Welcome to Tuesday Book Chat. This is where we encourage book lovers to answer our bookish question of the week. Today’s question is: What's your view on novels with cliffhanger endings? We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in the conversation by commenting on this post or on the blog post shared in …
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Welcome to a September’s new releases. Today we have 6 September releases this month. Congratulations. Check at the end to see if you were the winner of the August gift card. Nicole Zoch is also offering one commenter a copy of her new book. Muskoka Shores by Carolyn Miller Self Published. (Releasing September 15, 2022.) …
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Today for Fiction Friday I am reviewing "To Win A Price by Toni Shiloh Book description Can she stop herself from falling before she's too far gone? As a fashion aficionado and best friend of the queen of the African island country Ọlọrọ Ilé, Iris Blakely dreams of using her talent to start a sustainable …
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This post first appeared at International Christian Fiction Writers on 20 June 2017. Paeroa is a small town not far from where I live. It has two claims to fame. It’s the home of L&P, our national soft drink which is World Famous in New Zealand. (I wrote a blog post explaining the history of …
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Does your writing require you to interview people? Or to be interviewed?People you know or people you don’t know?Do you enjoy it, feel intimidated by it …or what? As a fairly timid person, I was initially quite daunted by the idea of sitting down with someone I barely knew – or had never previously met …
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Welcome to Tuesday Book Chat. This is where we encourage book lovers to answer our bookish question of the week. Today’s question is: Do you prefer romance novels with "just like you" characters, or billionaires or royalty? We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in the conversation by commenting on this post …
Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, verse 18- yet will I rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God …
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Today for Fiction Friday I'm sharing my book recommendation for In a Far-Off Land by Stephanie Landsem, a historical fiction novel set in 1930's Hollywood. Book Description: It’s 1931 in Hollywood, and Minerva Sinclaire is on the run for a murder she didn’t commit. As the Great Depression hits the Midwest, Minerva Sinclaire runs away …
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Do you have a favourite section in a bookshop or library? Maybe you head straight for the new-release novels or memoirs. Perhaps cooking, crafts, or art are more your style. You might be surprised to learn that I make a beeline to the graphic novels section to see if they have any retro collections, like …
What do we do when an author we loved gets ‘cancelled’? It can be difficult to know how to process these things. We quoted them, and we find that 90% of what they said was profound, while 10% was profane. Or they let us down by falling off the righteousness wagon, and we feel personally …
