by Jennifer Hallmark | May 1, 2026 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
I just finished reading H. Meadow Hopewell’s new Christian Science fiction book, Rage Against the Machine. What a story! From Amazon. Award-winning director, Roare Murdock, is approached by a private group of investigative journalists who invite her to spearhead...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Apr 29, 2026 | Author news, Blogs/Podcasts
Hello, fiction friends! My friend, Deena, has just released her debut novel, and I’m so excited to share it with you. Without further ado: Stronger Than the Storm A runaway teen. A wife’s devastating secret. A family’s reckoning. Beth Holbrook has spent years...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Apr 28, 2026 | A Smidgen of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
Fifteen years ago, Alabama changed. Not all of the counties were affected, but there were sixty-two confirmed tornadoes. They called it a generational outbreak. EF-5: 3 tornadoes EF-4: 8 tornadoes EF-3: 7 tornadoes EF-2: 9 tornadoes EF-1: 29 tornadoes And several...
by K.A. Ramstad | Apr 24, 2026 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Every once in a while, we need a book for times of winding down, and sometimes the book is not a thriller or a suspense. It can be a fairy tale that brings calming nostalgia, which is found in The Madman of Elkriahl and Other Fairy Tales by Emmarayn Redding....
by Jennifer Hallmark | Apr 21, 2026 | A Smidgen of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
Lovely weather is approaching as we march through April, so this is the perfect time to talk about spring cleaning. Since I did bring up spring painting a few weeks ago. 🙂 A subject I don’t like to think about. I could shift to fall cleaning and forget this...
by Cammi Woodall | Apr 17, 2026 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Happily ever after… In fairy tales, we automatically know what this means. Beautiful princess threatened by evil stepmother, handsome prince swoops in and saves her. Common tropes, right? And they work most of the time. We as readers or movie goers share a common...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Apr 14, 2026 | A Smidgen of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
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by J.R. Brady | Apr 10, 2026 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
In honor of the current Artemis II space mission, I decided to read Jules Verne’s From the Earth to the Moon and its sequel, Around the Moon. It’s amazing that this was written over a century before Americans landed on the moon in 1969! Jules Verne was a...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Apr 8, 2026 | A Smidgen of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
Ah, Spring. Lovely days of tripping through fields of flowers, wearing a long, flowy dress with an iced coffee in hand. Maybe in your life, but not mine. (though the iced coffee might be) Think more like pulling early weeds in empty flower beds, wearing a hoodie. Cold...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Apr 6, 2026 | Author news, Blogs/Podcasts
My friend, Sarah Schwerin, just released her debut novel, The Willow Still Sings, and I absolutely loved everything about her book. Her writing is phenomenal, and the story resonated so much with my mother’s heart. I’m blown away by such depth and range of...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Apr 3, 2026 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Hello, Friday Fiction Friends! I absolutely love to read. And though our blog is about books from off the beaten track, I read all genres. I mean, children’s, middle-grade, YA, and everything from romance to historical to fantasy to science fiction to...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Apr 1, 2026 | A Smidgen of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
Last fall, we started painting the ceiling and walls of our home. We’d finished all except our bedroom and bathroom when Thanksgiving rolled around. At that point, I gave up. The holidays were too hectic, so I decided to begin again in January. But then life....
