Never Say Never
I’ve been a fan of Lisa Wingate since I met her at a RWA conference and found out she’s as pleasant and kind as the people in her stories. Truthfully, I was a fan after I read her first book and discovered a writer who can craft a compelling story with characters who aren’t distorted […]
The Roses
Well, with comparisons to Gone With The Wind and Thornbirds floating around this book, I was looking forward to settling in with six-hundred pages of East Texas historical drama–curses, twisted wills, tragic relationships, hard-headed women, alcoholism, financial windfalls and losses, death, births, loves lost and revenge. What’s not to love? This was going to be […]
The last of my Christmas novels
So, finally, on a rainy, cold Sunday afternoon I finished the last of the stack of Christmas-themed novels I’d purchased during the holidays. What could be better than smart, poignant stories filled with twinkle lights and cranberry strings, right? Maybe I had too much bah-humbug to fall in love with the novels this year. I […]
Leaving Carolina
Leaving Carolina, by Tamara Leigh, was a fun read. Lighthearted, meaningful and full of lovely people.
The Solution to Haiti’s Problem
I’m no expert on politics, economics or Asian cultures, or really even Western cultures for that matter. But, I do like to read. And sometimes I spit back what I’ve read because I get some weird blip of an idea of how multiple issues share similar patterns. Ergo, Haiti and why its remained historically backward, […]
The Bible Salesman
Call me crazy, but I picked up this book in Barrons a few weeks ago, read the back cover and all the endorsements and thought–hey, this will be a fun story. Well, many chapters into it and I still hadn’t laughed. I even went back to the scene that one ‘endorser’ promised was was a […]
The Worst Movie I’ve Rented in a Long Time
It’s a cold, winter night here–what could be more heartwarming than watching a rom-com set in a climate even colder than my location? Nothing, in theory. The reality is that if anyone ever suggests Renee Zelwegger and Harry Connick Jr. to get within fifty feet of each other they should be shot. These people have […]
Christmas Books
Do you ever feel about books they way you do about kittens? You try to walk past them at the store, but they call out to you and you know its a mistake, but you turn around, pick them up, read the back cover and set them down on the table. And then, guilt strikes […]
The Novelist
My mom brought me a copy of Angela Hunt’s novel, The Novelist. The subtitle is “her story is only half the story.” Mom had read the book recently and said she couldn’t put it down. Since we share books often, I was going to take her recommendation to heart and move this book to the […]
Never The Bride
I’ll just admit it. I’m a huge Rene Gutteridge fan. The Boo Series? Loved it. So, when I was online the other day and saw a book she co-wrote with Cheryl McKay, I ordered it. From the title and back page blurb, I was expecting a “27 Dresses” for the Christian set. And to some […]
