Book Review: The Scribe

The Scribe
By Anthony Gazzio
Copyright 2013

It is the end of the eighth century, 799 to be exact when a young willful young girl Theresea learns the secrets of writing but it nearly gets her killed.  Georgias beliefs his daughter is dead killed trying to save scribes from a fire. But she is not really dead instea she flee's trying to find a place to belong, in the midst of fleeing she faces danger but eventually finds a place to stay, but even there she is not without danger.

In a time before the Printing press the Scribes copied the texts a long tedious process but one that Theresea was good at.  She is not the only one in danger though so is her Father.

If you are looking for an action packed read, then this is the book for you....

Book Review: Aushwitz Belongs to Us All

Auschwitz Belongs To Us All
Copyright Marta Ascoli
Copyright 2013

Marta opens up her story in 1944 when she and her Father are sent to Aushwitz.  Marta is half Jewish and half Catholic .  They are forced into cattle cars she is the only woman in a car full of men.  Marta spends ten months in Birkeaneau until the British come to rescue them.  Marta is Italian and one of the most hated nationalities in the camp and endures a lot of bullying because of it...

Somehow Marta survives the months of starvation and illness while everyone around her is dying, and she in turn is able to tell her story, a story of just how real and how hellish Aushwitz was.  

This memoir gets into what she endured an Aushwitz, and it talks  a little bit about a trip she made to the very place of her torture 40 plus years later.

In no way is Aushwitz Belongs to Us All an easy read the subject matter is a very difficult one, but I think it is a book that should be read especially if you want to learn more about the Holocaust.

Book Review: A May Bride

A May Bride
Copyright Meg Moseley
2014

I love the way this Novella starts off with the main character sneaking on the church property to do some gardening.  And ends up meeting a man who is sneaking on the grounds to help with an early morning wedding.  A guerilla wedding and guerilla gardening. 

Ellie does not expect that chance meeting to turn into a relationship but that is exactly what happens.  She slowly begins to fall in love with.  Ellie's Mother does not really approve of Ellie's relationship with Gray but Ellie loves him and plans on Marrying him anyway.

In the end they decided to get married in the same way they met, a Guerilla wedding on the Church grounds.

Book Review: A March Bride

A March Bride
Copyright Rachel Hauk
Copyright 2013

Sussana Truiit is having second thoughts three weeks before her wedding to Nathaniel.  Soon enough she discovers what he is hiding in order to Mary him she would have to give up her American Citizenship, a step she is not sure she is willing to  take.  When Sussana finds out her Grandmother is sick in the hospital and her best friend is on bed rest due to a risky pregnancy she decides to go home for a little while to try and figure out what she should do.  when Nathaniel shows up in Georgia and gives her her dream wedding, she knows for sure she has found a true prince.

A March Bride reads like a modern day fairy tell complete with princes and princesses and even white carriage.  Another great novella in The Year of Weddings series...

Book Review: A January Bride

A January Bride
Deborah Raney
Copyright 2014

Maddie is an author trying to meet a deadline in the midst of a cross country move.  Her house is not really a place for her to write as it is getting renovated so a friend of a friend allows her to use a room in his home while he is at work.  A room in what was once an Inn before his wife died.  They correspond at first through notes to one another, not really expecting anything more to come of it.  At first Maddie thinks the guy who owns the house is eighty until they finally meet face to face, and she is surprised to find out he thought the same thing about her, but slowly a romance starts to build.  He's a widow, and feels he is stepping out of his safety zone, but he is falling in love and can't help it, and Maddie feels the same way about him.

This short Novella shows how love can come in the most expected time and place.  It is a sweet story, full of faith and romance, if you like sweet love stories you will love A January Bride.

Definitely a Five Star read...

Book Review: An April Bride

An April Bride
Lenora Worth
Copyright  2013

Stella's fiance is coming home to Marry her, after recovering from a head injury after an IED exploded in the Humvee on his convoy.  She is looking forward to marrying Marshall but she has no idea that he has no memory of the engagement or even her really.  He had asked his parents not to tell her of his Amnesia, but despite that she decides to go on with the wedding.  She loves Marshall and he is falling in love with her again, then one day a few weeks in Marshall  remembers her, really remembers the woman he had fallen in love with.

Part of the Year of the Wedding Novella's this segment is another awesome read, if you are looking for a romance that will touch your heart An April Bride is definitely one that you should read.

Book Review: Filly Girls

Filly Girls
Sarah Voskamp
Copyright 2010

Written when the author was only ten Filly Girl's is the story of a young girl who receieves the horse she has been dreaming about one Christmas.  She is so excited, and places the horse in many shows.  The story is a great one for girls who love horses  from eight to twelve years old.  I was impressed with how well this story was written by an author so young.  Great story one I would definitely recomend to girls who love horses in my life...