Summer Reads Your Kids Can’t Resist
The days are getting longer and the temperatures are rising. A sure sign that school will soon be out and summer vacation will officially begin. Like most mothers I look forward to this three month...
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Girl Fantasy - Part One of the Fantasy Series
I’ve been following with interest the increased number of fantasy books currently being published by LDS writers. Though most of these novels list themselves as middle grade or young adult fantasy,...
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Real Life Fantasy - Part Two of the Fantasy Series
The idea behind a good Fantasy novel is that it takes you to places where magical things are the norm, and adventure waits at every corner. Sure that isn’t surprising if you happen to be a medieval...
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Other World Fantasy: Part Three of the Three Part Fantasy Series
To some degree I think all writers are control freaks living in a world where they’re lucky to control their own breakfast, none-the-less their own life. Things come at them (as they do to all of us)...
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Christmas Gifts Are No Laughing Matter
With Thanksgiving next week and Christmas just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about finding the perfect gift for that someone special in your life. If you’re like me, you want to find...
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Meet Annie
First off I want to introduce myself. I am Deanne Blackhurst (Annie), creator and owner of the website LDSBookcorner.com. I’m a middle aged stay-at-home mom, from Pleasant Grove, Utah. I’m also an avid...
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Annie Talks About Havng Hope by Terri Ferran
This week I just finished reading Having Hope by Terri Ferran. Having Hope is Ferran’s second novel and is the sequel to her first novel Finding Faith. It was published in 2009 by Bonneville Books and...
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Austenland by Shannon Hale
Like everyone else in the world I am a huge fan of Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice as depicted by A&E staring Collin Firth. What’s sad is that this movie was really my first introduction to...
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Josie Kilpack's Culinary Mysteries
Josi Kilpack is no stranger to LDS fiction. The author of more than seven novels, Kilpack has a way consistently producing plot lines that are both current and unique. Last year she came out with the...
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Saving Madeline by Rachel Ann Nunes
Rachel Ann Nunes is something of an icon in LDS writing. Author of over twenty-nine novels, including the well known Ariana series, Nunes has broached a broad variety of subject matter and settings in...
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Murder by the Book by Betsy Brannon Green
It may be my imagination but I think Betsy Brannon Green get better with every book she writes. And I’m not the only one. Author of over fifteen novels to date, Green was chosen as a finalist for the...
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Elodia Strain's Previouisly Engaged
One of the first things I liked about Elodia Strain was her name. It’s unique, fun to say and in fact sounds like a name for a romance writer. Then I saw her photo. Is she cute or what? After reading...
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Crossfire, a novel by Traci Hunter Abramson
I discovered Traci Hunter Abramson a year and a half ago when I bought and read her book Royal Target. Tracy has been writing since 2004 and has at least seven thrillers to date, but it wasn’t till I...
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The Whitney Award Winners Are Announced
Part OneLast Saturday, April 24th, the third annual Whitney Awards Gala for 2009 was held at the Marriot Hotel in Provo, Utah, with some of the top LDS writers in attendance both as finalists and as...
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A Must Read This Summer - Awakening Avery by Laurie Lewis
What could be more appropriate for a long hot summer afternoon then curling up with a book set on the beach front at Anna Maria Island in Florida? Even the cover looks cool and refreshing. Like most...
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Gravity vs. The Girl by Riley Noehren
Next week LDSBookcorner will be running 2009 Whitney Award winner Riley Noehren’s book Gravity vs. The Girl. Noehren’s book tied for Best Novel by a New Author with Dan Well’s book, I Am Not A Serial...
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Review of Imprints by Rachel Ann Nunes
I’ve always had a taste for the unusual in my fiction. I like authors who can come up with a twist on a common genre and make it fresh and unique. For national writers, there’s a lot more freedoms to...
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The Quick Silver Project by J A Lightender
The technology associated with the internet has trickled down into many different areas changing the way we do things. When my husband and I were first married we bought an expensive set of...
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Just One Wish by Janette Rallison
I always love to read Young Adult novels despite the fact that I am long past qualifying for that age moniker. I enjoyed the Harry Potter books as much as my children did. A Wrinkle in Time is a...
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All's Fair by Julie Coulter Bellon
It’s funny how sometimes when you meet someone you know right off that they are someone you will have an instant connection to. Julie Bellon is one of those people.I met her at a book signing and...
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Welcome to the Chocolate Roses Blog Tour
This is the second opportunity I have had to participate in a blog tour. For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, a blog tour is a devise used to spread the word about a new book. Boggers, such as...
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The Fourth Nephite by Jeffrey S Savage
Jeffrey S Savage is a talented writer with multiple books under his belt. He’s the writer of the Shaundra Covington Mystery Series, of which the third book was released earlier in the summer and will...
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Trapped is a Captivating Summer Read
Last year I had the opportunity to run a novel by new author Ronda Gibb Hinrichsen on the LDS Bookcorner Daily Chapter. It was a book titled Missing and told the story of a young BYU student on tour...
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Some Secrets Hurt, A Story of Healing by Linda Kay Garner, Illustrated by D...
I don’t usually review children's books for several reasons. First off, they are always so good. It’s like movie reviews for Disney films are almost guaranteed a five star rating. Secondly,...
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Defensive Tactics, A Thriller by Steve Westover
I’m pleased this week to review an exciting book Defensive Tactics from a talented new author Steve Westover. Westover writes this exciting suspense thriller, my favorite genre, with the skill of a...
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