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Christian Living​
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Love
Controversial Topics
Running Toward the Roar
Girl Talk (Teens)
Entertainment
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Reflections on Narnia
For Women
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eBooks in Review
Books I Don't Recommend
Reading Recommendations
​[Book Lists]

Index by Date of Review Publication


​*​ - This mark next to the review date indicates a book Bethel received a copy (either from the publisher, the author, or a ministry representing the author), for the purpose of an honest review

** - This mark next to the review date indicates a book Bethel reviewed (and usually received a copy) as part of my involvement in the book's social media/launch team
​
X - This mark next to the review indicates a book that Bethel read and reviewed, but due to her disagreement with the content, doesn't personally recommend others read it. Some of these reviews may only contain her ratings of the book

Pulling Back the Shades
by Dannah Gresh and Dr. Juli Slattery - February 2015 **

It's Not What You Think
by Jefferson Bethke - October 2015 **

Surprised by the Healer
by Linda Dillow and Dr. Juli Slattery - February 2016 **

Authentic Love
by Jon Jorgenson - March 2016

Spoken For
by Robin Gunn and Alyssa Bethke - April 2016

Through the Eyes of a Lion
by Levi Lusko - April 2016

Girl Defined
by Kristen Clark and Bethany Baird (Beal) - May 2016 **

The Screwtape Letters
by C.S. Lewis - June 2016

Love Does
by Bob Goff - July 2016

21 Myths (Even Good) Girls Believe About Sex
by Jennifer Strickland - July 2016 *

Redeeming Love
by Francine Rivers - August 2016

The Secret Keeper
by Dannah Gresh - September 2016

Set-Apart Femininity X
by Leslie Ludy - September 2016

Get Lost
by Dannah Gresh - October 2016

Kisses from Katie
by Katie Davis (Majors) - November 2016

Scribbling in the Sand
by Michael Card - January 2017

Decent Exposure
by Jessica Rey and Leah Darrow - April 2017

Daring to Hope
by Katie Davis Majors - October 2017 **

Love that Lasts
by Jefferson and Alyssa Bethke - October 2017 **

Mirror Mirror...Am I Beautiful?
by Shelley Hitz and Heather Hart - November 2017 *

Messy Grace
by Caleb Kaltenbach - November 2017

The Polygamist's Daughter
by Anna LeBaron - November 2017

Rachel's Tears
​by Beth Nimmo and Darrell Scott - January 2018

Project Modesty (Discontinued eBook)
by Kristen Clark and Bethany Baird (Beal) - January 2018

Sex and the Single Girl
​By Dr. Juli Slattery - January 2018 *

Beauty Begins
By Chris Shook and Megan Shook Alpha - January 2018 *

Hollywood Worldviews
by Brian Godawa - February 2018

Jesus > Religion
by Jefferson Bethke - February 2018

Choosing to SEE
by Mary Beth Chapman - March 2018

Lies Young Women Believe (Updated Edition)
by Nancy DeMoss Wolgamuth and Dannah Gresh - March 2018 *

Swipe Right
by Levi Lusko - April 2018

Love Defined
​by Kristen Clark and Bethany Baird (Beal) - May 2018 **

Case for Christ
​by Lee Strobel - June 2018

Uninvited
by Lysa TerKeurst - July 2018

The 5 Love Languages (Singles Edition)
by Gary Chapman - August 2018 *

Girl, Wash Your Face X
by Rachel Hollis - September 2018

True Girl (Previously Secret Keeper Girl)
by Dannah Gresh - October 2018

Created to Create (eBook)
by Jon Jorgenson - October 2018

Everybody Always
by Bob Goff - November 2018 **

It's Not Supposed to Be This Way
by Lysa TerKeurst - November 2018 *

Lies Women Believe
by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth - January 2019 *

Lies Girls Believe
By Dannah Gresh - March 2019 *

Sex, Purity, and the Longings of a Girl's Heart
by Kristen Clark and Bethany Beal - April 2019 **

I Declare War
by Levi Lusko - June 2019

Gay Girl, Good God
by Jackie Hill Perry - June 2019

Fervent
by Priscilla Shirer - July 2019

Adorned
by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth - September 2019

Choosing Forgiveness
by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth - September 2019

Circle Maker
by Mark Batterson - October 2019

You Can Trust God to Write Your Story
by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth and Robert Wolgemuth - November 2019 *

Choosing Gratitude
by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth - December 2019

Unplanned
by Abby Johnson - December 2019

The Characters of Christmas
by Daniel Darling - December 2019 *

In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day
by Mark Batterson - February 2021

Chase the Lion
By Mark Batterson - February 2021

Ruth (True Girl Bible Study)
By Dannah Gresh - March 2021 *

Shine Bright
By Kristen Clark and Bethany Beal  - April 2021 **

Forgiving What You Can't Forget
by Lysa TerKeust - April 2021

Radiant
by Priscilla Shirer - August 2021

Not Part of the Plan
by Kristen Clark and Bethany Beal - October 2021 **

The First Songs of Christmas
by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth - December 2021 *

Draw the Circle
by Mark Batterson - December 2021

The Magnolia Story
by Chip and Joanna Gaines - December 2021

Mere Christianity
by C.S. Lewis - January 2022

Trustworthy (A Study of 1 & 2 Kings)
by Lysa Terkeurst - February 2022

The 5 Apology Languages
by Gary Chapman and Jennifer Thomas - February 2022 *

Miriam (True Girl Bible Study)​
by Dannah Gresh - March 2022 *

Stand Up, Stand Strong
by Sara Barratt - April 2022 **

Christian Convictions
by Chad Ragsdale - April 2022

What to Say When
by Shawn Carney and Steve Karlen - May 2022

Messy Truth
by Caleb Kaltenbach - June 2022

Letters from a Skeptic
by Dr. Gregory Boyd - July 2022

And the Bride Wore White
by Dannah Gresh - August 2022

You're Gonna Make it
by Daniel Fusco - September 2022 **

The Last Supper on the Moon
by Levi Lusko - September 2022

Win the Day
by Mark Batterson - October 2022

The Great Divorce
by C.S. Lewis - October 2022

Good Boundaries and Goodbyes
by Lysa TerKeurst - November 2022 **

Every Young Woman's Battle
by Shannon Ethridge and Stephen Arterburn - November 2022

Heaven Rules
by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth - December 2022 *

Walking with Frodo
by Sarah Arthur - January 2023


Walking with Bilbo
by Sarah Arthur - January 2023


Case for a Creator
by Lee Strobel - March 2023

Safe All Along
by Katie Davis Majors - March 2023 **

​Please Sorry Thanks
by Mark Batterson - April 2023
**

Facing the Giants (Novel)
by Eric Wilson (Alex & Stephen Kendrick) - April 2023

Inside Narnia
Inside Prince Caspian
Inside Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by Devin Brown - May 2023

Beyond Betrayal
by Phil Waldrep - June 2023

Boundaries (Updated and Expanded)
by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend - July 2023

Holier than Thou
by Jackie Hill Perry - July 2023

Calm My Anxious Heart
by Linda Dillow - July 2023

Mary (True Girl Bible Study)
by Dannah Gresh - August 2023 *

Holy Grit
by Chad Ragsdale - August 2023

What Are You Waiting For
by Dannah Gresh - September 2023

Happy, Happy, Happy
by Phil Robertson - September 2023

Lenten Lands
by Douglas Gresham - December 2023

Jack's Life
by Douglas Gresham - December 2023

Operation Christmas Child [Book]
by Franklin Graham - May 2024

Esther (True Girl Bible Study)
by Dannah Gresh - August 2024

The Hiding Place
by Corrie ten Boom - November 2024

Made to Be She
by Kristen Clark & Bethany Beal - November 2024

To Hell with the Hustle
by Jefferson Bethke - December 2024

​Index by Author


​Alphabetized by Last Name
​
Authors with more than one book reviewed have their own category page at the bottom of their list:
i.e. - All reviews (Bethel Grove)

Arterburn, Stephen
  Every Young Woman's Battle

Arthur, Sarah

   Walking with Bilbo
   Walking with Frodo
​   
All reviews (Sarah Arthur)


Batterson, Mark
  
Circle Maker
   Draw the Circle
  Chase the Lion
   In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day
​   Please Sorry Thanks
   Win the Day
   
All reviews (Mark Batterson)

Barratt, Sara
   Stand Up, Stand Strong

Beal, Bethany Baird, and Clark, Kristen

   Girl Defined
   Love Defined
​   Made to be She

   Sex, Purity, and the Longings of a Girl's Heart
   Shine Bright
​
   Not Part of the Plan
​   
All reviews (Kristen Clark and Bethany Beal)

Bethke, Alyssa
   Love that Lasts
   Spoken For
​
   
All reviews (Alyssa Bethke)

Bethke, Jefferson
   Jesus > Religion
   Love that Lasts
   It's Not What You Think
​   To Hell with the Hustle
​   
All reviews (Jefferson Bethke)

Boyd, Dr. Gregory
   Letters from a Skeptic

Brown, Devin
   Inside Narnia
   Inside Prince Caspian
   Inside Voyage of the Dawn Treader


Card, Michael
   Scribbling in the Sand

Carney, Shawn
   What to Say When

Cloud, Dr. Henry
    Boundaries (Updated and Edition)

Darling, Daniel
   The Characters of Christmas

Chapman, Gary

   The 5 Apology Languages
   The 5 Love Languages (Singles Edition)
​   All reviews (Gary Chapman)


Chapman, Mary Beth
   Choosing to SEE

Darrow, Leah and Rey, Jessica
   Decent Exposure

Dillow, Linda
   Calm My Anxious Heart
   Surprised by the Healer
   All reviews (Linda Dillow)

Ethridge, Shannon
  Every Young Woman's Battle

Fusco, Daniel
​   You're Gonna Make It

Gaines, Chip
   
The Magnolia Story

Gaines, Joanna
   
The Magnolia Story

Godawa, Brian
   Hollywood Worldviews

Goff, Bob
   Everybody Always
   Love Does
​   
All reviews (Bob Goff)

Graham, Franklin
   Operation Christmas Child [Book]

Gresh, Dannah
   And the Bride Wore White
   Esther (True Girl Bible Study)
   Get Lost
   Lies Girls Believe
   Lies Young Women Believe
​   Mary (True Girl Bible Study)
​   Miriam (True Girl Bible Study)
   Pulling Back the Shades
​
   Ruth (True Girl Bible Study)
   The Secret Keeper

   True Girl
​   What Are You Waiting For

   All reviews (Dannah Gresh)

Gresham, Douglas
    Jack's Life
    Lenten Lands
    All reviews (Douglas Gresham)


Gunn, Robin Jones
   Spoken For

Hart, Heather and Hitz, Shelley
   Mirror Mirror...Am I Beautiful?

Hollis, Rachel
   Girl, Wash Your Face 
X

Johnson, Abby
   Unplanned

Jorgenson, Jon

   Authentic Love
​
   
Created to Create (eBook)
​   All reviews (Jon Jorgenson)

Kaltenbach, Caleb
   Messy Grace
   Messy Truth
​   
All reviews (Caleb Kaltenbach)

Karlen, Steve
   What to Say When


Kendrick, Alex & Stephen
   Facing the Giants (Novel)

LeBaron, Anna
   The Polygamist's Daughter

Lewis, C.S.
   Mere Christianity
​   The Great Divorce

   The Screwtape Letters
​   All reviews (C.S. Lewis)

Ludy, Leslie
   Set Apart Femininity 
X

Lusko, Levi
   I Declare War
​   The Last Supper on the Moon
   Through the Eyes of a Lion
   Swipe Right
​   
All reviews (Levi Lusko)

Majors, Katie Davis
   Daring to Hope
   Kisses from Katie
​   Safe All Along
​   
All reviews (Katie Davis Majors)


Nimmo, Beth and Scott, Darrell
   Rachel's Tears

Perry, Jackie Hill
   Gay Girl, Good God
​    Holier than Thou
​    All Reviews (Jackie Hill Perry)

Ragsdale, Chad
​    Christian Convictions
​    Holy Grit

    All reviews (Chad Ragsdale)

Rivers, Francine
   Redeeming Love

Robertson, Phil
  Happy, Happy, Happy

Shirer, Priscilla 
   Fervent
    Radiant
​    All reviews (Priscilla Shirer)

Shook, Chris and Alpha, Megan Shook
   Beauty Begins

Slattery, Dr. Juli
   Pulling Back the Shades
   Sex and the Single Girl
   Surprised by the Healer
​   
All reviews (Dr. Juli Slattery)

Strickland, Jennifer
   21 Myths (Even Good) Girls Believe About Sex

Strobel, Lee
    Case for a Creator
    Case for Christ
    All reviews (Lee Strobel)

ten Boom, Corrie
    The Hiding Place

TerKeurst, Lysa
   Forgiving What You Can't Forget
​   Good Boundaries and Goodbyes
   It's Not Supposed to Be This Way
   Trustworthy
   Uninvited
​   
All reviews (Lysa TerKeurst)

Thomas, Jennifer
   The 5 Apology Languages


Townsend, Dr. John
    Boundaries (Updated and Edition)


Waldrep, Phil
   Beyond Betrayal

Wilson, Eric
    Facing the Giants (Novel)

Wolgemuth, Nancy DeMoss
   Adorned
​
   Choosing Forgiveness
​
   Choosing Gratitude
​   Heaven Rules
   Lies Women Believe
   Lies Young Woman Believe
​
   The First Songs of Christmas
   You Can Trust God to Write Your Story
​   
All reviews (Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth)

Wolgemuth, Robert
   You Can Trust God to Write Your Story

​​TBR: To Be Reviewed


Satisfied by Alyssa Bethke
Fight to Flourish by Jennie Lusko
God of Tomorrow by Caleb Kaltenbach
Love Lives Here by Maria Goff
Crazy Love by Francis Chan


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​Bethel Grove is a Christian young woman who loves to read and write, eat Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Blizzards, and disciple teen girls as a youth leader. What started as a hobby of writing book reviews and doing deep biblical studies eventually led her down the path of self-publishing and supporting other Christian authors and ministry volunteers. She hopes to someday be a vocational youth minister and well-known author.
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