A wonderful, unique tale, despite the fact that this was Christian fiction (which I can rarely stand, for a variety of reasons).
I loved the historical setting of this one too: Keren is an impoverished Hebrew girl who lived during the days of the prophet Daniel toward the end of the time of ...
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The Betrayed
While most of Jeff Wheeler's books feel very similar to me, and it's really more about the atmosphere and feel of his books than the actual stores themselves as far as I'm concerned, there is always a commonality. His heroes and heroines are all "every man" and "every woman." They're ...
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Review of Think Like A Freak
I absolutely loved "Freakonomics," and was amazed by the authors' innovative way of looking at problems and whittling them down to essential components that almost nobody else had ever thought to see before. The title of this book made me think that they would teach me how to think like they did, ...
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Review of Jesus Revolution
This is such a hard book to rate.
The first half was an incredible overview of history. It took me emotionally through the 50s as a setup for the 60s and 70s, so that I could experience what it was like as if I had been there, reading almost like a narrative version of Billy Joel's "We Didn't ...
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Because You Loved Me
Beth Moran has become one of my favorite authors, but this isn't my favorite of her offerings. Some of the themes are pretty grim, though it does have her signature happily-ever-after.
The story follows Marion, a 20-something girl trying to find both herself, and the mystery of who her father was ...
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Fingerprints of the Gods
2nd read:
I picked this up again, because I was looking to do research for my next book... mostly just looking for inspiration. I downloaded the e-book version so that I could highlight relevant portions, and then listened via audio to the portions that didn't seem as important for my purposes. ...
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