Our family listened to the audio of The Hunger Games on our road trip to Arizona over Christmas holiday. We were so engrossed with the story that we looked forward to getting back into the car whenever we can! When we came home, we read, on our own, the two sequels, Catching Fire and Mockingjay. [...]
This book is a touching testimony of a woman who unknowingly married a high ranking member of the Mafia. Michael Franzese and Camille Garcia met while she was a dancer in a movie he was producing. Raised by a very devoted Christian mother, Cammy’s faith in God was made real to her through the trials [...]
I just finished reading An Amish Wedding by Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller, and Kelly Long. It was an easy read and an entertaining fiction, good for a heartwarming distraction, especially on a rainy day. Three short stories set in an Amish community, the book tells the sweet stories of three couples. Along with the romance [...]
I was very disappointed with this book. The material in this book could be covered in half the number of pages. Not only was it drawn out, the concepts in the book were not “deep”. Going Deep by Gordon MacDonald is a story of fictional church implementing a supposedly new and innovative idea of Cultivating [...]
This book has all the elements of a murder mystery that I love – all the pieces fit, believable characters, likeable detective who solves the case, and the ending is satisfying. There is one thing that bothers me about murder mysteries, in any medium – TV, movies, print, is that the killer always commits a [...]
This book has given me a whole new way of thinking about world missions. K.P. Yahannan, an Indian (from India) writes about the vision God called him to, and the reasons for that vision. The mission organization he started, Gospel for Asia has the distinctive of supporting national missionaries rather than sending missionaries overseas. He [...]
Fresh off the press, I borrowed AB’s copy of Francis Chan’s new book Erasing Hell. About a third of the book analyzes specific passages of the Bible to discover whether hell is retributive or corrective (a second chance to go to heaven), and whether it’s eternal or annihilation (completely destroy the soul). Since I don’t [...]
My friend LL showed me this book and asked if I’ve read it. I had not even heard of the author (later to find that Platt is a friend of a friend I just met), but I was curious and always up for a good book. The cover says it’s a New York Times Bestseller. [...]
I like mysteries and whodunnit types of books. Life Everlasting by Robert Whitlow held my interest combining murder, romance, and a bit of humor, all within the context of the Christian faith. Alexia Lindale is a successful attorney who takes on a case that turns out to be more than she can handle. She finds [...]
I couldn’t put down this book. A Place Called Blessing by John Trent is both heartwarming and inspirational. The story is engaging from beginning to end. The story follows a boy growing up in the foster care system, starting life with two strikes against him. Then an accident occurred that scarred him, until he meets [...]
John Maxwell is one of my favorite authors. His writings are practical and inspirational Put Your Dream to the Test is a book appropriate for those want to make the most our of their life; that hopefully means everyone. Maxwell outlines ten questions to define our dream and put a plan to our dream. He [...]
I didn’t see the movie Soul Surfer, but my friend lend me the book. Bethany tells her true story of losing her arm in a shark attack while she was surfing, and how she came back to continue to pursue her dream as a professional surfer. Her story is very inspiration to remind us that [...]
My friend Bonnie lend me this booklet, “An Introduction to the Mainland Chinese Soul”. It is insightful and gives a clear picture of the Chinese way of thinking and how it affects their receptivity to the gospel. The best parts are the stories of individuals that reveal how Chinese handles life and the gospel. The [...]
We watched The Lightning Thief on Netflix, it was quite entertaining. Since I had not read the Percy Jackson books, I decided to get them from the library. The Sea Monsters is book 2 of the series. The story line is clever and intriguing, but it’s written at about a 4th grade level, not much [...]
Another good read from Max Lucado. Max on Life is a book of Q & A on all sorts of topics in life, as the name of the book is aptly titled. The book is so readable it’s almost like sitting down with Lucado and asking him these questions. Most answers are contained in one [...]
I came into this book with high expectations. It’s a book by a New York Times best-selling author, and it’s a Christian fiction. Since I do not read much Christian fiction, I was really looking forward to a good read. The Final Summit by Andy Andrews is not what I expected at all. It’s the [...]
Don’t let the cover and the size of this book fool you. The Story of the Bible by Larry Stone is a beautiful over-sized hardback book that sits like a coffetable book but it is not just for looks. Flipping through it you may think it contains dry historical museum types of information. But in [...]
Same Life, New Story by Jan Silvious has the subtitle “Change Your Perspective to Change Your Life”. It is indeed a good book for women who are going through difficult circumstances and need encouragement to change. The book is also said to be a Bible study. But it’s not a study guide as I expected. [...]
Another book given to me by B for my birthday. She warned me it’s a tear jerker, and it is. I cried at several parts of the book. Same Kind of Different As Me is a true story of the friendship between Ron and Deborah Hall, an affluent white couple, and Denver Moore, a rough, [...]
Josephine Tey, the pen name of Elizabeth Mackintosh, is a contemporary of Agatha Christie. I’ve been trying to request her books from the library, but it seems not many of her books are in print. The first time I requested a book by Tey, it arrived in Chinese! That was interesting. A Shilling for Candles [...]