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BOOK REVIEW | The Baker’s Wife

Title: THE BAKER’S WIFE Author: Erin Healy Publisher: Thomas Nelson October 2011 ISBN: 978-1-59554-752-1 Genre: Inspirational/suspense Audrey was the pastor’s wife. But then false accusations took away her husband’s career, and suddenly their hobby had become their life and she was now the baker’s wife. Audrey is driving the car to the bakery when her [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Heiress

$Title: HEIRESS Author: Susan May Warren Publisher: Summerside Press July 2011 ISBN: 978-1-60936-218-8 Genre: Inspirational/historical/women’s fiction The heiress daughters of newspaper magnate August Price have been given everything their hearts desire. But what if they want only to be loved—without an enormous price tag attached? Esme is tired of society. She wants to write for [...]

BOOK REVIEW | A Lancaster County Christmas

Title: A LANCASTER COUNTY CHRISTMAS Author: Suzanne Fisher Woods Publisher: Revell September 2011 ISBN: 978-0-8007-1995-1 Genre: Inspirational/Amish/Women’s fiction Jaime has not been handling life so well since her mother was killed in a freak accident. She’s been on sleeping pills to try and cope, but when she needs her prescription refilled, there’s a different doctor [...]

BOOK REVIEW | The Money Answer Book

Title: THE MONEY ANSWER BOOK Author: Dave Ramsey Publisher: Thomas Nelson May 2010 ISBN: 978-1-4041-8779-5 Genre: Money/finances Dave Ramsey has been the top financial advisor in the world for decades. Millions listened to his radio broadcasts or went to his organization to have help in getting out of debt. In THE MONEY ANSWER BOOK, Mr. [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Living With Less So Your Family Has More

Title: LIVING WITH LESS SO YOUR FAMILY HAS MORE Authors: Jill and Mark Savage Publisher: Guideposts March 2010 ISBN: 978-0-8249-4801-6 Genre: Inspirational/nonfiction/finance The world we live in believes that the more we have, the better off we are. We’re striving for bigger paychecks so we can have that fancy bass boat, the big house in [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Hattaras Girl

Title: HATTERAS GIRL Author: Alice J. Wisler Publisher: Bethany House October 2010 ISBN: 978-0-7642-0732-7 Genre: Inspirational/contemporary Jackie Donovan is pushing thirty and her loving relatives want to get her married off. But while Jackie would love to marry an honest, wonderful man, even more she wants to own a bed-and-breakfast on the beautiful Outer Banks [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Mugabe and the White African

Title: MUGABE AND THE WHITE AFRICAN Author: Ben Freeth Publisher: Lyon Press July 2011 ISBN: 978-0-7459-5546-9 Genre: Biography The white farmers in Africa have struggled for more than ten years to keep their land in Zimbabwe from the control of Mugabe. Under the white farmers, the farms flourished and families thrived. However, Mugabe was determined [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Playing Hurt

Title: PLAYING HURT: A Guy’s Strategy for a Winning Marriage Author: Brian Goins Publisher: Kregel Publications June 2011 ISBN: 978-0-8254-2673-5 Genre: Inspirational/marriage/men Men admire men who can play hurt, who can finish the game even when injured, sick, or falling apart. So, why, when it comes to marriage are we so quick to throw in [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Gabby, God’s Little Angel

Title: GABBY GOD’S LITTLE ANGEL Author: Sheila Walsh Illustrator: Marina Fedotova Publisher: Tommy Nelson September 2011 ISBN: 1400317150 Genre: Inspirational/childrens Gabby is an accident prone little angel, about to be assigned to guardian angel duty on Earth. She is assigned to a little girl named Sophie who is somewhat of a tom-boy. When Gabby gets [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Don’t Check Your Brains at the Door

Title: DON’T CHECK YOUR BRAINS AT THE DOOR Authors: Josh McDowell and Bob Hostetler Publisher: Thomas Nelson August 2011 ISBN: 978-1-4003-1720-2 Genre: Inspiration/religion/general Do you know what you believe about your faith? Do you know why it’s true? DON’T CHECK YOUR BRAINS AT THE DOOR is a guidebook that has answers you’re looking for to [...]