"Death By the Book"

One thing author Julianna Deering got spot on in her murder mystery, "Death by the Book", was to make the unflappable Drew Farthering's character truly loveable. She so perfectly wrote his character and dialogue that I could hear and feel his swagger. The characters were all loveable and memorable but I found that half way through, I wanted the book to hurry up. It didn't feel like there were enough clues given for me to bother trying to guess who did it. (Mind you, I didn't see the real culprit coming)

Don't judge this book by the cover, it's better than the cover, but don't expect to stay up into the wee hours of the morning feeling the need to finish it either. It was amusing but not a page turner.

Oh, BTW, I got a copy of this book for free in exchange for an honest opinion.

Love Hunger - book review

I'm not usually lost for words; indeed I tend to have too many but this book has me confused about how I feel about it. Perhaps my confusion comes from the fact that I'm the church librarian and am always thinking, "Is this a book I should put in the library?" To be sure, "Love Hunger" by David Kyle Foster is one that many will find both offensive at the same time as many will find it encouraging and helpful. I guess I found it to be both.

The irony is that if his life story were fiction, I wouldn't read it - too graphic. However, this is real life and there are so many people, more than we know, who need sexual healing - healing that is impossible apart from the mercy of God. If I can be so honest, I've never heard anyone be successful in leaving a life of homosexuality so it was a great encouragement to me to be reminded that God is bigger than any sin. I also found Mr. Foster's drive towards serving His Lord encouraging as well. We need to be fired up; we need to pray and ask God to give us hearts that passionately yearn for him.

I would recommend this book with one caveat: some may find the chapters on Mr. Foster's prostitution years too graphic. In my opinion they were done as tastefully as possible but given the nature of the topic, you'll want to use discretion.

BTW, I was given a copy of this book free in exchange for an honest review.

"Get Your Teenager Talking"

I can sum up this book review in one word: FANTASTIC!

I was given a copy of "Get Your Teenager Talking" by Jonathan McKee free in exchange for an honest review so here it is.

Before opening it up, I was expecting another run of the mill parenting book. I was pleasantly surprised to instead find page after page of conversation starters with follow-up questions, relative bible verses and insights as to what you can glean from your teen's answers.

I have three kids ages, 15,13 and 11; 2 boys and a girl so as soon as I realized what the book was, I launched right in. It was a blast; they loved it and wanted me to ask another one, another one, another one. I've decided to keep it in the dining room so that we can do one or two after supper each night.

Two Thumbs Up!