My Rating: 4.8
In a practical and simplistic way, the Jesus Diet shows you how to access wellness and healing through the power of the Lord’s Supper and other teachings of Jesus.
I admit that when I was first told about the premise of this book, I was skeptical. If my girlfriend hadn't sent me this book, I never would have bought it. Having read it, I loved it and highly recommend it! Not only is it short and easy to read but, it really resonated with me.
My Rating: 4.6
After just one season, Rachel Krall's true crime podcast "Guilty or Not Guilty" has made her a household name. Now she is going to the small town of Neapolis to cover a devastating rape trial.
Twenty-five years ago in Neapolis, Jenny Still's drowned, but Rachel is receiving letters insisting that Jenny was murdered. When Rachel starts asking questions, nobody seems to want to answer. Soon the past and present start to collide as Rachel uncovers startling connections between the two cases that will change the course of the trial and the lives of everyone involved.
I felt that this started off really strong with a unique story line. Then it gradually faded and then 80% in felt cliche. It was still super enjoyable but, just really improbable and all wrapped up too neatly at the end. I did find Rachel and the podcast approach to be very enjoyable.
My Rating: 2.3
July and September were born just 10 months apart. After an incident at school, their single mother has moved them to a long abandoned family home near the short. In their new, isolated life, July finds that the deep bond she has always shared with September is shifting in ways she cannot entirely understand. Ignored by their mother, the sisters push boundaries of behavior—until things unfold.
The description of this book uses the word "shocking" several times and insinuates that there is so much tension in the unfolding of the story. I personally found it boring and didn't care about any of the characters. Would not recommend.
My Rating: 5.0
WWII and you realize through the British Military Intelligence the scope of the spy network...as well as the double agent spies that they have turned. They are hunting one spy that is very professional and the most dangerous Die Nadel - The Needle.
Lucy and David marry on the eve of David leaving to fly planes in the war when a lifechanging event happens.
I enjoyed this thoroughly and learned so much! I didn't realize that Rommel had so many things right. I didn't realize that the Brits/Allies were bluffing with so much of the war at stake. Wow!
In the beginning, I enjoyed the "Lucy and David" storyline much more than the Military Intelligence and even The Needle storylines. Then, as the book progressed I was equally engrossed in all of the storylines and couldn't wait to turn the page. I am going to get Mark to read this and then we will watch the movie. Wow. Just wow.
My Rating: 3.0
Pete Riley answers the door one morning and lets in a parent's worst nightmare. On his doorstep is Miles Lambert, a stranger who breaks the devastating news that Pete's son, Theo, isn't actually his son--he is the Lamberts', switched at birth by an understaffed hospital while their real son was sent home with Miles and his wife, Lucy. For Pete, his partner Maddie, and the little boy they've been raising for the past two years, life will never be the same again.
Reeling from the shock, the two families take comfort in shared good intentions, eagerly entwining their very different lives in the hope of becoming one unconventional modern family. But a plan to sue the hospital triggers an official investigation that unearths some disturbing questions about the night their children were switched. How much can they trust the other parents--or even each other?
I thought the initial plot line had so much promise but the manipulation and cunning vs the others naivety got boring very quickly. Not plausible.
