Book Recommendations with Crystal Caudill
What was your favorite picture book as a kid? To be honest, I cannot remember having a favorite picture book as a kid. I was pretty quick to dive into early readers and chapter books. However, I adored reading picture books to my kids when they were little. Recently, my [...]
The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip by Sara Brunsvold (book review)
Aidyn Kelley is talented, ambitious, and ready for a more serious assignment than the fluff pieces she’s been getting as a cub reporter for the Kansas City Star. In her eagerness, she pushes too hard, earning herself the menial task of writing an obituary for an unremarkable woman who’s just [...]
The Bookshop of Secrets by Mollie Rushmeyer (book review)
A collection of lost books holds the clues to her family's legacy…and her future. Hope Sparrow has mastered the art of outrunning her tragic past, learning never to stay anywhere too long and never to allow anyone control over her life again. Coming to Wanishin Falls in search of her family's [...]
Book Recommendations with Cheri Swalwell
What was your favorite picture book as a kid? My favorite picture book as a child was Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. I loved the idea of him shoveling out a huge basement. Funny thing? The house I live in now (my husband’s great-great grandparents built this house) was [...]
Learning to Be Me Without You by Paula Freeman (book review)
Learning to Be Me Without You is a love story about a diagnosis, one last adventure, a crisis of faith, and a transformed life. With stunning authenticity, Paula Freeman chronicles her journey into widowhood, the club no one wants to join. Yet in the journey, she discovers how God recovers [...]