by Jamie Holloway | May 22, 2021 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
This is my third James R. Hannibal novel I have read. I enjoy his writing and stories. The Paris Betrayal is set around a spy that is trying to find out info about a bioweapon and has a snipper after him and being infected that is claiming his body. I...
by Jamie Holloway | May 14, 2021 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I just finished reading a memoir by Hope Carpenter about the healing of her marriage and herself. This memoir is powerful and raw. What I appreciate is how authentic she is about her journey through cheating on her husband and working to heal her relationship with her...
by Jamie Holloway | May 12, 2021 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Lately, I have been into strong women characters who fight crime and kick butt doing it. I love Kadance character because she is a sniper, and she is strong and the author has written her as capable in taking care of herself. She has some issues, but who...
by Jamie Holloway | May 4, 2021 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Since living well with my chronic conditions is one of my priorities I have learned how valuable communication is and all of the variables that are in good communication. Once thing that I have heard over and over in my support groups that I belong to is not...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 27, 2021 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I love mysteries and detective stories. In Elizabeth Goddard’s new book Present Danger this is a great mystery and with a bit of romance entangled in the story line. I have a chronic illness that causes me to have issues sleeping and I use reading novels to pass the...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 22, 2021 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Encouragement is something we all need. I know I need it especially when I am facing some challenging moments in my medical journey. Victoria Osteen’s newest book Encouragement for an Exceptional Life is a book that gives you encouragement to keep trucking on....
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 9, 2021 | Books/Music
My goal is to be a strong and authentic old woman when I grow up. In Joyce Meyer’s newest book How to Age Without Getting Old she gives you a formula in how to reach that goal. These tips are from eating well, movement for your body and soul, Scriptures...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 7, 2021 | Books/Music, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I am not a huge sports fan. However, I love reading memoirs of people men and women who have challenges and work through them and live well anyway. Daniel Ponce De Leon’s story is just like that. He sustained a fractured skull and worked hard to achieve his...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 5, 2021 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I just finished the book The Miracle Collectors by Joan Luisa Hill and Katie Mahon. I appreciated their perspective of looking at miracles from all sides and from different religions. I believe in miracles. I have experienced my own miracles. This book is...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 29, 2021 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I love FBI, CIA, Secret Service type of books. When it is combined with a romance and my Christian beliefs it is even better. Blackburn’s newest book Unknown Threat focuses on 5 Secret Service men, three of them murdered and 2 of them alive. The two that survived a...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 16, 2021 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I love reading Joyce Meyer’s commentaries on different books of the Bible. This time I read Philippians. I love how she broke up the scriptures and made each chapter like a devotional. I love how she writes, and I especially love her no nonsense approach to...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 10, 2021 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Have you ever read a book that tore your heart out and then healed it at the same time? Kait Warman’s book Thank You For Rejecting Me is that book for me. Feelings of rejection and abandonment have been a theme running in my life since I was born. I knew I...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 9, 2021 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
This weekend I got lost in a novel. The novel I chose for this weekend’s reading experience is Facing the Dawn by Cynthia Ruchti. Be prepared to have Kleenix nearby because this novel is full of sadness of Mara a woman who lost her husband to an accident in Uganda and...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 4, 2021 | Books/Music, Products I Love, The Magnificent Journey
If you read my post on the fruit of the spirit self-control/self-discipline I mentioned journal writing. I received Joyce Meyer’s journal “The Confident Woman Journal” and I know I will be using this in my intentional journaling. The journal style is not my favorite....
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 10, 2021 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I love reading mysteries. I love getting lost in a story. Patricia Bradley’s newest book “Obsession” is a great book to get lost in. I use reading to keep my mind off of having a pain day or night. I also use it when I wake up in the middle of the night with choking...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 28, 2021 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Proverbs is one of the books that I use as reference when I want to gain wisdom and insight into how God wants me to live my life. Joyce Meyer commentary on Proverbs goes deeper into Proverbs in her no-nonsense approach and blunt insights that I value. I love...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 21, 2021 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I have always thought music connects us. It is a way for us to express our emotions. Those emotions that overwhelm and consume us. Music has helped me grieve. In the book by Minnie Drake “The Lost Love Song” this novel explores this idea by taking us on a...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 10, 2021 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
In December I started a book on prayer by Caroline Myss called Intimate Conversations with the Divine. Myss is a Catholic and the way she prays is beautiful and like she talks to God all the time with grace, confidence, and intimacy I wish I had when I pray. It is a...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 7, 2021 | Books/Music, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
The first book I finished for 2021 is a memoir by Katherine and Jay Wolf. I got this book from the library because the title intrigued me. Suffering strong, what a thought! Below is a quote that struck me while reading this book: “Life with disabilities has...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 23, 2020 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Recently, I have been reading a book by Jeff D. Reeter financial advisor for North Western Mutual in which he owns. I like to read books from smart women and men who have wisely invested and pursed life with intention including their business, family,...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 12, 2020 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
2020 has been a strange year. This year I have read over 1000 books. I have no idea how that happened. I have never done this before. What helped me read so many books were using my Kindle. Last Christmas I got a Kindle Fire. I love it. I use it all the time. I...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 7, 2020 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
This year I discovered that I like reading books on my Kindle and so I have been indulging in my new device. I was not sure I would like to read from a Kindle. I still love regular books. The smell of the paper, the feel of the paper in my hands, the feel of turning...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 5, 2020 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I had three books to read before the end of 2020, after reading The Return from Nicholas Sparks, I now have two books left for the year. I was not disappointed in this newest novel by Sparks. His books are full of love, pain, emotions, conflict, mystery, and...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 25, 2020 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I am not a big fan of books about the end times. The reason why is because we truly do not know when Jesus will be coming back. Jesus said that we will not know the time or place when He will come back and take us to be with Him. I believe this with my whole...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 22, 2020 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I use reading as part of my pain management routine. It gets my mind off my painful joints and stoma. I love reading novels that have strong women and have a mystery theme. The Price of Valor by Susan May Warren was not a disappointment. I got lost in the story of a...
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