Book review of Farworld: Water Keep

Other people may see thirteen-year-old Marcus Kanenas as an outcast and a nobody, but he sees himself as a survivor and a dreamer. In fact, his favorite dream is of a world far away, a world where magic is as common as air, where animals tell jokes and trees beg...

Book review: Heaven Scent

I took Rebecca Cornish Talley’s Heaven Scent with me on an ambulance transfer a few weeks ago, knowing I would have two and half hours to read on the way back. After having to put the book down (way too late at night), I had been anxious to get back to it. The...

Counting Stars: Don’t skimp of the tissues

I made a bad decision last night. I needed something to help me relax at bedtime, so I dug through my stack of unread books and pulled out Michele Paige Holmes Counting Stars. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to put it down easily, because I had heard so much...

Delicious Conversations: A Tasty Experience

I took some downtime this week to crack open a book that has been tempting me for several weeks. My friend Danyelle told me about Jennifer Stewart Griffith’s book Delicious Conversations months ago, and brought her copy with her from Kansas for me to lend me...