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Book Reviews, Books Posted onApril 18, 2014July 12, 2018

Book Review :: We Are Water

Wally Lamb’s We Are Water is the fourth of his novels that I’ve read, and while I’d put it third behind The Hour I First […] Read More

Book of Marie
Book Reviews, Books, Out and About Posted onApril 5, 2014August 12, 2018

Book Review :: The Book of Marie

He calls it his most important work. The Book of Marie by Terry Kay is an epistolary novel that spans fifty years of Cole Bishop’s […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books Posted onMarch 22, 2014July 12, 2018

Book Reviews :: Two for One

Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee This was a book club selection that I nominated. It won the Booker Prize in 1999, and four years later Coetzee won […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books Posted onDecember 30, 2013July 11, 2018

Book Review :: The Homecoming of Samuel Lake

I’ve found myself recommending this book a couple of times lately, so I thought I would make it official and write a brief review. There […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books Posted onJanuary 8, 2013March 22, 2014

Book Review :: Origin

Call me a skeptic. Young adult, pseudo-science fiction, 22-year-old author, first novel (OK, so I like first novels) – Jessica Khoury’s Origin was not shaping up […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books, Featured Posted onJanuary 4, 2013July 25, 2018

Book Review :: The Last Runaway

I’m a Tracy Chevalier fan. Since Girl with the Pearl Earring – one of my very first book club discussions – I’ve gladly picked up […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books Posted onNovember 20, 2012December 30, 2013

Book Review :: Fruit of My Spirit

Fruit of My Spirit: Reframing Life in God’s Grace is Deanna Nowadnick’s personal reflection on how God used various seasons in her life to grow […] Read More

I had the honor of photographing the John C. Maxwell Leadership Center Groundbreaking
Book Reviews, Books Posted onJune 27, 2012January 9, 2013

John C. Maxwell :: The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, part 2

The beginning of the post is from Saturday, so if you haven’t read it, skip on over to it now. In this first chapter, Maxwell […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books Posted onJune 23, 2012January 9, 2013

John C Maxwell :: The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, part 1

John C. Maxwell is a man after my heart. I’ve loved everything I’ve read by him, but with The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, he’s […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books Posted onApril 1, 2012July 7, 2012

Book Review :: When She Woke

While I’m not big on traditional science fiction or fantasy literature, I do love a good dystopian novel. The Handmaid’s Tale, The Unit and Never […] Read More

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