Category Archives: Women’s Interest

A Special Mother’s Day Giveaway from Hachette

Would you like to win this set of books graciously provided by Hachette? Just Let Me Lie Down By Kristin van Ogtrop God Never Blinks By Regina Brett The Cradle By Patrick Somerville Heart of My Heart By Kristin Armstrong Roses By Leila Meacham You don’t have to be a mother, you don’t have to…

Toxic Friends

Toxic Friends was “on my Nightstand” for a while late last year, but it kept getting pushed off the pile. Then I lost it — yes, literally it got abandoned in a bookbag somewhere. But every time I put in on my Nightstand post, at least one person said, “That sounds really interesting.” That spoke…

My Bangs Look Good and Other Lies I Tell Myself

My Bangs Look Good and Other Lies I Tell Myself: The Tired Supergirl’s Search for Truth follows on the heels of Susanna Foth Aughtmon’s first book All I Need Is Jesus and a Good Pair of Jeans (linked to my review). Both books seek to offer encouragement to “tired supergirls,” Aughtmon’s title for those of…

Chicken Soup for Mom and Dad

The calendar may only say April right now, but before we know it, we shall soon be celebrating those wonderful people we call Mom and Dad. The folks at Chicken Soup for the Soul have the calendar in mind with their two latest releases, Thanks Mom: 101 Stories of Gratitude, Love, and Good Times and…

The Lost Art of True Beauty

Clearly Leslie Ludy doesn’t care about being culturally relevant. Her book, The Lost Art of True Beauty: The Set-Apart Girl’s Guide to Feminine Grace is a clarion call for young women to return to virtue, manners, and modesty. Not exactly the kind of headlines you see in most publications geared toward teenaged girls and young…

I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced is the true story of Nujood Ali (as told to Delphine Minoui). That’s right, by the age of 10, this young girl from Yemen had been given in marriage by her own father to a man three times her age. He promised not to be with her sexually…

Healing Hearts

In writing Healing Hearts: A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeon Kathy Magliato, MD has two purposes: to share what is it like to be one of the few heart surgeons who happens to be female, and to raise awareness about the impact of heart disease on women. Anyone who has aspirations to be a…

Becoming Spiritually Beautiful

Becoming Spiritually Beautiful caught my eye because it it by author Sharon Jaynes, who wrote The Power of a Woman’s Words which I read last year (click on the title to see my review). I had to know what Jaynes had to say in her latest (at the time of this post) work. Becoming Spiritually…