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FUN Essays on a Life Embraced by Aline WeillerNonfictionRecommended

Essays on the Beauty of Looking Back and Moving Forward

Aline Weiller’s FUN: Essays on a Life Embraced is a delightful and heartfelt collection that captures the essence of joy, nostalgia and the beauty of everyday experiences. With wit, warmth and an undeniable gift of storytelling, Weiller invites readers into her world: a place filled with family, pop culture, personal reflection and…
Kelsey Hall
March 21, 2025
Conviction Overturned 1Recommended

Bible on Trial for Truth and Evidence

Is something true merely because a lot of people believe it to be? "So many have died believing the resurrection was true ... Does that make a falsehood true? Does sacrifice for a lie, make the lie the truth? ... Is Jim Jones a prophet of God because his followers…
Jim Alkon
March 7, 2025
SnapshotRecommendedRomance

They Have One Year to Pretend … Or Risk Losing Everything

The best romance novels often work off the dichotomy between the story’s meant-to-be and can’t-possibly-work elements. Kay Cove’s latest novel, Snapshot, delivers beautifully on both, with plot twists and outside characters that seriously threaten a happily-ever-after ending. For added depth, Cove intertwines two love stories, one from a grandmother’s distant…
Anne Eliot Feldman
December 4, 2024
The-Art-of-Martinis-by-Bill-VanPattenFictionRecommended

Lives and Truths Laid Bare in Short Story Collection

“People are people. They love, they hate, they soar, they pine, they elate, they grieve — and on occasion, they kill.” Award-winning author Bill VanPatten tends to capture all those acts and emotions in his characters, drawing heavily on gay themes and Latino heritage in and around the small, fictitious…
Jim Alkon
December 3, 2024