Category: Entertainment

Book, movie and CD reviews – Bonnie Way shares honest opinions of family entertainment. Her family enjoys a variety of reading, viewing and listening experiences.

"a parable about a king who wants to leave a legacy of his reign behind him. He calls his advisors and asks them for suggestions for a suitable legacy." Book review of The King's Legacy by Jim Stovall. Cover photo via Amazon.

Bonnie Way July 17, 2009

The King’s Legacy: A Story of the Wisdom of the Ages by Jim Stovall

Fiction

“And so we must know these good people who helped Jews during the Holocaust. We must learn from them, and in gratitude and hope, we must remember them.” ~ Elie Wiesel quote. Book review of It Happened in Italy by Elizabeth Bettina. Cover photo via Amazon.

Bonnie Way July 10, 2009

Book Review: It Happened in Italy

Nonfiction

"As Kate works through her grief and her memories, we learn more about her and her family—and her relationship with her husband." Book review of Talking to the Dead by Bonnie Grove. Cover photo via Amazon.

Bonnie Way July 3, 2009

Book Review: Talking to the Dead

Fiction

"The novel is the story of a quest, almost like a Pilgrim’s Progress or a parable." Book review of The Vanishing Sculptor by Donita K. Paul. Cover photo via Amazon.

Bonnie Way June 24, 2009

Book Review: The Vanishing Sculptor

Fiction

"Mary-Margaret’s only desire is to become a religious sister. She’s raised by religious sisters on Locust Island, studies at the convent school and, like her mother, is about to take her final vows when Jesus makes a strange request of her." Book review of The Passion of Mary-Margaret by Lisa Samson.

Bonnie Way June 15, 2009

Book Review: The Passion of Mary-Margaret

Fiction

"There are two reasons to write. One is because you read a really good book and aspire to someday write something that good. The other is that you read a really bad book and know that you can write better than that." ~ Orscon Scott Card

Bonnie Way June 8, 2009

Orson Scott Card on Writing Ender’s Game

Entertainment

Higher Hope by Robert Whiltlow

Bonnie Way May 8, 2009

Higher Hope by Robert Whitlow {a Christian legal thriller}

Fiction

"Corey is a 12-year-old foster kid on his bi-annual visit to the Calgary Zoo with his mother, Tina, who ends up leaving Corey at the Zoo—overnight." Book review of Running Toward Home by Betty Jane Hegerat. Cover photo via Amazon.

Bonnie Way April 29, 2009

Book Review: Running Toward Home

Fiction

"Jed Pepper’s voice is real and heart-wrenching as he deals not only with the pain of losing a best friend, but also with the trials of becoming a man and the confusion of a father’s abuse." Book review of Daisy Chain by Mary Demuth. Cover photo via Amazon.

Bonnie Way April 20, 2009

Daisy Chain by Mary E. Demuth (book review)

Fiction

An interview with author and writer Kathleen Gibson.

Bonnie Way April 15, 2009

Kathleen Gibson talks about reading and writing

Interview