Beloved historical Christian author, Ann H. Gabhart has a new release, and I was so excited to talk to her about her book, When the Meadow Blooms, and to talk about her love for story, for Kentucky, and for nature, as well as how they infuse her stories. Note: links may be affiliate links Continue Reading
Join the Chosen Kids on an Exciting Adventure in California
Join me with a conversation about The Chosen Kids by RM Ruiz about middle-grade fiction and especially, her Christian middle-grade adventure series for kids. Supernatural tools, a mission from God, and more fill these books about a bunch of cousins fighting evil forces. Note: links may be Continue Reading
A Gush about a Good (more like GREAT) Read & GoodReads
Every bibliophile needs a good read (or even better, a great one), and have I got a great one for you! I take a few minutes to gush about one story I can't get out of my head and heart, The Gold in These Hills, and the wonderful world of books otherwise known as GoodReads. Note: links may be Continue Reading
Book Club Capers: April Part 2
OOOH! It's time to find a new author for Mary Margaret Montmorency! EEP! For those who don't know, I write about her and Elton every year in May (and soon for June!) Those stories are below: Bringing in the May The Versary Love in the Window and last year’s… For Her Continue Reading
Fall in Love with This Wonderful New Romance Series
The Wolf Creek Ranch series by Mandi Blake combines western romance with contemporary Christian romance in one brilliant spin-off series from her Blackwater Ranch series. Western romance is crazy popular, and Mandi and I talk about her books, how she writes them, and about her exciting newsletter Continue Reading
Discover California’s Fascinating History through This Adventure
California's history is full of adventure, and author Marie Sontag dives in with her Whitcomb Discoveries series. Beginning with the California Trail (and characters who were part of the ill-fated Donner party), Sontag mingles actual historical figures with her own characters to the past to life for Continue Reading
Book Club Capers: April Part 1 (ADDITION!)
Well, a crazy week last week meant that this took a bit of time to get loaded, but here it is! I hope this month's puzzle isn't too ambiguous, but it's what you get. HOWEVER... I need May's gal around. You can't let her get killed off. I'm counting on you! Save the leader. Save the book Continue Reading
This Author Strives to Make Scripture Come Alive for Kids
Determined to keep the youth of his church grounded in the Word during lockdown, author Erik Steidl found a little-remembered character in the Old Testament--Jonathan's arrow boy. Retelling that story through the perspective of this character gives kids someone to relate to while infusing the Continue Reading
Who Knew an Eating Disorder Could Inspire a Great Book Full of Adventure?
Debut author, Autumn Lytle bursts onto the book scene with an eye-opening, timely novel, All That Fills Us, that really addresses an issue that has become almost an epidemic during this difficult time--eating disorders. This book comes at the issue by taking a woman through tough places to work out Continue Reading
How One Woman’s Ministry Turned into an Inspired by Life Story
Okay, so "retro romance" isn't an official category, but when an author's books barely squeak into historical, what's she to do? Especially since some of her target readers lived those years! Jennifer Lynn Cary writes split-time and retro romance novels that sound so delightful and encouraging Continue Reading
Isn’t It Cool When What Seemed So Awful Turns Out Great?
When Mom moved in with us back in 2019, we had one problem. Our house is a three-bedroom, one-bath, house with 1100-1250 sq. ft. Years ago, we converted part of the garage into the "annex" for our older girls, but we still had girls and the remaining boy in the middle room. Where to put the madre, Continue Reading
I Think Some of the Best Books Are the “What If?” Ones
M. D. House has finished his Barabbas Trilogy and whoooeee! Am I excited to see what kind of "what could have happeneds" occur in this one. What more are we going to learn about his family, the apostles he meets, all the things? What about the maybes about big names like Paul? Whoa... Let's Continue Reading
