Sibella has done it again! The Mountains Bow Down, a Christian fiction suspense novel written by Sibella Giorello, kept me on my toes! This is another novel about a character named Raleigh Harmon, an FBI agent who struggles to keep her job a secret from her mentally unstable mother while at the same time solving mysteries related to her job and hoping for a discovery into her father's death years ago. In The Mountains Bow Down, Raleigh is on a "vacation" on a cruise ship with her mom, her ...
A Trail of Ink – a Litfuse Review
A Trail of Ink, a fabulous medieval suspense fiction book written by Mel Starr was simply delightful. This book is the third in a series written about surgeon Hugh de Singleton. The story was 229 pages long, and also included an excerpt of the first chapter of the fourth book in the series.Hugh de Singleton, a surgeon (and bailiff) in medieval England, finds himself in the midst of a mystery after Master John Wyclif's beloved books are stolen. Hugh travels to Oxford in order to try to solve the ...
Regret Free Parenting – A BookSneeze Review
Regret Free Parenting, by Catherine Hickem, is a faith-based parenting book. Catherine has about 30 years' experience as a psychotherapist, speaker, and mom, and she is also the founder of Intentional Moms.At 214 pages, Regret Free Parenting has chapters that focus on building fellowship with our children and trust, being a parent/authority figure, building emotional intelligence, learning the difference between control and intention, and living peacefully during those crazy teen years. At the ...
Indivisible – a Waterbrook Multnomah Review
Indivisible, written by Kristen Heitzmann, was a good read. This is one of those books that I tend to not read much of, simply because mystery/suspense isn't something I enjoy on the whole. However, this was a book that was well-written, character-wise, and so it made it easier for me to enjoy it.I want to get my pickiness aside before I tell you what I liked about the book. There was some mild profanity in this book (not a lot, but one word is too much for me) that I just didn't feel was ...
Possession – a Tyndale Review
Possession, written by Rene Gutteridge, was a pleasant thriller. If you're looking for clean suspense, this is your book. I've not been a big fan of mysteries, but books like this make me change my mind. Vance Graegan, main character in the story, was a cop involved in the D.C. sniper case. Having dealt with the stress of his job long enough, Vance decided to move his family to California in an attempt to start his life anew. However, upon leaving, the movers decided to hold his family's ...
An Unlikely Blessing – a LitFuse Review
An Unlikely Blessing, written by Judy Baer, is a story of a single, 40-ish pastor who moves from the city to the country in North Dakota to pastor two churches. Alex Armstrong quickly learns that his single status earns the attention of all of the single ladies in the community--from the young to the old! He quickly packs on a few pounds as he struggles to do something with all of the food they send his way!Soon enough Alex finds that his position as pastor comes with its share of grief when he ...
The Earth: Its Structure & Its Changes – a Creation Conversations Review
The Earth: Its Structure & Its Changes is a wonderful resource book that will enhance any homeschooler's (or science-loving parent) lessons. Geared for 3rd-6th graders, this book is chock full of information and experiments to enrich the readings.Each "lesson" is divided into Investigations, which are about 4 pages in length. Included in each Investigation includes a project, readings, and questions to help children "dig a little deeper" in their knowledge of science.In this series, the ...
An Amish Love – BookSneeze Review
An Amish Love is a series of three novellas written by Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller, and Kelly Long. The book is 400 pages in length, only divided into three stories.The stories' main characters are linked in all of the stories, which is nice. This is a nice book for individuals who love Amish romance.In the first story, "A Marriage of the Heart," Abigail Kauffman finds herself suddenly married to Joseph Lambert (as a result of a bit of deceit on her part), a man who had recently come back to ...
Made to Crave – a Litfuse review
Made to Crave, written by Lysa TerKeurst, hit me in the gut (pun intended). The very things that she talked about in her book left me nodding my head quite a bit. It was almost as if she were writing her book about ME!In essence, this book is not a how-to for weight loss. You won't find a weight loss program here, so if that's what you're looking for, go somewhere else. What you WILL find here is Lysa's opinion on why many people have problem with being overweight. We're "made to crave" God, not ...
Sir Rowan and the Camerian Conquest – a Waterbrook Multnomah Review
Before I even start my review, let me just say it.... WOW! Ok, with that out of my system, let's begin. :PSir Rowan and the Camerian Conquest, written by Chuck Black, is a YA fantasy book. It's published by Waterbrook Multnomah, a Christian publishing company. The novel is 182 pages in length, with discussion questions and answers following. Also in the back is a scoresheet of a song entitled The Final Call written by Emily Elizabeth Black, Chuck's talented daughter. (Also if you go to the ...
Cover Girl 50th Anniversary! (A BZZAGENT CAMPAIGN)
Cover Girl is celebrating its 50th Anniversary, and with that comes a bunch of giveaways!Go to their Facebook page, hit the Like button, and then join the program! Here's a list of what you could win:Win a Celebrity COVERGIRL Experience Enter now for a chance to dance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show!Plus, throughout the year, you'll have the chance to win special prizes with Taylor, Queen or Drew.Get Free Products Every month we're giving away 1,000 free products. To kick ...
Fasting: The Ancient Practices – a BookSneeze Review
Fasting: The Ancient Practices is written by Scot McKnight and Phyllis Tickle. At 185 pages, this book is pretty easy to read.This book encompasses many questions that many believers deal with. Is the body evil and keep us from God or can it be used in pursuit of God's blessing? McKnight firmly presses that fasting should not be used to manipulate God, nor should it be used solely to get a result. Instead, fasting is a response to a grief, sin, etc.Also included in this book are scriptural ...