I happened upon Samuel Williamson’s blog, Beliefs of the Heart several months ago. I don’t read every entry, but I can say the ones I have read have been well-written, thought-provoking and Biblically-sound. Williamson recently published a book. I generally stick to reading books published by traditional publishers, because I figure if a reputable publishing house is willing to put their name and some of their money behind it, chances are it’s an okay book. But because Williamson had proven himself to me through his website, I knew Is Sunday School Destroying Our Kids? would be worth a read. Though the title…
A mansion. A stormy night. A cast of quirky characters. No telephone service. A murder. Another murder. Nowhere to go. I don’t know if Cecil Murphey did it on purpose or not, but this book made me want to watch the movie Clue. A group of people relatively unfamiliar to one another are summoned to the dinner party of a wealthy man who is privy to information that could lead to the ruin of each and every one of them. I’m not gonna lie, as I read, I envisioned the dining room of the Clue mansion. The 317-page book was…
Rachel is the winner of Mary Potter Kenyon’s Coupon Crazy. Congrats Rachel! I will get the book shipped out to you soon. Watch for another review and book giveaway when Mary’s second book Chemo-Therapist comes out in the Spring of 2014. Coupon Crazy is available for purchase on Amazon.
Good deals make me happy. I bought my favorite pair of jeans for $4 at Goodwill. I was thrilled last week when I scored a Nike Iowa State hoodie on ebay for $13.00 to give one of my boys for Christmas. And I enjoy scouring the clearance racks at Kohls with my 30% off coupon in hand. But when the employee at the register rings up my purchases and excitedly tells me that I just saved hundreds of dollars, I am always tempted to say, “You know I know that’s not true, right?” – I’m a frugal consumer, but I’m…
I’m not usually tempted by a Daily Deal, but for some reason I succumbed to Kindle’s advertising ploy one day this summer. Lucky for me The Hangman’s Daughter was worth the $1.99 I paid for it. This book is a bit gorier than books I normally read, but I think it was the disturbing nature of the prologue that sucked me in. Kind of like when you can’t take your eyes off a bad accident. The suspense/mystery/historical fiction story is about a midwife wrongly accused of murder and witchcraft in Bavaria in the 1600s. The town’s hangman believes her to…