by krista | Oct 19, 2022 | Christ life, Favorites, Recommended Reading, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Dear Reader, This delightful novel tells the story of one woman’s journey from harsh dependence to loving independence. The End When I taught AP Literature, Jane Eyre was one of my favorite novels to cover. It has it all: strong heroine in a coming-of-age story,...
by krista | Sep 28, 2022 | Favorites, Recommended Reading, Uncategorized
I have loved this book since college. In fact, I took two different Jane Austen courses at University of South Florida. Had they offered more, I would have taken them! I named my oldest daughter after the Austen heroine, Emma (at the time, knowing of no other...
by krista | Sep 19, 2022 | Christ life, Favorites, Recommended Reading
C.S. Lewis’ greatest and least-known work is his final novel, Till We Have Faces. This novel is a combination of everything Lewis loved, and it is his fiction writing at its most glorious and most mature. Based on the myth of Cupid and Psyche, the novel’s protagonist...
by krista | Sep 8, 2020 | Christ life, Recommended Reading, Stuff about Me
I like routines and schedules. I might appear happy-go-lucky and carefree, but I get uptight when my life is disrupted. So you can imagine how well I’m dealing with 2020: Nothing is routine, and the unexpected is the only constant. UGH!!! Last week, a woman I...
by krista | Apr 4, 2020 | Christ life, Recommended Reading, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
If you read this blog, you’re probably a reader! So, rather than offer you platitudes about handling this pandemic (there are enough of those out there, right?), let me share with you *some* of my favorite Christian authors, by genre. I’d love to hear from...
by krista | Jan 29, 2018 | Christ life, Recommended Reading, Stuff about Me
We’ve all been there – feeling rejected, ridiculed, hated. We’ve been called names, shunned, lied about or lied to. And, as a result, we have been deeply hurt. Haters don’t just wound us, they shred us, leaving us feeling worthless and...
