Book Review: Between Sisters

Cathy Kelly is such a rich author and she shares her wealth of talent with each of us through her works.

In the book Between Sisters, the sisters are Cassie and Coco. Their mother left them when they were younger. Now that they are grown, they are still feeling the pain. They were left in the care of their grandmother, so they did know love but not the love of their own mother.

Cassie now has a family with two teenage daughters and Coco is single. Each are successful career-women.

There are problems that erupt into their lives and seeing their pathway to the resolution is very interesting and intriguing.

As with many of her other books, Between Sisters, is not a light book to read. It includes mistakes and real-life instances throughout it.

I love the bond that Cathy Kelly is able to include in this book between the sisters. I would highly recommend this book to Cathy Kelly lovers and to those who enjoy books with reality throughout it.

I was given this book by NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing in exchange for my honest review.

Book Review: Fabulous Fiction Sampler

There are times when I receive samplers and I am not thrilled about the content, however, this is not one of those. There was not one sample that I did not like. The authors in this book include Erica James, Veronica Henry, Liz Fenwick, Ella Griffin, Fanny Blake and Cathy Kelly.

Some of these authors were new to me and others felt like reading a friends work. Each of the samples left me wanting to read the entire book and I probably will end up doing just that.


I was given this book by NetGalley and Orion Publishing in exchange for my honest review.

Book Review: Sweet Tomorrows

Debbie Macomber never fails to write a book I fall in love with. Her characters and settings are so well-thought out that I feel like I am there, talking with the people.

Sweet Tomorrows is a Rose Harbor Book. In fact it is the final installment. It is filled with healing.

Jo Marie is Getting over Mark Taylor, who left for Iraq to try to help a good friend. With the feelings still fresh of losing a husband earlier, she was not ready for the uncertainty she would feel with his travels. So now it is time to go tot he next adventure, dating. At first she doesn't have much luck, but soon she finds new romance and has to make decisions on her own future.

I loved this book and I feel like anyone else that enjoys a feel-good story will also enjoy it.

I was given this book by NetGalley and Random House Publishing-Ballantine in exchange for my honest review.

Book Review: How to Party With an Infant

How to Party With an Infant is a humorous, touching account about parenthood and humans.

This book presents Mele Bart as a single mother from San Francisco. She tried to meet with other moms and finally found a group that worked. Now this group is going to have a cookbook contest. This book tells the tale of Mele and form which she fills out for the competition and stories about her group. Meanwhile, she is also dealing with complications with her daughter, Ellie's, father.

Anyone that can relate to the challenges of being a mom will enjoy this book.

I was given this book by NetGalley and Simon and Schuster in exchange for my honest review.

Book Review: A Daily Invitation to Friendship with God

This book, A Daily Invitation to Friendship with God, is an excellent way to join a daily devotion, without having to spend vasts amount of time.

The book consists of different parts such as: The Creative Edge, The language of the Spirit, The Practical Side of Things and Celebrating the Living Word.

Each section is introduced with Scripture to reflect upon during the devotional time. Then each entry consists of short entries to take with you throughout the day. There are some that are then ended with a thought.

I found this to be a nice way to share time with God for those moments when I only have a minute or two. I think this would also be a great introduction to devotions to those who have not done them before.

I was given this book by bookfun.org and Destiny Image in exchange for my honest review.

Book Review: Extraordinary Ordinary Moments

I received this journal in the mail not know whether I would enjoy it or not. Well, the suspense was soon over, I loved it. Each page in the journal has a short little prompt with the rest of the page free for writing, drawing, coloring or whatever the writer may desire. Each page is sturdy enough to allow for a variety of creativity.

There are over 300 entries in the book with topics like "Something that brings you into the moment,"

"a windfall," "Something best when it is cold."

As you can tell by these prompts the creativity can then take over. 

I was given this book by Blogging for Books in exchange for my honest review. 

Book Review: Heaven Declares

I have loved this wonderful way to begin my day. Actually, my hubby and I read it together at night. Each day there is a Bible verse to begin the session, then a short reflection on the reading. Then they follow up with a few Scriptures, a prayer and then our favorite part, the Decree and Declare section. These speak to things that we have been dealing with and help us to turn them over to God and to let them go. After all if you are declaring and decreeing them, they are meant to be followed.

The author D. Hakeem Collins is a minister, speaker and radio program producer.

I was given this book by bookfun.org and Destiny Image in exchange for my honest review.