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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A Vow for Always, Book 6 ~ Wanda E. Brunstetter

This is book 6 of the Discovery Series.  In this short book, it concludes where book 5 left off as a cliff hanger, Meredith has begun to start courting Joshua and becoming part of his life.  Joshua start to remember things from his past and with the help of his new friends he finds his way back home.  With a happy ending the book does conclude with you just hanging again.  I wish the ending had more of a closure to the story.  But as Wanda is known for series, I am sure she did this as a plan to be able to write another to go with this whole discovery series.

I liked this book, but I really don't enjoy the small book series. I would have enjoyed the series being all in one book. I would recommend this book.

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A Revelation in Autumn, Book 5 ~ Wanda E. Brunstetter

This is book 5 of the Discovery Series.  In this short book, it concludes where book 4 left off as a cliff hanger, Meredith has her baby and names him Levi.  Joshua does start to court her and they begin to start a relationship that may lead to more.  Other parts of the story is, Luke is still in the hospital not knowing what has happened to him and who he is.  The book leaves a cliff hanger again......

I liked this book, but I really don't enjoy the small book series. I would have enjoyed the series being all in one book.  But I would recommend this book.

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Redeeming Love ~ Francine Rivers

LOVE THIS BOOK!!  God is all over this book.  From the minute I picked it up I could not put it down until I finished it.  I am an avid fan of Francine Rivers and this has to be my favorite from her.
This is the story of unconditional love between a husband and wife.  The story of Angel, who was sold into prostitution and has felt nothing but hurt from men.  Michael is a farmer and Godly man, he is called from GOD to marry Angel and does.  Angel does not understand his love and feels he is only nice to her because he wants something.  Michael will not give into her hatefulness and heartache that her actions cause him.  You will laugh, cry, hate Angel, feel sorry for Michael, wonder why does Michael put up with Angel, pray and not want to put this down to the very end.  Between the two characters you will be thinking of your own circumstances that you have gone through with GOD and makes you think.  

This book is based on the book of the bible Hosea.  I guarantee when you get done, or even before that you will be intrigued to read this book in the bible.  The book also includes a six part reading study in the back of the book, you can do this in a group or by yourself.  I recommend this book to everyone!!  READ THIS ONE you will wish you had read this a long time ago.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through Blogging for Books 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