Ok, so I live in Naperville. I don’t usually post locations of personal stuff on my blog, but I have to share this:
And then I was watching this episode of Warehouse 13 this afternoon:
Woo-Hoo!
Book Review – The Mailbox, by Marybeth Whalen
The Mailbox: A Novel
(Just so ya know up front, this book was provided to me, for review, by The B&B Media Group. Also, I worked with Marybeth during my stint as an admin and writer for FaithLifts.)
In the Christian Fiction category, this book receives a 4 out of 5 stars.
| My Review | |
|---|---|
| Snackable? | It’s a small meal type book. Chapters are not huge, but it’s best to stay with a chapter until the end. It does a Past/Present flip flop with each chapter, so it is good to stay with the chapter breaks as best as you can. |
| “Lundie” ending? | Yes.  |
| Best thing? | It surprised me a little in the end. I love having both a surprise and a Lundie ending in the same book!! LOL. |
| Worst thing? | I struggled at the beginning of the book to get the flow of it. At first I thought it was just a bunch of different non sequitur stories. It took a couple chapters to realize it was one set of characters in different time frames. After I got that figured out, it was great! |
| Special Features from the Publisher | Book Preview on YouTube About the Author |
Posted in Book Reviews, Christian Fiction
2 Comments
Gratitude – August 2
- Air conditioning
- The fun of planting flowers in the back yard – hoping to create a natural privacy screen
- The old Game Boy to keep a 4-year-old occupied during grocery shopping
- A solid weekend of getting stuff done, and getting exercise
- My hubby – I’m so blessed to not only love him, but like him!
If you’d like to join the gratitude community, stop on over at Ann V’s blog, Holy Experience…
Posted in Reflection
Leave a comment
Good-bye Avedis…
Springbrook’s Avedis Pinner
June 26, 2000 – July 8, 2010
We miss you.
Posted in Photos, Reflection
3 Comments
Book Review – Nightmare, by Robin Parrish
Nightmare
by Robin Parrish
(Just so ya know up front, this book was provided to me, for review, by the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance.)
In the Christian Fiction category, this book receives a 4 out of 5 stars. Click here for more details on what my scores and ratings mean.
| My Review | |
|---|---|
| Snackable? | Not really, although the chapters are not terribly long, and they do have good solid breaks between chapters (past/present). Suspense-wise, it’s not easy to just read a little and put it down. |
| “Lundie” ending? | Yes. |
| Best thing? | It was genuinely scary. It addressed the paranormal in a way that was respectful, in my opinion of the Christian world view. I especially like what the author had to say in the “From the Author” section:
|
| Worst thing? | First, as much as I wanted to read this book, there were a couple of nights that I was reading in bed when I decided it was a bad idea. Again, to quote the author,
Mr. Parrish’s writing had me right there in the thick of it, and frankly, some parts had me a little spooked and were best saved until morning. |
| Special Features from the Publisher | Read the first chapter. |
Posted in Book Reviews, Christian Fiction
1 Comment
Newsboys (Note: Music WILL play)
Now, I’ve not been a huge fan of the Newsboys in the past. A couple of their singles were fun, but they never seemed to “hit home” like some others (Jeremy Camp, Todd Agnew). Now that they’ve been joined by dcTalk’s Michael Tait, I’ve found that I like a lot more of their songs. Not sure if it’s just the fact that I LOVED dcTalk….
Just hoping that this isn’t a VanHalen plus Gary Cherone thing…
Click HERE to hear some snippets (Removed the widget because I was tired of hearing it every time my blog opened!!)
Posted in Music
Leave a comment
Gratitude – May 20
- Hot coffee in the morning
- Happy weather to walk around the neighborhood
- Quiet
- Sunshine
- The feeling you get when you’ve completed something you’d been procrastinating…
If you’d like to join the gratitude community, stop on over at Ann V’s blog, Holy Experience…
Posted in Blessings
Leave a comment
Video Review – Diarmaid MacCulloch’s A History of Christianity
A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
Presented by Diarmaid MacCulloch
Video 1 of this series was provided to me, for review, by The B&B Media group.
| My Review | |
|---|---|
| What I liked |
|
| What I didn’t like |
|
| Special Features from the Publisher |
|
Posted in Documentaries, The B&B Media Group
Leave a comment
Book Review: Indivisible, by Kristen Heitzmann
Indivisible: A Novel
by Kristen Heitzmann
Just so ya know up front, this book was provided to me, for review, by the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group.
As this is the first review since my hiatus from all things bloggy, my scoring is getting recrafted. I think I’m going to start giving a 1-5 scale for the book overall based on its genre.
5 stars = “Go buy it right now!!! I’m getting it for my Kindle too!”
4 stars = “Add it to your wish list ASAP. I’m keeping mine.”
3 stars = “Yeah, I enjoyed it. I’ll pass it on.”
2 stars = “Glad I didn’t pay for it! Or if I did, you can have mine if you still want to read it.”
1 star = “Don’t bother. I won’t even burden you with my copy.”
In the Christian Romance Fiction category, this book receives a 3 out of 5 stars.
| My Review | |
|---|---|
| Snackable? | Middle of the road. You do need have to have a few minutes to sit down to hang on to the clues along the way. |
| “Lundie” ending? | Had a predictably happy ending. |
| Best thing? | The theme of recovery (from addiction, abuse, etc.) was prevalent in all story lines. |
| Worst thing? | It was hard for me to read such dark concepts (torture of animals) in what I was expecting to be an otherwise “Christian” novel. I actually do enjoy forensic science (esp. Patricia Cornwell – Kay Scarpetta series), and am not easily grossed out, but somehow the shock factor of the suffering of the animals made me ill in this genre. It felt like the “yuck” factor was turned up a notch to make the book a little more “edgy” and I’m not sure the usual readers for this type of book will appreciate it. I didn’t. |
| Special Features from the Publisher | Download Chapter 1 Audio Interview with Author – MP3 |
