#BookReview Yara’s Tawari Tree by Yossi Lapid

Yossi Lapid does it again with another beautifully written story with a truly marvelous (and important!) theme. Yara's Tawari Tree follows a young girl named Yara in her rain forest, jungle hut. Her parrot friend brings her to a little tree seedling that is going to be cut down due to deforestation and together they…

#BookReview After Namaste by K. Kris Loomis

After Namaste is a collection of short essays by K. Kris Loomis full of eye-opening motivations. I won't lie, I loved the essay about a swimmer. What can I say? I've always been quite the fish. And man oh man, does this book hit close to home. Reinventing yourself is something many people try, but…

#BookReview The Year After by Ashley Wagner

The Year After by Ashley Warner was a tale about one woman's experience with rape. That seems like such a horrible way to word that sentence, but this story is a year's worth of journals about what happened after the rape (and a few extra stories from years later). There is literally journals from every…

Book Review: PAPER IN THE WIND by OLIVIA-MASON CHARLES

Photo via Goodreads. "I came to the realization that a diagnosis of autism is not the end of the dreams that parents envision for their child. Have the courage to dream another dream and by the grace of God, your child will find the strength to embrace the gift of life and rise above their…