Rendezvous with God by Bill Myers (book review)
A reclusive college professor’s life is turned upside down by his impulsive, runaway niece who decides she’s going to live with him. To make matters worse, he begins slipping back in time to watch various Gospel narratives unfold that include off-the-record discussions with Jesus Christ. Soon he realizes his conversations [...]
The K Team by David Rosenfelt (book review)
In David Rosenfelt's newest series - a spinoff of the much beloved Andy Carpenter mysteries - Andy's wife forms an investigative team with a former detective and his German shepard partner. Andy Carpenter's wife, Laurie, was a cop, a good one. Now she helps out on Andy's cases while also [...]
Writers are Readers: Angela Breidenbach
One of my favorite things about interviewing people is finding out which books they enjoy and recommend. It's not uncommon for authors to have the same answers to some of these questions, but that is not the case with today's author, Angela Breidenbach. A best-selling writer and genealogist, I love [...]
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith (book review)
In 1631, Sara de Vos is admitted as a master painter to the Guild of St. Luke's in Holland, the first woman to be so recognized. Three hundred years later, only one work attributed to de Vos is known to remain--a haunting winter scene, At the Edge of a Wood, [...]
Heidi by Johanna Spyri (book review)
Orphaned Heidi lives with her gruff but caring grandfather on the side of Swiss mountain, where she befriends young Peter the goat-herd. She leads an idyllic life, until she is forced to leave the mountain she has always known to go and live with a sickly girl in the city. [...]