Fiction
The Dress Shop on King Street – Ashley Clark
The Dress Shop on King Street by Ashley Clark is really a surprising novel for a debut. I found it to be an incredible story that is a richly woven tapestry of textures and designs. […]
Fiction
Favorite Authors
Carrie – Stephen King
Carrie is perhaps better known for what it started than what it is. Although Stephen King had written three novels prior to Carrie (those being Rage, The Long Walk, and Blaze), Carrie was his first […]
Fiction
Active Defense – Lynette Eason
I like books that start with bangs. Explosions, that is. Lynette Eason no doubt delivers this in both the figurative and literal sense with the third book of her Danger Never Sleeps series. The first […]
Children's Books
Millie Maven Trilogy – Rachelle and Ted Dekker
I didn’t know what to expect from a Dekker family team-up. Now I don’t know if I want them to do anything else. That was one of the concluding lines of my review of the […]
Children's Books
Millie Maven and the White Sword – Rachelle and Ted Dekker
The final volume in the Millie Maven trilogy picks up six days the completion of the trial in Millie Maven in the Golden Vial. This time there are no trials. This time is not a […]
Children's Books
Millie Maven and the Golden Vial – Rachelle and Ted Dekker
The second Millie Maven book opens with Millie yet to discover her gift, but in possession of something much greater: a bronze medallion from the Great Teacher himself. It’s caused some consternation among some of […]
Children's Books
Mille Maven and the Bronze Medallion – Rachelle and Ted Dekker
The first book in the Millie Maven trilogy introduces us to Millie. Millie is, like so many young people in these kinds of stories, an orphan with a strict, loveless caretaker. Mother—actually her aunt—has very […]
Fiction
All Through the Night – Tara Johnson
All Through the Night by Tara Johnson is a beautiful story about nursing during the Civil War. It was my first Tara Johnson novel, but it definitely won’t be my last! Bringing to life the realities […]
Fiction
The Peasant’s Dream – Melanie Dickerson
“Love welled up inside her, and she stood to her feet. Her knees weren’t even wobbly. She picked up the bag she had packed, straightened, and held her head up, meeting his eye. She put […]
Fiction
Brand of Light – Ronie Kendig
This is definitely not my usual reading genre, but because I am a huge fan of Ronie Kendig’s, I knew I had to read Brand of Light! This book is Sci-fi at its best! A […]