13 Favorites from 2013
I can’t say goodbye to 2013 without casting one last, lingering look behind. It was a year filled with some beautiful stories and wonderful reads, and I am thankful for each that fell into my eager […]
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Good God, Lousy World, & Me, book review
“In this extraordinary memoir of grace, one of the foremost human rights advocates of the last half century shares her brutally and hilariously honest story of finding God on one of the most unlikely, irreverent, […]
Read PostStones for Bread, book review
A solitary artisan. A legacy of bread-baking. And one secret that could collapse her entire identity. Stones for Bread by Christa Parrish About the author: Christa Parrish is the award-winning author of three novels. When she’s […]
Read PostThe Greatest Gift, book review
The Greatest Gift: Unwrapping the Full Love Story of Christmas by Ann Voskamp About the author: Ann Voskamp married a farmer and then birthed half-a-dozen kids, whom she homeschools. She authored One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to […]
Read PostSomeone Else’s Love Story, book review
Someone Else’s Love Story by the incomparable Joshilyn Jackson. New York Times Bestselling novelist Joshilyn Jackson has also authored five other novels: gods in Alabama, Between, Georgia, The Girl Who Stopped Swimming, Backseat Saints, and A Grown-Up […]
Read PostBlessed Child, book review
Blessed Child by Ted Dekker with Bill Bright. Ted Dekker, a child of missionaries living among the headhunter tribes of Indonesia, grew up to become a New York Times best-selling author of more than twenty novels. Best […]
Read PostThe Language of Sparrows, re-covered
Last summer, I had the chance to review Rachel Phifer’s lovely debut novel, The Language of Sparrows. Beautiful story, but the cover struck me as rather…meh. (See my review here.) Well, after receiving some feedback, Rachel […]
Read PostDeclan’s Cross, book review
Sometimes I stumble onto an author and wonder how I’ve been missing out for so long. Multi-published novelist Carla Neggers has been gracing the New York Times Bestsellers list for years, and somehow I’m only […]
Read PostThe Quotable C.S. Lewis
Herman Wouk’s Marjorie Morningstar sits at the top of my list of favorite re-readables. I love this novel for so many reasons: The era and glamorous locales it immerses me in. The author’s intimate knowledge […]
Read PostThe Husband’s Secret, book review
Maybe you’ve already noticed, but this month’s She Reads Book Club pick, The Husband’s Secret, catapulted within weeks of its U.S. release to the very tippy-top of the New York Times bestsellers list. And there is […]
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