Welcome to the September 2017 edition of An Open Book, hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart AND CatholicMom.com! I’ve been swapping chapters for critique with author…
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Seven Most Recent Reads Edition
As if I didn’t blather enough about books already, right? Between An Open Book (here and at Catholic Mom), Sabbath Rest Book Talk with Erin McCole Cupp and Rebecca Willen, and my Relevant Fiction Reviews posts, you’d think I’d be covered on the book front. But, no, I’ve read such a strong string of books – fiction and nonfiction – that I thought they’d earned their own post. Here are the seven books I’m reading or have recently finished, in order from currently reading to already read.
6 CommentsWelcome to the August 2017 edition of An Open Book, hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart AND CatholicMom.com! My husband has spent ten days with our…
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Novels in which the hero or heroine are battling an addiction are not typically easy reads. Both My Unexpected Hope and Blue Columbine are childhood sweetheart/second chance romances that make your heart hurt in the best ways as the characters fight to break the bonds of addiction (alcohol in Blue Columbine and alcohol and illegal drugs in My Unexpected Hope). The Things We Knew includes a large cast, several of whom are addicted to alcohol and drugs. Gray Carlisle is the character to watch, as he struggles to get clean for the sake of himself and those he loves.
The Grace Crasher includes a minor character addicted to alcohol, but the heroine in this hilarious novel is addicted to love. (Say that out loud without singing the refrain of the Robert Palmer song. I dare you.) Hip and funny, yet serious when it needs to be, The Grace Crasher tackles the “less popular” addictive behaviors, such as those involving serial crushes and (in another minor character) overeating.
12 CommentsWelcome to the July 2017 edition of An Open Book, hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart AND CatholicMom.com! I had long been looking forward to reading…
2 CommentsWelcome to the June 2017 edition of An Open Book, hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart AND CatholicMom.com! My family is in a bit of a reading…
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I’ve always had an affection for American history, but as I’ve matured, I’ve grown to love it. (Don’t talk to me about European history. Kings, queens, blah, blah. It causes my eyes to roll to the back of my head.) The colonial era has long been my favorite, and I’d love to visit some of the historical locations so important to our nation’s founding. Until then, I can read about them!
4 CommentsWelcome to the May 2017 edition of An Open Book, hosted both at My Scribbler’s Heart AND CatholicMom.com! Despite the many times over the past decades that…
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