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February 16, 2020
The Fifth Avenue Story Society Blog Tour with Celebrate Lit
Book: The Fifth Avenue Story Society
Author: Rachel Hauck
Genre: Contemporary Romance/ Women’s Fiction
Release Date: February 4, 2020
An invitation to join The Fifth Avenue Story Society gives five New York strangers a chance to rewrite their own stories.
Executive assistant Lexa is eager for a much-deserved promotion, but her boss is determined to keep her underemployed.
Literature professor Jett is dealing with a broken heart, as well as a nagging suspicion his literary...
February 14, 2020
A Girl's Guide to the Outback
Book: A Girl’s Guide to the Outback
Author: Jessica Kate
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 28, 2020
How far will a girl go to win back a guy she can’t stand? This funny, sweet, and romantic story proves that opposites do attract—and that God has a sense of humor.
Samuel Payton is a passionate youth pastor in Virginia, but below the surface, he’s still recovering from the blow of a failed business and insecurities he can’t shake. His coworker, start-up expert...
February 13, 2020
His Encouragement #7- That Didn't Work Out So Well The Last Time
For 2020, I have chosen Isiah 41:10 as my personal verse. This lead into a theme for this year’s His Encouragement posts. Each week, I will be looking at another “fear not” of the Bible. I hope that as we journey together through these verses that we all will learn a little more about trusting God and rooting out the fear in our lives.
And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
Genesis 46:3 KJV
I know that’s a...
February 9, 2020
Beyond Second Chances Blog Tour and Giveaway
Book: Beyond Second Chances
Author: Shirley Quiring Mozena
Genre: Christian, Religion, Christian Life, Inspirational, Memoir
Release Date: August 31, 2015
A woman who knows grief and loss after the death of her second husband, is jilted just before an ill-advised remarriage, yet retains her trust in a loving God. Shirley Quiring Mozena leans on her relationship with her faithful God while experiencing the pangs of loneliness and regret. Weaving in her family’s backstory, she...
February 6, 2020
His Encouragement #6- Let Go and Let God
For 2020, I have chosen Isiah 41:10 as my personal verse. This lead into a theme for this year’s His Encouragement posts. Each week, I will be looking at another “fear not” of the Bible. I hope that as we journey together through these verses that we all will learn a little more about trusting God and rooting out the fear in our lives.
And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
Genesis 50:19 KJV
In our passage today, Jacob has died and Joseph’s brothers are afraid...
February 4, 2020
Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My TBR I Predict Will be Five-Star Reads
Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday on Stories By Gina. Thank you for joining me for another Top Ten Tuesday withThe Artsy Reader.
Todays Top Ten Tuesday theme is books on my TBR (To Be Read) that I predict will be five-star reads.
Enjoy!
1) Two Steps Forward by Suzanne Woods Fisher 2) One Little Lie by Colleen Coble 3) The Blizzard Bride by Susanne Dietz 4) Forever Hidden by Tracie Peterson and Kimberley Woodhouse 5) On Wings of Devotion by Roseanne White 6) The House at the End of the Moor by...January 30, 2020
Book Review: The Gray Chamber by Grace Hitchcock
Will Edyth prove her sanity before it is too late?
On Blackwell’s Island, New York, a hospital was built to keep its patients from ever leaving.
With her late parents’ fortune under her uncle’s care until her twenty-fifth birthday in the year 1887, Edyth Foster does not feel pressured to marry or to bow to society’s demands. She freely indulges in eccentric hobbies like fencing and riding her velocipede in her cycling...
Book Review: The Rebel Bride by Shannon McNear
Can Love Form Amidst Tensions of War?
During the clash between Union and Confederacy, quiet Tennessean Pearl MacFarlane is compelled to nurse both Rebel and Yankee wounded who seek refuge at her family’s farm. She is determined to remain unmoved by the Yankee cause—until she faces the silent struggle of Union soldier Joshua Wheeler, a recent amputee. The MacFarlane family fits no stereotype Joshua believed...
His Encouragement #5- Unexpected Blessings
For 2020, I have chosen Isiah 41:10 as my personal verse. This lead into a theme for this year’s His Encouragement posts. Each week, I will be looking at another “fear not” of the Bible. I hope that as we journey together through these verses that we all will learn a little more about trusting God and rooting out the fear in our lives.
And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon...
January 29, 2020
Book Review: End Game by Rachel Dylan
When elite members of the military are murdered on the streets of Washington, DC, FBI Special Agent Bailey Ryan and NCIS Special Agent Marco Agostini must work together to bring the perpetrator to justice. Unfortunately, all evidence points to a Navy SEAL sniper whom Bailey refuses to believe is guilty.
When Bailey and Marco start to connect the dots between the victims, including a link to a powerful defense contractor, they...
