Book Review: What Did Jesus Do

 

What Did Jesus Do?

An Introduction to the Life and Teachings of Jesus

by Deborah Lock

Pub Date 19 Nov 2021 | 

 Lion Hudson Ltd,  Lion Children's Books

 Children's Nonfiction  |  Christian 

I am reviewing a copy of What Did Jesus Do?  An Introduction to the Life and Teachings of Jesus through Lion Hudson Ltd, Lion Children’s Books and NetGalley:

If you have a young reader wanting to learn more about Jesus, his life and teachings then What Did Jesus Do? An Introduction to the Life and Teachings of Jesus is just the book to look into, this book in tidy keyword series helps its young readers too discover the meaning to terms such as incarnation, resurrection and salvation.   This book provides a quick and accessible reference to the Christians views of the Kingdom of God, forgiveness, discipleship, and faith.

The keyword series of books is a series written and designed to support children develop good reference skills through asking questions and clearly identifying key terms, so that the information needed is quickly found on a page. Facts are presented in easy-to-read bite-size explanations with visuals. Includes contents page, index and glossary for children to access the information and definitions, expand vocabulary and engage with the topic.

I give What Did Jesus Do?  An Introduction to the Life and Teachings of Jesus:    Five out of five stars!

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Book Review: What are Religions and Worldviews

 

What are Religions and Worldviews?

An Introduction to Beliefs Around the World

by Deborah Lock

Pub Date 19 Nov 2021 

 Lion Hudson Ltd,  Lion Children's Books

 Children's Nonfiction  |  Christian

I am reviewing a copy of What are Religions and Worldviews through Lion Hudson Ltd, Lion Children’s Books:

If you have a young reader who wants to learn more about the six most popular religions around the world Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism, and also beliefs held by different worldviews, such as Humanism.  The young reader will discover key terms such as enlightenment, covenant and paradise.   Included in this book are accessible references to places of worship, festivals, holy books, main prayers, and viewpoints.

In the keyword series it is written and designed to support children develop good reference skills through asking questions and clearly identifying key terms, so that the information needed is quickly found on a page.  The facts are presented in easy-to-read bite-size explanations with visuals.  The book includes contents page, index and glossary for children to access the information and definitions, expand vocabulary and engage with the topic.

I give What are Religions and Worldviews five out of five stars!

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Book Review: The Storyteller

 

The Storyteller

by Kathryn Williams

Pub Date 11 Jan 2022 

 HarperCollins Children's Books,  HarperTeen

 Historical Fiction  |  Mystery & Thrillers  |  Teens & YA

I am reviewing a copy of The Storyteller through Harper Collin Children’s Books, Harper Teen and NetGalley:

You don’t find out everyday you might be related to Anastasia…or that the tragic princess actually survived her assassination attempt and has been living as the woman you know as Aunt Anna.

Jess Morgan was growing tired of living her life to please everyone else, discovering her late aunt’s diaries shows her she’s not the only one struggling to hide who she really is.   But she wonders if her Aunt was really a Romanov princess?  Or was it some kind of elaborate hoax.

Jess digs into the century-old mystery,  With the help of a supremely dorky but undeniably cute local college student named Evan.

Soon Jess Morgan realizes there is a bigger truth waiting to be revealed, Because if she’s learned anything from Aunt Anna, it’s that only you can write your own story.

I give The Storyteller five out of five stars!

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Book Review: Cozy Case Files: A Cozy Mystery Sampler Volume 13

 

Cozy Case Files, A Cozy Mystery Sampler, Volume 13

by Donna Andrews; Diane Kelly; Elizabeth Penney; Ellie Alexander; Jane K. Cleland; Jess Dylan; M. C. Beaton

Pub Date 10 Aug 2021 |

 St. Martin's Press,  Minotaur Books

 Mystery & Thrillers

I am reviewing a copy of Cozy Case Files, A Cozy Mystery Sampler, Volume 13 through St. Martin’s Press, Minotaur Books and NetGalley:

In the thirteenth edition of Cozy Case Files  samples of the latest cozies by authors such as Ellie Alexander, Donna Andrews, M. C. Beaton with R. W. Green, Jane K. Cleland, Jess Dylan, Elizabeth Penney, and Diane Kelly.

In this book the reader gets to dip into two series debuts! In Chapter and Curse, follow Molly Kimball as she heads to Cambridge, England to help run the family bookshop. In Getaway with Murder, Misty Murphy celebrates her fiftieth birthday by ending her marriage, emptying both her nest and her bank account, and purchasing a dilapidated mountain lodge at the top of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

In The Cure for What Ales You, Spring has arrived in Leavenworth, Washington, but despite the festive spirit Slone Krause is brewing over her past. And speaking of things in bloom, Petals and Poison returns readers to a flower shop with a knack for attracting trouble as well as customers.

Agatha Raisin, the beloved heroine is back in Down the Hatch, where a newfound hobby, power-walking, leads Agatha to a dead body and right into her newest case.

In the The Twelve Jays of Christmas you can get into the Holiday  Spirit while finding that  a snowstorm brings to light not only a murder, but an elopement within the Langslow family.

I give The Cozy Case Files, A Cozy Mystery Sampler five out of five stars!

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Book Review, Cozy Case Files, A Cozy Mystery Sampler Volume 12

 

Cozy Case Files, A Cozy Mystery Sampler, Volume 12

by Ellie Alexander; Eve Calder; Cate Conte; Donna Andrews; Meri Allen; Eve Calder; Sheila Connolly; Hannah Dennison; Jess Dylan; Leonard Goldberg; Carolyn Haines; Kylie Logan; Allison Montclair; S. C. Perkins; Ashley Weaver

Pub Date 04 May 2021 

 St. Martin's Press,  Minotaur Books

 Mystery & Thrillers 

I am reviewing a copy of Cozy Case Files,  A Cozy Mystery Sampler, Volume 12 through St Martin’s Press, Minotaur Books and NetGalley:

In the twelfth edition of Cozy Case files features the latest cozies by the following authors: Ellie Alexander, Meri Allen, Donna Andrews, Eve Calder, Sheila Connolly, Cate Conte, Hannah Dennison, Jess Dylan, Leonard Goldberg, Carolyn Haines, Kylie Logan, Allison Montclair, S. C. Perkins, and Ashley Weaver.

If you have a sweet tooth you can get your A Tale of Two Cookies, The Rocky Road to Ruin, and Mocha, She Wrote.   

If flowers or cats are more your thing you can read Death in Bloom, or you can travel to your favorite cat café in Claws for Alarm.   You can also join the preparations for a production of Macbeth in Murder Most Fowl, and stay the night at a hotel in Danger at the Cove. And in the morning, train cadaver dogs in A Trail of Lies, then help clear a professor’s name in Independent Bones. 

If you prefer to travel back in time this sampler has you covered too . A Sherlockian mystery awaits you in The Abduction of Pretty Penny. Visit England in WWII with a safe cracker in A Peculiar Combination. In post-WWII England, play matchmaker in A Rogue’s Company. Or you can stay in the present, with crimes tied to the past, in Fatal Family Ties and The Secret Staircase.

I give Cozy Case Files, A Cozy Mystery Sampler, Volume 12 five out of five stars,

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Book Review: Live on Purpose

 

Live on Purpose

100 Devotions for Letting Go of Fear and Following God

by Sadie Robertson Huff

 Thomas Nelson: CHILDREN'S 

Pub Date 28 Sep 2021 

I am reviewing a copy of Live On Purpose 100 Devotions for Letting Go of Fear and Following God through Thomas Nelson’s Children and NetGalley:

In Live on Purpose the author shares her personal journey with God and gives you practical tools for, with such things as overcoming fear as well as living with confidence, and living without limitations by setting aside fear, anxiety, and comparison.  As well as  authentically celebrating celebrating every moment in lifeReplacing temporary highs with the promises of God Dreaming big and living like it's on purpose!

Live on Purpose is a valuable message for anyone who wants  to make a difference in the world this is a perfect gift for a graduation, a birthday celebration, the holidays, or a faith anniversary. This book will help you understand that when you follow your God-given passions, nothing can stop you from living your most enthusiastic, purposeful life.

Sadie Robertson Huff is is a wholesome role model and enthusiastic voice for her generation.   With a social media audience of more than 6 million.   Sadie's fanbase follows her hit podcast, WHOA That's Good; watched her become runner-up on season 19 of Dancing with the Stars; or read her bestselling books including Live, Live Fearless, Live Original, and Life Just Got Real.

I give Live on  Purpose five out of five stars!

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Book Review: The Storytellers

 

The Storytellers

Straight Talk from the World’s Most Acclaimed Suspense & Thriller Authors

by Mark Rubinstein

Pub Date 20 Jul 2021 | 

 Blackstone Publishing 

 Mystery & Thrillers  |  Nonfiction (Adult)  |  Reference 

I am reviewing a copy The Storytellers: Straight Talk From the World’s Most Acclaimed Suspense &Thriller Authors through Blackstone Publishing and NetGalley:

If you have ever read a suspense novel so good you have to stop and think to yourself, “How did the author come up with this idea? Their characters? Is some of this story real?” For over five years, Mark Rubinstein, physician, psychiatrist, and mystery and thriller writer, had the chance to ask the most well-known authors in the field just these kinds of questions in interviews for the Huffington Post.

In The  Storytellers are interviews with forty seven acclaimed authors from Michael Connelly Ken Follett, C. J. Box, Lee Child, Meg Gardiner, Dennis Lehane, Laura Lippman, and Don Winslow.   These interviews are the authors personal stories stories in their own words, much of the material never before published.   It tells of how these authors lives color their art.   We learn of their thoughts their inspirations, their candid opinions. Learn more about your favorite authors, how they work and who they truly are.

I give The Storytellers five out of five stars!

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Book Review: Murder, She Edited

 

Murder, She Edited

by Kaitlyn Dunnett

Pub Date 27 Jul 2021 |

 Kensington Books,  Kensington

 Mystery & Thrillers 

I am reviewing a copy of Murder, She Edited through Kensington Books and NetGalley:

Mikki  inherits a nearby farm from a woman she hasn't seen in two decades, but the unexpected arrangement comes with a catch forgotten diaries hidden in the neglected house must be recovered, edited, and published across the internet within one month.  The diaries are a time capsule from the 1950’s and it was left behind for good reason.

While Mikki  searching for the mysterious memoirs and clues about the former owners.  It isn’t long before Mikki discovers that the once peaceful place was punctuated by an unsolved homicide and other rumored crimes.  Even currently suspicious activity in the creepy, dilapidated barn suggests it really hasn't been abandoned at all.

Mikki must crack this eeerie cold case In a remote farmhouse with only her observant calico cat, Calpurnia, keeping her company.  She must quickly crack this eerie cold case from the past and stop a clever culprit from leaving red markups on anything other than pages of revised copy.

I give Murder, She Edited five out of five stars!

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Book Review: The Artist Vanishes

 

The Artist Vanishes

by Terry Westby-Nunn

Pub Date 01 Apr 2021 

 Penguin Books (SA) 

 General Fiction (Adult)  |  Literary Fiction  |  Mystery & Thrillers

I am reviewing a copy of The Artist Vanishes through Penguin Books (SA) and Netgalley:

Sophie Tugiers is a Cape Town artists who has been missing for several years.   Her mysterious disappearance caused a brief ripple before dissolving into a distant media memory. Sophie’s controversial art made many people feel as if they were being alienated: those who didn’t consider her a sell-out thought her last exhibition was sadistic, and one of her experimental participants had committed suicide.

James Dempster is a jaded filmmaker with a problem with whiskey.  Following a divorce that is acrimonious to say the least and needs a project to that will relaunch his stalled career.  When James discover he has moved into the flat Sophie once rented he finds himself drawn into her sinister tale.

What happened to Sophie?  Where are her friends and enemies hiding.  Once James flat is ransacked and his research Is stolen he realizes his search could lead to his demise.

I give The Artist Vanishes five out of five stars!

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Book Review: What’s in the Bible

 

What's in the Bible?

An Introduction to the Book of the Christian Faith

by Deborah Lock

Pub Date 19 Nov 2021 | Archive Date Not set

 Lion Hudson Ltd,  Lion Children's Books

 Children's Nonfiction  |  Christian

I am reviewing a copy of What’s in the Bible through Lion Hudson Ltd, Lion Children’s Books and Netgalley:

What’s in the Bible is a great addition to the library of any child you know who wants to learn more about the Bible, this book tells its young readers of the different types of writings in the Bible from the Laws, Poetry and Wisdom, prophecies and letters.  This book tells too of the known and unknown writers.  As well as the three languages used in the Bible, Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek.  

The book goes to tell its young readers too about the Old and New Testament, the Old Testament covers the times before Jesus, whereas the New Testament covers the time of Jesus conception when the Holy Spirit impregnates Mary.   

The Keywords series is written and designed to support children develop good reference skills through asking questions and clearly identifying key terms, so that the information needed is quickly found on a page. Facts are presented in easy-to-read bite-size explanations with visuals. 

If you’re looking for a book to help explain to your young child what the Bible is, I’d recommend What’s in the Bible from the keyword series!

Five out of five stars!

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Book Review: A Fatal Feast

 

A Fatal Feast

A Hamptons Home & Garden Mystery #6

by Kathleen Bridge

Pub Date 21 Sep 2021 

 Beyond the Page Publishing 

 Home & Garden  |  Mystery & Thrillers

I am reviewing a copy of A Fatal Feast through Beyond the Page Publishing and Netgalley:

On the eve of the grand opening of Privé, tensions are high an exclusive gourmet dining club that interior designer Meg Barrett played a large part in decorating.  With just the wealthy owners the kitchen staff, and Meg gathered for the pre-opening feast,  it’s as if ever in the small group is airing its grievances but the most vicious of the attacks are directed at the notorious sous chef.    It still as a shock when the young woman is found dead the following morning, and Meg knows she’ll have to go into sleuthing mode to discover who had murder slated for the main course.

The person that is most suspected is the winery owner next door because she had been forced to sell her family’s French farmhouse to the owners of the dining club.  But there are rumors swirling of an affair between the victim and one of the owners, and clues begin to surface suggesting that the young woman was holding something over the owners’ heads. With the Hamptons elite closing ranks, Meg starts to think she may be out of her depth, and she maybe next on the killers list, because money can make for a powerful motive, and there are some secrets a person will kill to protect . . .

I give A Fatal Feast five out of five stars!

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