Book Review
Riva Owen has been a widow for just over a year when financial pressures lead her to consider selling her home. At a friend’s suggestion, she opens her doors to a group of women in need of housing, bringing together individuals from different backgrounds under one roof. What follows is a thoughtful look at whether…
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Mr. Felix borrows a bicycle and joins a race — and that’s when the fun begins. He proves he can hold his own in the race, but what happens next brings an unexpected surprise. I read this story with my daughter and we both enjoyed it together. I especially appreciated the underlying complexity of a…
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“Becoming: The Story of Grace After the Fall” by Latoya Shea Shea writes her memoir in poetic prose that flows beautifully as she reflects on the challenges she has faced in her life. This faith-based book is also designed as a kind of guide for readers who may be navigating crises of their own. While…
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“Tame Your Thoughts: Three Tools to Renew your Mind and Transform your Life” Audiobook Read by author Max Lucado Max Lucado read his own publication in the audiobook version and his comforting voice added to the balm of his healing words. Many of us struggle with unwelcome thoughts that beat us up mentally every day,…
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“Carrie Ingalls The Forgotten Sister” by Clarissa Willis Caroline (Carrie) Ingalls was the sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder, who famously wrote children’s books about her childhood and pioneering days just before the turn of the 20th Century. Many people grew up reading these novels, like me, who got lost in the adventures of an…
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I wanted to love this story, but found it difficult to connect with the characters. It felt a bit detached, but I’m also not a swimmer or an Olympian, so that world felt far from mine. Alfred Nakache was a champion swimmer who overcame his fear of the water to a life in it. It…
Review of “The Book of Lost Hours”
What if humans learned of a way to transcend into time itself? What if time was made up of all the memories ever made, but those memories could also be destroyed forever? This tale begins in 1938, with a watchmaker capable of constructing timepieces that can transport the wearer into that realm. In a moment…
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One usually picks up a guidebook and flips through the options to peruse the most appealing options to them. I picked up this selection and read it cover to cover with the sole purpose of providing a book review. I was pleasantly surprised. Kath Usitalo is knowledgeable about all the places listed here and…
Book Review of The Union Street Bakery
Daisy McCrae is still reeling from losing her boyfriend and her job. She returns to a world she walked away from, working with her adoptive family at their bakery. The feeling that she has never belonged feels even more apparent this time around. Things take a strange turn when an elderly woman gives her an…
Secrets at the Aviary Inn Book Review
Secrets at the Aviary Inn by MaryAnn Clarke Sophie Groenveld is abandoned by her boyfriend while on a vacation trip in York. Deep in denial, but determined not to call her parents to bail her out, she manages to secure a job at The Aviary Inn. The secrets that she discovers there will change her…
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