Rating: 5/5 I’m so excited about this book in verse. I’m not typically a fan of poetry, but for some reason the book in verse is more accessible to me, I think because the storyline is more arching and I don’t have to maintain constant focus. I’m planning to read this to the kids, as
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2018/11/03/inside-out-and-back-again-thanha-lai/Book Review: The Gene Police by Elliott Light (3/5)
The Gene Police is a work of fiction that wraps a murder mystery in elements of the eugenics movement. To be clear, it is not a treatise on the subject but should enlighten readers about this little known pseudo science and hopefully inspire some of them to delve deeper into its history, its proponents, and
Read More from: https://bbmorganblog.wordpress.com/2018/11/03/book-review-the-gene-police-by-elliott-light-3-5/Review: The Rancher’s Rescue
Synopsis: He isn’t home to stay Until a mother-to-be changes his mind Ethan Blackwell is back in Falcon Creek to save his family ranch after his grandfather disappears. When Grace Gardner reveals she’s pregnant with his child, she becomes Ethan’s top priority. But can he be the man he wants to…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/10/31/review-the-ranchers-rescue/Review: Indivisible
Synopsis: Inspired by true events, Indivisible is a story of love, service, and finding each other all over again. Darren and Heather Turner share a passion for serving God, family, and country. When Darren is deployed to Iraq as an army chaplain, Heather vows to serve military families back home as she cares…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/11/01/review-indivisible/Family Trust ~ Kathy Wang
Rating: 5/5 I hated the characters, hated the plot, but loved this book. Here’s why. This novel focuses on four main characters, Stanley and his ex-wife Linda, and their two children, Kate and Denny, coming together around the concept of a family trust. Through their eyes, we see a myriad of side characters, but we
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2018/10/31/family-trust-kathy-wang/Review: Mark of the Raven
Synopsis: Lady Selene is the heir to the Great House of Ravenwood and the secret family gift of dreamwalking. As a dreamwalker, she can enter a person’s dreams and manipulate their greatest fears or desires. For the last hundred years, the Ravenwood women have used their gift of dreaming for…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/10/31/review-mark-of-the-raven/Review: Armor of Alethia
Ralene Burke’s Armor of Alethia is a great example of faith-based high fantasy. Burke’s primary protagonist, Karina, is relatable in many ways and the storytelling and pacing are on point. As Karina begins to discover more and more about who she is, her fixation on the nearby mountain and her high calling/destiny become more focused.
Read More from: https://authorchristopherdschmitz.wordpress.com/2018/10/30/review-armor-of-alethia/Review: Between a Highlander and a Hard Place
Synopsis: A fierce Englishwoman on the run. A Highland Laird who needs a proper wife. And a desire neither can resist. Athena Trappes thinks she’s in love…until she discovers the scoundrel only wanted her as his bit on the side. Enraged, she does what any spirited Englishwoman would do: set fire…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/review-between-a-highlander-and-a-hard-place/Monday Mini-Reviews 10/29
It’s Monday and I don’t have a full review for you today. However, I do have several mini-reviews of books I’ve listened to in the last few weeks! You can read some previous selections of my Monday Mini-Reviews here, if you’re interested in more of these. The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy – Mackenzi Lee I…
Read More from: http://candidceillie.com/monday-mini-reviews-10-29/Review: Code of Valor
Synopsis: What Detective Brady St. John really needs is a relaxing vacation. Unfortunately, just as the sun is setting on his second day at a friend’s cabin on Lake Henley, he hears a scream and races to rescue a woman from her would-be killer. When the killer escapes only to…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/10/28/review-code-of-valor/Interview with Bestselling Author Lynette Eason
Lynette Eason grew up in Greenville, SC. She graduated from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, and then obtained her masters in education from Converse College. Author of twenty inspirational romantic suspense books, she is also a member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) and Romance Writers of America (RWA). In 1996, Lynette married…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/10/28/interview-with-bestselling-author-lynette-eason/Review: A Bound Heart
Synopsis: Though Magnus MacLeish and Lark MacDougall grew up on the same castle grounds, Magnus is now laird of the great house and the Isle of Kerrera. Lark is but the keeper of his bees and the woman he is hoping will provide a tincture that might help his ailing…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/10/27/review-a-bound-heart/Review: We Hope for Better Things
Synopsis: When Detroit Free Press reporter Elizabeth Balsam meets James Rich, his strange request–that she look up a relative she didn’t know she had in order to deliver an old camera and a box of photos–seems like it isn’t worth her time. But when she loses her job after a…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/10/27/review-we-hope-for-better-things/Interview with Debut Author Erin Bartels
Erin Bartels has been a publishing professional for more than fifteen years. Her short story “This Elegant Ruin” was a finalist in the Saturday Evening Post 2014 Great American Fiction Contest. A freelance writer and editor, she is a member of Capital City Writers and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association and is former features…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/10/27/interview-with-debut-author-erin-bartels/Author Interview with Laura Frantz
About the Author Laura Frantz is a Christy Award finalist and the ECPA bestselling author of several books, including The Frontiersman’s Daughter, Courting Morrow Little, The Colonel’s Lady, and The Lacemaker. She lives and writes in a log cabin in the heart of Kentucky. Learn more at www.laurafrantz.net. Author…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/10/27/author-interview-with-laura-frantz/Review: Mending Fences
Synopsis: Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future. Luke Schrock is a new and improved man after a stint in rehab, though everyone in Stoney Ridge only remembers the old Luke. They might have forgiven him, but nobody trusts him. Amos and Fern Lapp allow Luke to…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/10/28/review-mending-fences/Interview with Bestselling Author Suzanne Woods Fisher
Suzanne Woods Fisher is the bestselling, award winning author of fiction and non-fiction books about the Old Order Amish for Revell Books, host of the radio-show-turned-blog Amish Wisdom, a columnist for Christian Post and Cooking & Such magazine. Her interest in the Amish began with her grandfather, who was raised Plain. A theme in her…
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2018/10/28/interview-with-bestselling-author-suzanne-woods-fisher/The Goldfinch ~ Donna Tartt
Rating: 2/5 This book took me forever to read. If I had let the first half of the book get to me, I might not have finished it. However, that’s not to say I shouldn’t have put it down. After 33 hours on audio, I have finally finished this massive pointless tome. I still feel
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2018/10/27/the-goldfinch-donna-tartt-2/Book Review: Blackhearts by Nicole Castroman (3/5)
Blackbeard the pirate was known for striking fear in the hearts of the bravest of sailors. But once he was just a young man who dreamed of leaving his rigid life behind to chase adventure in faraway lands. Nothing could stop him—until he met the one girl who would change everything. In a single word,
Read More from: https://bbmorganblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/27/book-review-blackhearts-by-nicole-castroman-3-5/Review: A True Cowboy Christmas
Synopsis: From USA Today bestselling author Caitlin Crews comes A True Cowboy Christmas, the first in a sensational series debut about a cowboy, a farm girl, and the greatest gift of all. . . Gray Everett has a heart of gold but that doesn’t mean he believes in the magic of Christmas. He’s got…
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