Monday Musings: New Releases, News, and More 10/18/21
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New Christian Book Releases for October 2021
These are full price, brand new books I didn’t want you to miss out on.
Once Upon a Wardrobe
Indie Next Selection | Buzz Books Selection | POPSUGAR “Best New Books of October” | CountryLiving “Best New Books for This Fall” | Atlanta Journal-Constitution “10 Must Read Southern Books This Fall” | Booklist Queen “Most Anticipated”
From Patti Callahan, the bestselling author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis, comes another enchanting story that pulls back the curtain on the early life of C. S. Lewis.
“Where did Narnia come from?”
The answer will change everything.
Megs Devonshire is brilliant with numbers and equations, on a scholarship at Oxford, and dreams of solving the greatest mysteries of physics.
She prefers the dependability of facts—except for one: the younger brother she loves with all her heart doesn’t have long to live. When George becomes captivated by a brand-new book called The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and begs her to find out where Narnia came from, there’s no way she can refuse.
Despite her timidity about approaching the famous author, Megs soon finds herself taking tea with the Oxford don and his own brother, imploring them for answers. What she receives instead are more stories . . . stories of Jack Lewis’s life, which she takes home to George.
Why won’t Mr. Lewis just tell her plainly what George wants to know? The answer will reveal to Meg many truths that science and math cannot, and the gift she thought she was giving to her brother—the story behind Narnia—turns out to be his gift to her, instead: hope.
A Deep Divide by Kimberley Woodhouse
About Kimberley Woodhouse
A Deep Divide is the beginning of a brand new series for Kimberley Woodhouse, who first envisioned this story while on vacation at the Grand Canyon with her family more than a decade ago.
Kimberley is a traditionally published, multi-award winning author, but she also has a love of music and has recorded three albums.
Fans of Extreme Makeover Home Edition may recognize her from this episode where the family got a new home to help support their daughter’s extremely rare medical condition. They have also been featured on other television shows like The Montel Williams Show, and Discovery Health Channel’s Mystery ER. Kimberley wrote a book about their situation called Welcome Home that was published by Tyndale.
You can see all of Kimberley’s books here.
A Deep Divide: Secrets of the Canyon Book 1
With her past behind her, she has nothing--and everything--to lose.
After being kidnapped as a child, heiress Emma Grace McMurray has seen firsthand the devastation that greed causes in the world, and she wants nothing to do with it. When she discovers her father has offered her up as a bargaining chip to expand his empire, she disappears into the night. Determined to stay hidden, even if it means always looking over her shoulder, she finds herself working as a Harvey Girl at the El Tovar Hotel.
When Ray Watkins arrives at the hotel on business, he is immediately captivated by the beauty of the Grand Canyon. Though his fame-seeking father aims to lure new investors to the Arizona Territory, Ray dreams of one day taking over the family business and doing good with the profits.
Ray immediately admires Emma Grace, and though an attraction begins to form, she can't let go of the deep-rooted fear that he's just like every other wealthy man she's known. When suspicious activity follows Emma Grace and Ray to the El Tovar, they are pulled into a mystery that stirs up their worst fears. And as shocking revelations come to light, they are left to question all they thought to be true.
Discussion Topic of the Week
Running this site over the years has allowed me to meet many interesting people and learn so many new things. I enjoy the authors’ backstories as much as their books sometimes. Because I’m finding a lot of interesting tidbits about the authors of these new release books I may decide to change Monday Musings into individual new release posts. (Opinions on this are welcome.)
I’ve been chatting with some of the newsletter subscribers lately about how to screen books for posting. It takes time to learn things about an author and when a book may only stay on sale for 24 hours it doesn’t leave much time to find out.
My question this week is: What information do you need about a new author before you decide to try their book? (And as a bonus: What questions would you want an author to answer in an interview style post?)
