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I just finished two really different but equally great books! First, let me tell you about Ann Gabhart’s Along a Storied Trail. I think I’ve read all the packhorse librarian stories out there. I’m a Kentucky girl and I love to read stories set in my state. Ann Gabhart’s retelling of this time in our…

Thanks to Revell and NetGalley for the advance copy of this book. The Nature of Small Birds by Susie Finkbeiner will release on July 6, 2021 and can be ordered through this affiliate link. Overview: The Nature of Small Birds dives into the dynamics of a family over many generations. Told with three narrators over…

Today is my birthday. I’m 44. I don’t even know how that happened. Wasn’t I just 25 yesterday? Honestly, I really love being in my 40’s. Things that mattered a whole lot when I was young just don’t amount to a hill of beans anymore. I don’t care if my clothes are in style- I…

 “But the Lord watches over those who fear him, those who rely on his unfailing love.” Psalm 33:18 (NLT) When I was growing up, anytime I went anywhere, my mother always reminded me, “Someone is always watching you.” I didn’t question who might be watching or doubt that she was telling me the truth. We…

“On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,  and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from…

Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service. As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going…

No Journey Too Far by Carrie Turanksy Published by Multnomah (Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for my complimentary copy!) Release date: June 8, 2021 Overview Like 100,000 other impoverished British children, Grace McAlister and her siblings arrived in Canada around the turn of the 20th century as “British Home Children.” (Nerd Note: If you…

I fell in love with Genevieve Graham\’s writing when I read THE FORGOTTEN HOME CHILD. I was so excited when she shared little tidbits along her journey of writing and publishing LETTERS ACROSS THE SEA. I had high expectations for this book and it did not disappoint.  Graham\’s characters are always so carefully crafted. I…