BOOK REVIEW | Someone to Blame
Title: SOMEONE TO BLAME Author: C. S. Lakin Publisher: Zondervan September 2010 ISBN: 978-0-310-32759-4 Genre: Inspirational/women’s fiction The Moore family is struggling to readjust after a tragic loss to their family. Hoping to escape their memories, Matt and Irene sell almost everything they own and move to the first place that offers Irene a job—a [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Sue Ellen’s Girl Ain’t Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy
Title: SUE ELLEN’S GIRL AIN’T FAT, SHE JUST WEIGHS HEAVY Author: Shellie Rushing Tomlinson Publisher: Penguin May 2011 ISBN: 978-0-425-24085-4 Genre: Self-help Guided by principles by the ancient Belle Doctrine, Shellie talks about everything from health and fitness—managing the caloric calculations without going Straight Running Crazy and surviving the Raging Inferno Syndromo to the fine [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Praying for Your Future Husband
Title: PRAYING FOR YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND Authors: Robin Jones Gunn and Tricia Goyer Publisher: Multnomah May 2011 ISBN: 978-1-60142-348-1 Genre: Nonfiction/relationships/single living Have you ever thought about praying for your future husband? Will it make a difference? There’s only one way to find out. Most of us dream about our future husbands from the time [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Branded: Sharing Jesus with a Consumer Culture
Title: BRANDED: Sharing Jesus with a Consumer Culture Author: Tim Sinclair Publisher: Kregel Publications May 2011 ISBN: 978-0-8254-3894-3 Genre: Inspirational/Evangelism Marketing…It’s just not a word that most people think of in terms of Jesus. Yet, Tim Sinclair, a professional marketer, maintains that marketing is actually what evangelism is. We put “Jesus Saves” bumper stickers on [...]
BOOK REVIEW | A Reluctant Queen
Title: A RELUCTANT QUEEN Author: Joan Wolf Publisher: Thomas Nelson June 2011 ISBN: 978-1-59554-876-4 Genre: Inspirational/biblical fiction Esther was orphaned as a young girl, and raised by her Uncle Mordecai. Uncle Mordecia worked for the palace as a treasurer and was privy to some of the palace gossip, so he knew some news, and shared [...]
BOOK REVIEW | My Foolish Heart
Title: MY FOOLISH HEART Author: Susan May Warren Publisher: Tyndale Fiction April 2011 ISBN: 978-1-4143-3482-0 Genre: Inspirational/contemporary romance Isadora Presley is the host of My Foolish Heart, a talk radio show dedicated to help the lovelorn find love. Ever since her parents had an accident, one that killed her mother, and left her dad a [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Spring for Susannah
Title: SPRING FOR SUSANNAH Author: Catherine Richmond Publisher: Thomas Nelson June 14, 2011 ISBN: 978-1-59554-924-2 Genre: Inspirational/historical Susannah is traveling to the Dakota territories as a mail order bride. The pastor back in Detroit married her to his brother, Jesse, by proxy, so they were married when she arrived, but Jesse isn’t satisfied with that, [...]
BOOK REVIEW | God and Stephen Hawking
Title: GOD AND STEPHEN HAWKING Author: John C. Lennox Publisher: Lion Hudson September 2011 ISBN: 978-0-7459-5549-0 Genre: Nonfiction/science/God In response to Stephen Hawking’s The Grand Design, John C. Lennox says, “It is a grandiose claim to have banished God. With such a lot at stake we surely need to ask Hawking to produce evidence to [...]
An Interview with Catherine Richmond
Laura, thanks for having me on your blog – what an honor! Why do you write the kind of books you do? I came to writing on the scenic route. While raising my family and working as an occupational therapist, I heard a beautiful song about a mail order bride. I felt the wind blowing [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Over the Edge
Title: OVER THE EDGE Author: Brandilyn Collins Publisher: Broadman & Homan May 2011 ISBN: 978-1-4336-7162-3 Genre: Religion/Christian/Suspense What if you had a deadly disease, and no one believed you? Janessa McNeil’s husband, Brock, had crafted a medical career touting the simplicity and vulnerability of Lyme disease, a tick-born disease that is more sinister and deceptive [...]
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