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Book Talk: Kim Vogel Sawyer

Book Talk: Kim Vogel Sawyer Listen to the episode with Kim Vogel Sawyer Kim Vogel Sawyer and I have been friends since we served on the ACFW board together, so it is a delight to have her on Book Talk today as we talk about her next book Hope’s Enduring Echo. I loved hearing about how she came up with ... Read More

Book Talk: Patricia Johns

Book Talk: Patricia Johns Listen to the episode with Patricia Johns Today it’s my pleasure to introduce you to my writing friend Patricia Johns. She has written more than 20 novels, so it is well past time to have her on Book Talk. Her best-selling Amish novels have been delighting readers, but I can’t wait for y’all to dive into ... Read More

Book Talk: Crystal Caudill

Book Talk: Crystal Caudill Listen to the episode with Crystal Caudill Today it’s a delight to have my friend Crystal Caudill back on Book Talk. The last time I saw her was at the Christy Award Ceremony in November when we were both finalists in the Short Form category for our novellas in We Three Kings, the collection we wrote ... Read More

Book Talk: Elizabeth Goddard

Book Talk: Elizabeth Goddard Listen to the episode with Elizabeth Goddard Elizabeth Goddard and I have been writing friends for a long time, and her romantic suspense novels are some of my favorites. Storm Warning is one that races from the first page with the perfect blend of romance and intense suspense. What I didn’t realize until we talked is ... Read More

Book Talk: Sarah Monzon

Book Talk: Sarah Monzon Listen to the episode with Sarah Monzon Y’all, there are some people that I just love getting to introduce you to and Sarah Monzon is one of them. Her book An Overdue Match is a fun romantic comedy with real depth to it. Those two things don’t always go together, so when they do, I think ... Read More

Book Talk: Jill Williamson

Book Talk: Jill Williamson Listen to the episode with Jill Williamson Today I’ve taken a slight detour with Book Talk by inviting my friend Jill Williamson to join us. She writes amazing fantasy and creates worlds that readers adore. If y’all know me, you know that’s not usually the book I’ll grab first, but Jill is a friend who does ... Read More

Book Talk: Jayna Breigh

Book Talk: Jayna Breigh Click here to listen to the episode with Jayna Breigh I always love celebrating an author’s debut novel with them and chatting with Janya Breigh about her first novel The Hunted Heir was a delight! Jayna worked for ten years to see her dream come true, but she has loved words since her mother first started ... Read More

Using AI to Create a Book Reading Plan

  It’s the start of a new year and that’s an exciting time. It means it’s time for a new reading challenge. I use Goodreads to track the books I read (in 2024, that was 100 books), but I know others use different tools. However, whatever tool you use, I love being able to go back and check which books ... Read More

When I say Cara Putman…

Last week I got my book turned in! Y’all, that is such a good feeling. As my husband put it, a monkey is off my back. I might even call it a gorilla. But now it’s time to dream about what my next series and books are. I have some ideas, but they are glimmers. I might want to do ... Read More

Book Talk: Ann Swindell

Book Talk: Ann Swindell Listen to the episode with Ann Swindell Who doesn’t love a good Christmas story? And who doesn’t love celebrating someone’s first novel? In this episode of Book Talk with Cara, we get to do both. Ann Swindell is my guest and we’re talking about her brand-new novel Christmas in the Castle Library. This novel allowed Ann ... Read More