The Book: Raven Stole the Moon, by New York Times Bestselling Author Garth Stein Synopsis: When Jenna Rosen abandons her comfortable Seattle life to visit Wrangell, Alaska, it’s a wrenching return to her past. The hometown of her Native American grandmother, Wrangell is located near the Thunder Bay Resort, where Jenna’s young son, Bobby, disappeared [...]

*DON’T FORGET* I’m giving away up to five paperback copies of this book – the deadline to enter is midnight (CST) tomorrow (Sunday, Jan 18). Just go to the giveaway post and leave a comment to enter! In addition to the giveaway I am hosting, I also got the chance to review my own copy [...]

From the National Security Mom website: Written by Gina M. Bennett – a mom of five with 20 years experience in national security as a counterterrorism expert for the US Intelligence Community – this book demystifies the underworld of terrorism and offers a unique comparison of how the super-secret intelligence approach to securing our nation [...]

What worked for me: I was ready to hear some good advice, and many of the topics covered in this audiobook were spot on for helping me to manage my busy life. I really enjoyed the quotes and scriptures listed at the beginning of each new section. It was a testimony to me of how [...]

In October of 1997, Missy Jenkins, a student at Heath High School in Paducah, Kentucky, heard about the school shootings in Pearl, Mississippi and her first thoughts were of compassion towards the students there, and a belief that something like that would never happen in her hometown. Sadly, just a few months later, Jenkins would [...]

Edward Chupack’s Silver takes place long after the adventure on Treasure Island. Long John Silver has been captured, and is confined to his cabin, bound on his own Linda Maria to England and the hangman’s noose. Ever the narcissistic rouge, he drafts his memoirs as an address to the Maria‘s new captain, a former hearty [...]

In December 2006, my home state of Oregon was getting all sorts of national media coverage, and none of it was good. In early December, the Kim family – wife, husband, and two daughters from California – got lost traveling a logging road in the Southern Oregon snow. The father died from exposure while trying [...]

In Durst’s version of “once upon a time,” all fabled beings live in a storyland prison of sorts known as The Wild. There they are forced to live their story from start to finish – never straying from the script – only to begin again as soon as they reach their “happily ever after” (or [...]