Aleena Ortiz, Book Reviewer

Book Review

Walking Closer

by Aleena Ortiz

"Walking Closer" is an earnest monthlong devotional for Christians that focuses on trust and faith over fear. Jonathan Temple’s Christian devotional "Walking Closer" suggests a daily practice that reflects one’s faith in God.... Read More

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We Are the Wackadoodles

by Aleena Ortiz

In the picture book We Are the Wackadoodles: It’s Nice to Be Kind, parents showcase and discuss the merits of kindness. In T. A. Duggan’s picture book We Are the Wackadoodles: It’s Nice to Be Kind, goodwill toward others wins the... Read More

Book Review

Dialogues with the Wise Woman

by Aleena Ortiz

An insightful therapist is a vehicle for provocative ethical and psychological conversations in the allegorical novel "Dialogues with the Wise Woman". In Richard Todd Devens’s spiritual novel "Dialogues with the Wise Woman", a gambling... Read More

Book Review

Peaceful Waters

by Aleena Ortiz

A novel about healing, "Peaceful Waters" follows as a woman seeks the personal power of accepting a great loss. In Anne Hutcheson’s novel "Peaceful Waters", a woman deals with the unexpected loss of her boyfriend. Donovan committed... Read More

Book Review

Battle for the Truth

by Aleena Ortiz

The religious text "Battle for the Truth" makes familiar arguments about God-sized holes in scientific theories. Taking a familiar religious approach, H. D. Chiou’s book "Battle for the Truth" contrasts the theory of evolution with... Read More

Book Review

The Weather Woman

by Aleena Ortiz

In Sally Gardner’s fantastical novel "The Weather Woman", gender, societal recognition, and family inheritance lead to precarious circumstances in Victorian London. Neva, whose parents neglect her, can read the weather with perfect... Read More

Book Review

Savage Bred

by Aleena Ortiz

In Victoria McCombs’s high seas adventure novel "Savage Bred", betrayal and family sail hand-in-hand. As the third book of the Royal Rose Chronicles starts, Ontario, the pirate ship’s former first mate, has become captain; the... Read More

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