I’ll be writing about the my life and essays on topics that mean a lot to me, etc. Laid-back is a go word ’round here. As for the book reviews, I hope to have at least one a week, hopefully two. (I’ve a back log of books I can review if I don’t make the new book quota, heh.)
I read, if you peruse the Booklist page, a LOT of fantasy novels. I write fantasy novels. I am not naive enough to think that reviewing fantasy novels with a Christian worldview will make the Christian community embrace fantasy novels. I am saying it up front that there will be a lot of reviews of fantasy novels. But don’t be fooled. I also read Southern fiction, women’s fiction, historical fiction, and mysteries. An occasional thriller, as you can see. Next on my TBR stack is THE PHYSICK BOOK OF DELIVERANCE DANE by Katharine Howe, whose biography gives me un-Christian fits of jealousy. (What? Why can’t *I* get an advanced degree in Colonial America and be descended from prominent-to-geeks American historical figures AND have my first novel published before I’ve gotten my PhD? WHAT?. . I kid.)
Also on the TBR stack is WINTERGIRLS by Laurie Halse Anderson, the YA phenom. The novel is about teen girls dealing with anorexia. I’ll have a lot to say about that when the time comes.
That said, I will be clear with you in reviews where and how I came to review a book - I’m ‘friends’ with the author, it was recommended (and by whom), spur of the moment buy, etc. I tend not to write reviews for books about which I have little good to say. This doesn’t mean if a book shows up on the Booklist page but a review never materializes that I didn’t like it. You can always ask me what I thought and I’ll be honest. I will also tell you if I loved a book but I don’t think Christians should read it, and why. Maybe because I’m a writer, I am not in favor of censorship, so feel free to ignore my advice and read it anyway, but you’ll have fair warning about it. (I allude here to certain passages about stumbling blocks and the weaker brother.) I’m not encouraging people to read things they aren’t comfortable with. But if you’re interested in books outside your usual reading and want to know if it’ll scar you, I can probably tell you (to my Christian friends) or what a Christian really thinks of all that BLOOD in her novels (to my non-Christian friends).
Look for an essay this week on just why I’m comfortable reading all that fantasy, anyway.

