by Jennifer Hallmark | Aug 9, 2024 | Determined to Dance Podcast, Favorite Friday Fiction, Favorite Friday Reads, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track, Guest Bloggers
Good morning and Happy Friday! Today I thought I’d dive into The Naked Sun, one of my favorite works by Isaac Asimov, which feels particularly poignant in the current climate of AI and technology rapidly subsuming our lives. The novel opens with detective Elijah Baley...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Jul 26, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Hello, Friday Fiction Friends! Today, I’m reviewing what I consider a classic “supernatural” novel. Frank Peretti released The Visitation twenty-five years ago. Here’s the blurb: The sleepy, eastern Washington wheat town of Antioch has suddenly...
by A.S. Hardin | Jul 12, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Favorite Friday Fiction, Favorite Friday Reads, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
While it may appear Black Sun Rising is a typical good vs evil quest tale, that would be an incorrect assumption. First, Friedman crafts her world in meticulous detail with an incredible amount of rich history and magical depth, expertly making the futuristic world of...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Jul 4, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
The Friday Fiction Crew is busy celebrating the birth of our country during this fun-filled summer holiday! We’ll return with more new fiction from off the beaten track next week. See you then! Jennifer, Cammi, Amanda, Melissa, Arthur, and K.A.
by K.A. Ramstad | Jun 28, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Mon-staa, written by Diana Aleksandrova and illustrated by Chris Borodina, is a sweet story about a creature called Monster. Interestingly, with his fur similar to dreadlocks and mild mannerisms, he’s more like a Puli dog than a monster, but he scares birds,...
by Melissa J. Troutman | May 31, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Fantasy, Fiction, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
If you’re looking for a fun but deep YA adventure, with some of the most creative writing on my radar to date, look no farther than The Secret of Stardust by Heather L.L. FitzGerald. It’s the next generation of The Tethered World Chronicles—same world, second verse, a...