Kill Her Twice
“‘You think keeping us safe means walking inside the lines. But I have news for you. The lines aren’t keeping us safe. They're keeping us locked up.’”
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England
“Four and a half stars. Might be better with puppets.”
April Reads 2024
This month was full of thrillers, but my spotlight book is one for all parents!
Raising Worry-Free Girls
“Anxiety always involves an overestimation of the problem and an underestimation of herself.”
Darling Girls
“The fact remained, there was more to what happened to them when they were children than even they knew.”
Fatal Domain
“There is always a cost to doing what’s right. Sometimes it costs you everything you have. But it should not cost you everything you are.”
Homecoming
“Home is where the heart is, and the heart could be a dark and damaged place.”
Candor
“Our candor is either tethered to our character or to our ego.”
The Alone Time
“In war, often the first strike is best, when the prey is still unaware of the imminent danger.”
The Garden Girls
A serial killer who abducts women with flower names and tattoos them with flowers to display in his garden…
March Reads 2024
Five 5-star reads and a couple disappointments.
Dark Matter
“We couldn’t possible contend with simultaneously observing all possible realities at once… but if we could, where would it take us?”
12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You
“With my phone, I find myself always teetering between useful efficiency and meaningless habit.”
The Mystery Writer
“Perhaps the dead are afraid to live as much as we are afraid to die.”
A Death at the Party
“Somehow, it came to this: a dead body on my bathroom floor.”
The Deconstruction of Christianity
“Faithfulness to God comes at a cost. It’s easier to submit to societal opinions than to stand on scriptural truth.”
Unwrap My Heart
“I could stare into the blank space where his eyes should be all day.”
James
“The Christian life is not just about giving our hearts to Jesus, but about surrendering every word, thought, deed, attitude and moment to Him.”
The Murder Wheel
An impossible crime and the magician/detective who plans to solve it!
The Guest
Crazy things can happen when you let a guest overstay their welcome…