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The Woman Outside The Walls by Suzanne Goldring
The Price Of Silence The Woman Outside The Walls by Suzanne Goldring is a powerful dual timeline novel that I just could not put down. It is a story that needs to be told in memory of the six million innocents, a quarter of which were children. The novel is set in Germany mainly during […]
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The Little Venice Bookshop by Rebecca Raisin
Purrfectly Charming The Little Venice Bookshop by Rebecca Raisin is a most delightful contemporary novel that will warm your heart. Following the death of her mother, a daughter is searching for her roots after a discovery of decades old letters. For all her life, it had been enough just being with her mother. Now she […]
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A Secret Garden Affair by Erica James
Enchanting A Secret Garden Affair by Erica James is an enchanting dual timeline novel about love and life, guilt and grief, and memories that keep us warm at night. The story is set in the summer of 1981 when the country was gripped by Royal Wedding fever, and also in the 1920’s moving forwards. We […]
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The Pilot’s Girl by Catherine Hokin
Echoes The Pilot’s Girl by Catherine Hokin is a gripping historical suspense that I could not put down. It is the second book in the Hanni Winter series. I recommend reading book one first to follow the storyline and character progression. The action is set in Berlin in the late 1940’s. The city is divided […]
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Seeking Ayita by Lin Stepp
Heritage & Roots Seeking Ayita by Lin Stepp is a fabulous Christian novel and part of the Mountain Home series. This book concerns roots and heritage as a daughter fulfills her mother’s dying wish to return her ashes to her Cherokee homeland. The mother also desires that her daughter and granddaughter spend time with the […]
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Lighten My Heart by Lin Stepp
Delightful & Heartwarming Lighten My Heart by Lin Stepp is the most delightful contemporary Christian novel. It is the second book in The Lighthouse Sisters series but can be read as a stand-alone. I recommend reading book one first for maximum enjoyment and for character progression. Lin Stepp always produces tales that draw the reader […]
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His Fatal Legacy by Heather Atkinson
Chilling His Fatal Legacy by Heather Atkinson is an historical novel that gripped me from the start. It is the third book in the Alardyce House series but can be read as a stand-alone. The tale is set in Edinburgh in the late nineteenth century. It has elements of the Gothic tradition with large houses, […]
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Daddy’s Girl by Michael Schnabel
Live, Love, Hope – So Inspiring Daddy’s Girl by Michael Schnabel is a powerful book that is truly inspiring. The author wrote thebook for his grandson in order to journal his (the author) daughter’s cancer journey. What should have been the happiest time, the birth of a grandson, became the start of a rocky roadas […]
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The Doctor’s Daughter by Shari J Ryan
Life, Death & Hope The Doctor’s Daughter by Shari J Ryan is a powerful, heart-breaking and inspiring historical tale that completely consumed me for a few hours. The story is set during World War II in Poland as we move from the Warsaw ghetto to Auschwitz. It is told in alternating points of view in […]
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CSK Illlustrator Roundup: Standing in the Need of Prayer, Me and the Boss, and The Talk
The Coretta Scott King award, an prominent part of the annual ALA Youth Media Awards, honors African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children. This year’s top CSK illustrator award went to Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison Reading Level: Picture Book, ages 4-8 Recommended for: ages 8-12 “It’s me, it’s me, O Lord, standing in the need of prayer.” The author applies this simple sentiment, with its repetitive lines and rollicking melody, to the history of experience of black people in the US. From chains and slave ships to separated families and…