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Book Review: Verity by Lisa T. Bergren

There was nothing for it. Verity had to set aside her misgivings and do what she felt she ought. She dug her booted heels into … Read More ›

Posted on March 24, 2019March 25, 2019

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Instagram post 17857274380634835 “Rhys ap Tudor braced himself against the ship’s bow, his eyes trained on the coastline ahead. The sky was blue, but a gusty wind filled the cog’s wide sail and whipped whitecaps onto the tips of the already choppy waves.” - Opening lines of “The Heart of the Rebellion” by Sian Ann Bessey

Sian Ann Bessey’s “The Heart of the Rebellion” is set 1400 Wales under the rule of King Henry IV. Our leads are Rhys ap Tudor (yes, that Tudor!) and Lady Catrin Buckley. Wales is suffering under English rule and, upon Rhys’ return from fighting for the English, he realizes how extreme the poverty is. He has been back only a short while before he finds himself in the midst of a Welsh uprising against King Henry IV. Catrin is considered English, a daughter of a an English nobleman, but her mother was Welsh and she lives in a castle in Wales.

A chance meeting with Rhys leads out of her sheltered world and allows her to connect with the people around it...[read more]

https://moonglotexas.com/2019/12/07/book-review-the-heart-of-the-rebellion-by-sian-ann-bessey/

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Instagram post 17850031165738346 “Colman walked along the last car of the coal train, tapping each wheel with his long-handled hammer, listening intently to the clang clang clang. He cocked his head to the left and closed his right eye so he could hear better. The tone was just about perfect. Good—no cracks.” - Opening lines of “When Silence Sings” by Sarah Loudin Thomas

Sarah Loudin Thomas’ “When Silence Sings” is a novel which is hard to fit into a category. It is set in 1930 in West Virginia with two families stuck in a feud. At the opening, another murder has occurred. The death is that of Colman’s cousin and it prompts him to reconsider the origins and point of the feud. He feels prompted by God to preach to his family’s enemy, Serepta. He tries to avoid the calling but life circumstances lands him in the midst of Serepta’s territory...[read more]

https://moonglotexas.com/2019/12/06/book-review-when-silence-sings-by-sarah-loudin-thomas/

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Instagram post 18083975962089376 “Sometimes, despite time, distance, and a significant amount of ignoring it, the past never quite went away. Over the past two days, everything Jess had run from had spilled over the wall of the past and covered her present like gravy. Lumpy, bitter, burnt gravy. Every emotion she’d worked hard to bury had risen to the surface, making her mind a muddled swarm of incomplete thoughts and sharp colors.” - Opening lines of “A Pursuit of Home” by @kristiannhunter 
The conclusion to Kristi Ann Hunter’s awesome Haven Manor series, A Pursuit of Home was always going to be a Christian historical romance…which it is but it is also a fabulous mystery adventure! I loved Jess from the first book but she really sparkles in this novel. Derek, our historian, is the perfect companion for this journey and the two bounce off each other creating delightful, entertaining and heartfelt dialogue...[read more]

https://moonglotexas.com/2019/12/05/book-review-a-pursuit-of-home-by-kristi-ann-hunter/

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Instagram post 18033479023239517 “Hold the line! For the love of God, hold it!” Not for the first time, Joshua Wheeler wondered if he’d descended into hell. The sun blazing fierce enough to make his head ache even through a cap.” - Opening lines of #TheRebelBride by @shenandoahdawn 
In this continuation of the #DaughtersOfTheMayflower, Shannon McNear places us at the centre of the American civil war. The Rebel Bride opens with our leading man, and Unionist, Joshua, being injured, taken captive and delivered into the care of our leading lady, and rebel, Pearl.

Both Pearl and Joshua have made little room in their lives to comprehend how the other side perceives the war and how similar the feelings of the two sides are as they all watch family friends and fellow soldiers suffer and die. With Christianity in common, the two build a bridge of mutual respect and kindness, as they are determined to heed God’s command to love one another...[read more]

https://moonglotexas.com/2019/12/04/book-review-the-rebel-bride-by-shannon-mcnear/

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Instagram post 18067341394173499 With any @deniseahunter, I expect a heartwarming, Christian story but in “Lake Season” she outdoes herself! I am so glad this is a start of a series and I’ll be able to return to this delightful small town and wonderful characters.

The main story follows Molly opening her family’s B and B, with her two siblings, in the wake of their parents sudden death. Whilst grief is a part of her emotional journey, the focus of the novel is moving forward through the pain. Molly’s first guest, Adam, fast becomes a friend and when a old but romantic letter is found in the walls, the two set to finding the sender and intended recipient...[read more]

https://moonglotexas.com/2019/12/03/book-review-lake-season-by-denise-hunter/

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Instagram post 17880358726476099 “She should have paid more attention to her longtime neighbor, Oliver Schneider, when she passed him on the road at dawn.” - Opening line of #EchoesamongtheStones by @jaimejowright 
Jaime Jo Wright has an amazing ability to write thrilling split-time fiction! In Echoes among the Stones, she weaves a 1946 murder into a modern-day cemetery mystery. Captivating from the first page, I raced through it wanting to know who killed Imogen’s sister, Hazel and why and equally wanting to know how it would relate to the modern day story.

Each of cast of characters is complex, each individual multifaceted. At it’s heart, the book struggles with the challenges of grief and how God fits into the death of loved ones. Whilst the central theme is a sad one, it’s written with hope and so, the mood of the story is positive. Aggie and Imogen are easy to relate to and root for and I enjoyed the archeologist, Collin’s, intelligence, sensitivity and British wit.

I loved this mystery, it’s clever and carefully plotted but to share more would be to spoil the journey. If you enjoy a good whodunit full of clues for you to work out as you go along, this is one to read!

All in all, another stellar read from Jaime Jo Wright and a five out five en-JOY-ment. It’s highly recommended, one not to be missed!

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Instagram post 18104962873079981 My little man turned 14 today so many carrots and cuddles to celebrate...14 years of wearing a fly mask and he still hasn’t got it down 😜
Instagram post 17843562751824541 The sound of my “marimba band” frogs ribbiting. The taste of a milk chocolate enrobed maraschino cherry bursting open. The feel of Teddy’s silky soft German Shepherd fur. The smell of Texie’s snuggles as he snaps his fresh carrots. The sight of a giant purple iris unfolding from bud to bloom in under a minute.

As I’ve learnt to endure pain levels of 8 and above, I’ve gained observation skills I’d otherwise never have paused long enough to learn. The simple moments are easier to pause in than complex ones as the brain, when in pain, battles to tackle intense topics. If you’ve ever been in extreme pain, physically or emotionally, you may have noticed gaps in your memory. You’re not senile, your brain has prioritised it’s intake and forgotten what wasn’t essential. Shifting our brains from this fight, flight or freeze mode, the standard when we are in pain, into the cognitive, calming, meditative state we need to manage pain can be challenging. However, when we get it right, the relief is amazing. It gives us a safe space to park whilst the waves of pain wash over rather than consume. It also allows our brain to process the change rather than avoid it through numbing behaviours...[read more]

https://moonglotexas.com/2019/11/24/crps-pause-in-your-pain/
Instagram post 18115263496045669 When your sister steals the blankie 😂

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Instagram post 18076365004144407 Feeling Texie breathing against my cheek is one of the most calming thing ...and one of my favourite! 
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Instagram post 17854884712631159 After coming to love historical novels, I discovered a large gap in my knowledge of the development of the United States. The historical fiction series The Daughters of the Mayflower began the journey raising so many interesting questions and giving me a snapshot of what really transpired at the close of each novel. Dreams of El Dorado by H.W. Brands is the continuation of that journey for me and it’s been a great education! “Any work of history must have a beginning and an end. This one commences with the Louisiana Purchase at the start of the nineteenth century, when the United States first gained a foothold—a very large one—beyond the Mississippi. It ends in the early twentieth century, when the West had become enough like the East to make the Western experience most comprehensible as a piece of the American whole rather than as a place apart. Western dreams didn’t die; Hollywood and Silicon Valley would be built on such dreams. But the dreams were no longer as distinctively Western as they once had been.” - Dreams of El Dorado by H.W. Brands...[Read more]

https://moonglotexas.com/2019/11/18/book-review-dreams-of-el-dorado-by-h-w-brands/

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Behind the Scenes
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Behind the Scenes
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The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
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The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
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Murder is No Accident
really liked it
Murder is No Accident
by A.H. Gabhart
The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing
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The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing
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Rescue Me
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Rescue Me
by Susan May Warren

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