This is book 1 of 6 books in the series, it is a very small and short book. Luke and Meredith are Amish living in Lancaster County, PA. When Luke loses his job, he makes the decision to take on a new opportunity and make a quick trip to Middlebury for job training. Luke leaves Meredith on the farm by herself to take care of things while he is gone. While he is gone Meredith finds out she is expecting there first child and has to make the decision when is the perfect time to tell Luke. The book ends as Luke is traveling and he is mugged during a bus stop, and the book leaves us hanging as to what happens.
I did enjoy this book, however, I don't like the part of it being a very small book and only 121 pages. I would prefer the whole story in one novel. I don't think I would spend the money to purchase all 6 books. The price would be to costly as to purchasing one book.
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As an avid reader, I have set this up for friends and family to be able to see what I have read and to review each book. I read so many books each month that this is my way of organizing my readings. ENJOY!
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Sunday, February 24, 2013
When Donkeys Talk ~ Tyler Blanski
This book was very hard for me to understand, it is not an easy read and requires full attention to what you are reading. The book has a great thought to it, and in the first chapter I was really interested. However, after that it was a repeat of material and started to confuse me as I lost the meaning of the message to the book.
The theme of the book is (?, I think) what the donkey is the symbol of in the bible and the story of Balaam. I feel that this book is more for theologian's, and not for readers that don't want to concentrate while reading. It is a heavy read with a good meaning, wish it would have been written on a lighter note to reach more people.
I would not recommend this book to people who are looking for a light read or an lazy afternoon read. You will have to pay attention and take your time to stop and think after reading this book.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the Booksneeze bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
The theme of the book is (?, I think) what the donkey is the symbol of in the bible and the story of Balaam. I feel that this book is more for theologian's, and not for readers that don't want to concentrate while reading. It is a heavy read with a good meaning, wish it would have been written on a lighter note to reach more people.
I would not recommend this book to people who are looking for a light read or an lazy afternoon read. You will have to pay attention and take your time to stop and think after reading this book.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the Booksneeze bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Still LOLO ~ Lauren Scruggs
This is the story of Lauren Scruggs dealing with an accident that in a split second changed her life forever. The story is told from her birth to the accident and how she has been faithful to GOD all her life. This book is faith based and would be really great for teenage girls that are facing all of society's pressure and the way that GOD intends us to be.
I was very impressed and inspired by how Lauren and her family have always kept the faith in the situations that they have had to deal with and turning to GOD for all the answers. One of the favorite chapters is how Lauren describes NY and the Big Apple to the apple in Genesis, it was a great way to explain sin-- loved it.
Something that surprised me most was that Lauren was not a model or rich as most of the media stories have said when covering her accident. This part of the book is really interesting that the media is not sharing the true story; the book tells the truth and it is really different then what
the public has been told by the news.
I would recommend this to everyone to read. It will inspire you and you will want to have others read this encouraging story. If you are a teen girl or have a teenage girl read this book you will love it.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through Tyndale bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
I was very impressed and inspired by how Lauren and her family have always kept the faith in the situations that they have had to deal with and turning to GOD for all the answers. One of the favorite chapters is how Lauren describes NY and the Big Apple to the apple in Genesis, it was a great way to explain sin-- loved it.
Something that surprised me most was that Lauren was not a model or rich as most of the media stories have said when covering her accident. This part of the book is really interesting that the media is not sharing the true story; the book tells the truth and it is really different then what
the public has been told by the news.
I would recommend this to everyone to read. It will inspire you and you will want to have others read this encouraging story. If you are a teen girl or have a teenage girl read this book you will love it.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through Tyndale bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Fully Alive ~ Ken Davis
Ken Davis is a Christian Comedian, Author and Motivator, this is his new book about GOD and your health. Ken talks about how he was over weight and how he went from a couch potato of being overweight and not wanting to live, to a person living for GOD, becoming active and losing half of his body weight.
I found this book to have the humor that we expect from Ken Davis and a really motivational book of GOD's love for us and how you need to move in life by enjoying life in an active way. Ken describes how just one hour a day can really make a difference for your faith and body. When I have days that I want to do no exercise I think of this book and it motivates me to get off the couch and move. After I do move, I do feel great!
I would recommend this to others and especially to those that have the wonderful New Year's resolution of losing weight. Faith and motivation is what this book is all about.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the Booksneeze bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
I found this book to have the humor that we expect from Ken Davis and a really motivational book of GOD's love for us and how you need to move in life by enjoying life in an active way. Ken describes how just one hour a day can really make a difference for your faith and body. When I have days that I want to do no exercise I think of this book and it motivates me to get off the couch and move. After I do move, I do feel great!
I would recommend this to others and especially to those that have the wonderful New Year's resolution of losing weight. Faith and motivation is what this book is all about.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the Booksneeze bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Our Daily Bread Devotional Bible
I LOVE THIS BIBLE !! This is the NLT version that I was not familiar with, I use NIV, so it is quite different for me to read verses in a different way. But it is very easy to read, it has a devotional to read each day and gives you the book and verse to back up and reference the story in the devotional. You can use this as a devotional, a reading bible or as I am doing using it to read through the bible in a year. I read the daily devotional and then read the verse it references and then keep reading through to the next days reference verses. The devotionals go continuously each day (they don't skip around), so you stay in the same book each day until you finish the book. You can even just pick a book you want to study about and just read each devotional daily and use it daily this way. There are so many choices with this bible. I plan to give this as gifts for Christmas, I do wish they had an NIV version, but if you purchase this bible -- I guarantee you will not be disappointed.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through Tyndale bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through Tyndale bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Cradle my Heart ~ Kim Ketola
This is a true story of Kim Ketola and other christian women that have had abortions and now living with the guilt, sorrow, pain and thinking GOD will never forgive them. The book explains each story of what the women feel and how to get foregiveness from GOD.
It explains the following steps to go through to help deal with the pain that follows the issue of abortion: Dealing with GOD, Forgiveness, Repentance, Greiving, Surviving, helping others get through their emotions after an abortion.
This is a very strong topic and I would only recommend to the ages of 16 and above, this is not a kid or tweens book, it deals with a very emotional subject and if a teenager is reading this they should be supported by an adult who is available to discuss issues in this book.
To find out more about this book go to the following link:
http://litfusegroup.com/blogtours/13531421/kimketola
To purchase this book go to the following link:
http://ow.ly/cTF02
losure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through theLitfues group review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
It explains the following steps to go through to help deal with the pain that follows the issue of abortion: Dealing with GOD, Forgiveness, Repentance, Greiving, Surviving, helping others get through their emotions after an abortion.
This is a very strong topic and I would only recommend to the ages of 16 and above, this is not a kid or tweens book, it deals with a very emotional subject and if a teenager is reading this they should be supported by an adult who is available to discuss issues in this book.
To find out more about this book go to the following link:
http://litfusegroup.com/blogtours/13531421/kimketola
To purchase this book go to the following link:
http://ow.ly/cTF02
losure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through theLitfues group review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
The Choice ~ Robert Whitlow
This is the story of Sandy who as a pregnant teenager makes the choice to give the baby up for adoption, even after the father of the child tries to force her to have an abortion. Sandy has to make the choice for her baby to be able to live and given up for adoption. She is forced to leave home as the school will not allow her to attend her senior year being pregnant. She is shipped off to live with her aunt, go to a reform school through her pregnancy. When giving birth to twins she has to make the hardest choice of all adoption, does she have them go to the same family or split them up to seperate families?
Later in life she is in a situation of helping a pregnant teen age girl, that when she steps in to help is forced to make another heart wrenching choice. The solutions she comes up with are filled with twists and turns, you can't put it down. I can't really tell you about this part of the story as it will spoil it for those that want to read it. I can say that it will bring closure to the first half of the story with much emotion, adventure and suspense as to where Robert is taking the characters, just when you think you know what is going to happen it is not the way the story is going. Yes, I did guess on one part of the story, but when I thought I knew where it was going I was wrong. This is a very heartfelt story from begining to end.
I truly enjoyed this book, I could not put it down, be warned ***once you start you will not want to put down until you are finished, very addicting story****
For more on this book go to the following link: http://litfusegroup.com/blogtours/13527503/robertwhitlow
To purchase book go to the following link:
http://ow.ly/cJsiD
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through theLitfues group review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
Later in life she is in a situation of helping a pregnant teen age girl, that when she steps in to help is forced to make another heart wrenching choice. The solutions she comes up with are filled with twists and turns, you can't put it down. I can't really tell you about this part of the story as it will spoil it for those that want to read it. I can say that it will bring closure to the first half of the story with much emotion, adventure and suspense as to where Robert is taking the characters, just when you think you know what is going to happen it is not the way the story is going. Yes, I did guess on one part of the story, but when I thought I knew where it was going I was wrong. This is a very heartfelt story from begining to end.
I truly enjoyed this book, I could not put it down, be warned ***once you start you will not want to put down until you are finished, very addicting story****
For more on this book go to the following link: http://litfusegroup.com/blogtours/13527503/robertwhitlow
To purchase book go to the following link:
http://ow.ly/cJsiD
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through theLitfues group review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
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