Showing posts with label B&H Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label B&H Books. Show all posts

Monday, May 9, 2016

Book Review: The Psalm 119 Experience

The Psalm 119 Experience is a devotional based on Psalm 119. There are 22 sections to this Psalm and Kramp broke the book into 22 chapters.

There are five devotionals in a chapter and then there is a section at the end with a the verses in song. This is done so that the reader can memorize the verses.

This is a wonderful way to look at this Psalm and I would recommend it to all.

I was given this book my NetGalley and B & H Publishing in exchange for my honest review.





Thursday, April 28, 2016

Book Review: Crazy Stories Sane God

This book, Crazy Stories, Sane God,  is filled with stories from the Bible with a different view given to each one. The author looks at the stories of the Bible and shows how God had a purpose behind each one. For example, the story of Lot and his wife, he gives us their viewpoint where they believed the world was being destroyed and it was up to them to repopulate the world. We now have lineage from them in the Bible.

Turner helps us to see why these stories are placed in the Bible. There are stories included from throughout the Bible such as the demons in the pigs.

I did have to go into each story with an open mind, realizing that these views are what the author sees as a purpose, but I did see the reasoning behind the telling of the tales. I would recommend this book.

I was given this book by NetGalley and B&H Books in exchange for my honest review.



Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Book Review: Dating, Dining and Desperation

Melody Carlson has such a gift and I am so glad that she shares it with us. In this second book in a series she picks up where she left off in Lock, Stock and Over a Barrel. Daphne is living in her Aunt Dee's house, after her aunt passed. Unfortunately she must marry before her next birthday in order to keep her inheritance. She continues on with life and this includes writing her aunt's advice column. She soon acquires a new neighbor, Sabrina, who is just vibrant with energy and is always dressed to the 9's. These two make quite a pair to deal with.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, as I have with most of this authors books. She writes with such humor and she is able to make the reader feel like they are part of the characters' lives. I also like the way that love is not an automatic thing in her books. I loved this book and would recommend this and any other of Melody Carlson's books to anyone that is looking for a book to pick you up.

I was given this book by B&H books and NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.





Thursday, January 14, 2016

Book Review: Grace Unplugged

When I see that Melody Carlson has a book up for review, I try to grab it. I am so glad that NetGalley and B&H books placed it up for review.

As with her other books, Carlson pulled me in at the beginning of this book. Grace, a worship minister's daughter, performs with her father. She may not always agree with his choices. However, when she decided to do things her own way there grew a little tension between them. Each wants what they see is best. 

As Grace follows her path we go with her.

The characters and the story line were both so intriguing that I only put it down when my eyes could not stay open any longer. Then I picked it up the next morning. 

This book would be for so many different types of people that I know I could not list them all. However, if there is a teen that is growing and trying to go their own way, the parents should read this. I loved this book!

I was given this book by NetGalley and B&H Books in exchange for my honest review. 







Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Book Review: Lock, Stock and Over a Barrel

I enjoy the writing of Melody Carlson and this book has all of the qualities that I enjoy, except for one. I believe that the story left me hanging. I thought at first that, perhaps, not all the pages downloaded, but this was not the case.

The author does a great job of creating an interesting story line and she has a knack for helping build the characters so that there is a connection between the reader and the character. I also felt that the book kept moving nicely.

If the reader enjoys stories that are obviously part of a whole, they will not mind the ending. However, I feel if a reader is to pick up the second book they will be totally lost, just as I was frustrated by the ending of this one.

I was given this book by NetGalley and B & H Books in exchange for an honest review.