3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
From National Book Critics Circle: When Nora Ephron wrote her bitterly comic novel Heartburn and threw in a few recipes to sweeten the effect, she was devising a recipe for other authors to follow. Since then, novelists including Jan Karon,...
Shaunarumbling (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Congratulations to the winners of the 2008 Christy awards, which were announced last night! CONTEMPORARY (Stand Alone) Chasing Fireflies by Charles Martin CONTEMPORARY (Series, Sequels and Novellas) Home to Holly Springs by Jan Karon HISTORICAL A Proper Pursuit by Lynn Austin LITS Hallie's Heart by Shelly Beach ROMANCE Remembered by Tamera Alexander SUSPENSE The Cure by Athol Dickson VISIONARY Scarlet...
Boomer Girl stories (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008
“Home to Holly Springs,” Jan Karon's newest novel, was released in November 2007. It's the first of the “Father Tim Novels.” Fans of Jan Karon have enjoyed her series of novels about the town of Mitford, of which Father Timothy Kavanagh is a central character.
Finestkind Clinic and fish market (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
For Mitford fans, check a lecture by Jan Karon on the WGBH forum... There's one by Miss Manners too... For awhile, the WGBH forum was stream, which made it hard to watch here...but now they have mp3 format for download on some of their lectures.
The Common Room (Free subscription) | 01/17/2008
It was a sweet book but it did have parts that I didn't like, didn't agree with, and were bored with. However there were some nice little passages that I would like to share with you. :) "Don't be anxious? Most mortals considered anxiety, and plenty of it, an absolute requirement for getting the job done. Yet, over and over again, the believer was cautioned to abandon anxiety, and look only to God."...
Half Pint House (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Another year, another list. It's always nice to have a couple I started last year to give me a jump-start on this year! January Light from Heaven (The Mitford Years, Book 9) by Jan Karon - Officially the last book of the Mitford series, though not the last of the Father Tim stories, I’m told. I began [...]
DallasNews Religion (Free subscription) | 12/31/2007
Lauren Winner writes books about the spiritual life ("Girl Meets God" is one) and finds time to write stylishly and penetratingly about others' books, often for Christianity Today. Click here for her review of Jan Karon's "Home to Holly...
Books, movies, and Chinese Food (Free subscription) | 12/31/2007
We're on our way back home Father Tim has left Mitford and all he loves. He's gone back to his hometown of Holly Springs, Mississippi to rediscover his roots. The reader is taken on a journey where Father Tim tries to reconnect with his past and find out more about his parents and those he used to love. Flashbacks help to flesh out the whole story about the man readers have grown to love. Along the...
Suitable For Mixed Company (Free subscription) | 12/28/2007
... this post at A Circle of Quiet takes a quick look at two of her books, plus has a link to a discussion of Jan Karon's fiction by Lauren Winner.
Bizinformer (Free subscription) | 12/06/2007
I was visiting Stephen Hopson over at Adversity University and he's started a gratitude theme - a weekly look back at who or what he is grateful for. I love that concept. In one of the many Jan Karon novels following the life of Father Timothy Kavanagh in Mitford , Father Tim has a long drive ahead of him and decides to spend the time giving thanks for each of the things in his life for which he was...
Stray Thoughts (Free subscription) | 11/24/2007
Jan Karon's Home to Holly Springs is the first in a new series involving Father Tim. It's distinct from the Mitford series because it takes place primarily out of Mitford and Father Tim and his immediate family are the only characters, so far, continuing on in the series, though others are referred to occasionally. In this [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/18/2007
People who know me well are baffled by my prayerful devotion to Jan Karon. A cynical, irreligious journalist worshiping at the altar of Karon's Christian fiction? Feeling at home in the close-knit, Mayberry-like town of Mitford, N.C.?
Tigre de Fogo (Free subscription) | 11/12/2007
The New York Times Best Sellers Books Lista dos livros mais vendidos nos Estados Unidos Nov 11, 2007 Ficção 1. PROTECT AND DEFEND Vince Flynn Brasil | World 2. BOOK OF THE DEAD Patricia Cornwell Brasil | World 3. HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS Jan Karon Brasil | World 4. PLAYING FOR PIZZA John Grisham Brasil | World 5. AMAZING GRACE Danielle Steel Brasil | World Não-Ficção 1. I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!)...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/08/2007
Here is something I realized again while reading often with tears in my eyes, cynicism be damned! Jan Karon's lovely new novel, ...
Palm 24/7 (Free subscription) | 11/02/2007
Home to Holly Springs is new at eReader and a bit expensive... "Readers of the nine bestselling Mitford novels have been captivated by Jan Karon's gift for illuminating the struggles that creep into everyday livesalong with a vividly imagined world (People). They learned quickly that after you've spent time in Mitford, you'll want to come back (Chicago Tribune). Millions eagerly awaited the publication...
