Tag: book review

"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 Power of Prayer by Kevin and Mary O'Neill. Photo of mom reading the book to her daughter by Bonnie Way.

Bonnie Way June 12, 2026

The Power of Prayer by Kevin and Mary O’Neill

Catholicism

"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

Happy Anniversary, Pope Leo XIV! White Smoke, Two Gulls and a Pope by Katie Warner tells the story of his election.

Bonnie Way May 7, 2026

Happy Anniversary to Pope Leo XIV!

Catholicism

"A Heart in a Body in a World is a story for our times. Annabelle Agnelli is not a stranger, but a sister, a young woman who represents many young women today. While her run may be fictional, the issues she faced are frighteningly real." Book review of A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti.

Bonnie Way May 3, 2026

A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti

Fiction

"'You're such a good mother.' That's what they say, and I know they mean it kindly, but it's all that anyone ever sees about me or knows about me. 'Elly Sparrow, good mother.' That's not about me, that's about my kids. How they behave, how they look. What if I didn't have kids? What about that person? Somewhere in here is me." Quote from Rules for Mothers by Julie Swendsen Young.

Bonnie Way March 10, 2026

Rules for Mothers by Julie Swendsen Young (book review)

Fiction

Wuthering Heights: a story of dysfunctional family and generational abuse. Photo of hardcover copy of Wuthering Heights against a green background by Bonnie Way.

Bonnie Way March 3, 2026

Wuthering Heights: a story of dysfunctional family and generational abuse

Fiction

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

Why the Book is Always Better than the Movie. Covers of two Harry Potter books, Divergent, Hung Games, and Northanger Abbey shown.

Bonnie Way January 2, 2026

Why the Book is Always Better than the Movie

Entertainment

"Hegerat's stories are about normal people in everyday scenes, and yet each story leaves the reader with a small sense of understanding, of change, of the little ways in which one choice can impact our lives." Book review of Betty Jane Hegerat's short story collection A Crack in the Wall.

Bonnie Way December 20, 2025

Book Review: A Crack in the Wall by Betty Jane Hegerat

Fiction