by Jamie Holloway | Aug 2, 2024 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“Here for It” by Amy Weatherly and Jess Johnston, a book about friendship. Authentic, complicated, and beautiful friendships. I was not sure if I was going to like this book, but it had a great Queso recipe. I am glad I read it. I like how the chapters were structured...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 20, 2024 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
When I first read Mary Oliver’s poem “Wild Geese” I fell in love with her work. I was 25 at the time and living a painful life. Her poems, balm to my soul during painful moments in my life. For my birthday, my sister/friend Summer gifted me “Devotions”. Her latest...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 29, 2024 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Jill Eileen Smith’s latest novel is on Noah’s Ark but done through Noah’s Wife, daughter in laws, and son’s perspective. I enjoyed this novel, like I have of the others Smith has written on Bible stories done through the woman’s perspective. I can tell...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 24, 2024 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I usually love historical novels and I was excited when I first received “The Seamstress of Acadie” by Laura Frantz. I just could not get into this book. I hate speaking unkindly about a book. I am not sure if it was the story or the writing. It just didn’t...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 9, 2024 | The Magnificent Journey
Happy New Year! A new year has begun and it is time for me to pick a new focus word for this year. I chose the word Wellness! Last year at this time I was still in the hospital fighting an infection in my right leg that started from a wound I got. They still didn’t...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 30, 2023 | The Magnificent Journey
Whoa! I never thought 2023 would never end. This year has been the most challenging, most life changing chapter of my life. During Christmas and New Year’s I was in the hospital fighting an infection in my right leg. Got out, then ended up going back in, in March...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 3, 2023 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I enjoyed reading Shadows at Dusk by Elizabeth Goddard. For one, it is a mystery set in Alaska and Montana. Second, it had a close sibling relationship, where a brother looked for his lost sister. I will let you discover what happened to her. You will not be...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 9, 2023 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I enjoy reading books with strong women characters. Again the Wind by Amanda Cabot is one of these books. Louisa, is a doctor during a time period when women were not respected or valued or even had jobs outside of the home. The storyline is really good and it...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 7, 2023 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“On Moonberry Lake” by Holly Varni is about a woman named Cora who does not have a good relationship with her mother. Her mom dies and leaves her, she believes her grandparents lodge at Moonberry Lake with condition that she has to live there for a year. Turns...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 21, 2023 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“Lost and Found” is about a man name Micah who is head over heels in love with a girl who runs away from their Amish community. And another girl who is in love with Micah. The two girls are sisters. This story is a love triangle that is painful and has a good...
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