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September 19, 2018
The Secret Life of Sarah Hollenbeck- a book review
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Becoming a Christian is the best and worst thing that has ever happened to Sarah Hollenbeck. Best because, well, that’s obvious. Worst because, up to this point, she’s made her very comfortable living as a well-known, bestselling author of steamy romance novels that would leave the members of her new church blushing. Now Sarah is trying to reconcile her past with the future she’s chosen. She’s still under contract with...
September 17, 2018
Do You Want to Sparkle or Spew? A Book Review
Do you feel like you’re drowning in the everyday stress-pool? . . .
Wish you could make busy-ness a business so you’d be a millionaire? . . .
Welcome to the maternal order of slightly sagging sisters of the ‘hood. The motherhood.
With her own offbeat brand of wit and near-wisdom, popular inspirational humorist Debora Coty addresses heart needs of moms drowning in the churning stress-pool of busyness. In her beloved mom-to...
September 16, 2018
Friends of the Library Book Sale Haul
On Friday, I went to the Friends of the Library Book Sale in Bowling Green and bought 34 new books for less than $20.
I took some photos of my haul to share with you. Enjoy!
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This first set of books are ones that are part of or finish off series that I already collect. Yay!
Fire and Ice, Now and Forever, Over the Edge, Fired Up, and In Too Deep, all by Mary Connealy
Driven With the Wind and Island of the Innocent by Gilbert Morris
Ten Thousand Charms by Allison Pittman
Beyond Justice by Car...
September 14, 2018
First-Line Fridays- Legacy of Mercy
Chicago, Illinois 1897
My dearest Oma Geesje,
It was hard to say goodbye to you so soon after meeting you and discovering that you are my grandmother.
Surprise! I almost feel like this is a spoiler alert if you haven’t read Waves of Mercy! What a great way to begin, though. I’m so looking forward to learning more about Anna, Geesje, and Derk and following Anna on her journey to discovering exactly wh...
September 13, 2018
His Encouragement #1- It Is Well
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I’m joining my blogging friends and am beginning a new facet of my blog, called His Encouragement, inspiring scriptures shared each Thursday. Here’s my first one:
Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well. [2 Kings 4:26 KJV]In 2 Kings chapter 4, we find the story of the Shunamite woman and her husband. This woman graciously hosted the prophet Elisha in a l...
September 12, 2018
Lynn Austin’s “Where We Belong” Giveaway
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In honor of Lynn Austin’s new release, Legacy of Mercy, I’m giving away Lynn’s last release of Where We Belong.Travel with two sisters into Egypt on the search for a Biblical manuscript. It’s a journey you won’t forget!
The matching bookmark and pen are included with this fantastic new book! (The pyramids and camel are not.)
Enter using the Rafflecopter below. This giveaway runs from September 13th at 12:00am (9/13 Thursday) through October 3rd (10/3 Wednesday 12:30am). October 2nd is rele...
September 10, 2018
A Christmas Prayer- a Book Review
Beloved, bestselling author of Amish fiction, Wanda E. Brunstetter takes readers on a journey in 1850 along the California Trail.
Only the brave—or foolhardy—would attempt a cross-country journey late in the season. Three wagons meet up in Independence, Missouri, in April 1850, and their owners decide to keep forging ahead despite many setbacks and delays. December finds them in the Sierra Nevada Mountains when a sudden snowstorm traps t...
September 7, 2018
First Line Friday- Waves of Mercy
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Waves of Mercy
by Lynn Austin (Author)
Anna
Lake Michigan
1897
I am living my nightmare.
Wow! What an opening! What’s Anna’s nightmare? And why is she living it?
Get a copy today to find out!
Now grab the book nearest to you or the one you’re reading and comment with the first line. Then head to Hoarding Books for more participants in First Line Friday’s.
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About the Book:Geesje de Jonge crossed the ocean at age seventeen with her parents and a small group of immigrants from the Neth...
September 6, 2018
The Hope Jar- A Book Review
A Brand-New Series from New York Times Bestselling Author Wanda E. Brunstetter.
What happens when making an elderly Amish couple very happy means going along with a lie that gets bigger by the day?
Michelle Taylor is not who her new family in Lancaster County believes her to be. The Lapps were looking for their long-lost granddaughter when they met Michelle and she assumed the identity of Sara Murray. Once...
September 4, 2018
September TBR (Review) and Labor Day Haul
September is here and I’m bringing you my to be read and review list, plus my Labor Day Haul from Half-Priced books.
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Here’s the books I picked up on my most recent trip to the library. I know… I already have so much to read, but I just can’t help myself!
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And last of all here’s my Labor Day Haul from Half-Priced Books. Everything was half off the tagged prices,...
