by Jennifer Hallmark | Oct 27, 2017 | Favorite Friday Fiction, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
The Mermaid’s Sister is a different type book than I usually read but when I heard it won Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel for YA fiction and the Realm award for best Speculative fiction, I had to check it out. The book did not disappoint. It combines...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Oct 13, 2017 | Favorite Friday Fiction
The Healer’s Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson is an extremely well-written book of fairy-tale romance. It is rich in historical detail and makes it easy to imagine being right in the story. It’s listed as YA but I’d recommend it to anyone who likes...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Oct 6, 2017 | Favorite Friday Fiction
Hinds’ Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard is a beautifully written allegory about a young woman named Much-Afraid and the Good Shepherd. This book speaks to me each time I read it, which has easily been a half-dozen times. I so relate to Much-Afraid and her...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Sep 29, 2017 | Favorite Friday Fiction
The Books of Things to Come (A Hand of Adonai novel) by Aaron Gansky is another great fantasy book, the first in the series. It combines medieval-type fantasy with technology and even has a comic book/video game feel at times. It is different with a lot of twists and...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Sep 22, 2017 | Favorite Friday Fiction
Max Lucado is one of my favorite non-fiction authors so when I heard he released a fiction work, Miracle at the Higher Grounds Cafe, I ran to get my copy. I loved the storyline which surprisingly contains hints of the speculative genre. I liked this book because like...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Sep 15, 2017 | Favorite Friday Fiction
Prophet by R.J. Larson is the first book in the “Books of the Infinite” series. It’s a great fantasy read with strong ties to Biblical history interwoven throughout. I loved her characters and the pacing of the story. I couldn’t read this book...
