Review: Snuggles’ Japanese Alps Adventure
Title: SNUGGLES’ JAPENESE ALPS ADVENTURES Author and Master Photographer: Tim Ostermeyer Publisher: Fun Adventure Wildlife Books November 2011 ISBN: 978-0-9794228-7-4 Genre: Photography/Wildlife/Snow monkeys/childrens Snuggles is a Snow monkey who is born in Japan. He enjoys being with his mother and his friends, and learning how to survive in the wild, and how to escape from [...]
Interview: with Jerry Eicher
Why do you write the kind of books you do? I began writing Amish fiction because that’s the culture I knew, and my first novel, “A Time to Live” was autobiographical. Which is common I think. From there it was by request from “Choice Books”. A distributor who was short on Amish fiction titles at [...]
Interview: with Olivia Newport
Tell us about The Pursuit of Lucy Banning. Lucy the privileged daughter and Charlotte the maid become friends separated by class and money. One holds a surprising love in her arms, the other has love but wonders if it’s enough. Each of them carries a scandalous secret that could ruin their chances for happiness. In [...]
Review: The Pursuit of Lucy Banning
Title: THE PURSUIT OF LUCY BANNING Author: Olivia Newport Publisher: Revell May 2012 ISBN: 978-0-8007-2038-4 Genre: Inspirational/historical Lucy Banning lives on the exclusive Prairie Avenue, next door to the Pullmans and other rich and famous families of the late 1800’s. She’s engaged to marry an up-and-coming banker from a respected family. But Lucy knows that [...]
Review: Hiking Through
Title: HIKING THROUGH Author: Paul Stutzman Publisher: Revell March 2012 ISBN: 978-0-8007-2053-7 Genre: Inspirational/Memoir Memoirs are not generally a genre I enjoy reading, but HIKING THROUGH caught my attention. I’ve always been fascinated by the Appalachian Trail and one of my sons have mentioned wanting to someday hike the trail, so I thought this book [...]
review: Why Can’t He Be More Like Me?
Title: WHY CAN’T HE BE MORE LIKE ME? Author: Poppy Smith Publisher: Harvest House Publishers April 2012 ISBN: 978-0-7369-4333-8 Genre: Inspirational/marriage When you marry, you imagine married life will be so different than it is. You envision long, leisurely walks through the mall, holding hands, while you shop and he helps you find that amazing [...]
review: Promise Brides
Title: PROMISE BRIDES Author: S. Dionne Moore Publisher: Barbour Books November 2011 ISBN: 978-1-61626-473-4 Genre: Inspirational/historical romance Historic Pennsylvania echoes with the drumbeat of conflicted love…. Promise of Time – Ellie Lester has lost her husband, Martin, in the Civil War. Now, she’s struggling to move past the grief. Martin’s cousin, Theodore is a deserter [...]
Interview: with S. Dionne Moore
Why do you write the kind of books you do? Historical romance? Because I have a passion for history. I love to ferret out little known facts and build a story around them. My father’s passion for history, especially the Civil War era, was strong. I remember him sitting in his reading room surrounded by [...]
Review: Making Sense When Life Doesn’t
Title: MAKING SENSE WHEN LIFE DOESN’T Author: Cecil Murphey Publisher: Summerside Press April 2012 ISBN: 978-1-60936-224-9 Genre: Inspirational/self help/motivational Life is messy. Cluttered. Disorganized. Companies downsize. Relationships end. Trauma hits. When chaos hits, everyone has choices. We can crawl into bed and pull the covers up over our heads and ignore the problem. We can [...]
review: Eyes of Justice
Title: EYES OF JUSTICE Author: Lisa Wiehl with April Henry Publisher: Thomas Nelson April 2012 ISBN: 978-1-59554-708-8 Genre: Fiction/Mystery & Detective/General This is the third book in The Triple Threat Club series, and while the three heroines have collaborated before to solve mysteries . . .this time it’s personal. One of the members of the [...]
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