Miss Brenda and the Loveladies ~ By: Brenda Spahn, Irene Zutell

This is a true story and a wonderful story it is!!  I loved this book!!  It is the story of one women and how she has a passion for prison ministry for women.  Brenda knows GOD is telling her that her mission is to work with women that have been released from prison and have no place to go.  Brenda sets out to minster to these women by giving them a place to stay and learn about going back into society.  One catch is all ladies must do bible studies and go to church.  It is the story of seven ladies just released and how Brenda starts her new ministry.  It is a story of love and commitment to what GOD is telling you to do.

I LOVE THIS BOOK!!  It is filled with passion, hope and encouragement.  I couldn't put the book down, it makes you want to keep reading and find out what happens to these ladies.  I would recommend this book to everyone, however,  it is a must read for  anyone interested in women's ministry and especially prison ministry.  GREAT TRUE STORY!!

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Tenacious ~ By Jeremy Williams, Jennifer Williams, and Rob Suggs

This is the story of The Williams family and how their faith has kept them going through the toughest of times.  This is a true story of how they won to be on Extreme Makeover, Home Edition.  If you think it will go into details of the show, it does not, it has a few chapters on the show.  However, it is a detailed story of how they overcome the challenges of health issues and how they saved a football team and the players by taking them to be champions of the season.  It is about love, heartache, faith and courage to keep going on.

I enjoyed this book, as it gives hope and encouragement to see that if you believe in GOD your faith will get you through anything.  I would recommend this a very good read for anyone of any age.

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To Know You ~ Shannon Ethridge

The story is about a mother that has given up 2 daughters to adoption when she was young, now as she is older and married with a young son who needs a transplant.  As she tries to find a donor she realizes her son's life is coming to an end and a donor needs to be found immediately.  This leads her to search for the daughters she gave up so many years ago to ask them to be tested and if a match to be a donor to save their brothers life.   She finds the daughters and more dilemma's occur as the task of them to be tested to be donors becomes more complex as each daughter asks for something in return. 

The story is full of drama and anticipation in each page you turn.  It has a few twists and does keep your interest till the very end.

I would recommend this book as it is a very interesting and entertaining read.  I really enjoyed each character and the full story line of each of them.

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A Walk throgh The Dark ~ Eva Piper

This is the true story of Eva Piper when her husband Don Piper, author of 90 minutes in Heaven, had a tragic accident. Eva tells how and what she went through during his stay in the hospital and when he came home.  She talks about how at first she was in survival mode as her husband was in ICU and not knowing if he was going to survive.  She covers having to keep a household going, being a mom to her children, working as a teacher and staying with her husband in the hospital.  She tells how she was in a very dark place and how GOD was the one to bring her through this. 

Eva explains how she was feeling when asked about Don's condition, how she dealt with friends and family, how to deal with getting the energy to get through it all.  This is a good book for caregivers and people who have hard situations in life and having to make difficult situations.  It makes you see a whole different side of things and it gives an inspiring way to help when needed.

I would recommend this book to care givers and church members that do hospital visits.  I also recommend readers to read Don Piper's book also.  Reading both books gives two different sides to the same situation.

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Forever Friday ~

Wonderful and enlightening love story.  Every Friday for all the years they were together, Gabe writes a postcard to Pearl "Huck".  The beginning of the book has a different angle and makes you wonder what does this have to do with a love story. Then when Gabe and Huck meet they don't want to be separated and the story is wonderful.  This is true love for each other and their faith.  I couldn't put this book down once I started because it makes you feel good.  It is set back in the twentieth century and the author does great details to make you feel that you are back in that time.

I would recommend this to all my friends, it is a great summer read.  This is a wonderful beach day read.  It makes you think and I even want to start sending my husband a postcard every Friday.  Just encouraging and happy book.

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Fifteen Minutes ~ Karen Kingsbury

LOVE THIS STORY!!  Karen does it again!!!  This is the story of Zach Dylan who becomes a contestant of a reality singing show (think American Idol).  Zach wants to have GOD shine and save his families farm, that is his purpose for winning the show.  He leaves behind the love of his life Reese, and goes to the audition. Reese is concerned that he will change and their lives will never be the same again.  As the story goes, Zach becomes the top contestant and has many trials and tribulations of the TV world vs. his faith.  The story has many characters and lots of twist and turns. It is a page turner right to the very end and just as Karen always does, it ends the way you don't expect it to.

I LOVED this book and would recommend it to everyone.  It is a great wholesome story of faith and does make you think of how you look at your own world.  If you like reality shows, especially American Idol or The Voice you will really love this book.  I encourage everyone to read this.

Karen ~ if you read this~  continue this story!  I want more of these characters, all of them.

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Wrestling with the Devil ~ Lex Luger

This is the very basic story of how the wrestling champ Lex Luger became known to the wrestling world.  Lex tells of his high school years, his goal of becoming a football star and then life taking a turn and he gets involved with wrestling.  This is a short book and I found it to be very uneventful, quite boring for my reading.  But I did force myself to read it to the end and managed to read it all.

The story is a Christian book, however the book does not mention GOD or faith until page 129 then it is only mentioned in one line, last paragraph of the chapter that his friend is a Christian.  Then the next time GOD or faith is mentioned is at the very end on page 169 about how he reads from the Gideon Bible. The book is a total of 217 pages.  I was wish faith had been made through the whole book, I think if the structure of the story being told, mixed with his faith and belief vs. his past would have made a much better story line. 

I would not recommend this for my friends to read, as I had a very hard time getting through it.

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