Top Ten Underrated Books

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme lists underrated books, or books with fewer than two thousand ratings on Goodreads. I’ve talked about a lot of these books before. Some are indie or small press novels. Others remain largely undiscovered for reasons I can’t quite … Continue reading Top Ten Underrated Books

Top Ten Authors on my Auto-Buy List

Top Ten Tuesday is an original meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme asks participants to list the authors we keep on auto-buy. As soon as we know there’s a new book coming out, we’re already planning when we’ll read it and requesting the galley or placing a pre-order. Finding favorite … Continue reading Top Ten Authors on my Auto-Buy List

Top Ten Authors I’ve Read Most

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is about which authors I’ve read most. I’m breaking my top authors into two categories: books I read as a child and books I read as an adult/reviewer. Obviously authors with big series that I followed have … Continue reading Top Ten Authors I’ve Read Most

Standing in the Gap: Ministry Offers Hope out of Crumbling School System

From Planting Churches to Cultivating Schools More than 35 years ago, Steve Phillips and his wife Colleen moved across the globe to Chile to follow the call of ministry and leadership and plant Christian churches. Ministering to families through opening a school wasn’t something the family had really considered. But as their own children reached … Continue reading Standing in the Gap: Ministry Offers Hope out of Crumbling School System

Review: Like Moonlight at Low Tide by Nicole Quigley

Like Moonlight at Low Tide Nicole Quigley Zondervan Published September 3, 2013 Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads The last place sixteen year-old Melissa Keiser wants to return to is Anna Maria Island. The echo of laughter and cruel taunts still haunt Missy, even after four years. Her best friend Julie insists that things … Continue reading Review: Like Moonlight at Low Tide by Nicole Quigley

Favorite Reads from 2013

Out of just over 100 books I had the pleasure of reading last year, here are my top ten favorites: Glass Girl by Laura Anderson Kurk From my review: “Glass Girl is a beautiful story of a girl who has lost not only her brother but faces the terrible toll grief has taken on her … Continue reading Favorite Reads from 2013