Review: The Charlatan’s Boy

Description: As far back as he can remember, the orphan Grady has tramped from village to village in the company of a huckster named Floyd. With his adolescent accomplice, Floyd perpetrates a variety of hoaxes and flimflams on the good citizens of the Corenwald...

Review: A Suitor for Jenny

Description: When looking for a husband, it’s best to go where the odds are in your favor. And that would be Rocky Creek, Texas, 1880. But Jenny Higgins’s plan to find husbands for her two sisters hits a snag when enthusiastic applicants fail to meet her...

My thoughts on the Narnia movies

Doesn’t the image just send chills down your spine? Okay, maybe that’s just me. I’m a huge fan of CS Lewis and a bigger fan of the Chronicles of Narnia series. I’ve read them in recent memory at least half a dozen times and as a...

Book Review: The Master’s Wall

Description After watching Roman soldiers drag his parents away to their death, David, a young Hebrew, is sold and enslaved to serve at a villa outside of Rome. As David trains to become a skilled fighter, he works hard to please his master and hopes to earn his...

Thoughts on my first Audio Fiction Experience

So, I’ve listened to one or two non-fiction books on CD and it is quite like listening to professors lecturing in college. It is fine. I quite enjoyed some of it. But fiction was a whole new experience for me. Thanks to several business trips and events for...

Review: Timber Ridge Series

To put it simply, Tamara Alexander’s book, From A Distance, changed my life. I love, love, loved this story and Alexander’s beautiful writing and strong characters. (See my full review of it here.) So when it came to reading the rest of the series, I was...