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Recommend books for your public library

Recommend books for your public library

Did you even know that you could recommend books for your local library? One of the things that has surprised me is that public libraries, even in Australia, will buy Christian fiction or Christian books. US libraries have HUGE Christian or clean fiction sections. For other countries, you’ll have to try and see. Even here, the librarian might block CF but if you can go to their shelves and find prominent US-CF authors, then you have a better argument that…

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October 2022 – Hope for times like these … giveaway

October 2022 – Hope for times like these … giveaway

How to enter 1. Answer the question – this ensures real people are entering! Please answer the question in the multiple-choice drop-down section within the giveaway app NOT in the comments below the post. 🙂 2. You will then be asked for your FIRST name and email address. 3. CONFIRM YOUR ENTRY!!!! Search for email and confirm entry (check your ‘spam’/’junk’ folders). *** Entrants keep forgetting this step and so don’t see the email telling them they’re a winner. 4. INCREASE…

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BookBub – why bother? For readers and authors

BookBub – why bother? For readers and authors

“BookBub is a book discovery service that was created to help readers find new books and authors. The company features free and discounted ebooks selected by its editorial team, as well as book recommendations, updates from authors, and articles about books.” (Wikipedia) The company is most well-known in the US but it also does promotions for Canada, the UK, and Australia. It is also a book recommendation site (rather than simply a book review site). This means that you can…

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Reviews – the how and where

Reviews – the how and where

I have previously written a post on the ‘why’ of reviews. If you are convinced enough to want to help your favourite author in this way, sometimes it is still not enough. Many first-time reviewers need to be guided through the process. Below I will list the main sites that would help me personally. You DO NOT have to do all of them. If you are reviewing in multiple places, then you can just copy and paste the same review…

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Easter 2022 – multi-author giveaway

Easter 2022 – multi-author giveaway

How to enter 1. Answer the question – this ensures real people are entering! Please answer the question in the multiple-choice drop-down section within the giveaway app NOT in the comments below the post. 🙂 2. You will then be asked for your FIRST name and email address. 3. CONFIRM YOUR ENTRY!!!! Search for email and confirm entry (check your ‘spam’/’junk’ folders). *** Entrants keep forgetting this step and so don’t see the email telling them they’re a winner. 4. INCREASE…

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Grace Across the Miles – Grace #6

Grace Across the Miles – Grace #6

Grace Across the Miles – Back cover blurb How can you belong when you don’t know who you are? Gina Reid is surrounded by people getting married or having babies. She’s under pressure to settle down but how can she do that when she doesn’t even know where she came from? Since the startling revelation that she was adopted, it’s felt like there is something missing. But fear has kept her from searching for her biological parents. What if learning…

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Top reads 2021

Top reads 2021

2021 is the fifth year that I’ve kept a file on my top Christian reads for the year. You can follow my reviews on Goodreads or BookBub. I found it difficult to choose ten fiction books this year and so will (as I’ve done in the past) add in some non-fiction. These books aren’t listed in any particular order. 1. The Silk Merchant of Sychar (Cindy Williams) I love Biblical fiction if it is Biblically accurate and takes us into…

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Verborgen Genade (Dutch translation)

Verborgen Genade (Dutch translation)

Mensen stellen ons teleur, maar wat als God ons ook teleurstelt? Bij fysiotherapeute Esther MacDonald gaat alles voor de wind. Ze verwacht ook niet anders, want haar vader, de voorganger van megakerk Victory, heeft als motto; “Volg Jezus en wees gezegend!” Op haar achtentwintigste stort haar leven in. Iedereen stelt haar gerust, God zal het ten goede keren. Maar wat als dat niet gebeurt? Heeft ze God beledigd? Heeft ze te weinig geloof? Welke prijs moet ze betalen voor het…

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October 2021 giveaway

October 2021 giveaway

How to enter 1. Answer the question – this ensures real people are entering! The question needs to be answered in the multiple choice drop-down section within the giveaway app NOT in the comments below the post. 🙂 2. Then you’ll be prompted for FIRST name and email  3. Search for email and confirm entry (check your ‘spam’/’junk’ folders). *** Entrants keep forgetting this step and so don’t see the email telling them they’re a winner. 4. THEN you’ll be…

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Announcing audiobooks

Announcing audiobooks

Books can be read in print or as an ebook or even large print, but there are also those who love to listen to their books. Early recordings In 2018, I embarked on the steep learning curve that is learning how to narrate an ebook and also do all the technical side of recording and editing. I am grateful for a friend who loaned me the equipment and helped me with the technical side while making sure I could do…

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