The Promise of Morning is the second in the At Home in Beldon Grove series by Ann Shorey. Ellie Craig is the wife of a preacher in the Illinois frontier. Life on the frontier isn’t easy and she mourns over the graves of her three infant children and pines for a family and identity of […] Read more…
Book Review – Scattered Petals (Texas Dreams #2)
Scattered Petals is the second book in the Texas Dreams series by Amanda Cabot. Longing for adventure, Priscilla Morton leaves Boston with her parents to the wedding of her widowed brother-in-law’s ranch in Texas Hill Country. The trip has some heartbreaking consequences and necessity draws her to the ranch’s foreman, a cowboy haunted by his […] Read more…
Book Review – Living the Mass
Living the Mass: How one hour a week can change your life by Fr. Dominic Grassi & Joe Paprocki is a gem that should be in any Catholic’s library. Fr. Grassi & Paprocki have set out to write a book that connects the Catholic Mass with daily life and have succeeded beyond all my expectations […] Read more…
Book Review – Abigail: The Wives of King David 2
Abigail by Jill Eileen Smith is the second book in the Wives of King David series. From the publisher: Her days marked by turmoil and faded dreams, Abigail has resigned herself to a life with a man she does not love. But when circumstances offer her a second chance at happiness with the handsome David, […] Read more…
{CLOSED} Book Review & Giveaway – Double Trouble
*** Congrats to #3 – Barb S *** Double Trouble is the second in the PJ Sugar series by Susan May Warren. PJ, after having solved a case in the first book in this series (which I have not read FYI), is ready to become a PI. Or at least an assistant if she can […] Read more…
Book Review – The Gospel Truth
The Gospel Truth by Kenneth Ogorek is a lectionary-based catechism for adults. This book contains the readings for every Sunday Gospel for all three years of the lectionary cycle. It does not contain the Holy Days EXCEPT for the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (19 days after Pentacost). For each Sunday, […] Read more…
Book Review – Jenna’s Cowboy
Jenna’s Cowboy by Sharon Gillenwater is the first book in the Callahan’s of Texas series published by Revell. From the Publisher: Jenna Callahan Colby thought she was content. A partner on her father’s successful ranch, she is surrounded by family and friends. But she never expected to see Nate Langley back in town–the first guy […] Read more…
Book Review: The Choice
The Choice is Suzanne Woods Fisher’s first work of fiction. The first book in the Lancaster County Secrets series, The Choice is about a young woman (Carrie) who was looking to run away with her secret suitor, Lancaster Barnstormers pitcher Solomon Riehl. Before she knew it, her heart was shattered and she was faced with […] Read more…
Book Review: 2010- A Book of Grace-Filled Days
2010: A Book of Grace Filled Days, by Alice Camille is a great resource for quick reflections on the readings for every day of the year. It started with the beginning of the liturgical year (Advent), and continues on through the end of 2010. It’s a very compact little book, about 4x4x1 that should easily […] Read more…
Book Review – Be Holy: A Catholic’s Guide to the Spiritual Life
For years, I have thought that attaining holiness was impossible for someone like me. Indeed, as I was living life, it was. I lived purely for myself even though I was married. For some reason, after having a child, however, it doesn’t seem like as much of a stretch. It seemed to me that being […] Read more…