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 Tour: Whither Thou Goest, I Will Go by Naomi Dathan
Book Reviews
Book Review: In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Imagine being an American diplomat in Germany just as Hitler was coming to power. This unique perspective is granted the reader by Larson's well-researched and infectiously readable book. Dodd was an unassuming and, in many ways, ill-suited and unlikely diplomat. He loved the Germany of his youth where he had studied, but Germany under Hitler was a whole different animal. … [Read more...] about Book Review: In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
FIRST Wild Card Tour: Love Blooms in Winter by Lori Copeland
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 Tour: Love Blooms in Winter by Lori Copeland
Book Review: Darker than Night by Tom Henderson
The disappearance of two hunters in the Michigan Woods in 1985 took 18 years to solve and prosecute. This story was not so much a who-done-it as it was a how-to-prove-it. The break in the case came when one eyewitness to the brutal homicide was eventually persuaded to testify by state policeman Bronco Lesneski. He worked the case every day. He spent many of his off hours … [Read more...] about Book Review: Darker than Night by Tom Henderson
Book Review: Switched by Amanda Hocking
Switched starts off with a murderous mother and a scene that can't help but grab the reader's attention. I was immediately hooked. Occasionally, the book leans on overdone premises and cliches, but it also has a fresh idea in creating a world of trolls that are beautiful and powerful. Frankly, I was relieved to read a teen book that didn't involve vampires. The storytelling … [Read more...] about Book Review: Switched by Amanda Hocking