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Book Review: Stealing Adda by Tamara Leigh
Genre: Chicklit, Romance Publisher: NavPress Publication Date: May 2012 Adda Sinclaire is brilliant. At least that’s what her fans think. She’s a NY Times Bestselling author and she understands romance. Unfortunately her life doesn’t show that. Her husband left her for another woman – and worse than that, it was her chief rival in publishing! Nicknamed Stick Woman, Adda cannot stand the woman and will do just about anything to one up her whenever she can. When Adda develops a nasty case of writer’s block, she’s in danger of missing deadlines and needing to extend further than she ever has before. She just doesn’t know what to do! So when…
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Review: Memory’s Door by James Rubart
Genre: Adventure, Suspense, Thrillers Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publication Date: August 2013 Reviewed by Lori Twichell The Warriors Riding are on a mission. They battle the supernatural in ways that many would never imagine. From actually entering another person’s soul to heal their wounds (I know, right?!) to meeting demons and angels in their every day activities, these people truly are warriors of a new kind. So once you’ve learned how to take the battle from the natural into the supernatural, what could possibly come next? Even more than your brain can comprehend. Trust me. Let’s see where we left our friends at the end of Soul’s Gate. (SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T…
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Book Review: I, Saul by Jerry B. Jenkins and James MacDonald
Synopsis (from Amazon.com) From multi-million copy best-selling novelist Jerry Jenkins comes a compelling international thriller that conveys you from present-day Texas to a dank Roman dungeon in A.D. 67, then down the dusty roads of ancient Israel, Asia, and back to Rome. A young seminary professor, Augustine Knox, is drawn into a deadly race to save priceless parchments from antiquities thieves and discovers a two- thousand-year old connection with another who faced death for the sake of the truth. I, Saul consists of two riveting adventures in one, transporting you between the stories of Augustine Knox and Saul of Tarsus. Filled with political intrigue, romance, and rich historical detail, I, Saul is a thrilling…
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Review: Iscariot by Tosca Lee
Iscariot by Tosca Lee Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: Historical, religious Publisher: Howard Books Publication Date: February 5, 2013 Judas Iscariot. It’s a name irrevocably intertwined with the death of the most famous man in history, Jesus Christ. Anyone who has studied the scriptures knows that Judas betrayed the Messiah with a kiss of friendship. But if the sum total of your knowledge of Judas comes from those few verses, then you don’t know his whole story. Iscariot by Tosca Lee opens with the final moments of Judas Iscariot. We follow his pondering and memories as he explains what led him to this climactic ending. It’s the part of his tale that we…
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Review: Withering Tights
Withering Tights, by Louise Rennison Reviewed by: Lori Twichell Genre: YA/Comedy Publisher: HarperTeen Publication Date: June 26, 2012 Tallulah Casey is ready for the rest of her life to begin. At fourteen and a half she feels she’s stumbled through the opening lines and now she’s on the track to become a brilliant actress, or dancer, or something theatrical. That’s why she’ll be spending six weeks at a performance theater college saying goodbye to Tallulah and hello LULAH! There are some dicey moments when she arrives that lead her to believe it might not be nearly as perfect as she imagined. First, she finds out that she doesn’t have a bed…
