Book Recommendations with Melissa Wardwell
What was your favorite picture book as a kid? Growing up, my dad would read to me out of a series of books that introduced Bible characters into my life. My Bible Friends introduced me to the boy Samuel, Elijah and Elisha, baby Moses and the basket boat, Esther, and [...]
Love and a Little White Lie by Tammy L. Gray (book review)
Get your copy here! January Sanders grew up believing karma was more reliable than an imaginary higher power, but after suffering her worst heartbreak in 29 years, she's open to just about anything, including taking a temporary position at her aunt's church. Keeping her lack of faith a secret, January [...]
New Nigeria County by Clare Brown (book review)
Get your copy here! New Nigeria is a good, clean, All-American town. The husbands are smiling and handsome, the wives are strong, rich, and powerful, and Nat Turner High is the best public school in the state. Yet, the citizens of this idyllic community find themselves in a rapidly changing [...]
Women Talking by Miriam Toews (book review)
Get your copy here! One evening, eight Mennonite women climb into a hay loft to conduct a secret meeting. For the past two years, each of these women, and more than a hundred other girls in their colony, has been repeatedly violated in the night by demons coming to punish [...]
Authentically Izzy by Pepper Basham (book review)
Get your copy here! “Dear Izzy—I feel certain there’s a book-loving man living relatively nearby waiting to speak bookish to you ’til death do you part. You just haven’t met yet.” Izzy Edgewood is a wannabe bookstore owner, quote queen, and Lord of the Rings nerd who has been waiting [...]