Timothy Taylor

The Last Song

It was pure happenstance that I read Nicholas Sparks latest novel, The Last Song. As I perused the book rack on a recent shopping trip I noticed the book and made an impulse buy. I’ve seen a handful...

Haddix pens an engaging sci-fi novel for young readers

In all honesty I don’t know what Margaret P. Haddix’s religious views are. However, she handles faith and Christianity in a positive way in her stories, though it’s hardly a central plot point most...

Budget gift giving idea

As Christmas approaches, if you haven’t already, it’s time to think about gift giving. For booklovers a gift card to a bookstore is like giving a child free reign at the dessert table. Gift cards can...

Dickens' A Christmas Carol revisited

Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” has long been one of my favorite holiday stories ever since I first watched the Disney version starring Mickey Mouse when I was a child. Since then I’ve seen several...

Christian Science Fiction

Christian fiction is an ever expanding market with new sub genres emerging constantly. Science Fiction lovers can rejoice as more and more Christian authors are exploring this genre. A simple Google.com search for “Christian Science Fiction” will...

Christian Horror?

A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a frightening house of horrors filled with levitating furniture, spirits of the dead and a serial killer bent on their deaths. A vampire and werewolf seek to come to grips with...

A twist on a timeless lesson

Gene Edwards’ A Tale of Three Kings is unlike anything I’ve ever read. Part teaching, part fiction, the book is composed of a series of vignettes, glimpses, chapter by chapter into the life of King David. As...

An engaging sequel

Cottonwood Whispers is the latest offering from Jennifer Erin Valent and the sequel to her first novel, Fireflies in December.It’s 1936 and Jessilyn Lassiter is seventeen years old. While the last four years since her family&rsquo...

Interview with Robin Parrish

Robin Parrish is the author of four published novels to date with more on the horizon. His latest, Offworld, is a riveting science fiction thriller. You can read my review here. Recently Robin was kind enough to answer a few...

Christian Fiction 101: What is Christian fiction in today's market?

What is Christian Fiction? There are a variety of answers out there but ultimately it would seem that Christian Fiction can be defined as fiction with some sort of Christian theme either overt or implied, devoid of explicit language and...

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