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BOOK REVIEW: Virtuous Women by Ann Goltz

BOOK REVIEW: Virtuous Women by Ann Goltz

Virtuous Women is a complex novel of faith in a changing world. Hope Wagner is being raised in a fundamentally religious family. Her mother dies giving birth to her eleventh child, but the father refuses to seek medical attention, feeling both that physicians are...

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BOOK REVIEW: Extinction by Douglas Preston

BOOK REVIEW: Extinction by Douglas Preston

I’ll be upfront and say I’m a long-time fan of Michael Crichton and the Jurassic Park series of books and movies. If you enjoy that sort of sci-fi/thriller, Extinction is the book for you. I read it in its entirety in one night. I simply couldn’t put it down. Erebus...

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BOOK REVIEW: The Tres Navarre Mystery series by Rick Riordan

BOOK REVIEW: The Tres Navarre Mystery series by Rick Riordan

Having read most of Rick Riordan’s young adult series, I decided to switch to his adult mystery series which I started eons ago and enjoyed but somehow never finished. The Tres Navarre series includes seven books, Big Red Tequila, The Widower’s Two Step, The Last King...

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BOOK REVIEW: In the Shadow of the Pyrenees by Kathryn Gauci

BOOK REVIEW: In the Shadow of the Pyrenees by Kathryn Gauci

In the Shadow of the Pyrenees is another of Kathryn Gauci’s impeccably researched historical fiction novels set during World War II. France has fallen to the Germans, and the Vichy government, headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain, is ruling in Germany’s name. The Maquis...

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A Brief History and a Timeline for the Rwanda Genocide

A Brief History and a Timeline for the Rwanda Genocide

For those of you who might want a little more background on the Rwandan Genocide either before or after reading Hunting the Devil, I have compiled a brief background and timeline of the war and posted it here.  The take-home point is that no one cared. No one wanted...

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New Artsy Bookish Giveaway – With $10 Amazon Gift Card

New Artsy Bookish Giveaway – With $10 Amazon Gift Card

I had so much fun doing a big, beautiful, artsy bookish giveaway haul last month, I've decided to do it again! This time, I'm upping the ante by including a $10 Amazon gift card in one of the prize combos. It's only on for eight days, so enter while you can... Good...

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BOOK REVIEW: Virtuous Women by Ann Goltz

BOOK REVIEW: Virtuous Women by Ann Goltz

Virtuous Women is a complex novel of faith in a changing world. Hope Wagner is being raised in a fundamentally religious family. Her mother dies giving birth to her eleventh child, but the father refuses to seek medical attention, feeling both that physicians are...

read more
BOOK REVIEW: Extinction by Douglas Preston

BOOK REVIEW: Extinction by Douglas Preston

I’ll be upfront and say I’m a long-time fan of Michael Crichton and the Jurassic Park series of books and movies. If you enjoy that sort of sci-fi/thriller, Extinction is the book for you. I read it in its entirety in one night. I simply couldn’t put it down. Erebus...

read more
BOOK REVIEW: The Tres Navarre Mystery series by Rick Riordan

BOOK REVIEW: The Tres Navarre Mystery series by Rick Riordan

Having read most of Rick Riordan’s young adult series, I decided to switch to his adult mystery series which I started eons ago and enjoyed but somehow never finished. The Tres Navarre series includes seven books, Big Red Tequila, The Widower’s Two Step, The Last King...

read more
BOOK REVIEW: In the Shadow of the Pyrenees by Kathryn Gauci

BOOK REVIEW: In the Shadow of the Pyrenees by Kathryn Gauci

In the Shadow of the Pyrenees is another of Kathryn Gauci’s impeccably researched historical fiction novels set during World War II. France has fallen to the Germans, and the Vichy government, headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain, is ruling in Germany’s name. The Maquis...

read more
A Brief History and a Timeline for the Rwanda Genocide

A Brief History and a Timeline for the Rwanda Genocide

For those of you who might want a little more background on the Rwandan Genocide either before or after reading Hunting the Devil, I have compiled a brief background and timeline of the war and posted it here.  The take-home point is that no one cared. No one wanted...

read more

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