by Jennifer Hallmark | Apr 5, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Hi. I’m Jennifer. And I’m a reader. Not just any reader. An avid reader. Like 100 books a year avid. And I’m not ashamed. Reading is definitely my superpower. It helps widen my scope on the world, cultures, races, gender, etc. Reading takes me all...
by Melissa J. Troutman | Mar 29, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Fantasy, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Some books are good the way pizza is good, offering a nice (or shocking or spicy) experience that pleases the senses. Some books are good the way a narrator is good, displaying a high level of skill that appeals to the intelligent mind. And some books are good the way...
by Cammi Woodall | Mar 15, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Wonder Woman was my favorite superhero growing up. Who remembers Linda Carter as our patriotic savior? (Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman, All the World is Waiting For You!) Who spent Saturday morning helping the Super Friends fight injustice, right that which is wrong, and...
by Arthur | Mar 1, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Ecc 1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Ecc 1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. Ecc 1:3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? Ecc 1:4 One generation...
by Cammi Woodall | Feb 23, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
How do you feel about prequels? Logically I understand their purpose – back story and insight into our favorite character’s psyche. But, in most cases, shouldn’t this remain a mystery? I appreciate George Lucas tackling the prequel trilogy, but I...
by K.A. Ramstad | Feb 9, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Did you know that somebody adapted The Hundred and One Dalmatians, written by Dodie Smith, into a picture book? Peter Bently has done it, and it exposes five to eight-year-olds to the original novel. If they’ve seen the Disney movie, they’ll see...