I found this gem thanks to the Book Girls Guide. I remember the story. I didn't know she wrote a book. We knew the name Brock Turner. We didn't know the name Chanel Miller, for her privacy. An assault she had no memory of, a situation that no one knew would become the national sensation it became. ...
BOOK REVIEW: I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney
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 ...