Review of Hook

Title: Hook

Author: Terry Brooks

Pages: 275

Genre: fantasy

Rating: 4 stars

Hook is the novelization of the movie of the same name. This is the story of Peter Pan as an adult.  When Hook kidnaps his kids in order to force Peter to return to Neverland. This novelization was just what I expected it to be. But I did enjoy it because it was a work down memory lane, Hook was one of my favorite movies as a child.  In fact the Hook in Hook was my favorite Hook from a Peter Pan adaption under Once Upon a time

Reading this week

Finished

The Ransom by MaryLu Tyndall

Match Made by Erynn Mangum

American Sniper by Chris Kyle

Anne of Green Gables By L.M. Montgomery

Currently reading

Grimm’s complete fairy tales by Jacob Grimm

The Guy Next Door by Missy Tippens

Full Steam Ahead by Karen Witemeyer

Non-fiction reading  

Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell

Getting ready to read

Surrender the Heart by Marylu Tyndall

Forever Her Hero by Belle Calhoune

The Rules for Breaking by Ashley Elston

The Princess Spy by Melanie Dickerson

Mission to Murder by Lynn Cahoon

Doon by Carey Corp

 Five Glass Slippers by Elisabeth Brown

Pirates and Prejudice by Kara Louise

Hazardous Homecoming by Dana Mentink

The Falcon and Sparrow by Marylu Tyndall

Redeeming the Rancher by Deb Kastner

Classics  

 Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson

Reviewing

 How to Catch a Prince by Rachel Hauck

Brentwood’s Ward by Michelle Griep

Narvla’s Celtic New Year by Therese Gilardi

The Cowboy’s Forever Family by Deb Kastner

Devotional reading

Bible through in a year

The Book of James

Did Not Finish

Esther Royal Beauty by Angela Elwell Hunt

Challenges updates

 So far for January I have read two books off m e reader TBR and one book off my actual  TBR Pile

January reading Challenge

Alaskan Sweethearts by Janet Tronstad

Finish the series challenge

E-Reader Challenge

The Ransom by MaryLu Tyndall

Match Made by Erynn Mangum

12 for 12 reading challenge

A book you chose because of the cover- Alaskan Sweethearts by Janet Tronstad

A book set in the past- The Ransom by MaryLu Tyndall

A book you should have read in High School-Anne of Green Gables By L.M. Montgomery

What’s in a name reading challenge

A book with a "Girl's name"-Anne of Green Gables By L.M. Montgomery

TBR Pile

 Alaskan Sweethearts by Janet Tronstad

Your Name Challenge

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R- The Ransom by MaryLu Tyndall

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A- Anne of Green Gables By L.M. Montgomery

50 states challenge

Alaska- Alaskan Sweethearts by Janet Tronstad

Colorado Match Made by Erynn Mangum

Library Challenge

-Anne of Green Gables By L.M. Montgomery

Reviews Posted this week 

 Review of Tears of the Sea

Review of Restitution

Other Posts

Review of The Restitution

Title: The Restitution

Author: MaryLu Tyndall

Series: Legacy of the Kings Pirates Book 3

Chapters: 32

Genre: Christian Historical fiction

Rating: 5 stars

The Restitution is the third book in the Legacy of the Kings Pirates.  This book has mention of the hero and Heroine from the first two books, but they aren’t actually in this book.   Lady  Isabel Ashton the secondary heroine from book two is the main character in this book.  Isabel’s young son is kidnapped by pirates and she is forced to turn to the one person she never wanted to see again. Her son’s father Captain Kent Carlton.  He’s a pirate and she doesn’t think that she can trust him, but he might just be her last hope.  Kent has always been seen as the villain by most people including Isabel and he can’t blame her she has every reason to see him as such.  

So far this is my favorite in the series, but that might change when I read the fourth one. With this book you don’t know who’s the hero or the villain.  The Restitution gives new meaning to the phase you can’t judge a book by its cover, because you cannot judge the characters by their looks or what they say.

All I can say is that The Restitution keeps you guessing on what was going to happen next.  Which was a good thing. It  keep me reading.  The Restitution also raises the question can a pirate be a hero? I leave you to find the answer yourself. 

Review of Tears of the Sea

Title: Tears of The Sea

Author: Marylu Tyndall

Chapters: 30 Plus Epilogue

Pages: 260

Genre: Christian, fairy tale, parable.

Rating: 5 stars

Tears of the Sea is not your Little Mermaid story. It is so much better.  This book is more than just a fairy tale retelling.   It is an allegory to show the love that Christ has for us. That true love is indeed real, and that Christ showed the greatest act of true love when He died on the cross for us. I loved that while Tears of the Sea was a fictional story it pointed to greatest true story ever told.

Perdita was cursed to eternality as a mermaid by an evil wizard because she failed to prove that true love was true, and she also refused to marry him.  Only given one month every ten years to find a man to fall in love with her and die for her.  She recues Savion from a drowning and starts to have feelings for him.  Savion is on a mission from his father to save someone, he just doesn’t know who.  Savion being a prince and an honorable man he tries to avoid Perdita when she throws herself at him.

I love fairy tale retellings but Tears of the Sea was so much better, because it was so much more. The only parallel to The Little Mermaid was saving the prince from drowning, Marylu’s novel was so much better.

With each book of Marylu’s that I read they just keep getting better and better.  I can’t wait for Marylu’s next book. My goal for this year is to finish reading all of the Marylu Tyndall books that I haven’t read.   Which just leaves finishing three series, Surrender to Destiny, and the Escape to Paradise series,   The Falcon and the Sparrow, and the last two books in the Legacy of the Kings, the last one isn’t out yet.  

Another Reading challenge

This is another reading challenge that I am going to attempt to do.

Reading this week

Finished

December 2014

The Grumpy Guide to Life: Observations from Grumpy Cat by Grumpy Cat

Petticoat Detective by Margaret Brownley

 Once Upon a Time: Shadow of the Queen by Daniel Thomsen

January 2015

Alaskan Sweethearts by Janet Tronstad

Currently reading

Grimm’s complete fairy tales by Jacob Grimm

The Ransom by MaryLu Tyndall

The Princess Spy by Melanie Dickerson

Match Made by Erynn Mangum

The Rules for Breaking by Ashley Elston

Non-fiction reading  

American Sniper by Chris Kyle

Getting ready to read

Mission to Murder by Lynn Cahoon

Doon by Carey Corp

 Full Steam Ahead by Karen Witemeyer

Five Glass Slippers by Elisabeth Brown

Pirates and Prejudice by Kara Louise

Hazardous Homecoming by Dana Mentink

The Falcon and Sparrow by Marylu Tyndall

Surrender the Heart by Marylu Tyndall

The Guy Next Door by Missy Tippens

Classics    

 Anne of Green Gables

Reviewing

 How to Catch a Prince by Rachel Hauck

Brentwood’s Ward by Michelle Griep

Narvla’s Celtic New Year by Therese Gilardi

Protection Detail by Shirlee McCoy

The Cowboy’s Forever Family by Deb Kastner

Devotional reading

Bible through in a year

The Book of James

Reviews Posted this week 

Review of As you wish

Mini Non fiction reviews

Review of Mercy Rains

Review of The Job

 Other Posts 

Top 14 Books Read in 2014

2015 Reading Challenges and book buying ban

2015 Reading challenges and Book buying ban

2015 Reading challenges

The only reading challenges I plan on doing this year are the goodreads challenges, because multiple reading challenges on different blogs are hard to keep up with. So for my sanity and to keep reading fun I am only going to being doing the main good reads challenge and then some of the challenges that one of my good reads groups do.

The goodreads challenges I am going to be doing are

     Janurary’s reading challenege only your bookshelf

1-2 making some room

Finish the series reading challenge 2015 Curious finish 2 series

     E- Reader Challenge 2015 Memory Stick 50 ebooks

     12 for 12 reading challenge

 A book you chose because of the cover

2. Your best friend's favorite book

3. A book you should have read in High School

4. A book everyone has read but you

5. A book with more than 400 pages

6. A book published this year

7. A book set on a different continent

8. An award winning book

9. A book your parent read

10. A book with a mystery

11. A book that is the first in the series

12. A book set in the past

What’s in a name reading challenge

book with a" food item" ( anything you can eat!) in the title.- e.g.- Pride, Prejudice and Cheese Grits

2. A book with a "Girl's name" in the title- e.g.- The Legend of Sheba:Rise of a Queen

3. A book with a "Flower" in the title- e.g. -Roses Have Thorns

4. A book with a 'month" in the title e.g.- Lost December

5. A book with a 1 word title- e.g.- Outlaw

6. A book with a "color" in the title-e.g.- The Scarlet Letter

With this challenge you cannot use one book to satisfy 2 categories- each one needs it's own book title :)

TBR Pile 2015

Leaning Tower of Pisa Read 75+ books

Library 24 library books I am trying to get my TBR pile so that’s why I setting my library book challenge so low.

Your name challenge

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Another personal reading challenge is to read at least six “classics” this year.

Peter Pan in Kenisgton Gardens

The Old Man and the sea

Dubliners

Treasure Island

Oliver Twist

Kidnapped

I also want to read at least 12 nonfiction books this year as well, one a month. 

For 2015 I am putting myself on a book buying ban. I also putting myself on a sort of library ban as well.  With the book buying ban before I can buy a new book I have to read at least ten books that I own before I can buy a book. This is in order to get my TBR pile down.  When it comes to e books I have to read at least five e books before I can buy a new e book.

However the book ban doesn't apply to anything I buy in late May or early June because if I buy anything then it will be with my birthday money and not my money.

With the library book ban, it’s not so much a ban as it is me having to read at least two of my own books before I can check a book out from the library. I need to get my TBR pile down. It’s safe to say that I have a slight problem of buying more books than I read. I need to something about it.  

I am also hoping that the book buying ban will also help me save money.