Posted by Melissa on May 31, 2010
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason [...]
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Posted by Melissa on May 27, 2010
Gallery (April 13, 2010) I’ve always been a bit snobbish about the books I read and what is considered worth my time. Funny though I am also picky about the content in books I read I am finding that mainstream fiction more often lives up to my high standards than the Christian fiction I count [...]
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| Tags: Book 2, Christi Phillips, Claire Donovan & Andrew Kent, Historical, Mystery, Pocket, Romance, The Devlin Diary
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Posted by Melissa on May 22, 2010
Gallery (February 19, 2008) When I heard about the sequel to this book several weeks ago I knew it sounded intriguing and since these books have the same characters I decided I needed to read them in order. When I finally picked this one out of the pile and cracked it open I wanted nothing [...]
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Posted by Melissa on May 13, 2010
David C. Cook (September 1, 2009) The girls return after their “vacation” of sorts in Maui. Two of them have or will soon have new members of their families joining them at Bloomberg Place. The two mothers will also be adding husbands to their families shortly as well. Their children will have fathers to love [...]
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Posted by Melissa on May 11, 2010
David C. Cook (March 1, 2009) Melody gives us a glimpse into the lives of these four girls as different as the seasons we see them through in the books. Here we are nearly three-fourths of the way through their year together. This Spring we find them planning or avoiding making plans for their Spring [...]
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Posted by Melissa on May 8, 2010
David C. Cook (September 1, 2008) In this book we return to 86 Bloomberg Place and four young women you would have thought could never share living space peaceably much less become friends along the way. Let Them Eat Fruitcake finds our girls celebrating their first Christmas as roommates and for some the first one [...]
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Posted by Melissa on May 6, 2010
David C. Cook (April 1, 2008) While these characters are around 10 years my juniors and living a much plusher life than what I have experienced, their friendship and adventures still prove to be something I can identify with in some ways. Megan is just out of college with an education degree but doesn’t start [...]
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Posted by Melissa on May 4, 2010
David C. Cook (April 1, 2010) This book like its predecessor, Breathe kept me on my toes as I was reading. I have yet to find a book from this author “predictable”. Bergren takes suspense, romance, adventure and engaging characters like bars of spanish gold and secrets them away throughout her plots for the vigilant [...]
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| Tags: 19th Century, Book 2, Colorado, David C Cook, Historical, Homeward Trilogy, Lisa T Bergren, Romance, Sing
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Posted by Melissa on April 23, 2010
Multnomah Books (April 13, 2010) I must admit first off that I am not a baseball fan or historian yet I love historical novels so sort of wondered what this book might hold for someone with little practical knowledge of sports much less something as specific as baseball. I was left to wonder for but [...]
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Posted by Melissa on April 14, 2010
Putnam Adult (February 18, 2010) I first discovered McMahon’s freshman novel, The Alchemist’s Daughter as I was exploring library shelves for something new and exciting to read. I knew nothing of her or her work before I decided to check out that particular tale from my public library. While new authors are generally a risk [...]
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