The Road Home Book Club Guide

The Road Home Book Club Resources–info, background, questions, a recipe, and more! Thank you for choosing The Road Home for your book club. Enjoy this free discussion guide. (click on the words “discussion guide”) If you’d prefer a file to open in your Kindle, click here. I’d love to hear the answers and thoughts of your …

You Scream, I Scream, We All Want to Read About Ice Cream

  In the good old summertime, books about ice cream hit the spot. They’re even better if you read them while eating ice cream! Here are some fun ice cream-themed reads. The Sweet Life #1 The Secret to Happiness #2 Suzanne Woods Fisher  Cape Cod Creamery Series. Hearts of Steel by Elizabeth Camden a historical …

October Book Suggestions—Fall Reads

I enjoy a good suspense book now and then. I have a friend who says I read creepy books…..well, kind of. But I don’t like evil thrillers just for the sake of being creepy. Most of the creepy books I read are by Christian authors and have some sort of redeeming message. If you’re looking …

Stories from Writing The Road Home Novel

I shared a little in my last post about the women in the pink Cadillac and the road trip idea. I also shared that I based The Road Home on the area where my Grandmother grew up but fictionalized the town. I included a funny business combo called Tansy’s Donuts & Laundry. One of the …

5 Life Lessons I Learned From Reading Nancy Drew

I’ve loved to read since I was a small child, and I learned five life lessons from reading Nancy Drew books. Nancy Drew was one of my all-time favorite heroines, including Trixie Belden, Laura Ingalls, Cherry Ames, and Sue Barton! Recently, I read my first Nancy Drew book in 40 years. It took me a …

5 Life Lessons I Learned From Reading Cherry Ames & Sue Barton Books

When I was young, we lived in a tiny town in Iowa–population 469. My mom worked at the little library, and I thought I was in book heaven. While she worked, I sat in an aisle and read like crazy. Some of my favorites were the 1930s, 40s, and 50s nurse stories. Cherry Ames and …