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Faith, Fiction, & Fellowship Read-Along Details
Our Faith, Fiction, & Fellowship Read-Along is just around the corner. We know lots of you are excited about this, and we are, too! If you’ve just discovered Redeemed Reader, or you haven’t checked in for a while, and you have no idea what I’m talking about, stop right there. Check out the Faith, Fiction, & Fellowship introduction post for the book choices, the authors, and more. The rest of this post will make a lot more sense. Faith, Fiction, & Fellowship Details Who? You! And the girls and women in your life. Gather your daughters, your friends, your mom, your students, your fellow church members–whoever you would like to…
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Innocence Denied by Mike Garrett
A Life Of Love Innocence Denied by Michael Garrett is a contemporary Christian thriller that has its roots in God and in love. It is a beautiful love story – the love of one man who is motivated by loyalty, love and kindness. He believes he needs to leave a legacy and that legacy is […]
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Christians and Mental Illness: an Interview with Simonetta Carr
The author of Broken Pieces and the God Who Mends them shares further insights about her experience with schizophrenia. Our readers are familiar with Simonetta’s many excellent biographies for young people. Last Friday we reviewed her latest book, a memoir of her experience with her son’s schizophrenia. Today she joins us for an interview: 1. Looking back on your three-year struggle with Jonathan’s illness, what do you see as your greatest enemy in that struggle? How was it overcome? It was probably fear. Schizophrenia is such an unpredictable and incomprehensible illness. I never knew what to expect or what was going on in my son’s mind. And he often seemed…
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*Monster Blood Tattoo Trilogy by D. M. Cornish
Foundling, Lamplighter, and Factotum by D. M. Cornish. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2006-2010. Ages 12 & up. Reading Level: Young Adult, ages 12-14 Recommended for: ages 12 & up Book One: Foundling Rossamund Bookchild dreams of being a vinegaroon, one of the crusty sailors who sails the acid-laced, monster-ridden vinegar seas of the Half Contintent. It’s not an unlikely dream considering he has grown up at Madame Opera’s Estimable Marine Society for Foundling Boys and Girls. Two of his favorite teachers are old salts. Yet as readers realize within the first chapter when the school bully trounces and injures Rossamund in a fight, Rossamund is hardly militant. No, Rossamund is a dreamer and a…
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4 New Multicultural Picture Books: Gratitude, Island Culture, Rap, and Hannukah!
Several of these picture books recently won awards (or honors) in the ALA YMA in January. And one of them is brand new, hot-off-the-press in 2019. All of them celebrate different cultures from each other, and different cultures from traditional American majority culture. And all are worth checking out from your local library! Thank You, Omu! by One Mora. Little, Brown, 2018. 40 pages. Thank You, Omu! is a delightful twist on the story of Stone Soup. In the original folktale, three visitors to a community make soup from their stones–and the various offerings the villagers end up bringing. In Thank You, Omu!, Omu ends up giving away all of her soup to those around her. At the end of the story, she has no soup.…
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*Broken Pieces and the God Who Mends Them by Simonetta Carr
*Broken Pieces and the God Who Mends Them: Schizophrenia Through a Mother’s Eyes by Simonetta Carr. Presbyterian & Reformed, 2019, 359 pages. Reading Level: Adult Recommended for: ages 16-up, particularly Christian parents, counselors, and concerned relatives and friends. We don’t think it will ever come near us. Mental health is for pagans and unbelievers. But the ranks of the mentally ill, depressed, anxiety-ridden, OCD, and schizophrenic are growing—even in the church. Even among people we know and love. Simonetta Carr has graced our reviews for years now with her outstanding Christian biographies of John Newton, Jonathan Edwards, Irenaeus, and many more. Here she shares part of her own story: the descent of…
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Never Give Up by Craig Davis
Fear Doesn’t Stand A Chance When I Stand In Your Love Never Give Up: Waging War With Cancer by Craig Davis – wow what a powerful testimony of a family battling cancer. Craig Davis shows tremendous faith and courage as he puts his life into the hands of God. Craig Davis’ battle built trust and […]
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The Surrogate by Louise Jenson
Don’t Tell The Surrogate by Louise Jenson is a contemporary psychological thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat as your heart races to the conclusion – definitely a ‘wow, wow, wow’ moment. I really did not spot the ending coming. As I read The Surrogate I prided myself that I ‘knew’ […]
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Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
True Wealth Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng is a contemporary novel about life, families, truth and lies. The novel was a consuming read. I found it a slow burn at first but very quickly it became a ‘wow’ read. Families are complicated affairs, especially where teenagers are concerned. The reader witnesses sibling rivalry, the […]
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Pride and Prejudice: The Original and the Others
It’s Valentine’s Day. So, of course, we’re going to talk about Jane Austen! Nothing can compare to the original, but Hayley and Betsy have been reading some Pride and Prejudice adaptations. Hayley reviews Pride by Ibi Zoboi and Heartstone by Elle Katherine White. Betsy reviews Unmarriageable: a Novel by Sonia Kamal. Plus, Betsy re-read the original and started to wonder —how would we review P & P if Jane Austen published it today, and we reviewed it at Redeemed Reader? First, here are some recent adaptations of the classic: Pride by Ibi Zoboi. Balzar + Bray, 2018. 304 pages. Reading Level: YA/Teen. It’s a truth universally acknowledged that when rich people move into the hood, where it’s a little bit broken and a little bit forgotten, the first thing they want to do is clean…
