Review of The Job

Title: The Job

Author: Janet Evanovich

Series: Fox and O’Hare

 

Chapters: 29

Pages: 289

Genre: Mystery chick lit

Rating: 4 stars

The Job is the third book in the Fox an O’Hare series. To me the books just keep getting better.  With it being the third book the relationships and the storyline has already been established so it doesn’t have to take the time to build on it.  If you haven’t picked up the first two books The Heist and The Chase you need to. This series is a mixture of burn notice, and leverage. If you like those TV shows then you will like this book and series.  I have to say that Kate O’Hare is my favorite heroine that Janet writes. 

Review of When Mercy Rains

Title: When Mercy Rains

Author: Kim Vogel Sawyer

Series: The Zimmerman Restoration Trilogy book 1

 

Chapters: 40

Pages: 329

Genre: Christian Fiction

Rating: 4 stars

When Mercy Rains is basically about a Mennonite family but more importantly it is a novel about God’s mercy and how even though we don’t deserve it He  gives it to us.  

Mini Nonfiction Reviews

Title: Good Call: Reflections on Faith, Family, and Fowl

Author: Jase Robertson

Pages: 256

Genre: non fiction

Rating: 4 stars

Good Call is Jase’s turn to tell his story and life with the Robertson’s. Out of all the brother’s I have to say that Jase is my favorite.  I really enjoyed reading this book and learning more about Mia. 

Title:  The Women of Duck Commander

Author: Kay Robertson, Korie Robertson, Missy Robertson, Lisa Robertson, Jessica Robertson

Pages: 288

Genre: Non fiction

Rating: 4 stars

It’s the women’s the turn to talk  about life with the Robertson’s.

Title: UnPhiltered

Author: Phil Robertson

 

Chapters: 15

Pages: 212

Genre: nonfiction memoir

Rating: 4 stars

In this book Phil basically tells it like it is in love.

Review of As You Wish

Title: As You Wish: Inconceivable  tales from the making of the Princess Bride

Author:  Carey Elwes

 

Chapters: 13 plus epilogue

Pages: 259

Genre: Memoir

Rating: 4 stars

The Princess Bride is one of my favorite movies ever, and it was nice to read  As You Wish because if gave behind scenes information on filming the movie.  Also what it was like for Carey of pretty new actor to be working with the people  he worked with.  It was a fairly quick read, and I finished in a few days once I finally got a chance to set down an read it. 

Top 14 Books Read in 2014

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Reading this week

Finished

Bless Her Dead Little Heart by Miranda James

Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

Currently reading

Grimm’s Complete fairy tales by Jacob Grimm

The Ransom by MaryLu Tyndall

Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay

The Princess Spy by Melanie Dickerson

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

Match Made by Erynn Mangum

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

Protected by the Warrior by Barbara Phinney

The Falcon and Sparrow by Marylu Tyndall

Surrender the Heart by Marylu Tyndall

Classics    

Reviewing

Devotional reading

Bible through in a year

The Girl’s still Got it by Liz Curtis Higgs

Did Not Finish

Audio 

Reviews Posted this week 

Mini Teen reviews

Review of the Reliance

Other posts 

 Merry Christmas

Review of The Reliance

Title: The Reliance

Author: MaryLu Tyndall

Series: Legacy of the King's Pirates series book 2

Chapters: 41

Pages: 334

Genre: Christian historical fiction, pirates

Rating: 5 stars  

The reliance is the sequel to The Redemption but happily ever after hasn’t come easy for Edmund Merrick and Charlisse. Their love and faith will be tested in this sequel.  An old enemy returns to try to tear the couple apart.  I enjoyed this book, because Charlisse seemed to be stronger in this one, and her faith was stronger after it was tested.  I love how Marylu’s books focus on God and Jesus as well as faith.

There are returning characters in this book but there are even new characters like Lady Isabel Ashton, who becomes the new damsel in distress.

This is the second book in the Legacy of the King’s Pirates that I have read and the sixth book that I have read by Marylu and I cannot believe that I didn’t start reading her books till this year. I’ve missed out. 

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to my wonderful followers
The pictures came from either my Christmas board on pinterest or my winter board

Mini Teen reviews

Title: Rites of Passage

Author: Joy N Hensley

 

Chapters: 43

Pages: 401

Genre: teen chick lit

Rating: 4 stars

Dean Drill

Sam McKenna

Sam McKenna signs up to be the first of four or five girls to make it at a military school. A school that doesn’t want to change the status quo. But she’s determined to make the McKenna proud. She comes from a military family.

Rites of Passage had me hooked as soon as I found out that it was about a military school, and a military brat. I think I was the only kid I knew who wanted to go to military school at one point. I guess it was the military brat in me. I really enjoyed this book, I wish there was a sequel.

Title: Take me On

Author: Katie McGarry

Pages: 544

Genre: new adult chick lit

Rating: 4 stars

Take Me on is the fourth book by Katie McGarry though technically not a sequel to anybook in the series, it has characters from the three previous books in it. It is a sort of sequel to Crash into Me, in the since that it has the main character from Crash into Me brother in this book.  Wes is the bad boy brother of Rachel’s. Haley is a girl who use to be a fighter. She trained at her grandfather’s gym and was going places until something happened with her ex-boyfriend .  That leads her to give up fighting until Wes needs her.

Take me on is my second favorite of Katie’s books, behind Crash into me. Wes actually surprised me in this book.  There is more to Wes than meets the eye.  It was also nice to get even more background information about Rachel’s and Wes’s family.

While this book is technically a teen book I was stress that it is for older teens and twenties somethings. This is due in part to language and some situations that the character's  find themselves in.

 Title: Wildflower

Author: Alecia Whitaker

Series: wildflower #1

 

Pages: 320

Genre: teen chick lit

Rating: 4 stars

A cute little read about teen musicians, and singer. With a mix of bluegrass and country. I enjoyed this book more than I did her first book.  

Reading this week

Finished

The Job by Janet Evanovich

Navy Seal Noel by Liz Johnson

The Restitution by MaryLu Tyndall

Tears of the Sea by Marylu Tyndall

Holiday Defenders by Debby Giusti

Out of the Storm by Jody Hedlund

The Shell Game by Janet Evanovich

Gilded Ashes by Rosamund Hodge

Deception’s Princess by Esther M. Friesner

Snow White Red Handed by Maia Chance 

Sugar Plum Season b Mia Ross

Currently reading

Grimm’s Complete fairy tales by Jacob Grimm

The Ransom by MaryLu Tyndall

Non-fiction reading  

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

High Country Holiday by Glynna Kaye

Pirates and Prejudice by Kara Louise

Hazardous Homecoming by Dana Mentink

Protected by the Warrior by Barbara Phinney

The Falcon and Sparrow by Marylu Tyndall

Bless Her Dead Little Heart by Miranda James

Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay

Classics    

Reviewing

 The Princess Spy by Melanie Dickerson

Devotional reading

Bible through in a year

The Girl’s still Got it by Liz Curtis Higgs

Did Not Finish

Audio

Reviews Posted this week 

 Review of a Pony Express Christmas

Mini Christmas Reviews

Review of The Best Christmas Pageant ever

Review of The Captive Maiden

Review of The Captive Maiden

Title: The Captive Maiden

Author: Melanie Dickerson

Series: YA Romance Fairy Tales series

Chapters: 31

Pages: 284

Genre: Christian teen romance, fairy tale retelling

Rating: 4.5 stars

The Captive Maiden is another fairytale retelling by Melanie Dickerson. This one is a Cinderella retelling.  It is the sequel to The Fairest Beauty which was a Snow White retelling. I didn’t think I would like this because Cinderella has always been my least favorite fairy tale. But I loved The Captive Maiden, though it wasn’t my favorite of Melanie’s that will always be The Merchant’s Daughter because Beauty and the Beast has always been my favorite fairy tale.

Valten the hero in this one is Gabe’s brother.  Gisele is the Cinderella character.  While it is a fairy tale retelling Melanie doesn’t focus on the magic of fairy tales instead her stories point to the power of faith and God’s amazing love.  While the stories are about love and true love she points towards the ultimate true love, the love of God. The love that God had for us to send his only Son to die for our salvation now that’s true love.

I am looking forward to reading Melanie’s next book The Princess Spy.  

I received a copy of this book from the publisher as part of a blog tour. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone. 

Review of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Title: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Author: Barbara Robinson

 

Chapters: 7

Pages: 70

Genre: Children’s Christmas fiction

Rating: 4 stars

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever was my favorite Christmas book as a child. I had to read it every year.  To me it was the perfect Christmas book for a child.  It is a novel about a Church putting on the Christmas Pageant, and how members don’t want the Herman’s to have any roles in the pageant. However looking back as an adult reading the book I realize that the Herman’s needed to be a part of the pageant. They needed to hear the Christmas story, those kids the kids that the town had basically written the Herman’s off as throw away kids. That they where outcast, but it was these people that need to know the love of Jesus that the baby born was the Savior. That the Gospel message is somewhat hidden in this novel for kids. 

Mini Christmas Reviews

Title: The Navy’s Night Before Christmas

                     

Author: Christine Ford, Trish Holland

Pages: 32

Genre: Children’s Christmas book

Rating: 4 stars

The Navy’s Night Before Christmas is a retelling of  The Night Before Christmas. On Board a Navy Ship, and it is a really cute and sweet read. To remind us to remember our military at Christmas and every day o f the year.  I wish this book was out when I was a kid an my dad was deployed during Christmas.  

Title: Mr. Miracle

          

Author: Debbie Macomber

Series: Angelic Intervention book 10

Pages: 256

Genre: Christmas

Rating: 4 stars

Mr. Miracle is another Christmas novella from Debbie Macomber. Who is another author that I read her Christmas novels every year. 

Title: The Christmas Light

Author: Donna VanLiere

Pages: 224

Genre: Christmas

Rating: 4

The Christmas Light by Donna VanLiere is another sweet Christmas read by Donna VanLiere the same author who wrote The Christmas Shoes.  I always try to read one of Donna’s books at Christmas every year. 

Title: Ho Ho Homicide

Author: Kaitlyn Dunnett

 

Chapters: 15

Pages: 294

Genre: cozy mysteries

Rating: 4 stars

Liss and Dan Runkin

Five years after Vampire bones and treacle scones

A Christmas mystery sort of. It also happened to be my least favorite of the series but it is still a cute winter read. 

Title: Finding Father Christmas

 

Author: Robin Jones Gunn

Series: Father Christmas Book 1

 

Pages: 176

Genre: Christmas

Rating: 3 stars

Even though I love Robin Jones Gunn’s books I didn’t really like this one but it was still a cute Christmas read. 

Reading this week

Finished

The Reliance by Marylu Tyndall

Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs

Voyger by Diana Gabaldon

Currently reading

Grimm’s Complete fairy tales by Jacob Grimm

Tears of the Sea by Marylu Tyndall

Navy Seal Noel by Liz Johnson

Deception’s Princess by Esther M. Friesner

Snow White Red Handed by Maia Chance

Non-fiction reading  

Getting ready to read

Mission to Murder by Lynn Cahoon

Doon by Carey Corp

The Yuletide Rescue by Margaret Daley

Sugar Plum Season b Mia Ross

Twin Threat Christmas by Rachelle McCalla

Classics

Reviewing

 The Princess Spy by Melanie Dickerson

The Job by Janet Evanovich

Devotional reading

Bible through in a year

The Girl’s still Got it by Liz Curtis Higgs

Did Not Finish

Audio

Graceling by Kristin Cashore (Playaway audio when doing chores)

Heist Society by Ally Carter (Audio on my way to work)

Reviews Posted this week 

Review of A Rancher for Christmas

Review of Yuletide Baby

Other Posts from the week 

Spotlight on Winter Brides