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A Fatal Flaw by Faith Martin
Nostalgic Crime Busting At It’s Best A Fatal Flaw by Faith Martin is a gripping historical crime novel set in Oxford in 1960. Once again the reader gets caught up in the crime solving exploits of unlikely duo of an aging experienced coroner and a probationary WPC. The book is a thrilling read as I […]
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Wedding Bells At Butterfly Cove by Sarah Bennett
Of Love And Healing Wedding Bells At Butterfly Cove by Sarah Bennett is the most delightful and heart-warming contemporary novel that will restore your heart in the goodness of people. Butterfly Cove is a place where the hurt can receive healing and love. Sometimes life just deals blow after blow. No matter what we do […]
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The Silence Of God by Dr Gene Russell
A Comprehensive Guide The Silence Of God by Dr Gene Russell is a very personable exploration of the silences we experience of God. For us to perceive these silences, we have to believe that God is real. Dr Gene Russell writes in a very relaxed style, enabling his book to be accessible to all. There […]
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Friday Fiction Sales plus the First Two Books are Free
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Jason Reynolds’s Track Series: A Winner for Middle Grades
Jason Reynolds is an author we’ve kept an eye on ever since his debut in 2015 with When I Was the Greatest. That novel, and All American Boys (which he co-wrote with Brendan Kelly) were firmly in the YA category with mature themes and some harsh language. But Jason Reynolds’s “Track” series, based on his own experiences as a middle-grader track team member, is not just suitable for middle grades—it’s excellent. Each volume of the quartet, starting with Ghost, tells the story of a different member of the team. This year he brought the series to a close with Sunny (April) and Lu (Oct). Janie and Betsy discuss what makes this series…
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First-Line Friday #74 + Giveaway
The Christmas Remedy by: Cindy Woodsmall and Erin Woodsmall About the Book Holly paused outside the old pharmacy storefront, brass key in hand. How could a building be so dear to her? Because inside the brick, glass, and wood exterior, the beautiful, timeworn store held the hope that medicine brought to her Amish community. I am really late getting to this book. I meant to get it read before Christmas, but life is what it is. I am not a big Amish fiction fan, but I am a huge Cindy Woodsmall and Erin Woodsmall fan. I think their work together is excellent. When I saw they had done a Christmas…
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INSPY Nominated Books I LOVED in 2018
For those of you who don’t know, or haven’t heard yet, the INSPY longlist has released. Congratulations to every amazing author who made the longlist!!! Man, do we have some seriously talented writers in today’s Christian Fiction market. One of my favorite bloggers, JenGalaxy4 Christian Book Reviews, posted a fun blog yesterday where she shares the INSPY books she read in 2018. I loved the idea so much, I’m copying her! Thanks, Jen, for the inspiration. What follows are the books from the INSPY 2018 longlist that I read and loved. Just click on a link and you can read a brief summary and my thoughts on each book listed.…
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His Encouragement #65
Good morning, and welcome to His Encouragement Thursday! I don’t know about you, but Thursdays are my struggle day of the week. By Thursday, I have already been working hard at school and at home, and I just wish it would hurry up and be Friday already. LOL! I definitely need a little extra Jesus time on Thursdays. Trisha, my blogger friend at Joy of Reading, and I decided on calling this post “His Encouragement” because our real source of peace, strength, and security can only come from Jesus Christ. He, and He alone, is our constant! We pray and hope that these Thursday posts become a real encouragement to you and…
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A Love Most Worthy by Sandra Ardoin
I am impressed with this Christian romantic novella. I usually don’t read novellas as I generally find them unrealistic or rushed. This one was great. The pacing of the story was very good. The characters were developed well and the plot was good.The story is of the mail order bride variety. The location is Nome, Alaska at the end of the nineteenth century, during the gold rush. Rance needs a woman to care for his nephews after their parents died. Hallie arrives from Seattle to marry a man she does not know. It is to be a marriage in name only, she finds, isolated in her own bedroom. The boys…
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When Valleys Bloom Again by Pat Jeanne Davis
Tending The Garden Well When Valleys Bloom Again by Pat Jeanne Davis is a fabulous debut novel set during WWII. It is full of Godly wisdom and insight. During a time of war, people need God more than ever. “Where are you, Lord, in all this?” We cannot always see Him but Jesus has promised […]
