Review: “Trail of the Lonesome Stickpin” by Camille LaGuire

by Carol10 Comments
I mentioned a while ago that I have developed quite a fondness for Mick and Casey McKee, a young married couple who are gunslingers in the Old West. And tend to do a bit of detecting while they're at it. Over my vacation, I read a few of the mysteries starring the pair, including the short story "Trail of the Lonesome Stickpin." The story opens with Mick waking up on the floor, half-undressed, and the memory of a pair of beautiful brown eyes and soft blond hair. His wife, by the way, has hazel eyes, brown hair, and is quite a sharpshooter. Needless to say, he's desperate to figure out what happened before he's in more trouble with Casey than he can handle. I still love this couple. They make me smile, it's that simple. Mick's the talker, the one who figures things out. Casey's more likely to shoot first and ask questions later, but she has a soft side that shows...
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Giveaway: Breaking Up with God by Sarah Sentilles

by Carol4 Comments
I have one copy to giveaway, US and Canada only. Here's the blurb. I broke up with God. The breakup was devastating. It was like a divorce when all the friends you had as a couple are forced to choose sides and end up not choosing yours. Sarah Sentilles's relationship with God was not casual. When it began to unravel she was in the ordination process to become an Episcopal priest, a youth minister at a church, and a doctoral student in theology at Harvard. You might say they were engaged and that the wedding was all planned. Calling it off would be more than a little awkward. But in the studying of the religion she'd been raised on and believed wholeheartedly, one day she woke up and realized . . . it was over. In this powerful memoir of faith, Sentilles reveals how deep our ties to God can be, and how devastating they can be to break. Without God to mold...
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Review: Breaking Up with God by Sarah Sentilles

by Carol9 Comments
Sarah Sentilles was not just your average church-goer. She was in the process of working toward ordination as an Episcopalian priest, was a youth pastor, and a Divinity student at Harvard when she broke up with God. This book tells her story, how she was raised, what kind of teenager she was, and when she started waiting what she thought she knew and attempting to reconcile it with the God she was learning about. She puts in terms of a man-woman relationship, which I found made sense to me, others may not like that. To be truthful, I didn't like Sarah. I kept wanting to tell her to get a grip, to figure out who she is and stop relying so much on everyone else's image of her. But I guess that was her point, and while she did get there, it was pretty rambly. While I don't agree with all of her decisions, I do think people can question God and...
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