Trickster's Girl was another gift from the RMFW conference. This was well written and engaging. I enjoyed Ms. Bell’s Goblin War piece more, but I suspect that has less to do with the books themselves and more to do with my own preference for straight up fantasy than for Native-American-religion-tinged…
Not strictly a book on writing--but a workbook for being creative as a believer. My Sunday school class at The Rising (I miss you guys more than I can say) went through this last year. I appreciated the push to use our whole self (imagination included) in the service of…
An Acceptable Time is a nice enough story about Polly, one of Meg and Calvin's kids. But, it doesn't have quite the magic of A Wrinkle in Time or the other books in that series. I'm not entirely sure what makes the difference. It might be that the science is…
As I’ve probably mentioned before, one of the great things about RMFW conferences is the number of books we get in the swag bag. I love, love, love going home with enough to keep me busy–for a bit anyway.The Goblin War is one of these. I certainly never would have…
I thoroughly enjoyed this, though I must admit I found it less satisfying than the original seven. The story line is great; it's lovely to get to know some of these characters as adults, and I'm interested all the way through. However, I miss the inimitable style (and punny humor)…
I wanted to love Moods since the work was obviously so important to Louisa May Alcott. And I liked it. It was a beautifully written, moody book, thought-provoking and entertaining by turns.I didn’t thrill to it the way I thrilled to some of Alcott’s others, though. It didn’t involve me…