The Boundless Bookshelf

  About the Book: ✦ Full title: "How to Memorize Scripture for Life: From One Verse to Entire Books" ✦ Author: Andrew M. Davis ✦ Genre: Christian nonfiction ✦ Series: No, a standalone book ✦ Recommend for: A nyone who wants to memorize Scripture! My Personal Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ 📖 Synopsis A Simple, Proven Method for Memorizing Long Passages of Scripture. When God’s word abides in believers, it overflows with blessings for everyday life. Many Christians have individual Scripture verses “stored up” in their hearts, but there can be even greater spiritual benefit to memorizing long passages―even entire books―of the Bible. Unfortunately, this is often dismissed as impossible or too time consuming.   Andrew M. Davis helps readers commit to extended Scripture memorization so they may grow in holiness, resist temptation, and share the gospel with others. In this brief guide, he offers an accessible, time-tested pattern for studying Scripture that includes simple daily procedures and...

  About the Book: ✦ Title: Radiant ✦ Author: Ashley Bustamante ✦ Genre: YA romance fantasy (marketed as Christian but no faith content) ✦ Series: Book #2 in the Color Theory trilogy ✦ Recommend for: 14/15+ My Personal Rating 3.5 ⭐ 📖 Synopsis Secrets Come in Every Shade After the introduction of Yellow magic in a society accustomed to only Red and Blue magic, the world inside the barrier has become more complicated than anyone imagined. Ava, Elm, and the former students of Prism navigate life in hiding. They face discord, secrets, betrayal, and danger that looms ever closer as the Benefactors narrow in on their hideaway. Ava is determined to keep everyone protected, even at the cost of her own safety. She explores dangerous aspects of her new Mentalist abilities—against Elm’s dire warnings. Tensions escalate when a new visitor arrives claiming to know a way out of the barrier. While this may be the only way to escape the Benefactors...

About the Book: ✦ Title: A Bride for Donnigan ✦ Author: Janette Oke ✦ Genre: Christian historical/western romance ✦ Series: Book #7 of the standalone series Women of the West ✦ Recommend for: Ages 15+ My Personal Rating 2.5 ⭐ 📖 Synopsis She didn't even know his name...but she was about to become his bride. Standing on the ship's deck, Kathleen O'Malley watches the land she has called home slip from her view. She had thought she would be glad to see it go, but regardless of the unpleasant situation she was leaving, it was at least safe and familiar. America seems so very far away... At his prairie farm, Donnigan Harrison anxiously awaits his bride's arrival. He has known the wonder of a dreams fulfilled--a snug cabin, a sturdy log barn, a fine herd of livestock, and crops in the field. But even with all that, he is lonely. A notion that once seemed unthinkable had come to make sense, and so he wrote a letter. But Donnigan's anticipation is overshadowed by terrifyin...

  About the Book: ✦ Title: Vivid ✦ Author: Ashely Bustamante ✦ Genre: YA romance fantasy (marketed as Christian but no faith content) ✦ Series: Book #1 in The Color Theory trilogy ✦ Recommend for: Ages 15/16+ My Personal Rating ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 📖 Synopsis DANGER LURKS BEHIND EVERY COLOR When Ava Locke was five years old, she began a journey to join the Benefactors—the leaders of the magical continent of Magus. Twelve years later, she unwittingly started down the road to betray them. On Magus, where colors fuel magical abilities, yellow is banned in an effort to protect people from its mind-controlling capabilities. When a rogue Yellow magic-user named Elm escapes imprisonment, Ava becomes innocently fascinated with his story. Once this mysterious Elm shows up at her school, Ava pushes her interest to the next level by helping him evade the Benefactors. Ava grows increasingly conflicted as her intrigue leads her down a dark road of secrets about her world. As she learns more about Yellow m...