November 2008 Blog Posts (76)

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Review and GIVEAWAY: Bible Illuminated: The New Testament

What struck me first about this book is the quality of the art - National Geographic quality photographs that are poignant, fascinating and provocative. The pictures give an emotional punch to text that absolutely intends to make you feel something. Sometimes the pictures can add depth, like a picture of a child's hands holding one small fish - that somehow helped to feed the 5,000. Pictures of poverty and of those people who have tried to make positive changes in this world also help to… Continue

Added by Corinne on November 6, 2008 at 5:53am — No Comments

Response: The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

I am going out on a limb by writing this up. I have never yet written a review for a book I haven't actually finished. I feel like I am stirring the pot a bit, since this book is getting rave reviews all over the Internet - but I feel like I need to voice my own alternate opinion.



First of all, let's get this point out in the open: I am a member The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Yes, that makes me a Mormon. Thus stems my interest in the book, since the 19th Wife was… Continue

Added by Corinne on November 5, 2008 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

Book Review: Gramps and the Fire Dragon by Bethany Roberts



Title: Gramps and the Fire Dragon

Author: Bethany Roberts



Jesse and his grandfather sit in a rocking chair together, staring into a roaring fireplace. As they watch shapes form and dissolve within the dancing flames, soon they see the shape of an apple tree. In a moment, Jesse and Gramps find… Continue

Added by Steven at Book Dads on November 5, 2008 at 10:40am — No Comments

Book Giveaway Carnival!

I am giving away a ARC of the book "American Wife" ...enter at my blog HERE through Sat. Nov. 8th!

Added by Allison on November 4, 2008 at 10:46pm — No Comments

New Reviews!

I've got a new review up for "The Dangerous Days of Daniel X" on my blog at Allison's Attic...go here to see it!

Thx to Miriam from Hatchette Group for the book!

Also, a review of "A Summer Affair"...see the review ">HERE!
Again...thx Miriam!

Added by Allison on November 4, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Life of Pi - 4 Peaches

If you are looking for a book with a group of eclectic characters and a dual ending... then this is the book for you.



The main character who narrates the story is Piscine "Pi" Molitor Patel. He is from the former French Colony of Pondicherry in India. He is named after a swimming pool center and finds that many people pronounce his fist name is "Pissin". This of course causes him to be teased but also forces him to inventive about how to deal with the problem of being bullied over… Continue

Added by Holly Michele on November 4, 2008 at 6:30pm — No Comments

When the Soul Mends

The concluding book to the Sister's of the Quilt series, this picks up literally at the end of the second one, When the Morning Comes. After receiving a troubling phone call from her sister, Hannah returns to Owl's Perch to find her dear friend Matthew injured in a fire and his brother dead. She finds that belief in the rumors and lies which drove her away still lingers in the hearts of some of her people. She can see her sister suffering from… Continue

Added by Holly on November 4, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments

When the Morning Comes

The second book in the Sisters of the Quilt series, this book picks up from the end of the first book. Hannah has fled Owl's Perch and sought refuge in Ohio with the aunt she never knew. Her Aunt Zabeth was shunned years before and she shows Hannah the love and understanding that her family couldn't give her. Believing that her relationship with Paul is over, she finds new hope and romance with Martin, an Englischer raised by Aunt Zabeth.

Hannah… Continue

Added by Holly on November 4, 2008 at 3:21pm — No Comments


Blogger The Heretic's Daughter - Kathleen Kent

I just turned the last page.... Wow.... What a really, really good book!



It seems appropriate to post this on October 31 as The Heretic's Daughter is a novel of the Salem Witch Trials. We have all heard of them, but Kathleen Kent has more than heard of them. She is a tenth generation descendant of Martha Carrier, who was hanged for a witch in Salem in 1692. Stories of Martha have been passed down through her mother's family for generations. Kent has taken fact and blended it with… Continue

Added by Luanne on November 3, 2008 at 6:26pm — No Comments


Blogger The Brass Verdict - Michael Connelly

Mickey Haller first appeared in Connelly's 2005 novel The Lincoln Lawyer. I had followed the Harry Bosch detective series ( 13 up to now ) since 1993 and wasn't too sure about a 'new' character, but was happily proven wrong. Haller is back in The Brass Verdict. The best part? Harry Bosch is featured as well!



Defense lawyer Mickey Haller inherits a dead colleague's law practice and with it what could be his biggest case ever. His client, Walter Elliot, wants the case to proceed… Continue

Added by Luanne on November 3, 2008 at 6:25pm — No Comments

Book Review: Cool Daddy Rat by Kristin Crow



Title: Cool Daddy Rat

Author: Kristyn Crow



Cool Daddy Rat goes out every night to play jazz in New York City, leaving his son Ace behind with Mama Rat. But on this special night, Ace stows away in Daddy Rat’s bass case, and spends a night out in the city with his dad. This book rings with the rhythms… Continue

Added by Steven at Book Dads on November 3, 2008 at 5:31pm — No Comments

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows



The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows





ABOUT THIS BOOK



“ I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books… Continue

Added by Tamara Baff on November 3, 2008 at 4:18pm — 1 Comment

The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong

The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong Summary Chloe, the 15-year-old narrator of this opener in the Darkest Powers trilogy, Armstrong's (Women of the Otherworld series) first YA novel, hasn't seen ghosts since she was a little girl-until the day she finally gets her period and starts seeing ghosts everywhere. Almost immediately Chloe is sent to a small group home, Lyle House, and diagnosed as schizophrenic. Readers will forgive these familiar and even… Continue

Added by Tamara Baff on November 2, 2008 at 8:47pm — No Comments

What I Plan to Read in November

There are about seven weeks left in the Fall into Reading Challenge. My original list required an approximately two-books-a-week pace. In the six weeks already gone by, I've read about ten books - but even that many was thanks in large part to the read-a-thon. While I hope to spend some time reading during the Thanksgiving Break, I won't have the ability (or the desire) to read for twenty-four hours. I'd still like to get through twenty-five or twenty-six books by December 20 though - but… Continue

Added by alisonwonderland on November 2, 2008 at 2:01am — No Comments

Stonecypher Road by Nancy and Warren Longwell



Stonecypher Road by Nancy and Warren Longwell



Book Description



Ida Jo Canfield, having come from childhood poverty, has now returned to her old hometown to care for a dying mother. When her husband, Morris, returns from a week of speed… Continue

Added by Tamara Baff on November 1, 2008 at 10:34pm — No Comments

Book Review: We Belong Together by Todd Parr



Title: We Belong Together

Author: Todd Parr



Todd Parr lends his distinctive picture book style to adoption in his latest book. Every two or three pages, Parr writes “We belong together because …” and then fills in the blank in different heartfelt – and sometimes whimsical – ways. The… Continue

Added by Steven at Book Dads on November 1, 2008 at 9:28pm — No Comments

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