Hearts of Fire

Welcome to another Reading Wednesday. Today we’ll be taking a look at Hearts of Fire, a book published by Voice of the Martyrs. This book contains the stories of eight women and what their conversion to Christianity cost them. They were tortured, beaten, and imprisoned, but through it all, stood strong in their faith. The trials they faced were very…

The Knights of Arrethtrae

Hello! Today on Reading Wednesday we’ll be taking a look at the book series The Knights of Arrethtrae. Let’s get started! These books were purchased several years ago at a homeschool convention. In fact, we met the author (Chuck Black)! I’ve been re-reading them recently, and I thought they would be a good series to share here on the blog….

Grandma’s Attic: All Grown Up

Hello! Today we’ll be continuing the topic of last week’s post with stories from Grandma’s Attic: All Grown Up. Let’s start! I enjoyed the books in this series documenting the older years of the characters better than the preceding ones. Which, incidentally, is the case with many of the books I’ve written about here on the blog. 😉 I guess…

Stories from Grandma’s Attic

Hello! Today on Reading Wednesday we’ll be talking about the series of stories from Grandma’s Attic. Let’s get started! These stories are geared more towards younger readers, but I think that any age would enjoy them. The stories are written as if they were being told to us by the woman who had lived them. Which is sort of the…

The Wide, Wide World

Hello! Today on Reading Wednesday we’ll be taking a look at The Wide, Wide World. The books, that is. 😉 Now, if you’ve ever read Little Women, you’d probably remember that this is the book that Jo March is crying over in one of the chapters. And yes, the two books do begin rather somberly with Ellen Montgomery and her…