Birds of Paradise bend towards the sunlight, pungent coffee beans grow wild up the mountain side and pineapples, heavy with juice, beg to be plucked. It's Hawaii, 1891: tropical paradise. But amidst the balmy weather and...

Caracas Venezuela is home for the Ellers. Saving the orphaned children from the streets is their mission. Having left their families and familiar homes behind, they have followed God into a foreign land in hopes they mig...

The way white families, especially white women, invited black women into their homes to raise their children, cook their food, clean their houses, and tend to their every need seems charming. However, The Help shows how ...

The Hunger Games finale ends just as it began. An emotional roller coaster with twists and turns that inspire. The Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Scholastic August 2010 The main characters are divided between a surprising...

The second book of the Hunger Games series is cleverly titled Catching Fire. The book builds on emotions that linger from the Hunger Games which makes you feel even more invested. The book does climax but ultimately is l...

This book is the first in a three part series and is named after the Hunger Games, the lethal games the characters battle in throughout the book. Their country, Panem, gets divided and the people of the Capitol decide to...

Another savage winter. Rustling and ranch grabbing. A collapsing cattle market. Ruthless conspirators who will stop at nothing to achieve their ends. Treachery in high places. An ominous figure from the past. All these p...

Four girls. One Summer. One pair of pants. That's where it started. This is where it ends. Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares Random House June 2011 In 2001, Ann Brashares introduced us to Lena, Bridget, Carmen, and...

To be upfront with you, I asked to review this book because I have strong and mostly negative views of Christian leaders who use their pulpits for political influence and based on what I'd seen of Pastor Jeffress in the ...

It is 1957. Marian and Ben, an inter-faith (Catholic and Jewish) couple are working to carve a new life out for themselves in Ireland. After a disastrous meeting with Ben's parents on the day that Marian gets some shocki...

Ravaged by disease, preyed upon by bandits, the Bender family's second year in Mexico has taken on a grievous turn. The Amish discover, more than ever before, what it means to live by faith and not by sight. The Captive ...

Calder White is a killer. He is drawn to the positive emotions put out by normal people, and once he drags them beneath the surface of the water, he is able to absorb these emotions as his own. His three sisters are much...