Unmet Expectations? 🤷‍♀️

by | Jun 9, 2026 | ScrollKeepers Community News

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From the Desk of Darlene N. Böcek

Faith-building Sci-fi Fantasy Stories

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I have an IMPORTANT question for you Reader–

Do you want these emails?

I send these emails out every week with a double goal.

To

1) UPDATE you and to 2) PROVIDE access to curated books

👉 I also shape each email as “faith-building” and encouraging.

This resonates with people on this list, based on replies I get.

Recently, I added interactive features like polls and the Theme Song tournament.

All this is based on what I think is of VALUE to you.

HOWEVER,

What “I think” MUST ALIGN with what “you actually” want.

What is of VALUE to you? What is USEFUL & ENCOURAGING ??

Would you share your thoughts in this 3 minute survey? CLICK BELOW to enter the survey page. I really care what you have to say.

Thanks so much! I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Blessings,

Darlene

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June 2026 BOOK SUGGESTIONS

A click on a story is a VOTE for more of this genre in the Book Mobile.

In the world of Xianova, Christians must be Pure, or be Blessed — with a cryogenic blessing from which few return. FREE | DYSTOPIAN | CLEAN | CHRISTIAN | ACTION-ADVENTURE

A Viking short story about courage, honour and consequences. FREE | HISTORICAL FICTION | YA | MEDIEVAL | ACTION-ADVENTURE

Fast, gritty, and strangely uplifting. Not your grandma’s Christian fiction. FREE | SCI-FI | THRILLER | CHRISTIAN | MYSTERY | SUSPENSE

Dan must face a devastating question: if everything around him is false, how can he ever know what is real?

FREE (PREVIEW/SAMPLE CHAPTERS) | SCI-FI | SPACE OPERA | PHILOSOPHICAL | PSYCHOLOGICAL | ALIENS | DYSTOPIAN

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