Courting Mr. Emerson is the second Christian romance I’ve read by Melody Carlson. Even when something in her books isn’t to my taste, I still can’t stop reading. Courting Mr. Emerson was just such a book – entertaining even when I had concerns or pet peeves. And as its merits outweighed any of my pet … Continue reading
Is the Hunger Games prequel as good as the original trilogy? I say it’s better. Continue reading
Rarely will you find a series that is so gritty but offers such hope. Continue reading
Like Narnia, the adult who reads these fairy tales will find more depth in them, because she has more life experience. Take the retelling of The Gingerbread Man. In Verner’s version, he’s the “Runaway Man,” a backsliding Christian. The sing-song retelling has some of the resonance and tenderness of the parable of the Prodigal Son. Continue reading
A school for fantasy princesses? Sure, let’s cover the usual academic standards of Deportment, Grace, Manners, Geography, Dancing. One problem: not every girl wants to be princess. Continue reading
Charlotte is book-smart—or shall I say plant-brilliant—as a botanist. But she’s clueless about the rules of society in 1850s England. Will she have to give up her love of science for marriage? Continue reading
Meet Sleeping Beauty, as you’ve never seen her before. Continue reading
A dragon as a detective? Continue reading
Brandon Mull Middle Reader Fantasy Lots of kids go on vacation and visit nature preserves for endangered species. But only Kendra and Seth visit one for endangered mythological creatures. At first it looks like Kendra and Seth are in for 3 weeks of strict rules when their parents leave them with Grandpa Sorenson. Until they … Continue reading
Series: The Selection Kiera Cass YA There’s a lot to like about this last installment of Kiera Cass’s The Selection series. To bring you up to speed, America Singer is in a reality-show style contest to wed Prince Maxon. But each of them has other romantic entanglements. And then there are the political rebellions, terrorist … Continue reading
Sarah E. Morin 