Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks (Vintage Romance Publishing May 30, 2008)I read both this book and its precursor in a matter of 3 or 4 days as I had trouble putting them down. I’ve always been fascinated […]
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Book Review
Mixed Bags (Carter House Girls #1) by Melody Carlson – My Review
Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks Zondervan (May 1, 2008)Whether you are fashion challenged or a high designer IQ and a tweener to an adult who enjoys good books with a lighthearted story you’ll love this new series […]
Continue reading »Copper Star by Suzanne Woods Fisher – My Review
Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks (Vintage Romance Publishing June 30, 2007)This like its sequel, Copper Fire, contained much more historical detail than I normally find in historical novels I have read. I learned about historical figures and […]
Continue reading »Petticoat Ranch (Lassoed in Texas #1) by Mary Connealy – My Review
Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks Barbour Publishing (February 1, 2007)I am just starting Calico Canyon (the sequel) but I flew through this book and expect to do the same with Calico Canyon. These are chick lit/romance hybrids […]
Continue reading »A Sister’s Secret (Sisters of Holmes County #1) by Wanda E. Brunstetter – My Review
Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks Barbour Publishing (May 1, 2007)This book interested me because I’ve long enjoyed Beverly Lewis’ Amish novels so knowing this was also set in an Amish community caught my eye to want to […]
Continue reading »With Endless Sight by Allison Pittman – My Review
Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks Multnomah Books (May 20, 2008)In this novel Pittman takes an old standby for historicals and puts a new twist in it. While this is a story of Americans moving west and is […]
Continue reading »Fatal Deduction by Gayle Roper – My Review
Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks Multnomah Books (May 20, 2008)What a fun read this is and I loved having puzzles built in to the book for the reader to solve. If you are a puzzle lover of […]
Continue reading »Gentle Journey by Elaine Lyons Bach – My Review
Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks Outskirts Press (November 21, 2006) This was a wonderful lighter read for me in the midst of several very intense books. There is a good amount of serious subject matter and unpleasant […]
Continue reading »Dragonlight by Donita K Paul – My Review
Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks Waterbrook Press (June 17, 2008)This novel is an adventurous chronicle of the characters’ quest to save their world from the ultimate evil it could face. Many have been deceived by lies and […]
Continue reading »Embrace Me by Lisa Samson – My Review
Originally Posted at Bibliophile’s Retreat by Melissa Meeks Thomas Nelson (March 4, 2008)Faith, love and forgiveness all share the trait of often being harder to give to ourselves than to others. Not to say they are easy in the least […]
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