Book Review: Rest, Girl

 

Rest, Girl

A Journey from Exhausted and Stressed to Entirely Blessed

by Jami Amerine

Pub Date 01 Nov 2021 | Archive Date 01 Jan 2022

Barbour Publishing, Inc., Barbour Books

Christian

I am reviewing a copy of Rest, Girl through Barbour Books and NetGalley:

Rest, Girl is for all the women who have ever felt overwhelmed and exhausted, for those who felt as if they were not trying hard enough.   For the women who have ever felt felt unappreciated or overlooked. . .

If you’ve found Jesus or you’re still searching. .

 

Your Heavenly Father Invites You to Rest, Girl.

Rest, Girl  is at times Sassy, funny as well as authentic .  Reading Rest Girl will feel like you are talking to a encouraging friend.   Jami Amerine Jami Amerine, as she comes alongside you to share God’s overwhelming grace and peace in an inside-out journey to true, life-sustaining rest.  In a time and climate that is full of worries and overwhelming stress this book offers a priceless opportunity to walk in faith to experience the overwhelming blessing of a mind, spirit, and body at rest. Jami will lead you on a humorous, engaging and life-altering journey from restrictions and unrealistic expectations to the unconditional love of the Father.

I give Rest Girl five out of five stars!

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Book Review: A Gentle Boldness

 

A Gentle Boldness

Sharing the Peace of Jesus in a Multi-Faith World

by David W. Shenk

Pub Date 21 Sep 2021 | Archive Date 21 Sep 2021

Herald Press

Biographies & Memoirs | Christian

I am reviewing a copy of A Gentle Boldness through Herald Press and NetGalley:

David W. Shenk is a global citizen who has a commitment to sharing the peace of Jesus.   He has been a witness to the difference Jesus makes.

David Shenk story either begins in Shirati Village in Tanganyika, East Africa, or we might decide it begins among the orchards of Lancaster County, Pa., where farmers with their horses line up a mile for water as they rearrange their loads for their trek home on market day. In either reading, this is a story of mission a story of people chattering along a roadside spring on the way to and from market.

When he was six Shenk asked his parents  “What difference does Jesus make?”  The answer to the was the reason he became a Christian. Day by day, he travels in the way of Jesus—living, serving, and ministering around the world—Shenk continues to see the difference Jesus makes.

I give A Gentle Boldness five out of five stars!

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Book Review: A Duet For Home

 

A Duet for Home

by Karina Yan Glaser

Pub Date 05 Apr 2022 | 

 Clarion Books (formerly HMH Children's Books),  Clarion Books

 Children's Fiction

I am reviewing a copy of A Duet For Home through Clarion Books and NetGalley:

June must face the first day at Huey House, without her cherished Viola, as if loosing her home had not  been bad enough.  She refuses to give up the Viola though, her Dad had saved up his tip money for a year to buy her viola, before the accident.

Tyrell has been at the Huey house for three years and shows June what’s good about living at the Huey House, things like friendship, hot meals and a classical musician next door. Can he and June work together to oppose the government, or will families be forced out of Huey House before they are ready?

I give A Duet For Home five out of five stars!

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Book Review: Across the Desert

 

Across the Desert

by Dusti Bowling

Pub Date 12 Oct 2021 

 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 

 Children's Fiction

I am reviewing a copy of Across the Desert through Little Brown for Young Readers and NetGalley:

Jolene who is twelve spends every day she can at the library watching her favorite livestream: The Desert Aviator, where twelve-year-old “Addie Earhart”shares her adventures flying an ultralight plane over the desert.   Jolene can dream about what it’s like to fly with her, far away from her troubled home, where she must watch her Mother struggle with her addiction to narcotics.   And Addie is dealing with her own grief, over the loss of her Father who she misses terribly finds solace in her online conversations with Jolene, her biggest and only fan.

One day though it all goes wrong, Addie's engine abruptly stops, and Jolene watches in helpless horror as the ultralight plummets to the ground and the video goes dark.   Jolene knows that Addie won’t last long in the extreme summer heat, in the middle of a desert .  Without anyone to turn to for help and armed with only a hand-drawn map and a stolen cell phone, it's up to Jolene to find a way to save the Desert Aviator.

For young readers who enjoy adventure as well as stories of hope and resilience , as well as the strength within each of us, then Across the Desert is just the book.

I give Across the Desert five out of five stars!

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Book Review: Chapter and Curse

 

Chapter and Curse

by Elizabeth Penney

Pub Date 28 Sep 2021 

 St. Martin's Press,  St. Martin's Paperbacks

 Mystery & Thrillers 

I am reviewing a copy of Chapter and Curse through St Martin Press and NetGalley:

Molly Kimball a librarian and her Mother Nina, needs a change So when a letter arrives from Nina’s Aunt Violet in Cambridge, England requesting their help running the family bookshop, they jump at the chance.

Thomas Marlowe- Manuscripts and Folios is the oldest one of the oldest bookshops in Cambridge, and—unfortunately—customers can tell.  After Molly and Nina arrive, spring has come to Cambridge and the famed Cambridge Literary Festival is underway.   Molly has become determined to bring much-needed revenue to the bookstore, Molly invites Aunt Violet’s college classmate and famed poet Persephone Brightwell to hold a poetry reading in the shop.   Sadly the event ends in disaster when a guest is found dead—with Molly’s great-aunt’s knitting needle used as the murder weapon. While trying to clear Violet and keep the struggling shop afloat, Molly sifts through secrets past and present, untangling a web of blackmail, deceit, and murder.

I give Chapter and Curse five out of five stars!

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Book Review: Frankie and Amelia

 

Frankie and Amelia

by Cammie McGovern

Pub Date 26 Oct 2021 | 

 HarperCollins Children's Books,  HarperCollins

 Children's Fiction  |  Middle Grade 

I am reviewing a copy of Frankie and Amelia through HarperCollins Children’s books and NetGalley:

Franklin becomes an independent cat after being separated from his family, until he meets a goofy dog named Chester.  Chester is a service dog, for his boy whose name is Gus, and Chester knows that Franklin needs a person too, he knows just the person, Gus’s classmate Amelia!

Amelia loves cats, but has a harder time with people.  Franklin understands her, though, and can see how much they have in common. When Amelia gets into trouble at school, Franklin wants to help the girl who’s done so much to help him. He’s not sure how, yet, but he’s determined to try.

In this sweet and moving novel, the reader will get to see how powerful the bond between the pets and their people are.

I give Frankie and Amelia five out of five stars!

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Book Review: The Letters of Shirley Jackson

 

The Letters of Shirley Jackson

by Shirley Jackson

 Random House Publishing Group - Random House 

Pub Date 13 Jul 2021

 Biographies & Memoirs  |  Literary Fiction 

I am reviewing a copy of The Letters of Shirley Jackson through Random House Publishing and NetGalley:

If you’re looking to get a deeper look into the life of one of the most influential writers of thee past 100 years, then I highly recommend The Letters of Shirley Jackson.

The letters in this book were written of the spam of three decades, from her college years, to six days before her early death at the age of forty-eight, these letters become the autobiography Shirley Jackson never wrote. As well as being a bestselling author, Jackson spent much of her adult life as a mother of four in Vermont, and the landscape here is often the everyday: raucous holidays and trips to the dentist, overdue taxes and frayed lines of Christmas lights, new dogs and new babies. But in recounting these events to family, friends, and colleagues, she turns them into remarkable stories: entertaining, revealing, and wise. At the same time, many of these letters provide fresh insight into the genesis and progress of Jackson’s writing over nearly three decades.

For those who like myself want to know, more about the lives of authors, in this case it is Shirley Jackson’s life we get to look into, I highly recommend The Letters of Shirley Jackson.

I give The Letters of Shirley Jackson five out of five stars!

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