Review of There You'll find me

Title: There You’ll find me

Author: Jenny B Jones

Series:   no

Chapters: 34 plus epilogue

Pages: 310

Genre: Christian teen chick lit

Rating: 5 stars

     Finley Sinclair goes to Ireland after her brother’s death it seems that with his death she’s lost her faith. She goes looking for a cross that her brother took a picture of and put in the back of his journal.

     She’s staying with the O’Callaghan’s as a foreign exchange student. Finely went to Ireland to escape her problems, but ends up finding a new set of problems. While on the plane to Ireland she meets Beckett Rush Hollywood bad boy but is there more to Beckett than meets the eye. Finley gets assigned a nursing home patient to visits as part of her school assignment.

     Will all these things change Finley’s outlook on life? Will she realize that she hasn’t really lost her faith? That God has not left her?

     There Your Find Me, is the first book that I have read my Jenny B Jones and let’s just say I loved the book. To me the book had everything humor, sorrow, love, and most important faith and belief in Jesus Christ. Many of the characters in the story are Christians. There needs to be more author who write Christian teen fiction. 

Review of Heidi

Title: Heidi

Author: Johanna Spyri

Series:   no

Chapters: Part one: Ch 14 Part Two: Ch 9

Pages: 322

Genre: Kids Classics

Rating: 5 stars

     Heidi was one of my favorite books as a child; so much that my childhood copy is now held together with book tape. Heidi was the book that I always wanted my grandpa to read to me. As a child I could relate to Heidi in the sense that she was so close to her grandfather.

     Heidi is an orphan girl that was sent to live with her grandfather. She makes herself at home and settles into life on the mountain with her grandfather, Peter and the goats. Till her aunt comes to take her to be a companion to a young girl in Frankfurt. Once there Heidi longs to return to her beloved mountain and the grandfather that she loves.

*Spoiler alert*

If you haven’t read Heidi proceed with caution.

     My father part of the book is when Heidi leads her grandfather back to God and his faith. Oh the child-like faith of a child.

     My favorite movie version of Heidi is  the one with Shirley Temple in it. 

Reading this week

Finished

Radiate by Marley Gisbon

The Wedding Journey by Cheryl St. John

The Mystery of Alligator Swamp by Gertrude Candler Warner

Currently reading

Addison Blakey: Confessions of a Pk by Betsy St. Amant

The Wedding Dress by Rachel Hauck

A Man to Trust by Carrie Turansky

Discovering the Treasures of A Godly Woman: Proverbs 31 by Elizabeth George

Mistaken Bride by Renee Ryan

Getting ready to read

A Whisper of Peace by Kim Vogel Sawyer

Protection for Hire by Camy Tang

Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren

Tennessee Brides by  Aaron McCarver

Cross MY Heart by Sasha Gould

The Academie  by Susanne Dunlap

Ripper by Amy Carol Reeves

The Cupcake Caper by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Riverboat Ruse by Carolyn Keene

For school 

Review books

A Harvest of Rubies by Tessa Afshar

Cowgirl Trail by Susan Page Davis

Reading this week

Finished

Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen

Words Spoken True by Ann H Gabhart

Kisses from Katie by Katie Clark

A review book

A Couple children’s books

In Harm’s Way by Irene Hannon

The Fiddler by Beverly Lewis

Summer of Promise by Amanda Cabot

Currently reading

Addison Blakey: Confessions of a Pk by Betsy St. Amant

The Wedding Dress by Rachel Hauck

Shades of Truth by Sandra Orchard

Radiate by Marley Gisbon

Queen of Secrets by Jenny Meyerohoff

The Wedding Journey by Cheryl St. John

A Man to Trust by Carrie Turansky

Discovering the Treasures of A Godly Woman: Proverbs 31 by Elizabeth George

Oogy: The Dog only a family could love by Larry Levin

Getting ready to read

Mistaken Bride by Renee Ryan

Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren

One book in the Grave Kate Carlisle

The Mystery of Alligator Swamp by Gertrude Candler Warner

A Whisper of Peace by Kim Vogel Sawyer

Protection for Hire by Camy Tang

For school 

Review of After the Cross

Title: After the Cross

Author: Brandon Barr and Mike Lynch  

Chapters: 25

Genre: Christian fiction, adventure, action, suspense

Rating: 5 stars

     After the Cross was the first book that I have read by Mike Lynch and let’s just say that I loved it. This book has something for just about every taste. I loved how the book went back and forth between the present day and the time period that Jesus went to the Cross. 

     After the Cross when it’s in the modern period was set at an archeology dig in modern day Turkey. When clues that might lead to the Cross of Christ.

     This novel reminded a little bit of a Christian Indiana Jones, as well as the Babylon Rising series by Tim Lahaye. I have always enjoyed Biblical archeological fiction and After the Cross was no different. From the first page I was on the edge of my seat. I couldn’t wait to finish the book when I finally got time to read it once school was out.

     I look forward to reading more books by Mike Lynch in the future. If you enjoy reading Christian fiction, Biblical fiction, Biblical archeological fiction as well as action and suspense then this book is for you. Very rarely do I give book 5 stars but with After the Cross I just had to because it has everything I enjoy reading about.

     I was given a e-copy of After the Cross in change for an honest review. 

Reading this week

Finished

The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

Girl Hunter by Georgia Pellegrini

Hometown Cinderella by Ruth Axtell Morren

Dakota Father by Linda Ford

Currently reading

Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen

Words Spoken True by Ann H Gabhart

Kisses from Katie by Katie Clark

A review book

Getting ready to read

Addison Blakey: Confessions of a Pk by Betsy St. Amant

The Wedding Dress by Rachel Hauck

Shades of Truth by Sandra Orchard

Radiate by Marley Gisbon

Queen of Secrets by Jenny Meyerohoff

The Wedding Journey by Cheryl St. John

For school 

Not until August 

Review of The One That I want

Title: The One that I want

Author: Jennifer Echols

Series:  

Chapters: 16

Pages: 259

Genre: Teen Chick Lit

Rating: 3 ½ stars PG-13

     For main stream teen fiction it is a pretty cute story. With some of the issues that plague high school students. There is some use of profanity in the book. So parents before you would consider letting your teens read the book you might want to either glance through it or read it before you’d let them. 

Review of Entwined

Title: Entwined

Author: Heather Dixon

Series:  

Chapters: 30

Pages: 472

Genre: Teen fairy tales retold

Rating: 4 ½ stars

     Entwined is a retelling of the twelve dancing Princesses. Each of the twelve princesses loves to dance. Azela is the oldest princes and heir to the throne.

     When the kingdom goes into a year of mourning the girls are probhited from to dancing. They find a secret room to dance and dance the night away. Like the classic fairy tale there is an evil that the princess has to face. Through technically no prince in the story there still is a hero. 

Reading this week

Finished

The Bridal Swap by Karen Kirst

Currently reading

Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen

Girl Hunter by Georgia Pellegrini

Hometown Cinderella by Ruth Axtell Morren

Words Spoken True by Ann H Gabhart

The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

Kisses from Katie by Katie Clark

Getting ready to read

Addison Blakey: Confessions of a Pk by Betsy St. Amant

The Wedding Dress by Rachel Hauck

Highland Hearts by Eva Maria Hamilton

For school 

Not until August 

Book Review of First Date

Title: First Date

Author: Krista McGee

Series:   no

Chapters: 53

Pages: 325

Genre: Christian Teen fiction

Rating: 5 stars

     First Date is a modern day retiling of the Esther story Addy Davidson is an orphan child of missionary parents who were killed in the mission field when Addy was a small child.

     Her Uncle Mike gave up his career in active duty military in order for Addy to be able to stay in one place. Addy’s chosen to go on reality TV show that is a contest for the President’s son. Similar to the Biblical story of Esther, there are twists and turns throughout the book. First Date had an ending that I didn’t expect. I really enjoyed First Date, and I looking forward to Krista’s next book.   

Still alive

I am finally done with school for the semester yay.  So now I get to read what I want to read and finally have time to get caught up on the book reviews that I have been meaning to write. Some of my reading goals for this summer are.

• Finish reading Nicholas Sparks books and seeing the movie versions of his books that have been released. 
• I've read The Notebook and seen the movie the book was alright but I didn't care for the movie
• I've read A Walk To Remember and loved both the book and the movie. 
• I've read The Lucky One loved the book and can't wait to see the movie.
• I am reading The Last Song right now, and I don't know what to think. 
• I also want to get through my Mt. TBR as well this summer. 
• I also want to read the stack of my love inspired books. 
• Continue to keep of with my daily Bible reading. 
• Start my new Bible study from Proverbs 31
• continue to work on my work in progress 

That's just an outline.