I feel like I'm on a Lydia kick this year. This is the second book I've read on this Biblical woman since August and both are different as night and day. We know Lydia as a savvy business woman in a time that women didn't run businesses. We assume she was possibly a widow as she ran a business ...
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BOOK REVIEW: These Healing Hills by Ann H. Gabhart
Do you remember that song 'Froggie went a'courtin' from childhood. You know the annoyingly repetitive song with a catchy tune that sears itself into your brain. It's coming to you know isn't it, un-huh. I'd forgotten about that song. Until this book. Sometimes it's the little things that take a ...
BOOK REVIEW: Bread of Angels by Tessa Afshar
When I stumbled across this book on NetGalley I knew I had to request it. I hadn't read Afshar's writing before but the synopsis drew me in. The story of Lydia, the first believer on the continent, who invited Paul and Silas into her home, was a draw like no other. What I anticipated and what I ...
BOOK REVIEW: A Name Unknown by Roseanna M. White
When this book came up for a tour with Celebrate Lit I KNEW I had to read it. What's not to like? Set in England at the cusp of World War I a London street orphan meets a reclusive friend of the King. Two worlds collide sorta thing with intrigue and sass thrown in for good measure. Intrigue on ...
BOOK REVIEW: The Captain’s Daughter by Jennifer Delamere
I don't know why, I mean I read the synopsis before I decided to review it, but it was nothing like I thought it would be and everything that it should have been. I guess somehow I thought perhaps Nate was going to help her find her father. Maybe with her career she found her father. Somehow I ...