TitleTrakk.com Blog Tours Presents: Bound by Guiltby C.J. DarlingtonPublished by Tyndale House Shuttled between foster homes, Roxi Gold will do anything to fit in. Soon she’s traveling the country stealing rare books from unsuspecting bookstores. Police officer Abby Dawson has seen the worst of society—and not just at work. One fateful night, both their lives are changed forever. One searches …
Classic Hollywood Reviews: Penny Serenade
Penny Serenade is a 1941 movie that stars Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. It is set as a retrospective beginning with a wife who says she’s leaving her husband. Then she begins listening to records. With each record she sees a different aspect of their life together spanning from the time they met, their courting, to adopting a daughter and …
These are a few of my favorite things: YA novel Heist Society
My writing friend extraordinaire Jenny B. Jones is very good friend. Last year when she was in town for the ACFW conference, she drove around with me while I delivered the kids to their grandparents for four days of spoiling while I worked and taught at the conference. What does this have to do with Heist Society? Excellent question! I …
Classic Hollywood Reviews: The King and I
The King and I is a classic Rogers and Hammestein musical set in Siam in the 19th century. Yul Brynner is the 19th-century Siamese monarch who hires English governess Deborah Kerr to teach his wives and children and winds up getting an education of his own. Features such songs as “Getting to Know You,” “Hello Young Lovers” and “Shall We …
Classic Hollywood Reviews: High Society
High Society is a 1956 flick that remakes The Philadelphia Story (1940). Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart are replaced by Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra. Grace Kelly slides into Katherine Hepburn’s role as the spoiled socialite preparing for her wedding. I LOVE the original. But one thing High Society has that the original doesn’t is Bing and Frank singing and …
Couple Delightful Books: Mountains Bow Down & Dining with Joy
In Dining with Joy, readers get to return to the lowcountry in South Carolina. First, I love the cover and the new ones for earlier books. They just make me smile and want to pick them up. Joy Ballard is a character, the kind of gal I’d love to get to know. Too bad she’s only a character! When her …
Classic Hollywood Reviews: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
I must be on a Cary Grant kick right now. A couple weeks ago, Eric and I pulled out this 1948 Cary Grant flick. I love that it co-stars Myrna Loy, one of my favorite actresses thanks to the Thin Man series. In Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, Jim and Muriel Blandings decide their apartment is impossibly small and …
The Life Ready Woman: Thriving in a Do-It-All World
Recently, I received the Life Ready Woman, in part because I’ve found Shaunti Feldhahn’s other books to be filled with practical information I can use pretty much immediately. The Life Ready Woman tackles the idea that Christian women can balance the many roles they have if we approach the process intentionally. As a woman who teeters on the edge of …
The Me Project Tour & Guest Article
I love the idea of this book. Kathi’s other books that I’ve seen have been great jumpstarts. And if the article below is any indication, then this book is a great way to discover a dream or put some feet to the dream. Be sure to leave a comment if you would like to be included in a chance for …
Review: Lady in the Mist
Lady in the Mist is the fruition of a dream that was birthed in author Laruie Alice Eakes while she was in grad school. Then one of the things she studied was the role of midwives in history…and she knew she’d someday write books highlighting the contributions of those women. Now she’s doing just that. I’ve heard a lot about …