up most of my books. Well, where to start? đ
Publisher’s Description Virginia, 1705 Celeste Talbot is usually such a sensible young womanâuntil she falls for an English soldier reassigned to the Colonies. Leaving her Huguenot family behind, she sets sail for America, only to realize that her younger sister Berta has been kidnapped and forced on board the very same ship. Whom can Celeste trust? The dashing soldier? Or the vigilant carpenter who remains by their side in the perilous New World? Virginia, present day Madeline “Maddee” Talbot has her hands full when she agrees to take in her younger sister Nicole following a serious car accident. The
“Don’t you get tired of always doing the right thing?” “No,” Lila answered. “I don’t.” She snapped the dish towel toward him and then hung it over the back of a chair to dry. Turning toward the lamp, she said, “Good night.” “I know you still love him,” Simon said. She froze, her hand in midair. “Jah.” His voice rose again. “You’re courting Reuben, but you love Zane. How do you live with yourself?” She spun around and flicked off the lamp. He was drunk. He didn’t know what he was talking about. “I know you,” Simon said as
This book essentially contains two stories: one set in the present day (narrated in the first person), and one set in France in 1685 (narrated in the third person). In the present, Renee Talbotâs family have had the sole surviving copy of the ‘Persecution Pamphlet’ in their safekeeping for more than three centuries. Originally printed in 1685 as âA Collection of Verse for the Encouragement of Young Men and Womenâ it actually contained carefully concealed information to assist Huguenots (French Protestants) fleeing persecution under King Louis XIV. For eleven generations it has been handed down through the Talbot family from