I met author Stephanie Engelman online through the Catholic Writers Guild and discovered that she writes YA just like I do! So, of course, I jumped at the chance to review her book, A Single Bead, when it released earlier this month. Title: A Single Bead Author: Stephanie Engelman Genre: contemporary realistic fiction Age category: […]
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The wise men may have brought Jesus gold, frankincense, and myrrh. But those were nothing compared to what my mother gave me. On the morning of my mother’s funeral, I awoke before my alarm went off. That wasn’t too surprising. It had been kind of hard to sleep in those final days of Mom’s life. […]
I squeezed in another YA book over winter break! My doctorate program at Loyola doesn’t restart for another couple weeks, so I’m hoping to squeeze in at least one more book review before the month is out. For right now, here’s another book from Joelle Charbonneau, whom I met at an ACFW meeting last March […]
If you’ve been around the blog for a few years, you may have seen my previous posts about picking a word of the year. Instead of making a list of new year’s resolutions, I choose one word to focus on. Whenever I feel like I’m losing my way or need a little guidance, I think […]
As the days drew closer and closer to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the hype and excitement online grew palpable. As more and more people talked about it on Facebook, I noticed that a great deal of the excitement was coming from my fellow Christian authors. Sure, you’d expect the sci-fi geeks […]
So I meant to post this about five days ago, but you know, Christmas happened! In case you haven’t seen it already via my Facebook page or my newsletter (and why aren’t you signed up for my newsletter, yet?), here’s my video Christmas greeting for 2015! Enjoy the rest of the Christmas season! It goes […]
Last year, I reviewed Cynthia Toney’s first book Bird Face, which has been renamed 8 Notes to a Nobody. A few months ago, Cynthia sent me a copy of the sequel 10 Steps to Girlfriend Status, and I’ve been eager to read it ever since. Unfortunately, a full-time teaching job plus an incredibly demanding doctorate […]
We’re halfway through the month of December, and that means you only have 15 more days to get an ebook copy of Angelhood for 99 cents! That’s ALL ebook versions: Kindle, Nook, and iBook. Grab a copy or buy one as a great last-minute Christmas gift!
In lieu of my lack of book reviews recently (hopefully, winter break will give me some time to rectify that situation), I thought I’d share with you some of the books on my very long TBR pile. First up is Theresa Linden and her YA novel Roland West, Loner. Theresa Linden is a homeschooling mom […]
