Category: Nonfiction

Adult nonfiction reviews.

"Jen's story offers hope for any family who has a child with big needs, a child whose struggles don't make a sense, a child who requires extra support and medical care, a child with a scary diagnosis." Book review of Fault Line Boy by Jen Murphy Parker. Cover photo via Simon & Schuster website.

Bonnie Way September 25, 2026

Fault Line Boy: a mother’s reckoning with epilepsy

Nonfiction

"The Marriage Gap has a worthwhile goal of helping couples communicate, but its outdated gender stereotypes, complementarian assumptions, and failure to distinguish marital struggles from abuse make it a book I can't recommend." Book review of The Marriage Gap by Devin and Kim Schadt. Cover photo via Amazon.

Bonnie Way September 10, 2026

The Marriage Gap by Devin and Kim Schadt

Nonfiction

"Ginny's advice is calm, humble, and encouraging all the way through." Review of Quirky Catholic Kids by Ginny Kochis. Cover photo via Amazon.

Bonnie Way May 14, 2026

Quirky Catholic Kids by Ginny Kochis (book review)

Catholicism

Book review of Eleanor Herman's Off With Her Head. "Herman describe a "clear pattern of vilification across the millennia and throughout history" of women in leadership, which reinforces misogynistic, patriarchal ideas that are harmful to women everywhere." Book cover from Amazon.

Bonnie Way February 27, 2026

Off with Her Head by Eleanor Herman (book review)

Nonfiction

"Luka, when you get out of here, you're going to get better, and then you're going to use the hell you've been through to help someone else walk through theirs." ~ Kristina Kuzmic, I Can Fix This (book review)

Bonnie Way September 7, 2025

I Can Fix This by Kristina Kuzmic (book review)

Nonfiction

"When I accepted the church’s name for me, I lost my power and vivacity and authenticity because their name for me wasn’t true. They reduced my identity of wife, mother and singer. Yes, I am those things, but I am also many other things. I am also an individual with opinions and ideas. I’m a communicator and an artist. When any person is deliberately limited because of their gender, race, sexuality and so on, bells and sirens should being going off in our minds.” quote from Shannon Harris' book The Woman They Wanted.

Bonnie Way June 12, 2025

The Woman They Wanted by Shannon Harris (book review)

Nonfiction

I divorced the man I worshipped simply because he was my husband. I also divorced the god my religious community worshipped. A scary little god who didn't even exist. That meant I got to discover a Bigger God. That mean I got to actually live my own life. ~ Natalie Hoffman, author of All the Scary Little Gods.

Bonnie Way February 25, 2025

All the Scary Little Gods by Natalie Hoffman (book review)

Nonfiction

Joshua Harris Kissed His Books Goodbye.

Bonnie Way January 16, 2025

Joshua Harris Kissed His Books Goodbye

Nonfiction

A Well-Trained Wife by Tia Levings is "memoir of a girl who grew up in an evangelical megachurch, married an abusive man, tried her best to be a "good Christian wife" for years, and finally escaped from the deeply unhealthy life she was living." (book review by Bonnie Way of the Koala Mom)

Bonnie Way January 6, 2025

The Well-Trained Wife by Tia Levings

Nonfiction

"When Catholic hear mention of St. Josemaria, too many think, 'Oh, he's the Opus Dei saint,' and then relegate his life and teachings as only applicable to Opus Dei members. What a shame." Eric Sammons, author of Holiness for Everyone

Bonnie Way December 2, 2024

Holiness for Everyone: The Practical Spirituality of St. Josemaria Escriva

Catholicism