It has been years since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has had by attention. It wasn’t until my class in European History when my professor referenced a short story of Sherlock Holmes, “The Man with the Twisted Lip” that my attention was focused on Sherlock Holmes again. Doyle wrote the Holmes short stories and novels as [...]

Words evoke emotions, memories, smells and sensations. Two words that mean a lot to me are the words, “Chapter One”. When settling down to read a book whether a hard bound book, I pod audio or book on Kindle nothing gets the arm chair traveler ready quicker to move from the present day into the [...]

I collected ten of the books that I read this last year to share with you. When I completed my list I realized that I spend a lot of time reading novels that suspend belief. As a history student I spend most of my life in the throes of reality while reading of historical [...]

Princess Bubble is a beautiful fairy tale princess AND an educated, hard-working, well-traveled woman with plenty of moxie.  Authors Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb created the character of Princess Bubble to help combat stereotypes and fight the victim mentality that young girls are indoctrinated with almost from birth.   The book is written from a Christian [...]

Someone has a lot of time on their hands!  But you have to admit, a scene-by-scene Lego replica of the entire Holy Bible is definitely a claim to fame.  Some of these scenes are absolutely hilarious!  The Brick Testament.