“Do you ever think about me?” Those are probably the ugliest words I have ever heard in my life!! After an acquaintance from work found a new job, every so often he would send me text messages. Nothing major. Nothing often. Nothing that seemed off. He said he was bored […]
After days of taking pictures of the amazing land that is Israel, I realized with a sick feeling in my stomach that something was wrong. . . My husband and I had been on the trip of a lifetime, traveling first to Cairo, down to Mount Sinai and then throughout […]
Something New follows in the grand tradition of all books by Joanne Bischof. You will feel the rolling of the ship in the storm; smell the wildflowers in the garden, ache with the labor of felling trees. And you will be drawn into a story full of longing and hope, […]
Sitting on the sofa talking to the woman who had come to this house as a refuge from her life on the streets, I questioned my ability to minister to her. To connect in a meaningful way. I was always a good girl. Hated getting in trouble or displeasing my […]
I have read numerous books by Michelle Griep, including A Tale of Two Hearts, which is included here. Seeing her name on a book, I always know it will be reading. Two common threads run through the stories. The “Second Chance Coin” which the bearers discover […]
Poppy took the New York Four Hundred by storm when her grandmother blackmailed her into coming for a Season. Unconventional, to say the least, she was constantly shocking the staid Upper Crust with her constant faux pas. I loved that she didn’t set out to brook convention. In fact, she […]
Reading labels has become far more than a habit borne of curiosity; it is an essential part of survival for many. Plagued with numerous food allergies and food sensitivities (yes, they are different, in case you were wondering), it is critical that we know what is in the food we […]
A conversation on Facebook discussed least-favorite plot elements – those that drive people absolutely crazy and cause them to stop reading a book. Several women mentioned things which aren’t necessarily plot elements – language, graphic violence, sex. Certainly those items make me set a book aside as well. And you […]
What a delightful story! I had so much fun reading The Lady and the Highwayman! While the concept isn’t entirely new, I loved the way author Sarah M. Eden executed it, going between Elizabeth’s story, then Fletcher’s, then a chapter of her novel, then one of his. Instead of making […]
It seems there aren’t as many books about the time surrounding World War I as there are for World War II. And of those, fewer that take place here in the United States. I enjoyed seeing this coastal town in Oregon at the beginning of our involvement in the Great […]