This week on the Spin Cycle, Ginny Marie is asking us to write a post prompted by the word lost. I have a great fear of getting lost. Many of my childhood nightmares had to do with getting lost. I am a map fiend. If you’re in a car with me and we’re traveling some […]
I’d heard a lot about Bird Face from a lot of my fellow ACFW authors (of which Cynthia T. Toney is one), so I was excited when I got the chance to read her sweet coming-of-age story. Title: Bird Face Author: Cynthia T. Toney Genre: contemporary fiction Age group: upper middle grade (11-14) Synopsis: Thirteen-year-old […]
For the past two years, I’ve picked a “word of the year” instead of making New Year’s resolutions. Last year, I picked the word trust, as in I was going to trust in God’s plan. Since my plans never seem to work out like I think they should, I figure I might as well give […]
Today I’m bringing you another young adult dystopian book by one of my fellow ACFW authors, and I’ve got to give her kudos for tackling tough subjects: teen pregnancy and abortion. Title: The First Principle Author: Marissa Schrock Genre: dystopian Age group: young adult Back-cover blurb: “In the not-too-distant future, the United Regions of North America […]
For the Spin Cycle this week, Ginny Marie is asking us to answer ten questions about blogging. Here goes: 1. What do you love the most about blogging? Being able to “converse” with people I don’t get to see on a regular basis–or may never even meet in person! 2. How do you find the […]
It’s been a long time since I’ve had the chance to do a Monday Book Review, so I’m starting off what I hope will be a series of them in the upcoming months by discussing Impervious, a young adult dystopian novel by my fellow ACFW author Heather Letto! Title: Impervious Author: Heather Letto Genre: dystopian […]
This week for the Spin Cycle, Ginny Marie has asked us to share our favorite holiday recipes. Anyone who knows me well knows that I love to bake, so when I think holiday recipes, I think Christmas cookies! We definitely have our favorites in my family, and the only I often make is the batch […]
For the December giveaway, I’m raffling off a cross bracelet that I bought in Rome last July. I had it with me during the Sunday Angelus, so it’s been blessed by Pope Francis, too! Enter below! You can earn extra raffle entries by tweeting about the contest every day until it ends. And don’t forget […]
This week on the Spin Cycle, Ginny Marie is giving us free rein to discuss whatever we’d like for her linkup, so I’ve decided to share a funny, little story from last week. On Thursday, I met with my spiritual director. (If you’ve never heard of a spiritual director, just think of it as an […]
This week on the Spin Cycle, they’re doing a Halloween recap. Here’s my Halloween, in brief. It started off well enough. Two weeks before Halloween, I was invited to a pumpkin carving party. I like to think they turned out pretty well. Five days later, my pumpkin was rotting into mush, so I threw it […]
