Posted April 23, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The Girl Death Left Behind by
Lurlene McDaniel Publisher: Laurel Leaf (1999)
Paperback (176 pages)
Rating: Reading Challenges: 2015 Birthday Month,
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Beth’s world has been torn apart. She cannot figure out how to go on when a car accident claims the lives of her entire family, and she is the only survivor. Things seem to get even worse when she moves in with her aunt and her spoiled cousin, Terri. But with the love and support of her aunt and some unexpected friends, Beth struggles to overcome the despair that threatens to consume her. Will she be able to move past the painful memories without feeling guilty for being a survivor?
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Posted April 15, 2015 in Reading, Review / 2 Comments
Number the Stars by
Lois Lowry Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell (1989)
Paperback (137 pages)
Rating: Reading Challenges: 2015 Alphabet Soup,
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Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It’s now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are “relocated”. Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to save Ellen’s life.
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Posted April 4, 2015 in Faith, Reading, Review / 0 Comments
I just finished this book and did not want to wait to share it. I really loved it. I also think that it fits nicely with the Triduum and the Easter season.
I pray that every one of you has a wonderful Easter weekend!
Seven Revolutions by
Mike Aquilina,
James L Papandrea Publisher: Image (2015)
Hardcover (256 pages)
Via: Blogging for Books Rating: Also by this author: History's Queen Reading Challenges: Read 2015 Synopsis
Combining history, politics, and religion, Mike Aquilina and Jim Papandrea provide practical lessons to be learned from the struggles of the Early Church, lessons that can be applied to the day-to-day lives of Christian readers.
Prolonged, multiple wars in the Middle East. Waves of immigrants crossing the borders. Ongoing economic recession. Increasing political polarization, often with religious overtones. Conflicts over ideologies that pit the progressive against the traditional. Sound familiar? These conditions not only describe the United States, but the situation of the Roman Empire in the third century. That situation led to religious persecution and the eventual collapse of the empire. In the middle of the third century, the Roman Empire was roughly the same age as the United States is now.
In this book, authors Mike Aquilina and Jim Papandrea examine the practices of the Early Church—a body of Christians living in Rome—and show how the lessons learned from these ancient Christians can apply to Christians living in the United States today. The book moves from the Christian individual, to the family, the church and the world, explaining how the situation of the Early Church is not only familiar to modern Christian readers, but that its values are still relevant.
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Posted March 11, 2015 in Faith, Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The Joy of the Gospel by
Pope Francis Publisher: Image (2013)
Hardcover (196 pages)
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Encountering Truth,
The Name of God is Mercy Reading Challenges: 2015 Alphabet Soup,
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Pope Francis apostolic exhortation is a passionate call for every Christian to be constantly ready to bring the love of Jesus to others. He envisions a church of Spirit-filled evangelizers who exude joy and care for God’s people, especially the poor. “Evangelii Gaudium” is thought provoking, wide-ranging, and challenging to every Catholic. Those who carefully read it, study it, and pray with it will be ready for take up, with the whole Church, this new phase of evangelization, one marked by enthusiasm and vitality and, most especially, joy.
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Posted February 4, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Seeker by
Arwen Elys Dayton Series: Seeker #1 Publisher: Random House (2015)
eARC (448 pages)
Via: NetGalley Rating: Reading Challenges: 2015 Alphabet Soup,
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Quin Kincaid has been put through years of brutal training for what she thinks is the noble purpose of becoming a revered ‘Seeker’.
Only when it’s too late does she discover she will be using her new-found knowledge and training to become an assassin. Quin’s new role will take her around the globe, from a remote estate in Scotland to a bustling, futuristic Hong Kong where the past she thought she had escaped will finally catch up with her.
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