The Boundless Bookshelf

  About the Book: ✦ Title: Love's Abiding Joy ✦ Author: Janette Oke ✦ Genre: Christian historical fiction ✦ Series: Book #4 of the Love Comes Softly series (See reviews for the other books in the series here! ) ✦ Recommend for: ages 15/16+ My Personal Rating 4.5 ⭐ 📖 Synopsis Marty and Clark Davis's daughter Missie and her husband had homesteaded land in the far West, many weeks' journey away by covered wagon. But with the coming of the frontier railroad, the miles are suddenly bridged, making possible their long-awaited reunion. Grandparents Marty and Clark are thrilled to meet their two little grandsons for the first time. Missie, anxious to hear news from home, plies her mother with questions about her brothers and sisters. And as Willie proudly shows the two visitors around his successful ranch, Missie, just as proudly, shows them the little soddy that was their original home. But the joyful reunion is shattered by a tragic accident . . . Will they ever be a happy famil...

  About the Book: ✦ Title: The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest ✦ Author: Melanie Dickerson ✦ Genre: Christian YA medieval fantasy (Robin Hood retelling w/ romance) ✦ Series: Book #1 in the Medieval Fairytales series ✦ Recommend for: ages 16+ My Personal Rating 3.5/4 ⭐ 📖 Synopsis A beautiful maiden who poaches to feed the poor. A handsome forester on a mission to catch her. Danger and love are about to unite in Thornbeck Forest. The margrave owns the finest hunting grounds for miles around--and Odette Menkels spends her nights poaching his deer to feed the hungry orphans of Thornbeck. By day, Odette is a simple maiden who teaches children to read, but by night this young beauty has become the secret lifeline to the poorest of the poor. For Jorgen Hartman, the margrave’s forester, tracking down a poacher is a duty he is all too willing to perform. Jorgen inherited his post from the man who raised him . . . a man who was murdered at the hands of a poacher. When Jorgen and Odette meet a...

  About the Book: ✦ Title: Bad Things, Small Packages ✦ Author: Perry Elizabeth Kirkpatrick ✦ Genre: Clean spy-comedy novella ✦ Series: Book #3 in The Accidental Cases of Emily Abbot (see reviews for prior two books here! ) ✦ Recommend for: ages 13+ My Personal Rating ⭐⭐⭐.5 📖 Synopsis Head colds are bad... but the contents of the memory card are worse. Emily has planned a quiet, restful evening at home, hoping to ward off the sniffles that might make her miss work. But the microSD card Brent stashed on her car is making more trouble than either of them expected. Getting it out of Phoenix and to the decryption genius before it self-destructs is going to take both of them. But someone is after them and the card, and Emily discovers an eerie connection to her first accidental mission. To make matters worse, ICS is in danger and someone's looking for Emily. It's going to be a long night. 💭 My thoughts I read this in one sitting and enjoyed it a lot, but I will say this one was al...

  About the Book: ✦ Title: Truth Cursed ✦ Author: Angie Dickinson ✦ Genre: Young adult fantasy (marketed as Christian, but little to no actual Christian content) ✦ Series: Currently a standalone novel ✦ Recommend for: ages 15+ My Personal Rating ⭐⭐⭐.5  📖 Synopsis Cressida Hoth is alone in the world. Orphaned and unwanted, she is inflicted with a peculiar curse by her mischievous aunts and banished to a finishing school in the secluded kingdom of Dernmont. Students train in every accomplishment suitable for young ladies: music, dancing, etiquette…and strangely, poison-making, fencing, and lock-picking. The school is a front for a rebel spy ring, and when her training is complete, Cressida is selected to join a mission to infiltrate the kingdom’s royal court. She has been thrown unceremoniously into a world of ball gowns and espionage, but she is still under a curse, and it threatens to expose them all. Defending her teammates and her secret, Cressida discovers that the kingdom...

  About the Book: ✦ Title: Janushek in Love ✦ Author: Christina Baehr ✦ Genre: Clean historical fantasy ✦ Series: The Secrets of Ormdale #5.5 ✦ Recommend for: Ages 14/15+ My Personal Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📖 Synopsis Brik Janushek is nothing if not resilient. But as his time in Ormdale stretches longer than he intended, he begins to wonder if he will recover from the enigmatic woman who has captured his heart. Or could he dare to find a way through the wall that stands between them? A short story in The Secrets of Ormdale. 💭 My thoughts “She was both a mystery he burned to solve and a song he could happily hear every day.” A really sweet short story about Janushek’s romance! I loved revisiting some of the characters from Ormdale once again as well as witnessing a beloved character find true love. Very lovely, beautifully written little story– I cannot wait for more books from Christina!!! (Additionally, I will begin using the phrase “Shut thy cake-hole” with certain people from now on 😏). ...

 1. What's something you own way too many of (other than books)? That would probably be artificial flowers and porcelain dolls. 😅  2. What's something you do for fun that's NOT reading? I admittedly have numerous hobbies. I've been writing since the age of 8, and that continues to be a primary passion of mine. Another big interest of mine is learning languages- I've been studying Spanish for about 2 years, and am lower-intermediate (B1), and I'm additionally studying Indonesian, Korean, and Khmer (Cambodian). Aside from those things, I also enjoy playing (or trying to play) guitar, piano, ukulele, kalimba and violin, baking, and crocheting.   3. What's something special or important on your nightstand that's NOT a book?  If magazines count as not being books, I have a stack of my Heartcry Missionary Society magazines on my nightstand that are very special to me, but if they DO count as books, I also have my music speaker, my basket of bookmarks, some je...

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  About the Book: ✦ Title: Love's Long Journey ✦ Author: Janette Oke ✦ Genre: Christian historical fiction ✦ Series: Book #3 in the Love Comes Softly series {see review for book #1 here and review for book #2 here! } ✦ Recommend for: ages 14+ My Personal Rating ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 📖 Synopsis Newlyweds Missie and Willie share a dream. However, it means that Missie must leave her parents, family and friends behind to join a wagon train and claim land in the West with her new husband. Overcoming incredible hardships on the journey, she grows into a mature wife and mother. Her faith in God and love for her husband give Missie the strength to make a new life and home in an unknown territory. 💭 My thoughts This is one of my favorite books in this series! I really enjoy the Little House on the Prairie feel, the lovely, strong faith content, Missie's growth and maturing, and just the overall sweetness of the story. I randomly noticed that in the previous book , Missie is said to have refined he...

  About the Book: ✦ Title: The Lady of Lanaria ✦ Author: Michaela Bush ✦ Genre: Christian fairytale retelling {Rapunzel} ✦ Series: Book #1 in the Legends of Lanaria series ✦ Recommend for: 14/15+ My Personal Rating 4 ½ ⭐ 📖 Synopsis A kidnapped princess, a promise, and a kingdom cursed with mysterious plagues. "Mark my words, Evangeline; if you set foot outside this tower, you will surely die." Evangeline has spent her entire life hidden in an ancient watchtower, gazing through a window as the world passes her by. She heeds her mother's warning closely, the truth hidden from her always. When a young guard stumbles upon the tower, Evangeline's life is changed forever. As she strikes up a secret friendship with the guard, she learns about the Kingdom of Lanaria and the mysterious plagues that haunt all who live there. But as she delves into the world she barely knows, not everything her mother says adds up. Will they find the truth before it's too late? 💭 My though...