Author: Natalie Jenner
Genre: Historical Fiction
Rating:★★★★☆
This historical fiction novel is a must for any Janeite who has every visited Chawton and Jane Austen’s House museum and Chawton House. It tells the story of the Jane Austen Society forming to secure and protect artifacts from her family. Its very genteel. Sweetly written characters. I enjoyed it very much.
Author: Daniel B. Oden and J. David Stark Genre: Religion; Church History; Churches of Christ Rating: ★★★★☆ Scripture First: Essays on the Stone-Campbell Movement and the Future of Biblical Authority by Daniel B. Oden and J. David Stark gathers a range of scholars to examine how churches shaped by the Stone-Campbell heritage understand Scripture as the…
Author: Lea Geller Genre: Women’s Fiction Rating: ★★★★★ Lea Geller’s The Truth and Other Hidden Things follows Bells Walker, a forty-something mother who suddenly finds herself in that strange middle season of life—her children growing independent, her role shifting, and her sense of being seen slowly fading. When an unexpected pregnancy collides with a husband who doesn’t…
Author: Bart D. Ehrman; Craig A. Evans; Robert B. Stewart Genre: Religion; Debate Rating: ★★★★☆ Can We Trust the Bible on the Historical Jesus? brings together two well-known New Testament scholars Craig A Evans and Bart D. Erhmann, in a focused debate over one of the most important questions in biblical studies: how reliable the…
Author: Tory Henwood Hoen Genre: Fiction Rating: ★★★★★ Tory Henwood Hoen’s Before I Forget is a gorgeous, tender novel about coming home—not just to a place, but to the truth of who you are. Cricket returns to her hometown carrying the weight of her past and the complicated relationships she left behind. As she reconnects with family and…
Author: Louise Miller Genre: Fiction Rating: ★★★★★ Louise Miller’s The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living begins when Livvie Rawlings’s carefully built life in Boston goes down in flames, sending her retreating to Guthrie, Vermont, the small town where her best friend lives. What begins as a temporary escape slowly turns into something deeper as Livvie finds herself…
Author: Rabbi Joseph Telushkin Genre: Religion; Jewish Thought Rating: ★★★★★ Rabbi Joseph Telushkin’s Jewish Wisdom is a thoughtfully organized exploration of ethical and spiritual teachings drawn from the Torah, Talmud, and centuries of Jewish tradition. Rather than presenting these ideas as abstract philosophy, Telushkin arranges them thematically, guiding readers through topics such as character, humility, speech, justice, and…
