by Joanne | Jan 8, 2018 | Book Reviews
Fear. It’s been a present companion throughout various times in my life. Not constant but present. It isn’t that I welcomed fear, it just arrived at times, rushing fiercely in and over any reason. My children are grown and married, I am now a Mimi who is...
by Joanne | Sep 18, 2017 | Book Reviews
The question had been asked of me often over the last few months. “Why?” It is a one word question that asks the greater question, “Why does God allow pain?” Or disappointment? Or suffering or … any other unbearable heartache or trauma. I...
by Joanne | Sep 7, 2017 | Book Reviews
It’s 86 degrees out and probably equally as humid. Labor Day passed and schools opened everywhere. I love Christmas so it seemed like a great day to delve into Loving My Actual Christmas by Alexandra Kuykendall. This book is meant for all of us who start out...
by Joanne | Sep 1, 2017 | Book Reviews
For several years now, there has been a single word coming up in my life and in the lives of those around me. I am not quite sure when I finally took notice of the word as I began to hear it in my thoughts and see it in various books and posts I read. The word?...
by Joanne | Apr 24, 2017 | Book Reviews
Most everyone is familiar with the story, The House That Jack Built, which is a cumulative story with each page building momentum until you get the completed tale at the very end. In his book, The Frightening Philippi Jail, Gary Bower, uses this same technique to tell...