Book Reviews

I received a copy of Playing Saint free from Booklook Bloggers in exchange for an honest review. This book focuses on Parker Saint, the up and coming pastor of large church and TV ministry. He is recruited by the police to help in the investigation of a series of murders where religious symbols are painted on the victims. The story is a battle between good and evil and involves a veteran detective determined to capture the murderer, three priests who are really secret operatives sent from the Vatican to search for a mysterious religious relic, and a rebellious nontheist pegged as the prime suspect in the case. I enjoyed the book and didn't see the plot twist that came late in the book and aided in the capture of the murderer. Along the way, Parker Saint rediscovers the sacrifice made on the cross and grows in his relationship with the Lord.

 

I received and read 41: A Portrait of My Fatherthe week it came out in early November and enjoyed this look at former President George H. W. Bush from the perspective of his son, former President George W. Bush.

I read book two of the Nancy Drew series and Robbie & I listened to books 3 & 4 during our road trip to Florida. We both enjoyed these wholesome mysteries and trying to solve the mystery on our own based on clues and foreshadowing in the books.

I enjoyed the second and third books in The Intergalactic Bed and Breakfast series as much as I enjoyed the first one. These chapter books about a young boy helping his grandmother run a Bed & Breakfast for aliens are just plain FUN reads.

 

Cannons at Dawn, a Dear America book, is the second diary written from the perspective of Abigail Jane Stewart, a young girl in Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. This book picks up shortly after The Winter of Red Snow, which I read earlier this year.

Dawn's Prelude was in my pile of books-to-read. I think I picked it up at a used book store a while back. This Christian fiction book was a quick and enjoyable read about a young woman who moves to Alaska to get away from her mean step-children after the death of the husband she was forced to marry at age sixteen.

I've read Gideon's Giftby Karen Kingsbury several times - it's a wonderful Christmas miracle story, so I checked out the audio book for us to listen to on the way home from Florida the day after Thanksgiving. It was the perfect start to the Christmas season.