Read Part 1 of this Book Talk here. One of Evans’ stories is about a trip to a Benedictine monastery. She starts off her trip talking with a monk and a visitor about her faith struggles, and neither of them understand her. She muses: “It’s funny how, after all those years attending youth events …
This magnificent and intriguing novel by Emily St. John Mandel opens with the line, “The king stood in a pool of blue light, unmoored.” I like catchy and mysterious first lines, and this was one. The setting was, in fact, not a true kingdom, but a stage, and the book character Arthur Leander was playing …
** So I may be starting a series(ish) on writing. We’ll see how this goes. I don’t have a particular day of the week or length of time in mind. But posts titled Writing Lessons will be about different things I’ve learned from living a writer’s life. You guys know that I am an avid …
I found Lily Dunn through her incredible article in Relevant Magazine called “4 Lies the Church Taught Me About Sex.” Since then I have enjoyed her blog, where she is never afraid to tackle tough subjects (she has another series on Sex and the Church going right now!), but always leaves her readers with hope for …
I just got back from a really fun conference called YALL Fest in Charleston, SC. It is a book festival specifically with authors of Young Adult fiction. Most of you know by now that YA is my favorite genre, so I was SO excited to attend this conference! I went with my friend Karla, librarian …
