Welcome to the April 2021 edition of An Open Book, hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart and CatholicMom.com! My husband has just begun reading Immortal Combat:…
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Morgan is looking forward to junior high school and all the adventures it holds in store for her. But after a collision on the volleyball court, she wakes up on the first day of school trapped inside her mom’s teenage body circa 1974. It doesn’t take long for Morgan to discover that living life as a seventh-grader in the ‘70s and dealing with everything going on in her mom’s life back then — from uncool parents, to annoying older brothers, balancing friendships, and to ultimately doing what she can to survive bullying at the hands of the school’s biggest jock — is anything but groovy.
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Welcome to the March 2021 edition of An Open Book, hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart AND CatholicMom.com! Like many others, if what I’m seeing…
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Frankly, I’m not sure when baseball begins this year. It looks like my son may have a Little League season in 2021, which didn’t happen in 2020. Beyond that, I don’t know what’s on and what’s off anymore, but I do know that the advent of spring makes me long for baseball.
Here are some baseball books – some with a little baseball on the side, some with baseball as the main course. They range from Little League (All in Good Time) to high school sports (An Unexpected Role) to minor leagues (The Bird and the Bees) to major leagues (The Thirteenth Chance, Homestands).
Leave a CommentWelcome to the February 2021 edition of An Open Book, hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart AND CatholicMom.com! My husband has been reading Consoling the Heart…
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Lent is often a time for picking up a spiritual book and delving deeper into Christ’s Passion. These five books go deeper in unique ways. With one exception, these books are, or include, biblical fiction. We know fiction builds empathy, so what a great way to immerse yourself in the life of Christ this holy season!
3 CommentsI made a last-minute decision to bring back one of the best things I did online in 2020 – the #CatholicFictionChallenge! I’ve kept some categories the same, others are new. Still 100% fun.
So, why bring it back?
One of my “things” is to be an advocate for Catholic fiction!
What is Catholic fiction? Well, we could have a scholarly discussion on the topic, but for our purposes here, let’s say it’s fiction written with a Catholic worldview.
To help bring some of the fantastic Catholic fiction out there to the forefront, I’m again hosting an IG challenge in February that will allow us to share our favorites and not-yet favorites that have caught our eye so that more and more readers (including me!) can discover them.
If you’re on Instagram, please join in the #CatholicFictionChallenge beginning February 1, 2021. Join us for one day, every day, or somewhere in between.
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