Charlotte, owner of a bridal salon, can’t seem to get around to choosing her own wedding dress. Her fiancé Tim is having a hard time getting down to wedding preparations as well. When Charlotte spends $1000 on a trunk at an auction, Tim is very upset. But what is hidden in that trunk, welded shut? […]
52 Books in 52 Weeks
Review: Chasing the Sun by Tracie Peterson
Life in Texas during the Civil War was hard enough for motherless Hannah Dandridge and her little brother and sister even without the Indian raids. Hannah’s father had gone to visit her ailing grandmother, so responsibility for the children and the family ranch fell on her shoulders. Herbert Lockhart, her father’s partner, was doing […]
Review: The Money Saving Mom’s Budget Audio Book
One of the first homeschooling talks I listened to pointed out an interesting fact: most homeschooling moms can manage the actual homeschooling quite well. What leads to homeschool stress and burn out is not the actual homeschooling itself but all the other things moms deal with, including financial pressure. Thus The Money $aving Mom’s Budget […]
Review: Three Men Came to Heidelberg and Glorious Heretic
The Reformation of the 16th century produced many great documents, including the beloved Heidelberg Catechism and the thorough Belgic Confession. For their 400th anniversaries, about 50 years ago, Thea B. Van Halsema wrote the stories of how these two influential documents were written. Three Men Came to Heidelberg tells the story of the Heidelberg Catechism. […]
Review: Prize of My Heart by Lisa Norato
Early one 1815 morning Lorena Huntley met a stranger in her father’s ship yards. The same morning, Captain Brogan Talvis encountered a skinny scullery maid, and five year old Drew felled a giant with his slingshot, just like David felled Goliath. So begins this heartwarming story of Captain Talvis hunting for the son his late wife had given […]