Bring On Lemons

We may still have snow... but I am hopeful spring is on it's way and I have an exciting book blog tour to keep me warm! WOW! Women on Writing is helping promote another wonderful book for a delightful group of authors. This time it's a book titled: Mindful Dementia Care: Lost and Found in the Alzheimer's Forest  by authors Ruth Dennis, Luke Nachtrab, and Velma Arellano. This book was just released in February and is already receiving fabulous reviews! I have the PDF and can provide it right away if you'd like to get reading - you won't want to wait! Please contact me today to reserve your copy and participate in this tour. If you've never participated in a tour, feel free to inquire and I'll be happy to explain how it works - you don't even have to have your own blog! Send an email today to participate - email address: crystal@wow-womenonwriting.com or crystaljotto@gmail.com Be sure to include the following: * The email address you'd like y...

Dr. Leona Stucky’s WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING TOUR OF The Fog of Faith Stops today at Bring on Lemons with a book spotlight! The Fog of Faith SURVIVING MY IMPOTENT GOD Paperback: 340 pages Genre: Memoir Publisher: Prairie World Press (May 25, 2017) ISBN-10: 099864742X ISBN-13: 978-0998647425 Amazon Link: click here About the Book: After the trauma of a savage attack, a farm girl recovers physically, but her identity, faith, and relationships are shattered. This is the true story of Leona Stucky’s childhood on a Kansas farm, surrounded by a loving family and the simple tenets of her Mennonite community. Violence enters her world in the guise of a young man who seems normal to everyone else but who Leona knows to be deranged in his obsession with her. His unrelenting abuses take root, and Leona must deal with them utterly alone. Her pacifist father cannot avenge or protect her, nor can a callous justice system. Even God is impotent. Leona is cast into a bewilderi...

Book Review: Bethlehem’s Baby By Sheila Deeth Review by Crystal J. Casavant-Otto Bethlehem’s Baby is the sixth volume of short bible stories written by Biblical author, Shelina Deeth. This volume includes stories following the birth of Christ (including the story of Caesar Augustus, Herod, John the Baptist, Mary, Joseph, and many more). Bethlehem’s Baby includes more than 40 short stories aimed at middle school readers. Bethlehem’s Baby was an interesting read for our family. I am quite traditional (I’m actually a traditional church organist complete with the thee’s and thous of the King James Version) and some of the non-traditional references in Bethlehem’s Baby caught me off guard initially. My children really enjoyed the present day spin Deeth placed on the bible stories of old. I can certainly see how this style of story-telling appeals to children and teens as well as many adults. The stories are the perfect length for a quick pre-bedtime read with additional ...