Blog book tour: A Slow Burn by Mary E. DeMuth
Haunting. Beautiful, yet tragic. It’s the characters. And Mary has them just so. Can’t wait until Book Three. I trust Mary will not disappoint.
October 3, 2009
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Monica Brand · 
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Tags: book tour, fiction, Reading · Posted in: Reading
Watching her read
As a mother, and as a lover of fine words and stories, I will never grow weary of watching my children fall in love with reading and books. This week I witnessed Susan’s relationship with books deepen. We were at the library, and as chance had it (or maybe it was a God-ordained meeting?), our [...]
October 2, 2009
· Monica Brand · 4 Comments
Tags: fiction, Reading, Susan · Posted in: Does this count as Unschooling?, Home schooling, My Girls, Reading
Blog tour: Daisy Chain by Mary E. DeMuth
Oh, man. I’m on Chapter 41, page 299 of Daisy Chain by Mary E. DeMuth and I’m freaking out. It’s time to start dinner and all I want to do is stay in the story because… because… Shoot. I can’t tell you or I’ll ruin it. No spoilers here, no ma’am. All I’ll say is: [...]
March 12, 2009
· Monica Brand · 12 Comments
Tags: books, fiction · Posted in: Reading
Don’t hate me ’cause I don’t like The Shack
Oy. My head hurts and I haven’t even started writing yet. At the risk of sounding like a total Christian/inspirational fiction know-it-all, I’m going to give you my honest opinion of The Shack by William P. Young. Yuck. Or to be more polite: No, thank you. The Shack is a fine idea of a novel, [...]
February 12, 2009
· Monica Brand · 33 Comments
Tags: Christianity, fiction, Reading · Posted in: Believing, Reading
Book crazy (or just plain crazy?)
It’s a new year, a good time to start a new habit. (Once again, I’m bringing oodles of originality to the blogosphere. Wow.) For those of you unfamiliar with my ways, let me confess to you… I have a fondness for fiction books. No, fondness isn’t the right word. All-consuming passion is much better. I [...]
January 5, 2009
· Monica Brand · 19 Comments
Tags: books, fiction, non-fiction · Posted in: Reading, Thinking, True confessions
Book contest winners
Congratulations to Jeni and Yan. They both won a copy of The Shape of Mercy by Susan Meissner. Enjoy! Next contest: this book. Have a great weekend everyone! (By the way, I’m still on my Twitter fast. I’m shocked and impressed with my own self discipline. I had no idea I could resist it for [...]
October 24, 2008
· Monica Brand · One Comment
Tags: contests, fiction, Reading · Posted in: Reading
