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Well so far I have read 51 this year that I have kept track of. Once I joined I started putting in books that I have read this year, but not all of them have been put in, plus I read alot that my friend gave me to read. We share books. She will get books she thinks I would enjoy so she loans them to me to read and I loan books to her to read, so those books I have not counted.
So I think my by calculations I have read almost a 100 or a little over so far in 2008, but this group will help me keep a record and I can be sure of how many. I usually read about 2 a week.
I have started my list for 2009 and hopefully I can stick to it
These are the way I plan to read my books
January-Christian Novels-(I have 3 shelves doubled rowed of them)
Feb-Mary Higgins Clark-Have 10 left I haven't read yet unless I find more. 14 more and I will have every one she has wrote
March-Debbie Macomber-I have 18 to read so far of hers that I have.Still getting them as I can
April-Nicholas Sparks Novels- Have a few of his to finish reading yet.
This is as far as I have got. I know my Christian Novels I have almost 125 of them I haven't read yet.
Lynn, wow - that looks like a very good plan! I'll bet I would love to browse the shelves at your home. . .
Your more than welcome ;-)
I have a little over a 1000 books well not all reading books. I have old Opera Books and Old Music Books. I love my Old Stephen Foster Music Book. My MIL was a music teacher and I have about 12 yrs of Nationl Geographic Magazines. I learn alot from them very educational.
Wow, that's fascinating. I was a music major for the first two years in college (piano performance major), so I've got quite a lot of music books, too. And those National Geographic magazines are quite the collection! Again - wow!
Thatas so interesting. My MIL and FIL both taught music, piano and organ, My husband plays both .His grandfather taught voice and opera so they are all from a musical family.
I love the National Geographic. I still have all the maps in them and they look like they were just received in the mail. 90% of my books were inherited from my FIL and MIL and my husbands grandparents on his fathers side.
They came from England so I have a lot of books from there a very large Charles Dickens Library.one large shelf of Poetry(which I love to read) I have a first edition Old Man and the Sea one of my favorites.All these will be passed on to my children so the books will have a large history behind them.
Since I have started this series and just finished the first book today,and starting on the 2nd in the series, I know that they will go into the first of the year.An d I do not want to give the list starting with the 2nd or 3rd book.
The month of January I had Christian Novels chosen to read.
#1-The Heart Of Thornton Creek-Bonnie Leon
I will give a review in another post.
The Heart Of Thornton Creek-Bonnie Leon
Book 1-The Queensland Chronicles
This series takes place in Queensland Australia.
Rebecca Williams is a strong willed woman , and when she marries Daniel Thornton, she is not really in love with him as they move to Australia to the large cattle ranch run by his father.
His father is one that rules his family, ranch and the whole town as did his father, according to the ways of the Bible. He considers himself a strong man of God.
That is until he meets Daniels wife whom he can have no control over. Will she fall in love with her husband eventually, will his old flame win out in a scheme to get him back or will she leave Australia and return to Boston thereby letting her Father in law get the best of her and her marriage.
Will her father in law finally see where he is going wrong and learn the correct way to interpret the scripture.
A great lesson learned that you must know God in your heart not just with mind knowledge
A book that brought tears as I read it
My January List- Christian Novels-Will date when read.
"The Queensland Chronicles" Bonnie Leon
The Heart of Thornton Creek-"Book 1"-12-21-08
For The Love of the Land-"Book 2"-12-25-08
When The Storm Breaks-"Book 3"- 12-28-08
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"The Fountain Creek Chronicles" Tamera Alexander
1.Rekindled-"Book 1"-1-2-09
2.Revealed-"Book 2"-1-8-09
3.Remembered-"Book 3" -1-16-09
4.Waiting For Summers Return- Kim Vogel Sawyer-1-25-09
5. The Bargin "Book 1 Finding Home Series"-Catherine Stang 1-27-09.
6.Where The Heart Leads-Kim Vogel Sawyer-129-09
For The Love of the Land-Bonnie Leon
Book 2-The Queensland Chronicles
Continuing on with the saga of Daniel and Rebecca and the Thorton Ranch. Daniel has the responsibility of running the ranch .
Some may think there are a lot of dramatics in the story line and yes there is to some extent, but if you read between the lines and delve into it what you will see is that God will reign on the just and the injust alike. No one is except from trouble.
As they fight off the drought, fires and it anything else that could go wrong, the point is have faith in God that he will pull you through.
Will they survive the territory and make a go of everything. Only as I begin book 3 the final in the series will I know.
When The Storm Breaks-Bonnie Leon
Book 3-The Queensland Chronicles.
The final book in the series and after a devasting drought and fire, they must go on. But to rebuild you need money.
But what happens when the bank will not give you a loan.
In this continuing saga, Daniel know what he should do and turn it over to God, but as always the nature of man does not wait for a answer.Will they save there beloved ranch(or in Australia as they are called Station)or will they finally lose it and have to leave.
I have enjoyed this whole series, and if a person reads deeper than just as a novel there is a lesson to be learned throughout.
They were very good. I am now into the Fountain Creek Chronicles and if you have ever read Francine Rivers Redeeming Love then you would really enjoy this series.
I just finished reading all 3 books in the Fountain Creek Chronicles.
I enjoyed each and ever one immensly.
In the late 1860s, Colorado Territory is a wild and untamed land. But nestled within its mountains and sustained by one of its major creeks, three couples carve out a new life on the frontier. Forging a living in the shadow of icy peaks, each person will be called upon to stand on nothing more than faith, sacrifice single-minded desires, risk what is most dear to them, and turn away from the past in order to detect God's plan for the future. By the time Colorado becomes a state, will they be united by love or defeated by adversity?
Book 1-Rekindled
When her husband disappears into a mountain snowstorm one morning, Kathryn Jennings is flung into the world of ranching, banking, and business. Penniless and pregnant, Kathryn is determined to keep her land as a legacy for her child. The man who offers her a job seems to have an awful lot of secrets, but she is desperate. Most disconcerting of all is the uncanny familiarity she feels toward the badly scarred ranch hand who works in the dark shadows of the horse stables.
Book 2-Revealed
Annabelle Grayson has been given a second chance at life, but she can’t claim it with the cloud of her past hanging over her in Willow Springs. After her husband dies, she advertises for a trail guide to accompany her to land waiting for her in Idaho--and a most unlikely candidate applies for the job.
Matthew Taylor is a man on the run, with consequences of past mistakes pursuing him at every turn. Meeting Annabelle Grayson the first time was unpleasant enough, but when she crosses his path again, her presence in his life--and what she reveals--is devastating. If given a single wish, Matthew would turn back time and right a grievous wrong. If given a second wish, he would make Annabelle Grayson pay.
Book 3-Remembered
In book 3 of the Fountain Creek Chronicles, Veronique Girard sets off to Colorado Territory from France after the death of her mother. She is searching for her father, who set off to make his fortune in American as a fur trader twenty-five years ago. Unfamiliar with the language, customs, and the land, Veronique sets out on a dangerous journey to find a man she doesn't remember and answers to her questions.
Jack Brennan has been working himself to death for the past fifteen years as a wagon guide to block out the pain of his wife and son's death. Now, he is ready to settle down in Willow Springs. When he is thrown together unexpectedly with Veronique, he becomes involved with her quest to find her father, but that is not the only way she has the potential to change his life.
Book 1- takes you right to the very end wondering . Kathern buries her husbans, but did he really die? In her heart she still feels he is alive even tho they had the funeral. This book takes you through 10 months of her trying to save the ranch her husband so wanted for them, from the brothel to the work place.
If you read Francine Rivers Redeeming Love you will enjoy these also.
Book2- Ride along with Annabelle as she trecks across country after leaving the brothel only to be tormented by the trail guide who knows her past.
Book 3- Seems almost like it was a different series all together but really it wasn't It also was a very good read of the series.
Lynn, I really enjoy your comments . . . once again, sounds like you've read a series I would like to read also.
Thank you very much. I figured this time I would wait till I read all 3 and then comment on them all at once.
I just finished reading "Waiting For Summers Return"-Kim Vogel Sawyer.
Review from Christian Book . com
Summer Steadman finds herself stranded in a small Mennonite town in Kansas in the late 1800’s, after her husband and four young children die of typhoid.
When Summer tries to find a job in the town, widower Peter Ollenburger is the only person, it seems, who is willing to extend her any kindness. He shows up at her hotel to ask if she would stay on his property and tutor to his nine-year-old son. With no family to turn to and determined to stay near her children’s gravesites, she accepts his offer.
There seems to be no attraction between them at first, yet Peter’s neighbors are convinced they are living in sin, even threatening to cast Peter out of the community if he does not send the woman away. Peter refuses to force her to leave, gently but firmly standing up to the suspicious townspeople. Meanwhile, Summer feels deep resentment toward God for refusing to answer her pleas to save the only people in the world that she loves. Peter is determined to show her that God still loves her and has her best interests at heart.
Kim Sawyer turns in a fine writing performance with her strong, deep characters and gentle story. She uses a great depth of insight in treating her subject matter with deftness and truth. Though she is true to the feelings a bereft mother would naturally experience, at no time does the novel sink into despondence. Summer’s reluctance to trust God again, her fear of his answering “no” to all of her prayers, will resonate with anyone who has gone through a tough time.
This is the first book I have read of Ms Sawyer's and now am reading a sequel to it.
This was a very moving and touching story.
I just finished reading for a review:
The Bargin "Book 1 Finding Home Series"-Catherine Stang
My Review.
During the Civil War, Cassandra Beaumont tries to keep the plantation together.
With her parents no longer around and all 3 brothers off to the war,
What do you do when you have the responsibilities of a taking care of a sister,a
sister-in- law who is expecting a baby anytime and her niece.
The Union Soldiers are taking over the plantation to make it into a hospital, and the women need to leave, or do they?
This was a book that held my interest from the very beginning.
Follow along with this family through their trials and tribulations
with two Union Officers.
There is romantic interludes in the book , but these are not steamy scenes.
If you like Historical Romance Books, then I recommend this book.
BLURB
In the midst of war, two enemies will make a bargain that will change their lives forever.
Major Joel Bradshaw is the Chief Medical Officer in charge of setting up a new front line hospital for the Union Army. Unfortunately, his first task is to evict the women who live in the big plantation house he must commandeer.
Strong-willed Cassandra Beaumont is determined not to allow the Yankees take her home. But when her sister-in-law develops complications during labor, Cassie is forced to swallow her pride and ask the Yankee doctor she just threatened for his help. All she has to barter with are her nursing skills and so she proposes a trade that will bring her loyalties into question.
Joel, however, soon finds himself wanting much more than a business arrangement. Torn between his orders as an officer and his desire to protect Cassie, Joel finds a way to ensure the safety of all the Beaumont women – if only Cassie will say yes!
Sometimes home is where you least expect it.
Whiskey Creek Press
Release Date: November 2008
I will be waiting for book 2 to come out
Books I read In January
I am reading another one right now and may have it done by tomorrow night. If not it will start the Feb List
1.Rekindled-"Book 1"-1-2-09
2.Revealed-"Book 2"-1-8-09
3.Remembered-"Book 3" -1-16-09
4.Waiting For Summers Return- Kim Vogel Sawyer-1-25-09
5. The Bargin "Book 1 Finding Home Series"-Catherine Stang 1-27-09.(E-Book Read for a review).
6.Where The Heart Leads-Kim Vogel Sawyer-1-29-09
7.90 Minutes in Heaven A True Story of Death & Life 1-31-09
Well I managed 7 in this month, but I was busy some also and that took up reading time.
Alread started on Feb's Books
Kay wrote: "Lynn, 7 books in a month is great! Puts you well on the way towards 75 . . . "
Well I have 3 going here at the same time. One E-Book I am reading for a review, Darrell Waltrip's book which is really like a daily devotional and then a Novel by Sharlene Maclaren. And a nother E-book review waiting in the wings so to speak.But took a day off yesterday simply because I went shopping all day LOL
8.Eye Watcher-Barbara Miller-2-7-09
(Read for Book Review)
Eye Walker
Barbara Miller
ISBN 9781419918162
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Eye Walker Copyright © 2009 Barbara Miller
Edited by Helen Woodall.
Cover art by Syneca.
Electronic book Publication January 2009
A Cerridwen Press Publication
www.cerridwenpress.com
paranormal, romance, mystery
rating 5 stars.
Reviewed by Lynn 2/07/2009
Forensic anthropologist Dr. Faith Walker is trying to be hired to find a woman whom ,it is believed to have been murdered.
Self-made entrepreneur Vince DeLucca , who is engaged to the missing woman, is the prime
suspect in her disapperance, and is convinced that Dr. Walker can help him find her.
Dr. Walker is a psychic but has never let anyone know. Vince DeLucca can see into the future and is plagued by prescient dreams about things blowing up, but he also has not let anyone know about his abilities.
As we follow this unlikely pair one who can look into the past, and one with horrific glimpses of the future, they are one step behind who ever murdered Elizabeth, Vince’s fiancée, or “Is She Dead”
As they follow a trail, it seems someone is out to kill one of them or both of them. Even the cops do not believe him. Will they survive who is chasing them? Will Vince’s name be cleared? Is Elizabeth still alive?
This book grabbed my attention from the very first paragraph and was very hard to put down.
If you like a good mystery without all the bad lanquage, steamy romace scenes, then I highly recommend this book
It will hold your interest to the end, even if you do not believe in psychic’s
http://www.jasminejade.com/pm-6823-309-e...
10. Long Journey Home-Sharlene Maclaren-2-10-09
Christian Novel
As always another very good book book by her. I haven't found a bad one yet
11.A PRAYER FOR DISTRACTION by Cheryl Warner-2-13-09
Whiskey Creek Press
Release Date: December 2008
Genre: Romance/Mystery/Suspense/Inspirational
ISBN:
Ebook: 978-1-60313-361-6
Paperback: 978-1-60313-360-9
Reviewed by: Lynn, 2-13-09
Rating- 5 stars
410 Pages
"Be Careful What You Ask For"
C.D. Waddell, recently divorced, still is in love with her ex husband even tho he filed for divorce, was unfaithful through their marriage.
What she needed was a big distraction to keep her mind off of him. As a Christian all she could do was pray and ask.
God answered her prayer in a way she never expected , through a detective, a searh for her real parents and her nationality, through her job, but in the midst of it all
her ex husband returns and wants to have a reconciliation. Where does she go? Her mind says no, her ex says yes he has changed, Her adoptive parents say
no. Has he changed ? Can she believe him? What about the search for her biological parents? How was this prayer answered? "Be Careful What You Ask For"
Just how is she to determine the true answer to her prayer?
If you like a good Mystery/Suspence book with a Christian value, without being "preachy" as some would call them, then I reccommend this book.
It keeps you wondering to the very last pages..
http://www.cherylnwarner.com/
12.101 Romantic Idea’s- by Michael Webb-2/16/09
http://www.theromantic.com
Read this for a book review.
As this book states 101 idea’s as told from a mans point of view..; not saying that a woman cannot
Change some of them around and use them.
There are some cute ones and maybe some a little corny, but its just a fast little book that’s for a cute
Read.
In today’s society we are need a little fun and life and strength to our marriages.
I think any one of any age from the newly married twenty year olds to those that have been married for
Many number of years will find some cute idea’s to use
13.Racing To Win-Joe Gibbs- 2-19-09
NASCAR owner and former NFL coach Joe Gibbs shares stories and presents his winning game plan for success in life.
14.The Heart Remembers-2-23-09
Marissa St. James
Publisher: Whiskey Creek Press
Genre: Historical; Fantasy; Science Fiction
Blurp:
Sylvia has no life of her own thanks to a domineering mother. All she wants is to run her own life. Sylvia is transported back to the early 13th century, where, as a widow, she and her younger daughter are summoned to King John’s presence on false pretenses. The ladies are about to become the prizes in King John’s jousting tourney.
Faris has spent the last twenty years living with Moors in a peaceful life. He and his son return from a trading trip to find their small oasis settlement burned to the ground. Faris makes a decision to return to England with his son, Halim, where they decide to enter the tourney. Seeing Lady Sylvia stirs long ago memories.
While neither Faris nor Sylvia recall their contemporary lives, they have an opportunity to recapture a past relationship and discover whether or not the heart remembers.
Meredith and Aidan McConnell are on a job, Somewhere back in the Medieval Times
As time travelers
Then there is the hero and Blacksmith Aubrey and heroine Sylvia who seemed to be destined to be together in wherever they were.
As I read this story I had a hard time wondering who was where in what time period. You go along quite some time reading of Faris and Lady Sylvia,
then occasionally you meet up with Meredith and Aidan. Are they time travelers or are they reincarnations, traveling back in their mind. I had to back up a few times to re-read to see where the story was going at that time
As far as the story goes, I really liked it. It was very interesting and I could get quite
involved with the characters .It did well with my imagination as I could, in my mind, visualize many of the scenes going on through out the storyline..
As far as the book goes I thing anyone who likes a sweet simple romance would enjoy this book. For myself it is not a book to read fast so as not to miss the concept /idea of the story
15. The Blue Bottle Club- Penelope J. Stokes-2-25-09
In the wake of the depression of 1929, four friends gather in a cold, dusty attic on Christmas day to make a solemn pact. "Our dreams for the future," they whisper, as they place tiny pieces of paper holding their life wishes into the blue bottle. Sixty-five years later, local news reporter Brendan Delaney stumbles upon the bottle, discovering the most meaningful story of her career and possibly the meaning missing from her own life.
While I was reading this book, I found so many truths that a person can apply to their own life. This is a wonderful book. As the four friends write out their dreams of the future and make promises to always reamin friends forever,Their lives turn out very differently than what they all had dreamed about on Christmas Eve as teenagers when they committed their written dreams and promises to a blue bottle. But each woman is drawn to God. God uses the circumstances and their dreams in their lives to draw them back and closer to Him--Just like There is so much we can learn from this book if it is read with a open mind and heart There is no bad language or graphic descriptions. I highly recommend this book.
Quoting a quote from long ago.
"Stay true to the dreams of thy youth."
Lynn wrote: "15. The Blue Bottle Club- Penelope J. Stokes-2-25-09In the wake of the depression of 1929, four friends gather in a cold, dusty attic on Christmas day to make a solemn pact. "Our dreams for the..."
Lynn, I loved the Blue Bottle Club! I also loved The Amethyst Heart by the same author. Unfortunately, I've not enjoyed some of her more recent novels, but Penelope Stokes is certainly a talented author nonetheless. (One, Delta Belles, bordered on trashy as one young woman's recreational sexual encounter was described in great detail. I was disgusted and quit reading.)
Kay wrote: "Lynn wrote: "15. The Blue Bottle Club- Penelope J. Stokes-2-25-09
In the wake of the depression of 1929, four friends gather in a cold, dusty attic on Christmas day to make a solemn pact. "Our dre..."
Why is it that ob=ne can write a good story and then turn and write trash. Thanks for the heads up
Thats like Ace of Hearts I jsut read for a review. The mystery was great but they had to fill it with strong sexual parts that could have been wrote a little more subtle and it would not have ruined the story. Others seemed to really like it as they gave it 5 stars
16: Sandstone Legacy-2-28-09
Sandstone Legacy
Author: Rachel McNeely
Catagory:Romance; Paranormal
Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand Inc.
E-Book ISBN: 1-60601-248-7
Copyright: 2008
Rating-5 stars
Main Characters: Jake Andrews; Katie Webber; Judith and Daniel Collier the Ghosts?
Sandstone 1862
Daniel Collier is headed off to the civil war. His wife Judith begs him not to go.
She vows to stay at Sandstone till he returns.
2008
Jake Andrews has a reputation as being a trouble maker because of his fathers reputation.
Katie Webber has returned to Treehaven as a beneficiary of the Sandstone Property.
Katie remembers Jake from high school where she had quite a crush on him. As she is rebounding from a broken engagement, men is the furthers thing from her mind at this time
This is when she fins out, Jake Andrews is also a beneficiary, but he has a plan for the property, as does Katie.
Only Stipulation. The townspeople believe the house to be haunted. Is it? Jake and Katie have to stay in the house for thirty days. Can these two stay there for thirty days without getting on each other nerve’s Jake vowing never to fall for a woman because of the reputation that follows him, and Katie remembering back to her high school crush.
They have to try and prove the validity of the house is it haunted or not? Is it a good Ghost or an evil Ghost? Who is the Ghost?
What is there in the family lines that both Jake and Katie stand to inherit the property together. Are they both related somehow to the Ghost of Sandstone? What is the Legacy of this valuable property?
Together they will battle the attraction that seems to be growing between them, a ghost that can be friendly or not so friendly, a love story from years ago, and one who wants to keep the secret of Sandstone hidden and not revealed.
This is a very exciting story and should keep readers guessing throughout, why and who is haunting Sandstone. Is it a Ghost? Or……………
If you like a good paranormal story with a touch of romance in it.
Then I recommend this book. Great to the last page.
18: Calitare: Restored 3-6-09
Title: Calitare : Restored
Author: Alixandria DeSpain
Lucinda Laughlin
ISPN: Hardcover: 978-1-4363-4625-2
Softcover : 978-1-4363-4624-2
Publisher: Xlibris
www.Xlibris.com
Genre: Fantasy, Analogy of Christianity
Reviewed By: Lynn 3-6-09
Main Characters: Willow ; Evadne ; Demetrius ; Josiah
Rating: 5 Stars
Reviewed For:ReviewYourBooks.com
Blurp:
At the very beginning of time, all was dark and quiet. Destiny and her
Husband Decision were the only occupants of this somber place. She
Knew all knowledge, felt every emotion, and predicted every move of
Her creation. He saw all the possibilities, all the choices that may or may
Not be made. It was all there. They spoke life into the stillness and made
A world filled with beauty and perfection.
Then she bore two sons: Kamali and Gualtiere.
As you read the beginning here it seems to remind one of the creation;
“In the beginning…….” As you read this book you can see in your
mind an analogy of Christianity.
Travel to a land back in time to a enchanted land where you are may find
Mermaid’s swimming under the waterfall, Demons prowl through out the
forest .Wars, rumors of wars, where peace is trying to rule again
In the mists of all this meet Willow and Evadne, twin sisters who through-
out the story, fight battles of purity, fighting off demons, and at the age
when romance seems to enter the picture. As royalty and daughters of the
King, each has their own special power .One of healing, one of reading minds.
Enter Demetrius and Josiah; Brothers who both have their eye on the young
Princesses. As they join the battle , fighting the demons, fighting wars…..
Will peace return to the land? Will the sisters, who’s bond with each other
Never wavers, find romance. Will peace return to their hearts?
If you enjoyed The Chronicles of Narnia, I know you will enjoy reading this
Book. I could not put it down when I started reading it. It is a very fast and
Read, and I look forward to a sequel to this book.
These young authors have got a hit on their hands and I think it would make a
great movie. I played out a movie in my mind as I read the book and when I
can play a movie in my mind as I read, then the book gets a great rating
20:The Other Side of the Horizon-K.Lynch-3-7-09
Reviewed for ReviewYourBook.com
this was a very fast read. A small book that took about a hour to get through
It was ok but could have had more substance to the story line
21.Sparta Rose-3-8-09
Title: Sparta Rose
Author: Ginger Simpson
Publisher: Eternal Press
ISBN: E-Book-978-1-926640-63-1
Print- 978-1-926647-39-5
First E-Book Edition: February 2009
First Print Edition: February 2009
Rating: 5 Stars
Reviewed By: Lynn –3-8-09
Genre-Historical Romance/Western
Sparta Tennessee-1860
Rosella was a tomboy from the get go. Of course she would much rather be called Ellie and drop the Rose. That was more like the name of a fine lady. When she was only 3 yrs old she lost her mother to Typhoid, and with no brothers Ellie was compelled to follow her father around.
She had learned to rope, ride, move cattle, and brand as well if not better than some of the ranch hands. She could mend the fences and even occasionally shoe a horse if need be.
But as the years go by, Ellie is 17 and her father decides that she needs to start doing things around the house; inside; woman things, learning to cook, washing. Get out of them denim jeans and wear a dress. How could her father after all these years turn her away from what she loves to do. Why was she not born a boy?
Tyler Bishop (Ty) is the main ranch hand. He has a time trying to figure out Ellie. One time she is one of the guys so speak. Next she is all femimine, All Ty know is he is bound and determined to keep her safe, and also is falling for her.
Ellie is getting tired of Ty bossing her around and being so overly protective of her. Ellie goes out and buys a gun and she will learn to use it.
Ellie knows that one day she will run the ranch? or will her dad turnit over to Ty? When Land buyers want to buy the ranch Ellie is bound and determined to stop it. Will her dad and Ty see things her way.
This is a great novel, and being from Tennessee myself it is beautiful around Sparta.
You can’t help but learn to become involved with the characters. They seem to grow on you.
If you like a good historical romance , then I think you will enjoy this book. The book is wrote with such clarity that it keeps the readers interested. You can’t help but not care about Ellie, and occasionally she will even bring a smile to you.
It is listed as a Western Historical Romance, but I put it more as just Historical, Civil War Era. I found it such a interesting read , that it was hard to put down till it was finished.
22.The Million Dollar Therapist-K.Lynch-3-8-09
Title-The Million Dollar Therapist
Author-K. Lynch
Publisher-Outskirts Press
ISBN: 978-1-4327-2650-8
Rating-4Stars
Genre-Adult Romance/Suspense
Reviewed By: Lynn-3-8-09
Carol Lindsey is the daughter of farming couple born late in their life. Through out her young life you could say kept under the wings of her protected parents, especially her father.
She was a very smart child and through out her school years the teachers really wanted to advance her forward, When she goes off to college she is very naïve about life.
When she meets a successful attorney , flares should have rent up at the beginning but the only flares she was seeing was love.
Through out a rocky 3 yr marriage it finally ends. From there life starts a downhill battle for Carol and her son. Will she be able to afford what she needs to live, keep her son in school, plus try and make a thriving business out of her profession.
The book gets more fascination as you get further into it.
This was well written and did not have a lot of filler to take away from the book.
Even though names have been changed the theme is based on a true story.
After reading the first book of this series, I feel this one is much better written
This is a small book and a easy read, that can be read in a little over a hour for most.
23: The Revenge of the Rinellis-K. Lynch-3-9-09
Third in the series by K. Lynch. A small book and a fast read.
A suspense filled book with not a lot of filler.
24:Lasting Love-Sharon Donovan-3-9-09
Title: Lasting Love
Author: Sharon A. Donovan
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Genre: Inspiration/Novelette
Rating: 5 Stars
Reviewed By: Lynn 3-9-09
Do you believe in miracles, rebirth and resurrection?
Abbey Jordan owns a floral shop which specializes in Roses. Easter is a week away and with all the plans and preparations her manager has to leave the job, due to family obligations. What is the old saying up a creek with out a paddle.
What to do. Send a fast prayer up to God and turn it over to him.
Hum seems a neighbor to the floral shop just seems to have a knack at growing roses and just the ones Abbey loves. Is this a answer to her prayer?
This is a great little novelette, which can be read in a matter of minutes, will restore your faith in things not seen.
25:Title: Taps To The Soul (Reveille Of The Heart)
Author: Kimberlee R. Mendoza
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Genre: Inspirational
ISBN: 1-60154-413-8
Release Date: 3-27-2009
Rating: 5 stars
Reviewed By: Lynn –3-10-09
Main Characters: Elena Star Mellor ; Wes Denton
Star is the daughter of a hippy couple from the sixty’s era, Woodstock, protesters of the war. Wes was the son of a career Navy man.
As the story begins both are on tour duty in Iraq. Star just arrived at a new unit and was transferred out right away to another unit.
They said it was safe, just as their unit was attacked. Star is captured, along with Wes. Neither of them knew each other. But God seemed intent on them being together.
When Star is rescued, she asks about Wes the man that was captured with her. They said their was no one with her , she was by her self. Was he there? Or was he just a figment of her mind. When Wes is found , he is wondering what happened to star.
Following through their lives, Will Star ever find Wes? Was he real or was he just a though in her mind to ease her through her captivity. Wes is looking for Star, He knows she was real, but did she survive, or was she killed?
This is a amazing story and will keep you wondering right to the end. God has a plan for everyone and when he has it in place you will soon find out there will be no changing it. We all need to remember our troops that go to Iraq and fight daily and think that any of them could be a Star or a Wes.
Beautiful Story that would make a terrific movie.
27:Title: Crucified
Author: Adelle Laudan
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Reviewed By: Lynn 3-12-09
Rated: 5 Stars
Genre: Mystery; Novelette
Reviewed For: ReviewYourBook.com
“Judge not lest you be judged”
Have you ever been falsely accused of something, just because of where you lived, or worked, or for any other reason?
Taylor Danson has re-opened the auto repair shop in Johnston, Nova Scotia.
The Preachers daughter Casey has been kidnapped and a picture of her bound and gagged was found hanging on the board at the Post Office.
The former owner of the auto repair shop left a bad taste in the mouths of the residents, and he rode a motorcycle.
Taylor rides a motorcycle. All motorcycle riders are bad news! So it just had to be him. Only problem he has no alibi, But he has a squeaky clean record.
There seems to be no way they can solve this, without having help. Enter the FBI. Agent’s Dianne Parker and Seth Mann.
As you read along one starts to wonder, Is Taylor the kidnapper? As pictures keep showing up at the Post Office how are they getting there with it being watched all the time. Will they find Casey before time runs out?
This book will keep you on the edge right to very last couple of pages. It is a very fast read and one where there is no hint as to who it is. Its one of those who done it type that I can get so involved it.
28: He See's You When Your Sleeping-Mary/Carol Higgins Clark-3-14-09
I really enjoyed this book. A modern version of Its A Wonderful Life ,with a Mystey side to it. Full of suspense and humor
29: My New Brain: Memoir of a Brain Injury,Lori Williams, 3-15-09
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30:Reviewed for ReviewYourBook.com
Title: One Deadly Sin
Author: Annie Solomom
Publisher: Forever ; Grand Central Publishing
Forever Name and Logo a trademark of : Hatchette Book Group Corp.
ISBN: 978-0-446-17844-0
Genre: Suspense ; Romance
Publication Date: May 2009
Reviewed By: Lynn 3-17-2009
Rating: 5 Stars
Edie Swann is out for revenge. She has returned to her home town twenty years later. Did her father actually kill himself twenty years ago to keep from going to trial for embezzlement or was he murdered. ?
With list in hand of those who had worked with him, she is going to leave each suspect a chilling sign;
What happens next is not what she had expected. Each suspect she has targeted has died,except one.
As the Sheriff of the town finally learns who she is, clues point to her as a murderer, but someone is out to kill her. He is torn between trying to do right but also at the same time his feelings are getting stronger for Edie. He cannot believe that she is the killer.
This is a gripping suspense that will keep you glued to the pages. Just when you think you know who the murderer may be, your mind is changed. This is a well written book that will keep you in suspense to the very last page.
Anne Solomon and Suspense is a perfect match. If you like a great chilling suspense story that keeps you guessing then I highly recommend “One Deadly Sin”
