Laughter and Lament: The Radical Freedom of Joy and Sorrow by Steve Brown (book review)
Get your copy here! What do we do with the sadness and the joy that living in a broken world brings to our lives? Most try to avoid the tears and focus on finding happiness, but does that really work? Denial might help to alleviate pain for the short run, [...]
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson (book review)
Get your copy here! A reluctant centenarian much like Forrest Gump (if Gump were an explosives expert) decides it's not too late to start over . . . After a long and eventful life, Allan Karlsson ends up in a nursing home, believing it to be his last stop. The [...]
Christmas on Mill Street by Joseph Walker (book review)
Get your copy here! It's Christmas 1962. If Calvin Tucker can conquer Mill Street on his Flexible Flyer sled, he'll gain the acceptance he desperately wants and needs asn the new kid on the block. Calvin's quest for approval leads him through a series of Christmas adventures and misadventures. You [...]
The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center (book review)
Get your copy here! Emma Wheeler desperately longs to be a screenwriter. She’s spent her life studying, obsessing over, and writing romantic comedies―good ones! That win contests! But she’s also been the sole caretaker for her kind-hearted dad, who needs full-time care. Now, when she gets a chance to re-write [...]
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner (book review)
Get your copy here! One cold February evening in 1791, at the back of a dark London alley in a hidden apothecary shop, Nella awaits her newest customer. Once a respected healer, Nella now uses her knowledge for a darker purpose - selling well-disguised poisons to desperate women who would [...]