by Josiah DeGraaf | May 13, 2016 | Book Recommendations, Fiction
What if, in your dreams, you enter into another world? What if the world of dreams was set in a fantasy setting with some splashes of steampunk and a growing schism between two warring nations? What if normally, you and your dreaming self can only remember...by Christine Eaton | Apr 29, 2016 | Book Recommendations, Fiction
If you are like most high school students, the Great Gatsby is on your reading list: why? Is it to experience a masterpiece of literary genius or is there something more to this novel? In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote this story, which is a staunch...by Josiah DeGraaf | Mar 25, 2016 | Book Recommendations, Fiction
You don’t need to read that much into the book to learn what its plot is: it’s a story about a Russian axe-murderer who kills an old lady who runs a pawnshop seemingly for money and afterwards tries to hide what he did from the authorities. ...by Josiah DeGraaf | Mar 18, 2016 | Book Recommendations, Writing
Looking for a book that takes a deep look into how our Christian faith should integrate into our practice of writing? I read this book two years ago and it has already become pretty much my go-to source on the different questions that I wrestle with concerning this...by Josiah DeGraaf | Oct 26, 2015 | Book Recommendations, Fiction
The book begins like a stereotypical fantasy novel: with a character who is prophesied to find the “chosen one” figure of this universe. Only problem is, the prophesied finder of the chosen one is a drunkard and when all the other signs of the...