Book Reviews
The Father Heart of God by Floyd McClung
I recently picked up a book that my nieces have been raving about: The Father Heart of God by Floyd McClung. He writes this book because he’s discovered that most people don’t know God as a loving father. While I had a loving father, he died when I was 25. I felt the tug of…
Read MoreHitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy challenges the norms of typical science fiction. It combines the elements of a classic space travel novel with the unapologetic imagination of an excited child and the nonsensical brilliance of Lewis Carrol. Adams finds plenty of Wonderland in the stars. From the practical, English, Arthur to the…
Read MoreThe Time Machine by H. G. Wells
I recently read H.G Wells’s The Time Machine as a class assignment. When I was a kid, my mom gifted me an abridged kids version of the story, which I devoured within a day. But I didn’t stop there. I read that book at least five times, which grabbed my imagination every time. The book…
Read MoreWolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
Lauren Wolk’s Wolf Hollow is a beautiful tale set in the aftermath of the 2nd World War about a little girl named Annabelle caught up in a web of mystery and suspicion. The very first chapter of the book begins with “The year I turned twelve, I learned how to lie.” This powerful line sets…
Read MoreNova by Chuck Black
My family first started reading Chuck Black novels after attending a homeschool convention and stumbling across his Kingdom series, which loosely follows the big picture story of the Bible but is set in medieval times with knights and swords. Then we read his Wars of the Realm series, which is a mash-up of a Jason…
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