Riveting, powerful, edge-of-my-seat excitement are words I'd use to describe Through Waters Deep by Sarah Sundin. Mary and Jim, the main characters, work so well together. Sarah knows how to weave her characters so that they function together in the story without difficulty--no weird vibes or fake-feeling characters. There are several secondary characters involved, but not so many that I was getting everyone confused. Each person's role in the story was specific and defined, and Sundin paid ...
It’s National Cheesecake Day!!
Did you see that title? No? Ok, here it is again: It's National Cheesecake Day! All humans far and wide are celebrating a tasty day. Origins Cheesecake may have gone back to ancient Greece. The earliest mention of cheesecake was by a Greek physician named Aegimus, who wrote a book on making cheesecake! Pasteurized cream cheese was developed by James Kraft in 1912. In 1928 the Philadelphia trademark was purchased by Kraft, and Philadelphia Cream Cheese was born. It is now widely used for ...
Beyond the Ashes Review
Rising from the ashes is definitely a phrase that one would use to describe Beyond the Ashes. The leading character, Ruby, is a widow who has decided to devote her life to nursing after the loss of her husband. When she chooses to join her brother Robert in San Francisco's post-earthquake rebuilding in 1906, she's made the decision to also accept what life there brings her. I really appreciate the detail that Karen took in writing this ...
