My 2024 Book list isn’t anything great but here they are! The Sorrows of Young Werther – Goethe I thought I would be annoyed at the main character and thus would be happy to finish the book, but I actually really enjoyed it. I don’t really remember why I enjoyed it so much, except it was different than what I read this year. The Journals … Continue reading
Wanda’s Sister series…where to begin? The first book, A Sister’s Secret, is about one baby of a “heroine,” Grace Hochstettler. She is a spineless weakling who is brought to the brink by every small thing she encounters. The next book, A Sister’s Test, is about Ruth Hochstettler, a woman who cares more about her uterus than her husband. The final installment, A Sister’s Involvement in … Continue reading wanda’s sisters of holmes county series mega-review
I’ve had this review in my drafts for probably a year and while I will never be able to stomach finishing this book, I figured I’d publish this anyway so you can decide whether or not you want to give it a try… This is another of her 90s nightmare books. It opens with Christy absolutely losing her mind because her sister, Taylor, has dared … Continue reading unfinished review: the sheriff takes a wife
Have you ever heard of The Baxters? No? Then you must not be a good enough Christian. Continue reading i read and watched karen kingsbury’s the baxters
One day, Wanda Brunstetter sat down at her typewriter with a pencil behind her ear and a raw determination to write a story about the biggest S.O.B. that ever lived. The result: Letters of Trust. Our story begins with Eleanor and Vic starting a new life together in Pennsylvania. They just got married and moved to Lancaster to be close to Vic’s family. Eleanor is … Continue reading book review: letters of trust by wanda
Third in line is Molly McIntire. I went into this not being excited about Molly at all. I like reading about WWII but my memory of Molly is her being annoying. In the family tree the description for Molly’s younger brother, Brad, is: Molly’s five year old brother – a little pest. Brad doesn’t do a single annoying thing the entire six book series. What … Continue reading Molly McIntire
I started Addy next and dude, I’m sorry, but she’s annoying. Literally anything she says, which is just her parroting what someone else told her, her parents say, You’re so smart, Addy. Whatever, Addy. Also, the writing reminds me of Wanda E Brunstetter. Anyone Addy meets she tells them: My Pappa and brother, Sam, were sold to a new master so my Mamma and I … Continue reading Addy Walker
Since Samantha was the first series I got my hands on, she’s up first. I remember her being pretty cool so I was ready. Friday night rolled around and I was committed to starting the series. I opened the book and my childhood came rushing back. Remember how the characters are listed at the beginning of the book? Not a dry list of characters like … Continue reading Samantha Parkington
Catherine and I had some time to kill, so we moseyed into the Piqua Library and found ourselves in the book sale section. There were numerous Wanda books at tantalizingly low prices, but we ended up deciding that we weren’t willing to part with 50 hard earned cents for such low hanging fruit. Instead, Catherine found some detective book with a classy looking picture on … Continue reading book review: jochebed’s dream
From Sea to Shining Sea by James Alexander Thom This is a book I found in Half Price Books after reading Follow the River by the same author. I wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into when I picked up this book which is about the Clark family of Virginia. Their son George Rogers Clark settled a lot of Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky, so … Continue reading Maria’s 2023 Library
Mellow Musings 