unexpected love

Unexpected love, by Julie Zine Coleman.

I wasn't expecting this. Mrs. Coleman goes through the gospels and tells of the woman Jesus interacted with and than she goes deeper; she asks why did he say this or what did this phrase mean or was that offensive? She puts you in the cultural world in the Bible times and makes you think of aspects you really never thought of.
I really liked this book. It goes from Mary and Martha to Mary Magdelen; putting you in their shoes.

4 stars
this book was given to me by booksneeze for me to review. thanks!

10 christians that everyone should know

10 Christians everyone should know,
by John Perry



 I thought this book looked interesting. so I requested it from booksneeze to review and I read it.

Each chapter is devoted to their lives and what they did and Their Christian influences. Anne Bradstreet, Jane Austen, Sargent York, Washington Carver, D.L moody and others.

I must admit, some chapters were very dry to me, and others were more intriguing; like people I didn't know their story.

Overall, it was a good book.

 3 stars

Redemption review

Redemption,
By Bryon Clay

Its a good book, about a boy, who grew up in Hawii, his Father was abusive and his mother divorced him, he was confused and bitter at a young age, he was a mess, he got in fights.

His mother became a christian and remaired and prayed. She prayed everyday, even when he said it was no use.

And he liked sports. Bryon clay tells his past and tells of his redemption point, when he became a christian.

its a cool book!

got this book from booksneeze for free to review
--Racheal

Herge review

After watching the movie: Tintin 2011, and reading the comic books, I decided to read the bio of Herge, the man who made tintin.



Herge, the man who created Tintin,
By Pierre Assouline,
4/5 stars




Herge had a very boring life, as the book depicts, he grew up in a family, in Europe, his life, the author said was grey. Herge really liked drawing, he drew on boxes, paper and anything he could find. 


Then he created tintin, the charatar we know now in the comics, a heroic 17 year old boy who is adventures and his backaround? no one really knows his family or where he came from.


The comic tintin orginally was published every week in the newspaper.
The bio also showed he wasn't a happy guy.
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apollo 13 review

Apollo 13, by Jim lovell,

"Houston, we have a problem" the astronuts said as their space ship went out of control, when things looked the bleakest for them. They lost the moon.
Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigart were a crew that were going to the moon on the Apollo mission 13.
But complications stopped that and their next goal was to get back to earth alive.

Its a true story and a good book.
( the movie is better)
4 stars
--Fifi-

December 1941 review

December 1941 by Craig Shirley

have you ever wondered what happened after the attack on pearl Harbor? when the USA went to war and what effect it had on the USA?
this book is a wonderful history book that goes day by day in December of the events leading up to December 7 and to the end of the month.

From newspaper clippings and tons of reasearch Craig Stirling compiled the book, December 1941, the USA really bonded together after pearl Harbor bombing, blind, old and young all went to efforts for the war.

its a really good history book.
5 stars
this book was provided for me to review by booksneeze.com
--Fifi

The Grace affect review

The Grace Effect by Lerry Alex Taunton,

The book is about the Tauntons and how they went to Ukraine and adopted a girl, Sasha from Oraphange #17. When they arrived in Ukraine there was complications with the adoption process.

Its a very readable and good book.

5 stars.

Extraordinary, ordinary people review

Extraordinary, ordinary people, By Condoleezza Rice,
The book is a memoir of family, of Condi's family, Her father was a preacher in a small church and her mother was a teacher. They traveled around the place and later on, Condi worked in the white house, but its mostly about her family, The Rice's were very family orientated. They also struggled with racial intolorance where they lived.

I really enjoyed the book, it was well written and great to read.
5 stars

Review of In My time

In my time, by Dick Cheney,

The book is well written, Dick recounts his growing up life, how he met his wife and his journey to the white house to be a vice president under George W. Bush.
I really liked it.

5 stars

up from slavery review

Up from slavery by Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington was a slave by birth. he reacounts his life and how he went from a slave to a school teacher. its a really good read

5 star

Caption contest!

I just saw on Rachel's blog theirs a caption contest!

just spreading the word!

http://rachelsblog-rachael.blogspot.com/2011/11/caption-contest_11.html

The Tehran initiative

Its another thriller he's written in a new series, I was privileged to receive it from Tyndale for free to review!
The Tehran initiative by Joel C. Rosenberg,
The clock is ticking, Iran is getting nuclear weapons, David Shirizi knows it and is trying to tell the Agnecy while their not taking the seriousness of the business. Time is running out. The White house believes that Isreal will launch their rockets on Iran first and then oil prices will rocket and the world econemy will collaspse. The so called Messiah is going around healing and doing miracles. Will the CIA track down Iran's source of nuclear reasourses before time runs out?
And while that is happening, David's girl friend loves him and he loves her.

What will happen?  you have to read to find out!
The book opens to suspense, a page turner you can't put it down.
5 stars!

Priceless review

Priceless by Robert K. Wittman,
As a child, Robert Clay had a Japanese mother and a American father, when time when people  racial intolerance to Javanese. He went on to join the FBI when he was 35 after he was married. And then, he went onto art thefts investigations. He recounts the times when he goes under cover with a art criminal and leads him to sell him the art then arrests him.

I really liked it a lot.
5 stars

The Grace of God review

The Grace of God, by Andy Stanley.
Andy Stanley goes into the Bible through the old testament to the new testament and shows you God's examples of Grace and how he showed it to the people that didn't deserve it. from the Garden of Eden to the early churches in Acts.
I really liked the book, It gave me great insights I have never seen before and made me realize we're all sinners, even how great we sin and we all don't deserve Grace but he's given it to us any ways.

I got this book for free from booksneeze to review

The invisible man review

The invisible man
by H.G Wells

The invisible man is a classic, its set in England. This man, wants to turn invisible. He's a mad sceintist, and he turns invisible by lots of experiments. Now he's invisible its hard to live, where wi

wishing for tomarrow

Wishing for tomarrow by Hilary Mc.kay,
is the sequel to a little princess. Its after Sara Crewe leaves the semminary for girls school. But the other girls like Jessica, Gertrude, Ermengarde and lottie and lavina are still there. And miss Minchin still remembers Sara in distaste. Ermengarde writes to Sara and misses her. Lavinia is still a stuck up girl and Lottie the mischievous girl.

I didn't like it very much, it was to modern in its writing though it was set back then. the writer does have imagination though to was happened after a little princess.

3 stars

inside the voyage of the dawn treader review

Inside the voyage of the dawn treader by Devin Brown,
nearing the movie release of the voyage of the dawn treader, I was fully interested in reading this book. so I got it free from bethanyhouse publishers to review. I have to say I got more then I expected.

Devin Brown goes through all the chapters of the book: the Voyage of the dawn treader and tries to find symbolic meanings to C.S lewis's life, for instance, why the wizard with Lucy only ate bread. " Was C.S lewis a bread eater and he didn't like meat?" was the question. he goes back into the other writings that C.S. lewis wrote and quotes them to what is relevant to the story.

over all, I thought it was a very sluggish read.

2 stars

I've been nipped by the book disease

yes, I have been nipped by the book disease, I have found a whole list of books I really want to read!


( this book comes out march 2012)

I requested this from bookseneeze.

and I really want this book!


and..



watch the promo and you will want to read it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCpcvRfodVY&feature=player_embedded



so ya, I have the book disease........

and what will cure it is these books....:)

have a nice day!

under the lilacs review

thanks to Charity at:  http://austenitis.blogspot.com/, she's the one who got me to read under the lilacs, because she read it and I thought it sounded so cute!

Under the lilacs by Lousia May alcott
Its about two little girls, Bab and Betty, Ben, a run away boy who has no father who used to work at a circus, Thorny, a boy who is in a wheel chair and his older sister Celia. Its a sweet story, its about growing up. its one of those books that leave you with a warm fuzzy feeling and you say '' awww'' after you read it.

Its not really adventures. its fiction and its a good classic!

5 stars

I really recommend you read it!

one call away

one call away by Brenda Warner, a memoir.

I was drawn to this book by the attractive face on the cover. so I requested it.
Brenda grew up in a normal family. Her faith was important to her, she always wanted to pretty. She was a cheer leader, worried about her weight and because her father was a marine, she became a marine too because she wanted to serve her country, to her it was her dream. She met her future husband, a marine too, shortly after, she had a kid and the baby had brain damage, she had to quit her job being a marine and her husband was a little edgy as time grew  on. And then she divorced him when he was having an affair with another lady. She met Kurt Warner, a NFL player and it goes on from there what it was like to be a NFL wife and how she didn't like the populararity. throughout her life she dealt with many disappointments, tradigies but she didn't let go of her faith.

I somewhat liked it. the cover was the best thing about this book I thought.
3 stars

I got this book free from booksneeze.com