by Laura DeNooyer | Sep 2, 2025 | Book Reviews
I’M RUNNING A GIVEAWAY OF MY NEW NOVEL! SEE BELOW. Today is my book birthday! Please indulge me–-just a bit. Comment below for a chance to win a paperback of The Broken Weathervane. I’m so grateful to my endorsers and their kind words about this story. In...
by Laura DeNooyer | Aug 19, 2025 | Book Reviews
When each of my children were baptized, I bought them the picture book, The Tale of the Three Trees, a folktale retold by Angela Hunt. This beautiful story captures what I wanted my children to know and understand about their future role in God’s kingdom, to know they...
by Laura DeNooyer | Aug 6, 2025 | Book Reviews
Terri Wangard’s World War I and World War II fiction employ a variety of settings besides Germany, including the home front of Wisconsin, her home state. No Neutral Ground was set in Sweden. Seashells in My Pocket takes place in Brazil, while her most recent...
by Laura DeNooyer | Aug 5, 2025 | Book Reviews
The Bible story of Joseph was always a favorite of mine as a kid. It’s also one I enjoyed telling my kids. In fact, we had the tradition of attending the show Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat any time it came to town, usually through community...
by Laura DeNooyer | Jul 15, 2025 | Book Reviews
The Wings of Poppy Pendleton by Melanie Dobson introduced me to the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River between New York and Ontario. I’d never been there in person or in fiction. Since this is a dual timeline story, I received a double portion of the immersive...