“Mom, I think I like fantasy,” and with those words, I set out on my own quest, like those found in this particular genre, to find clean fantasy books. One thing I have noticed of late, is the particular influx of darker theme within contemporary YA novels. Going through the shelves at the library or the book store reveals a… Read more »
The dressmaker’s secret is a sweet Christian novel about a girl in search for her father, and a woman running away from her Father. The book was slow going at first and page after page was filled with a lot of Christian talk. There were times when I felt like the author needed to give us back story and created… Read more »
Growing up I was all about the horse books, who wasn’t? I read the Saddle Horse Club, Winnie the Horse Gentler, and a host of others that I can’t even remember anymore. It seems every generation has it’s horse admirers and it seems only appropriate that there should be more books to be read for the next generation! Ginny… Read more »
I actually requested this book mainly because I am a newly planted Hoosier. And this is a Christian suspense novel that takes place in LaPorte, Indiana, 1907. It has ALL the makings of a great book: something I can relate to (location), historical (sign me up!), suspense (can this book get any better?), and takes place on a farm (my… Read more »
This book was even better than the first one I read last month! I am really falling in love with this character, Katrina. First, I love how fostering and adoption was weaved into the pages. It is not a main focus point of this cozy mystery but it does play a part in our character development. Speaking of character development, one… Read more »
I use to read all the Christian fiction. I would breeze through so many in a year, I can’t even tell you half of the ones I read or re-read. But then they all seemed empty. A prayer thrown in randomly, if you want to call muttering under your breath or a “sorry, Lord.” a prayer. Church attendance, a must… Read more »
This book had me chuckling as softly as I could since I stayed up into the wee hours of the morning to finish this book. A lot could be said about that last sentence, but let’s leave that alone for now. This book had all the great elements about cozy Christian read; sweet romance, not too intense mystery, and a… Read more »
In recent years, there have some published works that have been categorized in ways that can leave me puzzled. Probably the biggest one is the genre that I would say is Christian Living, but categorized as devotion. So when I signed up for a free copy of Truly Known, I went in with little to zero expectations. Does this sound… Read more »
I can’t believe this book dropped 60%! For less than $10, this was a fantastic addition to our homeschool library! Purchase, Watercolor With Me In The Forest. See the other’s in the series here. My 7 year old has been making a bunch of pot holders from this kit refill! Who remembers the good old days?! But here is a… Read more »
“I know of an author writing a series that I think you will be interested in.” And with that, my mom had me hook, line, and sinker. The story of Maylie and the Maze is a young readers novel about a would-be writer that enjoys time away in England with her “annoying” twin brother, Camden, aunt, and Grandma. While I… Read more »
I requested this book from Celebrate Lit in exchange for my free and honest review. “After we transferred over to patient care, I took one last look at Matthew. ‘Its hard to be so involved and then to suddenly have to let go.‘” I have a son that wants to be a fireman and a daughter that would like to… Read more »
When I first started reading this book, I was intrigued but also had some serious concerns. Let me start out by saying that I requested this book, and then wondered why on earth I did so. I have taken the Enneagram test before and I was placed a 9, and then as I was reading deeper into my Bible I… Read more »
“The only season in her life these past few years had been a brown, dead winter. Life marched on. Days, months, and years passed by, but her winter never changed to spring.” Hope is surviving the day to day life with her son, Mattie. After seeing the new preacher and finding that he is way to attractive she is determined… Read more »
I read a lot this year, 100 so far, to be exact. But the biggest kick off for children’s literature always comes in March. Every year a few of my favorite BookTubers (YouTube book chats) do a Middle Grade March marathon and its all about reading Middle Grade during the month of March. Covid helped a lot this year. I… Read more »
I had set aside, Do Hard Things for my son this year in our school and I was still contemplating what I should do for my daughter. Love Riot came at just the right moment. I picked it up and read a chapter, set it down, and did the many mom things. Then I picked it up again, and found… Read more »