My rating: 3 of 5 stars Courting Cate is a charming story that I read in one sitting because I was keen to reach the inevitable happy ending. The writer attempts to marry Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew with an Amish romance. While it is a clever idea, it doesn't quite work. I liked this Cate all along, and I never saw her as an unlovable shrew. She erroneously saw herself … [Read more...] about Spotlight on: the Amish
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Book Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
[simpleazon-image align="left" asin="030758836X" locale="us" height="160" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ePAI%2BzsmL._SL160_.jpg" width="105"] [simpleazon-link asin="030758836X" locale="us"]Gone Girl: A Novel[/simpleazon-link] by Gillian Flynn My rating: 5 of 5 stars Chilling! Absolutely chilling! By the time I picked this book up to read, I had heard all … [Read more...] about Book Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Blog Tour and Book Review: The Sweet Dead Life by Joy Preble
[simpleazon-image align="left" asin="1616951508" locale="us" height="160" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-PRKJ8h4L._SL160_.jpg" width="111"] As part of a blog tour, I am posting an excerpt of The Sweet Dead Life by Joy Preble. The book was published two days ago, and I've included my thoughts on the excerpt that I was given. Not only do I love the cover, I think … [Read more...] about Blog Tour and Book Review: The Sweet Dead Life by Joy Preble
Book Review: Black Water Rising by Attica Locke
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FIRST Wild Card Blog Tour: Digging up Death by Gina Conroy
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 it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, … [Read more...] about FIRST Wild Card Blog Tour: Digging up Death by Gina Conroy