BOOK REVIEW | Beside Still Waters
Title: BESIDE STILL WATERS Author: Tricia Goyer Publisher: Broadman & Holman April 2011 ISBN: 978-1-4336-6868-5 Genre: Inspirational/Amish/Women’s fiction Marianna Sommer was born the night her sister’s died—and she’s always known that part of her history. Just once, she wishes she could have a birthday without being reminded about the sadness that occurred, but that will [...]
BOOK REVIEW | The Pastor’s Wife
THE PASTOR’S WIFE Author: Jennifer AlLee Publisher: Abingdon Press February 2010 ISBN: 1-426-70225-9 Genre: Inspirational/contemporary women’s fiction Maura Sullivan couldn’t handle being married to a pastor. Nick Shepherd was more into his congregation than he was her. They called, he was there. But when she needed him, he wasn’t. Now, six years later, Maura is [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Seeing Things
SEEING THINGS by Patti Hill Birdie Wainwrite has macular degeneration, but that isn’t about to stop her! Birdie loves dancing, hiking with her large dog, and is famous in her small Colorado town for baking pies. But when Birdie accidentally falls and breaks her ankle, suddenly she finds herself being forced to live with her [...]
BOOK REVIEW | The Christmas Glass
THE CHRISTMAS GLASS by Marci Alborghetti Anna’s mother gave Anna the box of Christmas glass for a wedding present. It was a box that her own mother had been given as a wedding present years earlier. But now, with the Nazi’s invading, and Jews in danger, Anna feels that the Christmas glass would be safer [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Jillian Dare
Jillian Dare by Melanie M. Jeschke Jillian never knew her parents. Her only memories of her childhood are ones of being passed around from one foster family to another. One especially she’d rather forget because she was treated horribly. The last family that took her in was so different. She was actually part of [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Turning the Paige
Title: TURNING THE PAIGE Author: Laura Jensen Walker Publisher: Zondervan March 2009 ISBN: 978-0-310-27698-2 Genre: Inspirational/women’s fiction Paige Kelley has been married, and divorced (compliments of her mother, who sabotaged her marriage) and now she is thirty-five, with no prospects. Her mother is ailing, and extremely high-maintenance, and Paige’s friends accuse her of being tied [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Who Do I Talk To?
WHO DO I TALK TO? by Neta Jackson Gabby Fairbanks isn’t real sure where to turn when she returns home from resigning her job, at her husband’s request, to find out that her husband has changed the lock on the apartment, put her and her mother’s belongings outside, and took her boys off to parts [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Just Between You and Me
JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME by Jenny B. Jones Maggie Montgomery inherited her wanderlust from her mother. When she graduated from high school she packed her bags and didn’t look back. With her job as a cinematographer, she travels all over the world, but nothing would make her go home to Ivy, Texas. Nothing, that [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Age Before Beauty
AGE BEFORE BEAUTY by Virginia Smith Allie Harrod is nearing the end of her maternity leave and is dreading leaving her baby in the care of a babysitter, possibly missing her baby’s first smile and more. Still, she isn’t ready to be a full-time mom, she wants to contribute to the family income and keep [...]
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