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 …
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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 …
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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 …
The Library Card Catalog
The library card catalog was one of my favorite stops at the library. Oh, the possibilities. I’d pull that drawer out and flip through the cards, wondering what exciting book I might find that day. Looking at the rows and rows of little drawers full of cards was almost as fun as perusing the shelves …
If I Were You Lynn Austin~Book Chat
Christian Fiction Book Review If I Were You by Lynn Austin is set in London and America during World War II and the 1950s. **Affiliate link** It’s an upstairs/downstairs sort of story–the rich girl and the maid. After the war, one woman went to America, and one stayed in England. All’s well until the one …
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 …
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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 …
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8 Life Lessons I Learned From Reading Anne Of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables is one of my favorite books and I’ve learned many life lessons from reading Anne of Green Gables. L. M. Montgomery published Anne of Green Gables in 1908, and she’s been teaching life lessons and entertaining us ever since.