The Girl with Stars in Her Eye..

Posted July 29, 2022 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 10 Comments
The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes by Dawn Ford … and a GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to Friday Reads!       If you’re the chosen winner, I’ll contact you for your information to pass along.   About the book… Eighteen-year-old servant girl Tambrynn is haunted by more than her unusual silver hair and the star-shaped pupils in her eyes. Her uncontrollable ability to call objects leads the wolves who […]

Heirlooms by Sandra Byrd ̷..

Posted July 15, 2022 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 12 Comments
Heirlooms by Sandra Byrd … and a GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to Friday Reads!     You can enter to win a print copy of Heirlooms by Sandra Byrd, courtesy of the publisher. (US ONLY!) You can enter by using the Rafflecopter link at the bottom of this post. (Contest ends July 22, 2022.) If you’re the chosen winner, I’ll contact you for your information […]

Hope-Filled Sunday: Keep Your ..

Posted July 10, 2022 by Leslie in Devotions, Words of Hope / 0 Comments
Hope-Filled Sunday: Keep Your Eyes on the Lord

Hope-Filled Sunday!     Happy Sunday! Here’s some encouragement for your week.     Do you ever lay awake questioning every decision you’ve made over the course of the day, week, month, or year? Please tell me you can relate and that I’m not the only one who engages in this pointless activity. In these […]

“The Songs That Could Ha..

Posted July 8, 2022 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 6 Comments
“The Songs That Could Have Been” by Amanda Wen … and a GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to Friday Reads! See the Rafflecopter link later in this post. (This website is not responsible for this giveaway.)   About the book… Two couples in love. Two sets of impossible circumstances. One powerful God of grace. After a devastating tailspin in her late teens, Lauren Anderson’s life is finally back on track. Then […]

Hope-Filled Sunday: I Can Do I..

Posted June 26, 2022 by Leslie in Devotions, Words of Hope / 0 Comments
Hope-Filled Sunday: I Can Do It Myself!

Hope-Filled Sunday!     Happy Sunday! Here’s some encouragement for your week.     “I can do it myself!” I don’t know about you, but I say this to myself regularly (perhaps multiple times a day). It’s difficult for me to ask for help, and in many cases, it’s just easier to do something on […]

Long Way Home by Lynn Austin &..

Posted June 17, 2022 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 16 Comments
Long Way Home by Lynn Austin … and a GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to Friday Reads!     (US ONLY!) You can enter by using the Rafflecopter link at the bottom of this post. (Contest ends June 24, 2022.) If you’re the chosen winner, I’ll contact you for your information to pass along.   About the book…   In this gripping portrait of war and its aftermath […]

Hope-Filled Sunday: Worthy of ..

Posted June 12, 2022 by Leslie in Devotions, Words of Hope / 8 Comments
Hope-Filled Sunday: Worthy of Our Praise

Hope-Filled Sunday!     Happy Sunday! Here’s some encouragement for your week.     This past week has been a challenging one for me, and perhaps it has been for you, as well. There were more downs than ups. Some days, it was difficult to find something positive to focus on. Through it all, I […]

Hope-Filled Sunday: Like Us, F..

Posted June 5, 2022 by Leslie in Devotions, Words of Hope / 0 Comments
Hope-Filled Sunday: Like Us, For Us

Hope-Filled Sunday!   Happy Sunday! Here’s some encouragement for your week.   Everyone wants to belong. To feel like they’re part of a group. Yet, at times, everyone feels just the opposite. That no one likes them or understands them. That they need to change to fit some mold. To be just like everyone else. […]

Hope-Filled Sunday: It’s..

Posted May 22, 2022 by Leslie in Devotions, Words of Hope / 0 Comments
Hope-Filled Sunday: It’s Okay to Rest

Hope-Filled Sunday!   Happy Sunday! Here’s some encouragement for your week.   Time to rest. What a lovely concept. However, is it something that’s truly possible in today’s fast-paced society? Is taking time to rest (our bodies and minds) something most people do on a regular basis? I know for me, the answer is, sadly, […]

A Hundred Crickets Singing by ..

Posted May 20, 2022 by Leslie in Reviews by Leslie / 16 Comments

Welcome to Friday Reads!   You can enter by using the Rafflecopter link at the bottom of this post. (Contest ends May 27, 2022.) If you’re the chosen winner, I’ll contact you for your information to pass along.   About A Hundred Crickets Singing… In wars eighty years apart, two young women living on the […]