If you are anything like me, you have joked at least once that you are going to call in dead because you just don’t want to go. Work, a party, anything. Sometimes you just don’t want to go. And when you are kinda dark in your humor, calling in dead seems a legit reason. ...
BOOK REVIEW: Probing by Bill Myers, Frank E. Peretti, Angela Elwell Hunt, and Alton Gansky
In preparation for reading Probing, I did go back and reread Invitation and The Assault. It'd been just a couple of years (9), and I wanted to be in the right headspace of understanding. The first thing I noticed was just how much I really have changed. Looking back at my reviews, at the time, I ...
BOOK REVIEW: The Reimagined Life of Jade Morrow by Vannetta Chapman
Dear Mrs. Chapman, We need to talk. The Reimagined Life Jade Morrow is one of the best books I have read so far this year. I mean, I finished it in just over 24 hours (because adulting, otherwise it would never have taken that long). And when I finished, late at night, mind you, ...
BOOK REVIEW: Breaking Free by Rachel Jeffs
One thing I’ve noticed as Draven, and I get deeper into these memoirs, is the voice. The child-like voice. Part fundy voice and part just childhood trauma infused into that being perpetually child-like state. Let’s talk about the word fundy for a minute. Here’s the deal: you ...
BOOK REVIEW: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
There is something special about well-written fiction. Where the words, the story take you to a time and place with experiences you never had, can never have, and your life does not offer relatability. But there you are, living that life as though you are there. Kim Michele Richardson did that ...