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February 14, 2017
Review: Ready to Fumble, by Christy Barritt
Ready to Fumble, by Christy Barritt (River Heights, 2017)
She’s a TV star who played a detective, but Joey Darling thinks of herself as the character’s klutzy opposite. Now her career is in ruins, and she’s fled Hollywood for the Outer Banks of North Carolina to search for her father.
Joey’s afraid to trust the local police, who may have been involved in his disappearance, but she doesn’t have many clues to follow. As if that weren’t enough challenge for this non-detective, a strange woman as...
February 7, 2017
New Releases in Christian Fiction (February 2017)
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website.
Biblical:
Redeeming Grace by Jill Eileen Smith — When famine visits Bethlehem, Boaz holds out hope for rain while his relative Elimelech moves his wife Naomi and their sons to Moab. For a while, it appears the Lord is blessing Elimelech’s family, and his sons marry two lovely Moabite women. But calamities strike, one af...
February 3, 2017
Romantic Suspense ebook sale
January 31, 2017
Schedule Change
Things have been different here on my blog lately, and it’s time to redefine the schedule. On Tuesdays, you may find a book review. On Fridays, another post or guest post. Some weeks there may be a gap, if I don’t have anything particular I’d like to share.
Almost nine years ago, I started posting weekly devotionals, and every week God showed me something that I could share, usually something I needed for myself as well. Sometimes it didn’t come until Tuesday evening for a Wednesday morning p...
January 27, 2017
The Grass is Always Greener—or is It? (Guest Post)
I had an epiphany recently.
I would have said, by and large, I was content—happy even. But then I took a closer look at my dreams and aspirations.
Work Life
I serve as church administrator. The hours are good. I have every Friday off. I enjoy interacting with the other staff members and those who call or pop into the office.
But part of me would enjoy earning enough money from writing that I wouldn’t need to work outside the home. Od...
January 23, 2017
Review: Grace for the Good Girl, by Emily P. Freeman
Grace for the Good Girl, by Emily P. Freeman (Revell, 2011)
This is a book for all the women whose honest desire to be good sets up impossible expectations and leads to hiding behind facades and fearing to be found out. Anxiety grows, and we struggle in our own strength instead of learning to rely on God. Hence the subtitle: “Letting Go of the Try-Hard Life.”
The author says, “Somewhere along the way, I got the message that salvation is by faith alone but anything after that is faith plus my...
January 16, 2017
Review: Go, Ivy, Go! by Lorena McCourtney
Go, Ivy, Go!, by Lorena McCourtney (Rogue Ridge Press, 2015)
Ivy Malone has been on the run from the Braxton family for years, but they haven’t tried to kill her recently. Maybe it’s safe to go home. Her boyfriend disagrees, but once Ivy gets an idea in her head, there’s no stopping her.
If you’re not familiar with Ivy, she’s a self-described “LOL” (little old lady). In the first book in the series, aptly titled Invisible, Ivy discovered that most people don’t notice elderly people – which ca...
January 9, 2017
New Releases in Christian Fiction (January 2017)
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website.
Contemporary Romance:
Romance Grows in Arcadia Valley by Valerie Comer, Mary Jane Hathaway, Elizabeth Maddrey, Danica Favorite, Lee Tobin McClain and Annalisa Daughety — Is love possible for a makeshift mom and a handsome widower? What about a bed and breakfast owner and the farmer next door? A curvy jilted bride and...
January 2, 2017
Picks from 2016
Goodreads tells me I’ve read103 books in 2016. And that’s not counting Bible reading. Hereare the books (and music) that I’ve most enjoyed this year. Some were produced in 2016, some previously. Pop a note into the comments with your own favourites?
My top picks from 2016:
Christian living:The Menopause Guide, by Danna Demetre, RN.
Contemporary novel:The Things We Knew, by Catherine West.
Favourites revisited: Ice Station Zebra, by Alistair MacLean, and the Blackcollar series:Blackcollar, The...
December 30, 2016
My Theme for 2017: Less (Guest Post)
Having read Kevin DeYoung’s newest book, Crazy Busy, I came face to face with what I already knew: I spend far too much time doing things that don’t actually propel me toward my goals.
My word of the year for 2016 was more, as in more time spent writing and editing, more time spent in prayer and Bible study, more time seeking the Lord with my hubby and our daughter. My lack of success in these areas could be because I wasn’t focussed on the flipsi...
