Writers are Readers: Kimberly Rose Johnson
What was your favorite picture book as a child? Sammy the Seal was my absolute favorite. I can’t recall how many times I checked out that book from the library, but to this day I still enjoy that story. I think I liked it because Sammy craved adventure and he [...]
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman (book review)
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here comes an exquisitely moving portrait of an elderly man’s struggle to hold on to his most precious memories, and his family’s efforts to care for [...]
Writers are Readers: Shaen Layle
If you could ask a USA Today best-selling author any question, what would it be? I know what I'd ask, and today best-selling author Shaen Layle is kind enough to answer them. Thank you! What was your favorite picture book as a child? What did you love about it? I [...]
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (book review)
A grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door. Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon, the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch [...]
Brave Surrender by Kim Walker-Smith (book review)
Kim Walker-Smith's passionate performance of "How He Loves" helped transform Jesus Culture into a global worship movement. But she wasn't always so confident of God's unrelenting, powerful love. Coming from a painful childhood, Kim struggled to believe that God could heal her heart or bring any sense from her past. [...]