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 […]
Genre: Suspense
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
Daylight (Atlee Pine #3) – David Baldacci
David Baldacci has kind of a thing for developing dual plots. One plot will start and end during the book; the other is an overarching plotline that is slowly resolved throughout the series. The Atlee […]
Fiction
Hearts Set Free – Jess Lederman
Hearts Set Free is a novel that’s difficult to categorize. Part allegory (or at least so heavy-handed in its messaging that I’m going to call it allegory) and part historical fiction, the novel follows three […]
Fiction
In Search of the Beloved – Marian Rizzo
In Search of the Beloved is written by Marian Rizzo, a Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist. Unfortunately, Rizzo can’t seem to shake her journalist roots, resulting in a book that is written as a series of […]
Fiction
The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus – Jaime Jo Wright
The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus is a story told in two times, in two halves. The past storyline is a reasonably told tale of mystery, deceit, and death (with just the right amount of kitsch). […]