Tyrone The Terrible ~ Jan Lis

This book is children's book about being a friend to everyone.  Tyrone is a chameleon who was born tiny and smaller then the rest of the chameleon's.  When he feels that he wants to be powerful and strong, he going into training and grows bigger and stronger.  He then goes around to all the friends in the swamp and scares them.  He then meets his match the alligator that shows him that he is not so big and strong.  Will Tyrone survive the meeting with Sy? Will Tyrone get his friends back?  What does the ending reflect on us?

I would recommend this to young readers 6-8.  It is a story that has many characters and deals with being mean.  I was not following very well at the beginning of the book and was not comfortable with the way some of the characters acted. I felt some characters were mouthy and had a negative attitude towards Tyrone, even though he was mean to them.  A lesson could have been taught here by showing that treating mean people with kindness is how you should react.  The ending was a good lesson of Tyrone saying he was sorry.  Didn't feel the book was strong enough to get a message through, but the age group it was for , may make it work well.  I think it depends on what type of child is reading and where they are in their values in life.

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About the Book

Book:  Tyrone the Terrible

Author: Jan Lis
Genre:  Children’s Chapter Book
Release Date: March, 2020

Tyrone is the skinniest chameleon in the swamp. No one wants him on their team. After going on a fitness program, Tyrone gets carried away with his new self and terrorizes his friends in Gnarly Tree Bend until he meets Sly, the meanest gator in the bayou. Looks like Tyrone is gumbo.
The moral of this story? Someone is always bigger and badder than you, so you’d best make friends along the way.

TYRONE THE TERRIBLE is a bullying tale. The feisty chameleon picks on his bayou buddies before meeting his match. In the process, he learns the value of friends and family and how actions have consequences.

This delightful story is filled with swampy animal characters with a distinctly southern voice – not quite Brer Rabbit, but a good deep-south feel.

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About the Author

Jan Lis is south Florida writer and artist.  Living in this multicultural area, Jan utilizes these diverse cultural influences in her stories.  Jan fills her children’s books with spunky characters and rich imagery, bringing to her stories and illustrations the same vivid quality found in her fine art paintings.
Jan attended the Cleveland Institute of Art, has a degree from Ohio University’s School of Fine Art, and took post-graduate writing at Case-Western Reserve. She established her writing as a journalist contributing articles to publications such as the Miami Herald, and the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, and worked as Fine Arts Editor and Columnist for the Florida Arts Gazette.
Jan Lis is an established artist who has exhibited and won awards in many of the country’s top Annual Exhibitions including: The Butler Institute of American Art, the San Diego Watercolor Society, and the Piedmont Biennial at the Mint Museum.  She is represented in corporate and private collections including: the State of Florida Art In Public Buildings Program, the Brevard County Florida Art in Public Places Program, and the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC.
Jan is represented by agent Cyle Young, Hartline Literary Agency, and is member of the
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

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How I first met Tyrone was an interesting adventure in itself. One day, a curious little chameleon climbed up on a stone, and watched me as I went for my afternoon swim. Day after day his little head popped up every time I entered the pool. Then he scrambled up onto his rock to watch me swim. Over the course of the summer I saw this skinny fellow gradually mature into quite an impressive chameleon. Sometime during the summer he gained the name Tyrone, and the story was born. Much of the action in Tyrone The Terrible takes place around Gnarly Tree, located along the bayou. While the setting of the story is fiction, the tree is not. My Gnarly tree is a venerable old Banyan, located along the pathway near my home. These days I give it a nod whenever I pass by. I loved writing the Tyrone characters, and the southern feel of the dialogue. It’s a story you just have to read out loud, and have fun with.

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Lilah ~ Caryl McAdoo

This is book 5 of the Prairie Roses Collection.   The book takes place in 1855 and is about a family that has been torn with tragedy and hardship, while traveling in the wagon train along the Oregon Trail.  Lilah and her mom are forced to travel across the country, from her mean step-father also her uncle.  While her mother was forced to marry the uncle after her father's death, they are then forced to go on this wagon train and leave their home.  During the journey, Lilah meets and proposes to Padraig a young assistant to the Captain of the wagon train.  Their friendship and relationship grows over the days and Padraig protects Lilah and her mother.  Will they end up together?  Can her mother survive the awful relationship she is in or will she stand up and take action?  When making her decision can she find happiness after?

I would recommend this to anyone that likes to read a light romance with love, family, faith and forgiveness all wrapped up into the story.  It was a good afternoon read, however, I felt it ended abruptly and I thought there was another chapter in the book, when I realized the end of the chapter was also the end of the book, it should have a little more closure.  But overall, it was a good read that moved along and left you cheering for the characters.  It is part of a collection, but each book is a different story so this is meant to a stand alone read.

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About the Book

Book:  Lilah
Author: Caryl McAdoo
Genre: Christian Historical Romance
Release Date: May 3, 2020

How can death, betrayal, a rash proposal, and revenge lead to romance?

An abusive controller compels reluctant travelers westward. To flee her foul stepfather, Lilah proposes marriage to the wagon train scout, which only leaves Padraig thinking she’s a bit soft in the head. It’s 1855. Come join the journey along the Oregon Trail with Captain Cumby. Wagon Ho!

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About the Author

Award-winning author Caryl McAdoo prays her story brings God glory, and her best-selling novels—over fifty published—delight Christian readers around the world. The prolific writer also enjoys singing the new songs the Lord gives her—listen to a few at YouTube. Sharing four children and eighteen grandsugars with Ron, her high-school-sweetheart-husband of over fifty years, she lives in the woods south of Clarksville, seat of Red River County in far Northeast Texas. The McAdoos wait expectantly for God to open the next door.

 More from Caryl

Writing Lilah wasn’t as easy as some of the past stories because of dealing with such an evil man—her uncle then stepfather, forcing himself on her mother after Papa passed. But my young heroine’s courage, spunk, and daunting outspokenness had me grinning in no time.
Straight off the bat, the fifteen-year-old proposes to the first single man she runs into! It almost reminds me of my own romance, when on the second night of our life together (we’d had our first date the evening before) my husband Ron told me, “I know it doesn’t mean much now, but I love you.”
Later I learned he’d told his mother that same night that he’d met the girl he was going to marry. She didn’t share that until after we were an old married couple with two little boys.
We all have our own love stories, and I’d love to hear yours! This is the reason I so love writing romance! And historical romance is even better because I loved the way women were so honored back then. For the most part, they stayed home and reared their own children and worked hard as the helpmate of their husbands.
Plus, I love the research for the era of the novels and once written, a historical is never out of date! Contemporary romance will be outdated almost as soon as it’s written these days due to the technology. In my lifetime—the first twenty years of such is now considered as “history” by the publishing industry!—things have changed extraordinarily!
I don’t know if any generation has seen such advances as my own. My parents’ watched the first televisions, but that can’t begin to compare with computers in every home. I believe we truly are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, and a holy nation—a peculiar people who will show forth the praises of Him Who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light!
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord with me and be blessed!
This Texas author hopes readers will love Lilah as I always am, “Praying my story gives God glory!”

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Secret Resurfaced ~ Dana Mentink

This book is part of the Love Inspired Suspense books and book 4 of the Roughwater Ranch Cowboys series.  When Dory Winslow goes back to her home town as a private investigator, she sets out to solve a murder mystery from years ago and that the person that went to jail for the crime was framed.  She is hot on the trail to retrack and find out what really happens.  She meets up with Chad her old flame and the father of her five year old daughter that he doesn't know he is the child's father.  She wants to keep it a secret still from him and he decides to come into her life again by helping her go over the evidence that of that past murder that put his dad in jail for it.  They start to go over all the evidence and piecing things together when things start to happen and putting Dory's life in danger. When Chad decides to protect her, then his life is the one that becomes in danger.  Can they solve this murder and survive?  Will Chad find out about his daughter, he never knew he had?  How will Dory, Chad and Ivy end up? together? apart?

I would recommend this to any age, it is a great fast afternoon read.  Once you start reading you can't put it down.  I always enjoy Dana's writing because she keeps the twist and turns going and also puts that family touch and meaning into all her stories, making you feel for the characters.  I always look forward to reading her books because I know it will be one that I can't stop reading until the end.  This one was another good one.....

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About the Book

Book:  Secrets Resurfaced
Author: Dana Mentink
Genre:  Romantic Suspense
Release Date: June 2, 2020

When new evidence surfaces about a tragic boating accident that put her ex-boyfriend’s father in prison, private investigator Dory Winslow’s determined to look into it. But now someone’s dead set on silencing her. And working with Chad Jaggert—the father of her secret child—may be the only way to survive the treacherous truth about the tragedy that once tore them apart.

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About the Author

Dana Mentink is a two time American Christian Fiction Writers Carol Award winner, a Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award and a Holt Medallion winner. She is a national bestselling author of over forty titles in the suspense and lighthearted romance genres. She is pleased to write for Harlequin’s Love Inspired Suspense, Harlequin Heartwarming and Sourcebooks. Besides writing, she busies herself teaching third grade. Mostly, she loves to be home with Papa Bear, teen bear cubs affectionately nicknamed Yogi and Boo Boo, Junie, the  nutty terrier, and a chubby box turtle. You can connect with Dana via her website at danamentink.com, on Facebook, YouTube (Author Dana Mentink) and Instagram (dana_mentink.)

More from Dana

Well, it’s been a wild ride through the Roughwater Cowboy series! Here we are at the end, with youngest brother Chad’s story. Fortunately, the rest of the clan (Mitch, Liam and Helen) are here to lend a hand when the man Chad’s father was jailed for killing comes back to life. Helping out also is Jingles the hapless dog, and a new member of the canine family, three legged Meatball. Throw in a killer on the loose and a secret child, and we’ll have a ‘hold onto your hat’ finish to this series. Thanks for coming along with me! God bless you!

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The Story Hunter ~ Lindsay A. Franklin

This is book 3 of the Weaver Trilogy and is for young readers, but can be read by anyone young and old that like to read fantasy stories and takes you out of this world. The story takes you to the world of Urian a capital city that has been turned into chaos.  Tannie and her friends must save the Queen and get rid of evil.  The group goes on a rescue mission to make sure the Queen is safe and while evil targets those that try to take back the power from the master.  Can Tannie and her friends end the terrible wars and hate happening?  Can the Queen be saved?

I would recommend this book to those young readers that enjoy a suspenseful, sci-fy, fantasy read.  It can be read by adults that also enjoy this type of reading.  This is book 3 and I have not read the first two, I was able to read, but felt that I was missing some of the details of the adventures and meaning behind some of the story.  I think if I had read the first two, I would have a better background of the characters that were established.  I am not a fan of fantasy books, but this was one that I was able to read through.

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About the Book

Book:  The Story Hunter
Author: Lindsay A. Franklin
Genre:  Christian Fantasy, Action & Adventure
Release Date: May 19, 2020

Redeeming the past is a fatal quest.

In the wake of a deadly coup, the capital city of Urian has descended into chaos. Heartbreak and bloodshed await Tanwen and her friends as they discover the unlikeliest leader now rules Tir.
If they want to save the realm, Tannie and the Corsyth weavers must rescue Queen Braith and unmask the Master, ending the strife once and for all. But the success of their hunt depends upon an ally no one trusts.

The Master has a new target in sight: fragile, trauma-scarred Digwyn, whose unique weaving ability could turn the tide of any war. When the desire for vengeance proves too powerful for Digwyn to resist, Tanwen must face a terrifying truth: the fate of Tir rests in the hands of a volatile, shattered girl.

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About the Author

Lindsay A. Franklin is a Carol Award–winning author, freelance editor, and homeschooling mom of three. She would wear pajama pants all the time if it were socially acceptable. Lindsay lives in her native San Diego with her scruffy-looking nerf-herder husband, their precious geeklings, three demanding thunder pillows (a.k.a. cats), and a stuffed marsupial named Wombatman.

More from Lindsay

Someone asked me recently where my story ideas come from. In fact, that’s one of the author questions I get asked most often. Honestly, the answer is different for every single project I’ve worked on, every single thing I’ve written. I’ve gotten ideas from news headlines, from dreams, from random musings while washing dishes. I even got an idea for a novel from a throwaway remark made by an editor teaching a workshop (that’s how The Story Peddler started).
The idea for The Story Hunter started with a title that turned into a girl.
After The Weaver Trilogy was acquired, my publisher and I brainstormed a list of titles for books two and three in the series. My editor loved the title The Story Peddler and wanted to keep that format for subsequent books. On his brainstorming list was the title The Story Thief. Obviously, this title did not make it all the way to publication. The middle-grade best-selling series Story Thieves wasn’t on our radar at the time, and once it was, I knew we would have to work with a different title (and I absolutely love the title The Story Hunter, so there’s no lingering sadness over here). But the moment I saw that phrase, The Story Thief, a new character popped into my head. It was one of those rare instances when a complete person arrives in my imagination all at once. I knew who she was, what she wanted, and what her unique gift would be. She was Diggy, my story thief, and I knew book three would belong to her.
There were many things I loved about writing this final installment of The Weaver Trilogy but none more than getting to write my story thief’s journey. That’s her hand on the cover of the book, stealing lightning and battling her inner monsters. Though I knew who Diggy was the moment I imagined her, I wasn’t sure how her story was going to end until I wrote it. I can recall saying to my best friend during Hunter’s writing process, “I don’t know if Diggy is going to be okay.” Her backstory is very difficult and deeply personal to me. When we’re facing the kind of odds Diggy is facing, sometimes we don’t win. And even if we do, rarely do we come out unscathed. So I built the book around that question: is Diggy going to be okay? And I didn’t know the answer until I scribbled it down on my outline.
When readers reach The End for the final time in this series, I hope they will feel I’ve done Diggy’s story—and the stories of all my beloved Weaver characters— justice.

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Hope for Tommorow ~ Michelle Debruin

When Pastor Logan DeWitt is preaching on a Sunday morning, little does he expect his life to change at the end of the service.  When he is done his Sunday morning service he gets a message that he must return to his home town of Silver Grove, Iowa to the little farm he grew up on.  When he gets to the farm he finds his mom having to deal with financial burdens and making difficult decisions.  He decides to stay and help his mom with the idea of hiring renting out a room on the farm to the new school teacher coming from Chicago.  When Karen Millerson arrives from Chicago, she is also having to make changes, from teaching in a high school to being a small town country school teacher.  Can both of these people stay strong and make the right decisions?  Will they be able to follow the Lord and his calling?  With both of their backgrounds being so different can they come together and work out a plan for the future.

I would recommend this to book to any ages, it is a good relaxing read that brings people together.  Many situations in the story will keep you reading to see how they will resolve the differences and how faith plays a part in the decisions.  This book is one that has a great story line and makes you feel good as you can feel for the town's people and how they deal with grieving and having hope.

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About the Book

Book:  Hope for Tomorrow
Author: Michelle De Bruin
Genre:  Christian Historical Romance
Release Date: October 2018

A young man leaves his career and agrees to board the teacher who offers him a priceless gift.
When Logan De Witt learns of his father’s sudden death, he returns home to the family’s dairy farm and chooses to stay. As a way to make some extra money, he agrees to board the teacher for their local school.

Karen Millerson arrives from Chicago and accepts the role of country school teacher. Eager to put her family’s ugly past behind her, Karen makes a fresh start in her new surroundings as a way to replace the trust she lost in her father.

Can Karen learn to trust again? Will Logan lay aside his grief in exchange for God’s purpose for his life?

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About the Author

Michelle De Bruin lives in Iowa with her husband and two teenage sons. She has a bachelor’s degree in Religion with a Christian Ministry emphasis, and in Music. Michelle is the spiritual services provider for an organization that offers services for people with mental and physical disabilities. She has been a member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) since 2015. Michelle writes inspirational historical romance about people who live in rural communities. Characters that bring to life the delights of farm and small-town living, whispers of Dutch heritage, and Christian faith make Michelle’s stories distinct. A romantic at heart, Michelle is always on the lookout for glimpses of God’s love through the window of a good story. Her first book, Hope for Tomorrow, released in 2018. The sequel, Promise for Tomorrow, released November 2019

More from Michelle

Hope for Tomorrow is a story that explores responses to uncertainty and the grief that comes from sudden losses. The main characters of the story have experienced unexpected changes that press them to grow deeper in their faith. Psalm 30:5 reminds us that weeping may linger through the night, but joy comes with the morning. Logan De Witt, his mother, his sister, and Karen Millerson the new teacher, learn this truth for themselves as the events of the story’s plot unfold.
My hope is that readers will learn the best way to respond to loss and change while also finding pleasure in the ways the Lord introduces joy and unexpected blessings into our lives.
An excerpt
“How far must we travel to reach Bridgewater Springs?” Glad to finally be able to see above the cornfields, Karen scanned the horizon. No buildings indicated the location of another town. Only the silhouettes of silos, hip roof barns, and a few windmills broke up the landscape.
“We ain’t goin’ to Bridgewater Springs.”
“What do you mean?” Karen’s middle stretched tight.
“Didn’t anyone tell ya?” The school board chairman turned to her. Crows’ feet etched deep lines in the sun-browned skin around his eyes.
“I received a letter that said I am to teach English and reading at the Bridgewater Springs High school.”
Mr. Hinkley shook his head and clicked his tongue. “Oh, the sad communication in our school systems these days.” Slapping a horse with the reins, he cleared his throat. “The school in Bridgewater Springs combined subjects. The community got worried about how many students might actually decide to go on to high school. They wanna hold off before hiring too many teachers. Don’t wanna get too carried away with offering a lot of subjects if no one comes to school to take ‘em. You know how that goes.” He transferred both reins to one hand, reached in his front pocket, pulled out a toothpick, and stuck it in a corner of his mouth.
The toothpick wagged a bit before he continued speaking. “At the last minute, the superintendent told me that the girl who taught our school last year got engaged over the summer. So, since you were a teacher without a school, and we were a school without a teacher, he made the decision to send ya here.” He chewed on the toothpick for a moment before looking over at her once again. “Sorry ya have to find out this way. I thought maybe someone already told ya.”
“You mean to tell me, to tell me that I . . .” She gave up in a sigh that collapsed all the air from her lungs.
“Now I know we ain’t the most educated folks you’ll run across, but our kids deserve a chance. Just like any in the big city.”
“But I . . . I still need to . . . to . . .” Karen groaned about the sputtering that betrayed her chaotic mind. She drew in a deep breath and tried again. “I traveled all this way to begin my career.”
“Well, now, I think we can work somethin’ out.” Mr. Hinkley drove on a road that crested a small hill and dipped to a stone bridge spanning a brook.

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Driftwood Dreams ~ T.I. Lowe

This is book 2 of the Carolina Coast Series.  When Josie decides to help her dad run the family cafe after her mother's death, she gives up her dreams and hopes and does what she feels she is obligated to do.  She also is one of those caregivers that takes care of everyone.  Her dad wants her to go after her dreams and realize he will be ok, but doesn't dare to tell her, either does Josie dare to tell him about her dreams... Then when August Bradford comes back to town after being gone for many years, Josie strikes up their friendship.  August is interested in Josie, but can she give more then friendship.  Will these 2 become a couple?  Can Josie and her dad come to terms? 

I would recommend this a great afternoon read.  This takes place in the Carolina Islands and you can feel like you are right there.  The characters are likeable and touching, that you want to be their friends.  This was book 2 that can be read as a stand alone, because I have not read book 1 and had no problems with this one.  I would like to go back and read book 1 because this book was so enjoyable to me. 

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About the Book

Book:  Driftwood Dreams
Author: T.I. Lowe
Genre:  Contemporary Romance
Release Date: June 1, 2020

Josie Slater has allowed the circumstances anchoring her in Sunset Cove to become a life sentence. Since her mother’s death years before, she’s spent most of her waking hours helping her dad run the Driftwood Diner. As her best friends, Opal and Sophia, make their dreams come true, Josie watches her own art school aspirations drift on by. But when a French-speaking Southern gentleman from her past moves back from Europe, Josie is launched into a tizzy of what-ifs and I-sure-do-hope-sos.
August Bradford left Sunset Cove six years ago to sow some life oats and conquer his ambitious career goals. Finally ready to lay down some roots, the successful artist is back in town and determined to win Josie’s heart. When he enlists Josie’s help in the preparations for a children’s art camp, Josie finds herself unleashing her artistic side in a way she hasn’t since before her mother’s death. August hopes to convince Josie to paint a life with him, but the problem is convincing her to let go of her apprehensions and give him—and her dreams—a fair chance.

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About the Author
Tonya “T.I.” Lowe is a native of coastal South Carolina. She attended Coastal Carolina University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where she majored in Psychology but excelled in Creative Writing. In 2014, Tonya independently published her first novel, Lulu’s Café, which quickly became a bestseller. Now the author of 12 published novels with hundreds of thousands of copies sold, she knows she’s just getting started and has many more stories to tell. She resides near Myrtle Beach with her family.

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Josie’s reverie came to a screeching halt as the screen door squeaked open and ushered in not only a briny breeze, but also a vision from her past.

With a pronounced air of confidence, August Bradford walked over to the counter and halted in front of a dazed Josie. Her heart jolted at the sight of him, something only this man could elicit. He spoke—or at least his lips moved—but she couldn’t hear anything over the roar suddenly residing in her eardrums.

The Knitting Club’s table kicked up in volume, sounding like a bunch of hens clucking away, but there was no focusing on what they were clucking about either. She knew the answer anyway and had a feeling their timing wasn’t coincidental. All Josie could do was just stand there and stare, as if looking into his silvery-blue eyes had turned her to stone. With a hint of purple near the center, those uniquely hued eyes were made to belong to an artist such as August Bradford. The thick fringe of black eyelashes only emphasized their beauty. It was enough to spawn jealousy in Josie, her own fair lashes barely visible, but it didn’t. It only tempted her to stand there and stare unabashedly. Mouth agape, that’s exactly what she did.

“Are you okay?” A throaty voice penetrated the roar in her ears as a hand waved in front of her face.

Oh, my . . . that voice . . .

The words simply wouldn’t come—only pitiful squeaks of breaths escaped—so Josie did the only thing to come to mind. She hightailed it into the kitchen.

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Comparison Girl ~ Shannon Popkin

This book is all about how everyday we see ourselves on trial, everyday we compare ourselves and want to be valued and be important.  We strive to be accepted and to always be right, not wrong.  Then we go into battle with ourselves and others to prove why we are right and defend our actions. We always put ourselves on trial and make it a big court case of how other see us and why we need to be accepted.  If this is you and so many other ways you compare yourself to others, this book is for you.

I would recommend this to any women at any age, because all through life at any age, we have these moments of wanting to be loved, accepted and not judged.  This book is an easy read, with bible examples, life story examples and true meanings of what God wanted us to be like.  Each chapter has questions, to think over and a meditation bible verse to think about.  I really like how this book is so real in today's world and gives a real understanding to how we as women have become to compare ourselves to everything in this world.  This book is so true and real, you can't put it down.

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