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Book Review-Trust the Stars

I am part of an amazing group on Facebook called Avid Readers of Christian Fiction. Quite often, authors will open up applications to their Book Launch Teams. If you are selected, you receive an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) in exchange for your honest review of their book. I recently applied for Tricia Goyer’s team for…

Book Review-Not Quite Mr. Darcy

I am part of a group on Facebook called Avid Readers of Christian Fiction. A few weeks ago, I saw a post there by author, Kim Griffin, offering an ARC of her upcoming book release, Not Quite Mr. Darcy, in exchange for posting a review. I will confess that I had to Google what an…

Passport2Purity

Parents. How do we teach our kids about sex? Do we let them get to fifth grade and find out in health class? Do we let them figure it out from their friends on the school bus? Do we let them figure it out from movies or television? When talking with other moms, it seems…

Summer 2023 Book Reads

A few years ago, my husband got me a Kindle Paperwhite for Christmas. I did not want it, as it had been many years since I had made time to read. However, my oldest daughter told me about Libby and Hoopla, two apps that allow you to check books out virtually from your library for…

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About Me

Hi, I’m Melanie Hi! My name is Melanie. I live in southeast Michigan, but am originally from Salem, Virginia. My husband, Dana, and I have been married since 1998. We both graduated from Kentucky Mountain Bible College with Bachelor’s Degrees in 2002. We lived in Kentucky from 1998-2012 and moved to Michigan, where Dana pastors a Wesleyan church, thus the name Thriving in the Fishbowl. It has long been said that the pastor’s family lives in a fishbowl because people watch them. Read More

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