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Book Review: Lady Ever After
Lady Ever After by Tamara Leigh Genre: romance, historical, Publisher: Tamara Leigh Date: November 23, 2016 Collier Morrow is a highly successful businessman whose life seems to be perfect. He’s got a beautiful fiancé and other than some family tension with his brother, life is pretty good. Except it’s really not. He’s got some issues making real connections with Aryn (the aforementioned fiancé) and he’s always in competition with his brother. It’s not always friendly either. When you factor in the rock climbing accident that gave him a dependency on painkillers, you can easily see how difficult things have been. Through it all, there’s been one constant – and it’s…
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Book Review: Together at the Table
Together at the Table by Hillary Manton Lodge Genre: romance, Publisher: WaterBrook Date: May 3, 2016 Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Fiction Addict Scorecard: A Juliette D’Alisa is having a rough time of things. Her mother passed away and she and her boyfriend called it quits. She’s trying to move ahead and not focus too much on the past, but there are still a lot of unanswered questions about her family and she’s not completely sure about where her future lies. It’s not been the easiest of journeys. Thankfully, she has a family who stands by her – that hasn’t changed. She is in a relationship with the handsome and charismatic…
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Book Review: Larger Than Life Lara
Larger Than Life Lara by Dandi Daley Mackall Genre: YA/kids Publisher: Tyndale House Date: November 1, 2016 “This isn’t about me. This story, I mean. So already you got a reason to hang it up. At least that’s what Mrs. Smith, our English teacher, says.” Laney Grafton is a little girl with a big voice. She’s in elementary school and even though you would think that’s a pretty easy time in life, for Laney, it’s really not. She gets teased a lot at school and when she goes home, she has to navigate a really tough home life. So when Lara Phelps shows up at school, Laney’s pretty happy about…
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Review: Life After Coffee by Virginia Franken
Title: Life After Coffee Author: Virginia Franken Genre: Women’s Fiction Publisher: Lake Union Publishing Date: September 13, 2016 Okay, now I’m gonna admit this flat out. I only snagged this book for review because of the title. I didn’t read the full description and I wasn’t sure what I was getting into, but I have had many mornings that I have felt that nothing existed prior to my coffee kicking in. It doesn’t happen often because I’m pretty caffeine sensitive, but when I do get that buzz, I get a lot of work done. That makes me happy. So coffee makes me happy. I figured this book was something along those…
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Are we raising up the next generation of leaders? Or have we left them to wander the desert?
Recently I started working on some of our holiday offerings for Radiant Lit. (I know, I know. Quit groaning! If we’re going to gather up products to review or write articles about that will post then, we really should have started at least a month ago! Anyway, one of our more popular series at Radiant Lit was a couple of years ago when we highlighted a lot of Bibles. It seems Bibles are a hot Christmas gift for a lot of people. So we got a ton of Bibles for everyone from toddlers to scholars and everyone in between and we reviewed them. We’re looking at doing this again and I’m…
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Review: The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman
Title: The Masked City Author: Genevieve Cogman Genre: fantasy Publisher: Roc Date: September 6, 2016 When you work for a massive library that transcends space and time, the word librarian doesn’t really mean what the image usually evokes. This is heavy duty spy work rather than simply checking books in and out. Irene and Kai are both fully aware of the dangers inherent in working for the library. They have seen death up close more often than anyone really should. And though Irene and Kai may have succeeded in their previous library adventures, that doesn’t mean life will settle back down into peaceful librarian status. In fact, they are firmly in…
