The Dakota: A History of the World's Best-Known Apartment Building
Book
The Dakota is arguably the best-known residential address in the world. It is home to dozens of New...
MaryAnn (14 KP) rated Stalking Willow (Amazing Grace, #1) in Books
Mar 5, 2019
Bitterness, stalking, and a neighbor to die for
What's a girl to do?
Trailed by a stalker in New York City, Willow Thomas, a young ad executive, scurries back to her small North Carolina hometown and the lake house where ten years earlier a scandal revealed her entire life had been a lie, and a seed of bitterness took root in her soul. The cocoon of safety Willow feels upon her arrival home soon unravels when she meets opposition from her family, faces the man she left behind, and the stalker reveals he is close on her heels. Can Willow learn to trust God to tear out her roots of resentment, reunite her family, ferret out a deadly stalker, and to rekindle the love she left behind?
My Thoughts: This novel grasps the reader's attention from the first sentence. Full of action and suspense the reader won't want to put it down.
Willow's family had been keeping secrets from her for years, she had a mother who didn't want her and a stalker on the loose.
The story of forgiveness, of a family that finally comes together. It's a story of how a family can overcome jealousy and bitterness toward one another.
This was an interesting story-line and full of action. I enjoyed reading this book and I have to say my favorite character had to be granny. With her faith in God, her prayers and her notes that she left behind really made the story and brought the family together.
I received this book free from the publisher. I was not required to write a positive review and the opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
Book
April May and the Carls are back in the much-anticipated sequel to Hank Green's #1 New York Times...
Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
7.0
Rate It
Album
Physical Graffiti is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released...
The Adventures of Captain Underpants
Book and Education
App
**Best Apps for Ages 6-8 – selected by Apple** **What’s Hot! – selected by Apple** **Featured...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2444 KP) rated Full Bodied Murder in Books
Jun 6, 2019
Even though I don’t drink wine, I decided to give this book a try after meeting the author. I wanted to like it since it is set in Southern California, and I got a kick out of seeing the characters going to places I’m familiar with. However, I found the book was just a bit too unfocused to really work well. I thought there were timeline issues early on until I began to realize that the book takes place over several months. This wasn’t obvious early on, so maybe it helped explain some of the timeline issues I thought I saw. While Halsey is developed as a main character, many of the rest are still fairly flat. They can certainly develop as the series progresses, so I’m not too concerned about that yet. The book has a couple of interesting sub-plots, but they take over at times, and too much happens in them over the course of the book. It would have been better to stretch them out over the course of several books. The mystery plot has a lot going on, but it worked to keep me guessing until the very end. However, one key piece of evidence made me shake my head. It would have made more sense if the book took place over a week instead of many months. There is quite a bit of foul language for a cozy, even compared to some of the cozies and traditional books I read that are pushing the boundaries. Overall, this reads more like an early draft that needed some polish to find the gem inside, because there is certainly a gem here. Since I already have the second book, I might find some time to read it to see if the issues resolve themselves as the series progresses.
A Hologram for the King
Book
New from Dave Eggers, National Book Award finalist A Hologram for the King. In a rising Saudi...
Swedish Summer Feasts: Favorite Recipes for Picnics, Brunches, and Barbecues by the Beach
Amanda Schulman and Hannah Widell
Book
Each summer, three sisters and their families meet at their summer cottage by the coast of Sweden....
Round Up the Usual Peacocks
9.0
Rate It
Book
New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews first introduced us to Meg Langslow as a...