Pin It Every once in a while I want to read something that requires no thinking. Other than reading the words, I can slip into vegetable mode. This is what Secrets, the first book of the Glenbrooke series by Robin Jones Gunn, allowed me to do. And, it was great! I became a Robin Jones Gunn fan as a teenager while reading the ...
Mom Books
Review: She’s Got Issues
Pin It Ever been surrounded by a group of women who made you feel very put together? Their lives were in such shambles that you praised God that you weren't like them. Or what about the opposite, a group of ladies who all wore the June Cleaver facade? On the outside looking in, everything was perfect? Then there are those rare ...
Review: What a Difference a Mom Makes
Boys needs their daddies. Studies have soon that when dads are present and active in a boy's life, the son is more apt to succeed, not do drugs, etc. But author Kevin Leman believes moms are just as important in their sons' lives. And, he has written the book What a Difference a Mom Makes: The Indelible Imprint a Mom Leaves on Her Son's Life to ...
Review: The Final Baxter Family Book “Coming Home”
If you have followed this blog for any length of time, you have heard me rave about author Karen Kingsbury and her famed Baxter family. A family that I have lived life with through the pages of 22 books. For those not familiar with this fictitious family, it all started with the Redemption Series. It is in this series ...
Review: Loving by Karen Kingsbury
I knew it was in route to me through the postal service. But I didn't know exactly when it would come. Couldn't have been a better time. Nap time for my kiddos had just started and I needed a break. A break from reality. A little "candy," as my friend calls it. That is exactly what the ever so popular ...
Review: Friendship for Grownups
While at the Kansas City Women's of Faith Conference last fall, I had the opportunity to hear Lisa Whelchel speak. I was anxious to hear her because I enjoyed and have suggested her book Creative Corrections several times. Lisa is a great speaker. She relates to the audience in a way that makes you feel like a small group instead ...
Luvs to Longing
The UPS truck comes to my house during nap time. Since this is my work time, I typically hear it pull into the driveway. I am sure that my delivery guy thinks I have major spending issues as he comes most days to deliver something. Unbeknownst to him, most things are review products. But a several weeks ago, ...
Review: Learning
If you have read my last few reviews on Karen Kingsbury's super famous Baxter Family series, you will remember that I wasn't thrilled with the end to the Above the Line Series. I found myself thinking "move on." Why I doubted Karen Kingsbury...I don't know. Not only did she move the story along; she ...
Review: Leaving
For the last 10 years, I have been following the lives of the Baxter family and their friends the Flanigan's. Sometimes I feel these families are part of my life. Just families down the road; families that attend our church. (If I am talking your language, you know exactly what I am talking about.) The fifth series in ...
Review: Journey of a Strong-Willed Child
Journey of a Strong-Willed Child is the second book by Kendra Smiley that I had the opportunity to review. Written with the same encouraging and positive tone as the other book Be The Parent: Seven Choices You Can Make to Raise Great Kids, Kendra Smiley gives you an insightful look into the mind of a strong-willed child. ...