tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21521890011608704322024-03-13T07:11:58.050-04:00My Reading Rainbow"Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them."
-Arnold LabelAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-81805577525139676642016-02-08T10:14:00.001-05:002016-02-08T10:14:15.677-05:00Hearse and Buggy by Laura Bradford<div class="MsoNormal">
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Author: Laura Bradford</div>
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Date Published: June 5th 2012</div>
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Genre: Mystery, <a href="http://myreadingrainbow-theresa.blogspot.com/p/amish-mysteries.html" target="_blank">Amish Mystery</a></div>
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Pages: 275</div>
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Recommended Age: Adult</div>
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Read and Reviewed By: Me</div>
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Rating: B/4</div>
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Claire Weatherly has divorced her husband and left New
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specialty shop, Heavenly Treasures, and slowly makes friends among the Amish,
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When the store’s former owner, a unlikable man is found
murdered Eli, the Amish man Esther is sweet on is the prime suspect. The new
detective Jakob Fisher who was raised Amish and is now shunned by the Amish community
tries to solve the case, but the Amish won’t talk to him so he relies on the
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I really liked <i>Hearse
and Buggy</i> by Laura Bradford, so much so that I plan on reading the next
book in the series. I think Bradford did an excellent job creating the
characters and presenting their backgrounds. I believe Bradford was being smart
when she included Jakob’s pain and anguish over being shunned by his family.
Yes, he knew what would happen if he left the Amish community, but it doesn’t
lessen the pain any. How many of you have faced a difficult decision that you
knew you had to make for whatever the reasons and ended losing love ones over.
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A kitten was only a few weeks old when he was stuffed into the Spencer
Public Library’s book slot. The library director Vicki Myron petitioned the library
board for permission to keep the kitten. The petition was granted and the
kitten had found itself a home. The kitten was then given the name Dewey Readmore Books and the cat won the
hearts of the town. For nineteen years Dewey charmed the town and the world
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I enjoyed this book so much that after I had finished
reading it I did a search for Dewey Readmore Books on the internet and spent
time watching videos of a cat who knew he was king of a library. I liked how
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-39292550928301208522016-01-14T13:08:00.000-05:002016-01-14T13:08:13.858-05:00The Things Book Lovers Would Wish Someone Would Say to ThemHow would you like it if your boss said that 'your job was to read today and you could read any book you want for the eight hours you are at work'? That is on the list of twenty things a book lover would love to hear said to them. Read the rest on Goodreads blog post <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/603-20-things-all-book-lovers-wish-someone-would-say-to-them" target="_blank">20 Things All Book Lovers Wish Someone Would Say to Them</a> posted by Hayley Ingarashi.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-47530199406572885812016-01-10T20:12:00.001-05:002016-01-10T20:12:37.697-05:00Dewey the Cat-CBS Sunday Morning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Date Published: May 16th 2014</div>
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Genre: Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction</div>
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Pages: 453</div>
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Recommended Age: Adult</div>
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Read and Reviewed By: Me</div>
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Rating: A/5</div>
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On a trip to Germany with her adoptive father Rachel Kramer
is told by her old friend Kristine that her SS officer husband Gerhardt Schlick
sees their child Amelie as a disgrace and not worthy of life because she was
born deaf. Kristine pleads with Rachel to Amelie back to America with her raise
her as her own because Gehardt plans to have her murdered. Rachel once dated
Gerhardt so knows how cruel he can be. When she starts searching her scientist
father’s documents she realizes that her whole life was a lie and she was an experiment
for the Third Reich and now they plan to complete their experiment. With
Gerhardt and the rest of the S.S hunting Rachel down she finds herself being
helped by unlikely allies.</div>
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I just love, love this book.
I have a book hangover today because I was up until two in the morning
reading this book. I could not put <i>Saving
Amelie</i> by Cathy Gohlke down. Gohlke
has gained a new fan. It was a fast-paced book that kept you on the edge of
your seat. I also loved how she handled the faith issue. I felt she made the
characters who were not believers more realistic in their faith journey by the
ways they came to accept Christ. In the beginning, Gohlke glazed over the faith
talk in the beginning of the book enough to let the readers know who the true
believers were and who were not. She did not over kill the faith talks as some
Christian writers do. She made them coming to Christ as non believers more realistic.
Introducing the beloved German pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his book <i>The Cost of Discipleship</i> helped weaved
Rachel and others faith journey into the storyline seamlessly. Gohlke did a
fantastic job and I cannot wait to read more of her books and this is the
reason I gave <i>Saving Amelie</i> five
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<i>Adult Content:</i> Talks about genocide and eugenics</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-66564628461373796522016-01-03T18:58:00.001-05:002016-01-03T18:58:40.229-05:00Her Brother’s Keeper by Beth Wiseman<div class="MsoNormal">
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A few years earlier, Charlotte Dolinsky’s brother Ethan left
Texas and had found love with an Amish girl, named Hannah King. He told
Charlotte he had joined the Amish community in Lancaster and was engaged to
marry Hannah. Then last year he took his own life. Charlotte is determined to
find out what caused her brother to take his own life and is certain that
Hannah has the answers. Charlotte disguises herself as an Amish cousin of the
King family and travels to Pennsylvania to find the answers she is seeking,
believing the answers would give her peace, but her peace ends up coming from a
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I liked this book, but something was lacking in it. I really
could not tell if the author was trying to make this a romance or somewhat of a
mystery. There was basically no romance going on. The reader knew who was
interested in whom and who would up with whom. The mystery was what was Ethan
dealing with mentally to make him take his own life at a time he should have
been happy, but that story line was flat. This book was mediocre in its story telling. If
you are a Beth Wiseman fan and feel the need to read <i>Her Brother’s Keeper</i> go ahead, but if
you have never read anything by Wiseman before do not make <i>Her Brother’s Keeper</i> your first read of
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-53515751625919436662016-01-02T13:05:00.000-05:002016-01-02T13:05:40.362-05:00All Caught UpToday, I put up the final review of some of the books I read in 2015 and the years preceding. I didn't read a whole lot of books for pleasure in 2015 because I had been reading mostly text books for my graduate classes, but I did get some books in that was for my pure enjoyment. The last review I posted for last year's books was <i>Redeeming Love</i> by Francine Rivers and I highly recommend that book to everyone. <br />
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Tomorrow, I will post a review for the first book I finished this year. Yesterday, I started reading a book from the list on <b><a href="http://myreadingrainbow-theresa.blogspot.com/p/currently-reading-to-be-read.html" target="_blank">My Library</a></b> page. This book is set in Germany during WWII. If you haven't checked out <a href="http://myreadingrainbow-theresa.blogspot.com/p/currently-reading-to-be-read.html" target="_blank"><b>My Library</b></a> yet, feel free to do so. I hope that you are enjoying <b>My Reading Rainbow</b>. I will try to keep up with it a lot better than I have been. If you are interested in writing book reviews for my blog as a guest blogger, feel free to message me at <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/theresamullins.writer" target="_blank">Theresa A. Mullins-Poet/Writer</a></b> and I will send you a blog post template to follow. Blogging reviews for books is just for enjoyment and not for any compensation so if this is something you would be interested doing as a hobby then message me.<br />
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I hope you all are enjoying the start of the new year and the new year is treating you alright. I will be back tomorrow with another book review. Later!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-5077748062910427812016-01-02T11:04:00.000-05:002016-01-03T19:03:45.449-05:00Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers<div class="MsoNormal">
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Date Published: May 9th 2005 <span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">(first
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This is retelling of the book Hosea in the Old Testament of
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Set in California’s gold country in 1850 Angel doesn’t trust
anyone, especially men. She was sold into prostitution as a child and it’s the
only skill she knows, she’s the best prostitute at the Pair-of-Dice. She meets
Michael Hosea, a man after God’s own heart. God tells Michael to marry Angel
and to love her unconditionally. Angel
agrees to marry him after she was beaten close to death by her Madam’s
bodyguard. Her ice-cold heart fights against the love that God and Michael is
offering her. Her heart slowly softens towards Michael and starts to love him,
but with it comes feelings of being unworthy. She runs away a few times before
she accepts the healing that can only come from the Lord.</div>
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I love, love this book. I deem it the best book I read of
2015. My pastor’s wife had me and others read this book for a
women’s six week Bible study. After I read the prologue I practically threw it
aside, thinking I could never read this book. Out of love for my fellow
Sister-in-Christ I picked it back up and forced myself to read it, but once I
made it past the harsh reality of the character’s childhood I could not put the
book down. I read 464 pages within forty-eight hours.</div>
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I believe Rivers did a fantastic job recreating the story of
Hosea. This is not an easy book to read.
It speaks of the harsh realities in this evil world that majority of us
want to pretend is not happening (human trafficking, abuse, neglect, etc.),
even me. This book is filled with a roller coaster ride of emotions. It’s also
a spiritual journey that reader goes on with the heroine. The reader will read
about God’s unwavering love, forgiveness, mercy, and grace. It’s a fantastic
book to read with and discuss with your fellow sisters-in-Christ.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-56289089275778319822016-01-01T13:34:00.000-05:002016-01-03T19:04:29.882-05:00Hiding in the Light: Why I Risked Everything to Leave Islam and Follow Jesus by Rifqa Bary<div class="MsoNormal">
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<b><b>Hiding in the Light: Why I Risked Everything <i>to</i> Leave Islam <i>and</i> Follow Jesus</b></b></div>
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Author: Rifqa Bary</div>
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Published By: WaterBrook Press</div>
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Date Published: May 19th 2015 <span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">(first
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Genre: <a href="http://myreadingrainbow-theresa.blogspot.com/p/autobiographies.html" target="_blank">Autobiography, Memoirs</a></div>
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Pages: 226</div>
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Read and Reviewed By: Theresa</div>
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Rifqa Bary grew up in a devout Muslim family. When she was
twelve she was invited to a Christian church by a schoolmate and decided to
follow Jesus as her Lord and Savior. The next four years she desperately keeps
her faith hidden from her family out of fear for her life. When she is sixteen
her family discovers her secret and now she must flea for her life with the
help of her Christian brothers and sisters.
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I enjoyed this reading this book. It was well written and I
learned a lot about the Muslim faith, at least a branch of it that can be very
cruel to the women in their lives. It saddens me the way Rifqaa’s parents
treated her after her brother damaged her eye, considering her unclean. Then treating
her as the criminal when a relative rapes her, whisking her off to the United
States before their Muslim community knew she was the victim of rape and being
shamed out of their community. It’s discussing how some religions and/or
cultures treat their women but claim to be a holy righteous group. I am so
thrilled that Rifqa accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior and escaped that horrible
life her parents were making her live. She deserves some happiness in her life
and I pray that Lord continues to bless her. She’s a remarkable woman to live
through all she lived through and still lets the peace of Lord shine in her
life. </div>
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I recommend this book to everyone, especially to the people
who believe that all Muslims are peaceful people that love and respect their
daughters. Not all of them are peaceful people who respect others beliefs.
There are some sects of Muslims who will kill their own kin if they leave the
Muslim faith. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rifqa Bary’s story was truly a testimony to Jesus.</span> </div>
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<i>Language:</i> None</div>
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<i>Adult Content:</i> a rape scene of a young girl, threats
of violence</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-62575847756687505462015-12-31T22:27:00.000-05:002016-01-03T19:04:49.289-05:00Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape by Emma Gingerich<div class="MsoNormal">
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Author: Emma Gingerich</div>
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Published By: Progressive Rising Phoenix Press LLC</div>
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Date Published: March 6th 2014 <span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">(first
published January 1st 2014)</span></div>
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Genre: <a href="http://myreadingrainbow-theresa.blogspot.com/p/autobiographies.html" target="_blank">Autobiography, Memoirs</a></div>
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Pages: 174</div>
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Recommended Age: Adults</div>
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Read and Reviewed By: Me</div>
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Rating: C/3</div>
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Emma Gingerich grew up in a Swartzentruber Amish community
in Eagleville, Missouri. She didn’t agree with the Amish traditions of her
upbringing and makes the decision to run away with the help of an Englischer.
She then goes on to pursue her dream of higher education.</div>
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I enjoyed reading <i>Runaway
Amish Girl</i>. I think Emma Gingerich did an excellent job in writing her
story. She told a story that had to have been hard to tell. She spoke of things most
women would have been too afraid to speak about. The book itself was well written and I truly liked that although
she has a college education, Gingerich did not use graduate level words and
everyone is capable to read her story.</div>
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Although I enjoyed reading <i>Runaway Amish Girl</i>, I didn’t like that it was so short. It seemed
in the last chapter she wrapped her story up bit quickly. For these reasons, I gave
<i>Runaway Amish Girl</i> by Emma Gingerich
a grade of a C. I do recommend
others to read Gingerich’s story because it will give everyone an insight in the Swartzentruber
Amish community’s way of life. </div>
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Published By: Gospel Publishing House</div>
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Date Published: January 1st 2009</div>
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Genre: <a href="http://myreadingrainbow-theresa.blogspot.com/p/christian-non-fiction.html" target="_blank">Christian, Non-Fiction</a></div>
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Pages: 185</div>
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Recommended Age: Young Adults, Adults</div>
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Read and Reviewed By: Me</div>
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Rating: A/5</div>
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Living in the Spirit is an in depth study on the person and
ministry of the Holy Spirit explained by Dr. George O. Wood, the general
superintendent of the U.S. Assemblies of God.</div>
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Being Pentecostal myself (but not Assemblies of God) I knew
of the Holy Spirit being a person and of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit but not
in depth, nor knew how to explain the Holy Spirit in an intelligent matter to non-believers
of the concept being baptized in the Holy Spirit. When my church was offering
an 8 week class to study the Holy Spirit with this book I gladly attended the
classes and bought this book. I enjoyed reading <i>Living in the Spirit</i>. I learned a lot from Dr. Wood. He explains
the Holy Spirit in such a way that non believers could even understand why we,
Pentecostals, believe in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. He explains how and
where the Bible speaks of three different kinds of baptisms: Baptism into Christ
(1 Cor.12:13), Baptism in the Spirit (Acts 2:4), Baptism in Water (Acts
2:38-41). Wood also explains the Agent of the Baptism, the Candidate, and the
element into which the candidate is placed. In chapters five and six, he speaks
about the fruit of the Spirit and the gifts of the spirit; there is a
difference.</div>
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I recommend this book to all Christians, not just to
Pentecostals. I believe that if Christians understood other denominations
better there would be less discord among our brothers and sisters-Christ. This
is a well-written book and Dr. Wood did a fantastic job explaining the person and
ministry of the Holy Spirit, which is why I rated it a 5 and a grade of A.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-81506247669060050742015-12-30T12:44:00.000-05:002016-01-03T19:08:59.021-05:00It’s a God Thing: When Miracles Happen to Everyday People created by Don Jacobson and K-Love radio<div class="MsoNormal">
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Date Published: 14th 2014 <span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">(first
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Pages: 214</div>
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Recommended Age: Adult</div>
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Read and Reviewed By: Me</div>
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Miracles happen every day all around us; we just need to
look for them. Miracles are not just reserved for the Biblical Age. God is
still working miracles today. Some can be so small that one does not notice
them, but they are miracles just the same. K-Love radio and Don Jacobson have come
together and compiled collections of miracles that K-Love listeners have
contributed.</div>
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I enjoyed reading this book.
It was well written and compiled. It warmed my heart to read these
stories. Some of these experiences people have had become my favorite and left
me speechless. There is so much going on in this world that we cannot see or
explain away with mere logic. One just knows God had his hand in things,
protecting His Children.</div>
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I suggest grabbing a cup of hot chocolate, curling up with a blanket and this
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-37319153923175634972015-12-29T18:19:00.000-05:002016-01-03T19:10:26.292-05:00Dancing Through Life: Steps of Courage and Conviction by Candace Cameron Bure<div class="MsoNormal">
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Genre: <a href="http://myreadingrainbow-theresa.blogspot.com/p/christian-non-fiction.html" target="_blank">Christian, Non-Fiction</a>, <a href="http://myreadingrainbow-theresa.blogspot.com/p/autobiographies.html" target="_blank">Autobiography, Memoir</a></div>
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Read and Reviewed By: Me</div>
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Rating: A/5</div>
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In the spring of 2014 Candace Cameron Bure was a contestant
on Season 18 of <i>Dancing with the Stars</i>.
During that time, Mrs. Bure made quite a few self-discoveries about herself and
in this book, <i>Dancing through Life: Steps
of Courage and Conviction</i>; she shares those discoveries with her fans and
other readers. In this book she talks about the lessons she learned about
grace, rejection, perfectionism, disappointment, accountability, and dealing with criticism
from Christians and non-Christians. Through all that she stays true to her
herself and her faith in Christ.</div>
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I really loved <i>Dancing
through Life</i>. Bure did a fantastic job explaining the points she was trying
to make in each chapter and week of her time on DWTS. I loved how she chose a
particular Bible verse to begin each chapter and the verse fit perfectly with
what she was writing about in the chapter, which shows the time and discernment
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through Life</i>. I learned a lot from
Mrs. Bure about standing with one’s convictions, dealing with disappointments,
and having grace through it all. She let her fellow Brothers and
Sisters-in-Christ know that she has the same struggles as they do in their
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-66845180263223581692015-12-29T13:56:00.000-05:002016-01-03T19:10:58.736-05:00Autumn Winds by Charlotte Hubbard<div class="MsoNormal">
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Date Published: September 4<sup>th</sup>, 2012</div>
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Genre: <a href="http://myreadingrainbow-theresa.blogspot.com/p/amish-reading.html" target="_blank">Amish Romance</a></div>
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Reviewed By: Me (almost three years ago for another site)</div>
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A stranger comes to the Amish town of Willow Ridge by the
name of Ben Hooley; he is a blacksmith baptized in the Old Order. Miram Lantz, an Amish widow who runs the
Sweet Seasons Bakery at first is weary of the newcomer, but as she gets to know
the newcomer and finds him kind-hearted she starts to fall in love with him.
With Bishop Knepp relentlessly pursuing her to marry him and threatening to
take everything that she cares about away, she must decide if she should listen
to her heart and find the happiness she craves.</div>
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I quite enjoyed this book.
I never read an Amish love story before but I saw it sitting on the New
Arrivals shelf at the library and thought it sounded interesting. It turns out it was the second book in the
Seasons of the Heart series, but since the first book was about a different
couple in Willow Ridge I was never at a lost for what was happening, plus the
author filled in tidbits about the characters and how they were related to
Miram so the reader wouldn’t be lost if they had not read Summer of Secrets
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I found it well written, and it seems Charlotte Hubbard had
done a quite an extensive research on the Amish community west of the
Mississippi River. I learned things about the Amish I never before, like they
did follow the new testament out of the
King James bible and they have Bishops, all quite interesting.</div>
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I liked the character of Miram. She was a strong woman who followed her own
heart and won’t let anyone, not even the bishop, tell her what she should do if
it didn’t feel right to her. I did not
care for Bishop Knepp at all. He was a
hypocrite to his community and would be very devious in order to get his
way. I was sad to realize that they
couldn’t impeach him or do something to remove him from the position of Bishop.</div>
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I truly enjoyed this book; to the point I had stayed up
until two in the morning trying to finish it; therefore, I gave <i>Autumn Winds</i> four stars and a grade of B.
I recommend reading <i>Autumn Winds</i> by
Charlotte Hubbard, especially if you are a fan of Amish romances. I never thought I would like Amish romances
and actually thought I would be let down by this book, but thanks to Hubbard I
will be reading more Amish romances.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-83706210971296758202015-12-29T13:45:00.000-05:002016-01-03T19:11:30.694-05:00The Dog That Talked to God by Jim Kraus<div class="MsoNormal">
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Recommended Age: Young adults, Adults</div>
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Read and Reviewed By: Me</div>
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Rating: B/4</div>
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Widow Mary Fassler buys a Miniature Schnauzer for company
and names him Rufus. In the midst of her grief he turns her world upside down.
It seems her beloved pooch can talk. Rufus doesn’t only talk to her. He talks
to God as well. Rufus starts giving advice it makes for an interesting life
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always enjoy quirky books about animals, especially dogs having a voice to go
with their personality. It makes me wonder what it would be like if my dog
Maycee spoke. What would she have to say if she could speak?</div>
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That Talked to God</i> to anyone who likes clean humor and enjoys a chuckle
here and there throughout a book that tells a unique tale. This book is truly
appropriate for the audience author Jim Kraus writes for, the Christian
audience. Readers of this book will not
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-13184146176812841212015-12-29T11:52:00.000-05:002016-01-03T19:12:17.349-05:00Agents of the Apocalypse by Dr. David Jeremiah<div class="MsoNormal">
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Genre: Christian Non-fiction, <a href="http://myreadingrainbow-theresa.blogspot.com/p/prophecy.html" target="_blank">Prophecy</a></div>
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Pages: 283</div>
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Recommended Age: Adult</div>
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Read and Reviewed By: Me</div>
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Rating: A/5</div>
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In <i>Agents of the
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about the 144,000 that are sealed by God; the two witnesses; the dragon; the
beasts from the sea and from the earth; and the coming Judgment of God.</div>
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I truly enjoyed this book. Dr. Jeremiah broke down chapters of Revelation
into something that could be understood by everyone. Each chapter of this book
was structured into a Fiction/Non-Fiction set-up. He first tells a
fictionalized story from a section of Revelation so readers can picture what
Revelation is trying to tell us about the coming days; the stories bring
Revelation alive for the reader. Then there is a section after the story titled
"scripture behind the story" to explain where the fictionalized story
is drawn from. No one knows exactly how the last days and the Great Tribulation
period will play out or who <i>the</i> anti-Christ
will be, but the fictionalized stories help dumb-down the book of Revelation
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Apocalypse</i> is a good book to help you understand the book of Revelation. I
recommend it to everyone, even non-believers so they can understand what
believers believe about the Rapture, the Tribulation period, and our Lord Jesus'
second coming.</div>
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Published By: Dell</div>
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One hundred years ago in Port Arbello a young girl is
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Arbello are disappearing. It seems an
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I came across this book at a used book store while I was in
high school. The name John Saul was new
to me, but the story on the back of the book intrigued me. So I gave the clerk $2.00 and walked out the
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I still own this book and will never part with it. I hope to one day meet John Saul and ask him
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I gave this book 5 stars and a grade of an A because I have
read this book three times since I bought it and I never grow tired of it. The
first time I read it I was up all night reading it; I couldn’t put it
down. The ending took me by complete surprise.
I would have never have guessed who or what was causing the terror that had a
hold of Port Arbello. If you love horror
books I would recommend all of John Saul’s books, but especially Suffer the
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<b>The Killing’s at Badger’s Drift<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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Author: Caroline
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Published By: Adler & Adler Publishers</div>
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Date Published: January 1, 1988</div>
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Genre: <a href="http://myreadingrainbow-theresa.blogspot.com/p/cozy-mysteries.html" target="_blank">Mystery</a></div>
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Pages: 264</div>
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Reviewed By: Me</div>
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Rating: A/5</div>
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I borrowed this book from the library.</div>
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Miss Emily Simpson is an 81 year old spinster whom everyone
likes in the small English village of Badger’s Drift, so why did someone kill
her? That is what Chief Inspector Tom
Barnaby intends to find out, and in the process he finds out everyone’s sordid
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I really enjoyed this book.
I have been watching the series Midsomer Murders, portraying Chief
Inspector Tom Barnaby and his bumbling immature and very handsome<span class="MsoHyperlink"> </span><span class="readable">Sergeant Gavin Troy</span> on
A&E for many years now, and one of my favorite episodes is The Killings at
Badger’s Drift. I knew the series were
based on the mystery novels by Caroline Graham and recently decided to read her
novels. They did a great job with the
television series. If they had not, I probably would never have decided to pick
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The Killings at Badger’s Drift is the first
novel in the Chief Inspector Barnaby Mysteries.
I am glad I decided to read Graham’s book series. Graham was able to embody that small-town
English village ambiance made popular by Agatha Christie while throwing in
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Graham is very descriptive in her
details about the village and the people living in it. The way she described some of the village
people made this one reader laugh. I also love how Graham allows the reader to
know what <span class="readable">Sergeant Gavin Troy is thinking, although he is
not the one solving the crimes, but is just assisting </span>Chief Inspector
Tom Barnaby. Knowing what goes on in
Troy’s mind with his truly immature thoughts makes the reader laugh, while
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There was one occasion when Troy
was checking out his reflection in the car’s mirror and fixing his hair. His
thoughts at that moment let the reader know that he knew he was cute, and the
way Graham described his reddish curls made this reader what to reach inside
the book and touch his curls just to see if they were really soft.</div>
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Graham, writing Chief Inspector
Barnaby and Sergeant Troy as complete opposites made the whole partnership
believable and interesting. Furthermore, allowing the reader to have the back
story on some of the village people and their secret resentments of each other
helped make the village people seem more real and three dimensional to the
reader. Therefore, I had no choice but to give The Killings at Badger’s Drift
five stars and a grade of an A. I believe it to be an excellent read. If you like mysteries, especially ones set in
English villages, I recommend The Killings at Badger’s Drift and the rest of
the Chief Inspector Barnaby Mysteries by Caroline Graham. Read them and you will be transported in
different scenic English villages, and you may even develop a soft spot for <span class="readable">Sergeant Gavin Troy.</span></div>
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<i>Language:</i> Some strong language</div>
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<i>Adult Content:</i> Sex scenes, Alcohol use, Adult Subject
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-29477070683306915562015-12-28T21:15:00.004-05:002016-01-03T19:13:43.560-05:00Great Expectations by Charles Dickens<div class="MsoNormal">
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Pages: 528</div>
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Recommended Age: Young Adults, Adults</div>
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Rating: A/5</div>
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Pip is an orphan living with his sister and her kind
husband. Pip is hired by Miss. Havisham as a companion for her and her adopted
daughter, Estella. During his time with Miss Havisham creates a desire in Pip
to rise above his station in life and to become a Gentleman. Pip gets his wish fulfilled when a mysterious
benefactor provides him with "great expectations" and the means to be
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I enjoyed the book very much. It was well written and the characters were
well developed. Pip was a cute adorable
child being raised “by hand” by his mean and abusive sister, who was only known
as Mrs. Joe Gargery. It really irked me
the way Mrs. Joe Gargery would be verbally, emotionally, and physically abusive
to her little brother and her husband.
She would even beat them with a device she called The Tickler. What kind of name is “The Tickler” for
something used to bring pain to someone?
I can only imagine that she got pleasure from dishing out the
abuse. I know she enjoyed causing that
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Pip disappointed me deeply as he settled into the life as a
gentleman. He enjoyed the life of leisure and luxury so much that he spent his
money foolishly, as if there was no end to it. Pip also turned into a snob and threw
away everything he once loved and valued to pursue his own selfish wants. As my mother would say, he “forgot where he
came from.” When Pip discovers the identity of his benefactor he is highly
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As for Mrs. Havisham, I felt sorry for her. I kept thinking
if she lived during this time she wouldn’t let one man ruin her life and drive
her inside. She would think her the best
revenge would be to live her life to fullest and let the man see what a good
thing he gave up. Instead she let her
run away groom send her down into madness and train her adopted daughter to not
to love. She realizes to late the damage
she has caused her beloved daughter and the hell she has sentenced her to. It
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Yellow a lot throughout the book, and not in a flattery sense. For example, when he first introduced the
color it was to describe Miss. Havisham’s wedding gown. He described it as white-yellow. Dickens did that to show the
reader how old the gown was and that it was losing its whiteness. I made the reader actually <i>see</i> how sad Miss Havisham and her
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I enjoyed Great Expectations so much I gave it 5 stars and a
grade of an A. Charles Dickens did a
fantastic job weaving a tale of mystery and morale values. If you enjoy reading the Classics or clean,
wholesome stories about morality and human weaknesses, I recommend Charles
Dickens’ Great Expectations.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-58411939396956268772015-12-28T20:49:00.000-05:002016-01-03T19:14:27.491-05:00The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore<div class="MsoNormal">
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Published By: Spiegel & Grau</div>
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Date Published: April 27, 2010</div>
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Genre: <a href="http://myreadingrainbow-theresa.blogspot.com/p/autobiographies.html" target="_blank">Autobiography/Biography</a>, non-fiction</div>
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Recommended Age: Young Adults, Adults</div>
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Two boys with the same name are born within blocks of each
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I liked the way Wes Moore told his story and the story of
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the other Wes’s mother should be a shamed of herself by being more concern with
how young she still looked and about going to the clubs to pick up a new
boyfriend than being with her two boys. It made me dislike her right from the
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They had no true guidance or decent role models, but at the
same Wes should be hold accountable for his own actions. He knew right from
wrong and yet he still chose the immoral path. His brother Tony disgusts me
with his lack of remorse, which makes me wonder if he even has a conscience.</div>
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I liked Moore’s mother because she was so determined that he
get on the right tracked that she begged for donations to send him to a good
military school when she saw the path he was heading down. She risked her pride
to save her son. That’s love.</div>
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I gave this book three stars and a grade of C because I
liked this book, but it did nothing for me. It did not move me emotionally in
any way. I did like that in the epilogue
Mr. Moore told us what had become of the key players in both of the boys’
lives. It tied up many close ends.</div>
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<i>Language:</i> Some swear words</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-6844619267780522942015-12-28T20:40:00.001-05:002016-01-03T19:14:59.732-05:00The Hancock Boys by Thomas William Simpson<div class="MsoNormal">
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Two twin brothers at a young age decide to share one
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I really, really loved this novel. Simpson came up with a tale that keeps the
reader riveted. I could not put this
book down, and when I was finished reading it I just sat in stunned shock. At first, I didn’t like their wife because I
couldn’t believe how stupid she was that she didn’t know one twin would come in
and pretend to be her husband for periods at a time, but everything comes
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I gave this book five stars and a grade of an A+. This book was just off the charts and liked
it so much that I wrote the editor and publishers of the book telling them how
much I liked it and thought it would make a good move. I loved it that much. I have never written editors or publishers of
books before, but I felt compelled to do so on this one. It was that good. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-34245206877049929972015-12-28T20:33:00.002-05:002016-01-03T19:15:35.211-05:00The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold<div class="MsoNormal">
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It’s a sad story about a murdered young girl who from Heaven
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I didn’t care for this book. This book was very boring. If I
was grading it on it’s boring-ness it would get an A, but I am not. It’s surprising this was on the best seller
list at all. I feel I should be
compensated for the time I lost reading this book instead of reading another
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I did like the father of the dead girl. He never wavered in trying to find out the
truth and wanting justice for his daughter’s death. I can’t say the same for the mother. She just wanted to forget it about and try to
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This book is mostly likely a fantasy, because we do not know
what Heaven is like. Everyone has a
different perception of what the After-life will hold. I gave this book 2 stars and grade of D
because it started out well, but after the first 2 chapters it plummeted. If you like the book What Dreams May Come,
then I would recommend this book, other than that, I would say stay clear of it.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-86306632223341785472015-12-28T20:27:00.002-05:002016-01-03T19:16:11.920-05:00In the Garden of Beast: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson<div class="MsoNormal">
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<b>In the Garden of Beast: Love, Terror, and an
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Genre: Contemporary <a href="http://myreadingrainbow-theresa.blogspot.com/p/non-fiction.html" target="_blank">Non:Fiction</a></div>
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Pages: 365, Kindle edition</div>
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Recommended Age: mature adults</div>
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Reviewed By: Me</div>
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Rating: C/3</div>
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I received this book from Amazon. It was one of Amazon’s free Kindle books they
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When none of the regular government politicians will take
the post as the American Ambassador in Germany during the time of Hitler’s
reign in 1933, William E. Dodd, a mild-mannered history professor from Chicago
is given the post. Professor Dodd brings
along his wife, son, and audacious daughter, Martha. Through Ambassador Dodd’s letters and journals
and through Martha’s journals Erik Lawson tells the reader what Berlin was like
during 1933 and 1934.</div>
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In the Garden of Beasts was okay. I liked being able to “see” what Germany was
like through an American’s eyes. It
shows that Hitler and his army treated anyone horrible that didn’t fit his view
of the perfect German or follower. Even
Americans staying in Germany for one reason or another was treated badly. It’s sad that a lot of people, mostly the
Germans saw nothing wrong with how the Jews were treated; for example the one
man telling Martha why a woman was being dragged through the street. It was because she was planning to marry a
Jew. He was blasé about it; the man said it as if she deserved the treatment
and was even disgusted that the woman would marry a Jew. It <b>disgusts </b>me that there were people like
that. They actually believed that Jews
were evil and were the cause of all their problems just because one man said
so. It makes me wonder if these people were already subconsciously racists and
were relieved to show their hatred for another race and culture that was
different from theirs? Or were they
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I really didn’t care for Martha Dodd at all. She had to be
an embarrassment for her father. I found
her to be a self-indulgent slut who disrespected her parents’ home by bringing
all those men in the house and having sex with them up in the family library. I
also did not like that she had turned a blind eye to what was truly going on in
Germany, even when reports were coming in about Americans being attacked. She always took the Nazis side, saying things
like, “well, they must have done something” and she was also known to say she
approved of what Hitler was doing. She
believed Hitler was making Germany a better place. It was only when the
injustice started hitting too close to home and affecting her friends did she
open her eyes. I found her to be a very
selfish, “it’s about me me me me” kind of woman. </div>
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I gave In the Garden of Beasts three stars and a grade of C
because I really didn’t like it all that much. I didn’t like that the last 25
percent of the book was reference pages; it made the book seemed quite short in
my opinion. Yes, I know that references must be included in any non-fiction
work, but Erik Larson could have made the book longer somehow. It might have helped if it was more detailed
orientated and more descriptive. In the Garden of Beasts seemed to just list
the basic facts, pulled from journals and letters. It was quick and to the
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It also seemed to talk more about how other people in
America’s government was against Ambassador Dodd from the beginning, because he
wasn’t rich and didn’t live flamboyantly like they thought an Ambassador should
live. It seemed that the other government officials were constantly trying to
put Ambassador Dodd in a bad light and embarrass him. They cared less about
what Hitler was doing to fellow human beings.
All they wanted was to be on good “party” terms with the German
government and retrieve back the money Germany owed America. It also made the American President a push
over, who listen to the men around him and did not follow his gut. I was quite disappointed in the President, as
I was in this book. If you “see” what
Germany was like through an American’s eyes, I recommend In the Garden of
Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-39597323857904249042015-12-28T20:13:00.000-05:002015-12-28T20:13:30.759-05:00UpdatesI've been away for awhile, but I'm back. I am making some changes to my blog to make it even better. I will still post reviews of the books me and others read, but now I have added genre pages for your convenience. Now, you can find listings and reviews from Amish Romances to Merrytime (Holiday) reading. I posted a new book review earlier, and I will have more in the days to come. Happy reading!!!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09993013433454619031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152189001160870432.post-4516737052445916102015-12-28T19:59:00.001-05:002016-01-03T19:17:17.552-05:00A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolf<div class="MsoNormal">
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Pages: 346</div>
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Phoebe Swift owns a boutique dealing with vintage clothing
called Village Vintage. She is also
dealing with the loss of her best friend and her guilt over the part she played
in her friend’s death. While at an elderly
Frenchwoman, Thérèse Bell’s apartment looking through old clothes she may buy
she comes across a child’s sky-blue coat, an item which Bell is stubbornly
reluctant to part with. As she becomes
friends with the dying Thérèse, Thérèse tells her the story of why she will
never part with the coat. Hearing the tale, Phoebe discovers a connection
between herself and Thérèse, one that will heal her own pain and help her to
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I am surprised that I actually like this book. When my book
club voted on what book to read this month, I had voted against this book and
was disappointed it got majority of the votes.
It didn’t seem like a book I would choose to read on my own…a book about
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It is well written and easy to read. Yes, it talks a lot
about clothes. It talks about the designer, the year the clothing was made and
the costs, but it also tells the history of who last wore the dress, pants, or
even the accessories like a purse. It seems that some of the clothing gave the
women courage to do things they felt they couldn’t do on their own, like blow
the whistle on their bosses, or break up with an overbearing and bossy
boyfriend. Some of the stories are quite
touching such as the story of the Jewish girl during WWII, which has a big part
in making the book more interesting for me as I am fascinated by stories of
WWII and the plight of the Jewish people during the war. A Vintage Affair is
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I gave A Vintage Affair four stars and a grade of B because
I enjoyed the book and found myself actually wanting to finish it, and not dragging
my feet, kicking and screaming through it because I had to have it read for my
book club. If you like contemporary fiction, I recommend A Vintage Affair by
the internationally bestselling author, Isabel Wolff.</div>
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