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The 13 Days of Halloween by Carol Greene

Published on October 12, 2009October 14, 2009 by Sheila (Book Journey)6 Comments

“On the first day of Halloween my good friend gave to me: a vulture in a dead tree.”

Everyone knows the Twelve Days of Christmas, but are you ready for the Thirteen Days of Halloween? In this delightfully offbeat story, a dashing ghoul tried to win his ghostly love’s heart with heaps of hilarious gifts – ranging from broomsticks and bats to cauldron’s and cats!

Author CAROL GREENE wrote her first poem when she was six years old (it was about a spider). To date she has published more than 200 books for children. Carol also likes to read, sing, and make teddy bears.

Illustrator TIM RAGLIN brings his wacky imagination and wonderfully odd cast of characters to this book. His previous books include: The Wolf Who Cried Boy, The Curse of Catunkhamun, and The Birthday ABC. He received a silver metal from the New York Society of illustrations for his book Uncle Mugsy and The Terrible Twins.

My Thoughts:

Beautifully illustrated I really enjoyed this book. It is easy to see that kids are going to find great enjoyment to a tune they are already familiar with. Each page I had to read every word to keep up the rhythm of the song… The 13 Days of Halloween is one I can picture coming out each October and reading as a family in anticipation of the holiday that kids and adults alike enjoy. It was a T R E A T to read!

This review book was sent to me by Sourcebooks

EXTRAORDINARY by John Bevere w/ Giveaway

Published on October 8, 2009October 9, 2009 by Sheila (Book Journey)20 Comments

John Bevere paints a picture for us of what living Extraordinary lives can look like… ~ Sheila

About This Book

Isn’t it true that we long to see the extraordinary, experience the extraordinary, do the extraordinary? Yet, so often we settle for mediocrity when greatness is within our grasp.

Why are we drawn to stories of heroic triumph over seemingly impossible circumstances? In our fascination with adventure movies, superheroes, and tales of incredible human feats, do we reveal an inherent desire for something larger and greater in life? Maybe what we think is a need to escape or be entertained is actually a God inspired longing…for the extraordinary.

Best-selling author John Bevere reveals how all of us were “meant for more,” extraordinarily created and intended for a life that is anything but ordinary. Here is the roadmap for your journey of transformation. You are marked for a life that far surpasses the usual definitions of success or fulfillment.

Isn’t it time to pursue your extraordinary life?

My Thoughts…

This is my first read written by John Bevere and I found it enjoyable. I like it when an author of a book like this shares insights into their own lives, almost breaking down the point of the book into layman terms…. what could be an overly heavy book is not – due to the style in which John writes.

In one point early on in the book, John shares about a moment he had with his sons at the dinner table. He told them that there was nothing they could do to make their parents love them anymore than they already do or anything they could do to make their parents love them any less. However – they were in charge of how pleased their parents were with them.

I had to smile here as I have had a similar conversation with our sons stating that no matter what they did we would always love them…. however, we didn’t always have to like the choices they may make in life. (I believe John Bevere worded it better. Out of this area of the book came a reminder that God feels the same way about each of us. No matter what… no matter what we do – God is going to love us. Unconditionally. He may not always like what we do, we may cause Him great pain and tears…. yet He calls us to Him again and again. Humbling isn’t it?

At the end of each chapter John has left questions, or reflections, as he calls them, on the chapter. The questions are through provoking and would make for good discussion with a group.

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About the Author

John Bevere is an internationally popular conference speaker, teacher, and author of bestsellers, including The Bait of Satan, Drawing Near, and Driven by Eternity. His award-winning curriculum and books have been translated in over sixty languages and his weekly television program, The Messenger, is broadcast around the world. John and his wife, Lisa—also a bestselling author and speaker—reside with their family in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Find John’s website here.

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A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller

Published on September 29, 2009September 29, 2009 by Sheila (Book Journey)4 Comments

Reading this book was like having Donald in my living room having a great conversation about life. Invite this book over for coffee. ~ Sheila

Years after writing his best-selling memoir, Donald Miller went into a funk and spent months sleeping in and avoiding his publisher. One story had ended, and Don was unsure how to start another.

But he gets rescued by two movie producers who want to make a movie based on his memoir. When they start fictionalizing Don’s life for film–changing a meandering memoir into a structured narrative–the real-life Don starts a journey to edit his actual life into a better story. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years details that journey and challenges readers to reconsider what they strive for in life. It shows how to get a second chance at life the first time around.

My Thoughts: I read Blue Like jazz by Donald Miller quite some time ago and really enjoyed his insight. I find myself in that same place again… Donald Miller writes in my language. In a down to earth, fun way… I read this book in one sitting because putting it down was not an option. Because reading A Million Miles in a Thousand Years was like having Donald Miller over to my home where we sat and we talked. This reads like a conversation. A really good conversation.

Opening this book and reading the opening sentences, “The saddest thing about life is you don’t remember half of it. You dont even remember half of it. Not even a tiny percentage…” Right away that hit home for me. Occasionally something or someone will trigger this far away deeply buried memory where I will suddenly recall a tiny bit of a different season in my life. Not only does it surprise me how easily it is to forget moments of your life that were once a very important part of who you were… but I also find it scary.

In this book Donald works on making changes to “his story” the story we will all someday share with God. In reading this book… I knew, I too wanted a better story. Once again Donald floors me with his honest look at his own life and in a humorous manner he once again shows how messy our lives are and that’s ok.

A win for Donald Miller and for me. A read that goes on the keeper shelf to be read again and again. This book hits the book stores today. I recommend this as a must read for 2009.

A exert from the book:
A Million Miles In A Thousand Years by Donald Miller

I received this book from review from Thomas Nelson Book Reviews

31 Hours by Masha Hamilton

Published on September 29, 2009 by Sheila (Book Journey)11 Comments

High tension, high action, I will read Masha Hamilton again.

~ Sheila

In the middle of the night in New York City, a woman jolts awake, realizing she hasn’t heard from her 21-year-old son in weeks, and knowing beyond doubt that something is wrong.

His girlfriend doesn’t know why he won’t answer his cell phone or why he doesn’t call anymore.

What we know is that the young man, Jonas, is isolated in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge, pondering his recent conversion to Islam and the training he received last year in Pakistan. Alone now, cut off from all dissuasion, Jonas is shaving his legs, eating a gyro, listening to the passing subways and preparing himself for the once unthinkable action he has been instructed to undertake in exactly 31 hours.

His sudden absence from the lives of those who love him causes a cascade of events that span the city. As Hamilton’s intense novel moves through the streets and subways of New York, we come to know the fears and prayers of its characters. We also learn to feel the connections and disconnections that occur between people who have loved one another, not only here, but in the Middle East.

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My Thoughts: When I signed on to read this book I chose it as I found it to be refreshingly different than anything I had read before. That is usually a draw for me… and I was not disappointing by Masha Hamilton’s book. The background setting of this book – a subway – a mother’s intuition – New York – time ticking away…

In a word I found this book breathtaking. The tension I felt from Carol, the mother, really hit home for me… I could imagine that feeling; all worried about your kid – no matter how old they are (been there – done that). And all you have to go on is a feeling. The fact is, I am not sure if this was a read that I would have chose off the book shelf – the terrorism in the book was way out in left field for me and while incredibly intense and interesting…. I felt as though I didn’t let my guard down for the entire book… Is that possible? And maybe, that’s the way it was suppose to be.

And then…. as suddenly as it began… it reached the ending that left me still unsure if it was time to let go of the breath that I had been holding in for the better part of the book.

I feel as though I am still processing this book. I think Masha Hamilton has a well written novel here – with incredibly real characters. I did enjoy this sometimes difficult read and would like to read more of what she has written. A definite unique read that starts with a shock of adrenaline and continues to keep the heart rate rising from there.

Masha Hamilton is the author of four acclaimed novels, most recently 31 Hours (2009), an Indie Choice pick by independent booksellers, which Publisher’s Weekly called “gorgeous and complex.” “You don’t just read this gut-wrenching book; you become part of it in a deep, primal way,” wrote StyleSubstanceSoul.com founder Lois Alter Mark. Hamilton is also the founder of two world literacy programs: the Camel Book Drive, begun in 2007 to supply a camel-borne library in northeastern Kenya, and the Afghan Women’s Writing Project, begun in 2009 to foster creative and intellectual exchange between Afghan women writers and American women authors and teachers.

This book was sent to me for review by Unbridled Books

If God Is Good by Randy Alcorn

Published on September 26, 2009 by Sheila (Book Journey)2 Comments

Randy Alcorn is an author I never pass up a chance to read…. this book is another great example of why that is…

Sheila

Every one of us will experience suffering. Many of us are experiencing it now. As we have seen in recent years, evil is real in our world, present and close to each one of us.

In such difficult times, suffering and evil beg questions about God–Why would an all-good and all-powerful God create a world full of evil and suffering? And then, how can there be a God if suffering and evil exist?

These are ancient questions, but also modern ones as well. Atheists such as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and even former believers like Bart Ehrman answer the question simply: The existence of suffering and evil proves there is no God.

In this captivating new book, best-selling author Randy Alcorn challenges the logic of disbelief, and brings a fresh, realistic, and thoroughly biblical insight to the issues these important questions raise.

Alcorn offers insights from his conversations with men and women whose lives have been torn apart by suffering, and yet whose faith in God burns brighter than ever. He reveals the big picture of who God is and what God is doing in the world–now and forever. And he equips you to share your faith more clearly and genuinely in this world of pain and fear.

As he did in his best-selling book, Heaven, Randy Alcorn delves deep into a profound subject, and through compelling stories, provocative questions and answers, and keen biblical understanding, he brings assurance and hope to all.

Author Bio:

Randy Alcorn is the founder and director of Eternal Perspectives Ministries and a bestselling author. His novels include Deadline, Dominion, Edge of Eternity, Lord Foulgrin’s Letters, The Ishbane Conspiracy, and the Gold Medallion winner, Safely Home. He has written eighteen nonfiction books as well, including Heaven, The Treasure Principle, The Purity Principle, and The Grace and Truth Paradox. Randy and his wife, Nanci, live in Oregon and have two married daughters and four grandsons.

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My Thoughts:

I am a huge Randy Alcorn fan. I have read (I think) every book he has written. I find him to be down to earth and yet, has a wonderful faith quality to him that I always get a different perspective on how to look at things. This book, If God is Good, of course, is no exception.

Reading through Randy’s book he once again astounds me on the level of research he puts into his work… yet I don’t feel like I am reading a heavy book. Randy – truly has a way with words. Using scripture and personal life stories, I find this book to be one I can turn to again and again…

You Were Born For This by Bruce Wilkinson w/ Giveaway!

Published on September 21, 2009September 21, 2009 by Sheila (Book Journey)32 Comments

Reading this book – I ask myself, how many miracles sent my way do I miss? How many opportunities have I missed when I felt a need to say something and didn’t? ‘You Were Born For This’ was a great reminder. ~ Sheila

Summary

His New York Times phenomenon The Prayer of Jabez changed how millions pray. Now Bruce Wilkinson wants to change what they do next.

Anyone can do a good deed, but some good works can only happen by a direct intervention from God. Around the world these acts are called miracles—not that even religious people expect to see one any time soon. But what would happen if millions of ordinary people walked out each morning expecting God to deliver a miracle through them to a person in need? You Were Born for This starts with the dramatic premise that everyone at all times is in need of a miracle, and that God is ready to meet those needs supernaturally through ordinary people who are willing to learn the “protocol of heaven.”

In the straightforward, story-driven, highly motivating style for which he is known, Wilkinson describes how anyone can be a “Delivery Guy” from heaven in such universally significant arenas of life as finances, practical help, relationships, purpose, and spiritual growth.

Author Bios:

One of the world’s foremost Christian teachers, Bruce Wilkinson is best known as the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller The Prayer of Jabez. He is also the author of numerous other bestsellers, including A Life God Rewards, Secrets of the Vine, and The Dream Giver. Over the past three decades, Wilkinson has founded several global initiatives, including organizations that recruited and trained thousands of Americans to address hunger, AIDS, and poverty in Africa. Bruce and his wife, Darlene, have three children and six grandchildren. They live outside Atlanta.

David Kopp has collaborated with Bruce Wilkinson on over a dozen bestselling books, including The Prayer of Jabez. He is an editor and writer living in Colorado.

My Thoughts:

Many years ago I had read The Prayer of Jabez and really liked how Wilkinson put things into perspective. Now here I

am again with another amazing book by Wilkinson sitting next to me as I type. While what Bruce is saying is to me – common sense… apparently it needs to be said as I for one tend to forget that we are to be constantly looking for ways to serve Him… ways to do His work here on earth and yet days go by where I dont go the extra few steps to talk to that neighbor out watering her flowers or the person I know is going to want to talk and talk and I just do not have (or take) the time to listen. *OUCH!*

There are topics in this book that I can and will use for my team training I am currently doing for our Fall Honduras Mission. I love the term “Intentional Miracle Workers.” This book really was a great read for me and a definite keeper for the book shelves. This is one I can refer to time and again.

And YES! Thank you to Staci for also sending me an extra copy to giveaway! To enter this giveaway:

One entry for answering this question: What can you do to be more open to miracles that are around us everyday?

receive a second entry by becoming a follow of this blog (two entries if you already are a follower but you need to tell me)

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That’s it. Giveaway will close October 17

This book was sent to me for review by Staci Carmichael from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group

Distant Thunder by Jimmy Root

Published on September 21, 2009September 21, 2009 by Sheila (Book Journey)8 Comments

What started as an uncertain read for me turned into a powerful look into a future that kept the pages turning long into the night! ~ Sheila

The unthinkable has happened. Tactical nuclear weapons have fallen into the hands of terrorists, and both the United States and Israel have been targeted. The Biblical prophecies are TRUE and the march toward the apocalypse us unstoppable.

Moshe Eldan is a “Lightning Driver”, the self-described vernacular of an elite group of

Israeli F-16 fighter pilots. It is his job to protect and defend his beleaguered country on a daily basis, but not even Moshe sees what is coming. Attacks along the Lebanese border, by Hizbollah fighters, is on the increase, but it’s only a diversion from the greater danger. Iran has nuclear weapons, and they plan to use them. Join Moshe as he desperately attempts to stop the most deadly terrorist attack in history. His only hope is found in beginning a new mission, one that will take him straight toward an encounter with the Truth.
Tyler Dempsey is a suburban Kansas City pastor, just trying to work through the grief of losing his little brother to the war in Iraq. His world is jolted by new revelations of old, Bible prophecies. But when he takes it to his apathatic congregation, trouble meets him head on in the form of a brewing church conflict. Unknown to them all, the United States, and specifically Kansas City, are in the sights of vicious killers bent on nothing less than bringing the greatest nation on the planet to its knees. Ty can see it coming. Can you?
Strap in tight as Moshe and Ty are strangely connected in this first book of the “Lightning Chronicles Trilogy.” You will never forget what the Bible says is about to happen!

My Thoughts: This one was a bit of a stretch for me… I am not a nuclear, blow up the world, terrorist threat, type of reader. Yet, when I was offered this book to review…. I couldn’t think of a good reason to pass. There were elements of the book that spoke to me:

Biblical Prophesies (I have a friend who wrote a book along these lines a few years back and I loved it!)

A Pastor dealing with grief ( it is a good story line – I always like to read how Pastors react when tragedy hits their own home… I think fictional or otherwise – it does show a Pastors true character)

This book surprised me and once again I got a good lesson in judging books by their covers. I was wrong to think I would not enjoy this read. I actually did. The characters were well developed and the relationship that develops between Pastor Ty Dempsey and Moshe Elden (fighter pilot) is an interesting way to put together this book. I found myself quickly reading through the pages in an intensity that matched the plot… I had to know what would happen next. This book kept me reading late into the night.

A book about Terrorists, Nuclear devices, and a Grieving Pastor? Oh my! I can not wait to get my hands on book two in the Lightning Chronicle Series!

Jimmy Root Jr., has served as an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God since 1982, including service in Nebraska, Missouri, and a seven year term as a missionary in Colombia, South America. Jimmy is the lead Pastor of Family Worship Center of Smithville, a growing suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. Married to his wife Jean for twenty-nine years, the Roots have three grown children.

Root is a 1981 alumnus of Central Bible College of Springfield, Missouri where he majored in Biblical Studies and Pastoral Theology. He is also an alumnus of Southeastern University, Lakeland Florida, where he majored in Intercultural Studies.

A lifetime student of Biblical prophecy, Jimmy is also the Professor of Eschatology, The Study of End Times, for Berean University through the Northern Missouri District School of Ministry. He is a featured speaker at Churches and other venues, and is the host of “The Bible Uncensored” radio broadcast heard on radio stations around the country.

I received this book from Dorothy with Pump up Your Book Promotions

North or Be Eaten by Andrew Peterson with a Double Giveaway!

Published on September 17, 2009October 10, 2009 by Sheila (Book Journey)32 Comments

I found myself entangled in the pages of a Narnia like world… captured by the adventure that can only come from a well written read… ~ Sheila

This giveaway is now closed

Janner, Tink, and Leeli Igiby thought they were normal children with normal lives and a normal past. But now they know they’re really the Lost Jewels of Anniera, heirs to a legendary kingdom across the sea, and suddenly everyone wants to kill them.

Their escape brings readers to the very brink of Fingap Falls, over the Stony Mountains, and across the Ice Prairies, while villains galore try to stop the Igibys permanently. Fearsome toothy cows and horned hounds return, along with new dangers: a mad man running a fork factory, a den of rockroaches, and majestic talking sea dragons.

Andrew Peterson’s lovable characters create what FantasyBookCritic.com says made Book One “one of the best fantasy novels in a very long time,” and Book Two contains even more thrills, exploring “themes universal in nature, ranging from the classic good versus evil, to the importance of family, and burdens of responsibility.”

Author Bio:

Andrew Peterson is the author of On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness and The Ballad of Matthew’s Begats . He’s also the critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter and recording artist of ten albums, including Resurrection Letters II. He and his wife, Jamie, live with their two sons and one daughter in The Warren near Nashville, Tennessee. Visit Andrew’s websites: www.andrew-peterson.com and www.rabbitroom.com.

My Thoughts: It took me a ways into the book to finally capture the flow of this read. I wonder if part of that is due to the fact that I had not read book one – On The Edge Of The Dark Of Darkness. I did not even know this was a sequal until after I had begun reading….

Once the book grabbed hold of me – I flew through the pages picking up elements that I loved about Narnia. This book is well written with elements that could keep me guessing. I have to admit this was not as easy a read as I found the Narnia books to be. I struggled in points keeping track of all the action and what and the where… I think young 8 – 13 year olds may enjoy this very much…. I get the impression it would really be their thing.

On this particular book I goofed and wound up on two different blog tours with it. Due to this I have two books to giveaway. (Remember Christmas is coming – this would make a wonderful gift!)

TO Enter:

Leave a comment of what you would do with a copy of this book

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** Giveaway ends on October 5

Thank you to both Kelly and Staci for offering me a chance to review this book.

I received my review copies from Kelly Blewett, Publicist
KBK Public Relations and Staci Carmichael
Publicity Assistant
WaterBrook Press, a division of Random House

Girl, Naw! by Lacrica A. Angelle

Published on September 16, 2009September 16, 2009 by Sheila (Book Journey)7 Comments

The prologue cut to the heart of the book. I was shocked it started out this way… and at the same time knew from the very beginning I had to know the rest of this story. ~ Sheila

About the Book

Antoinette Walker has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. Those that know and respect her think she has it all, a wonderful husband, children that thrive in school, and a counseling practice that is growing by leaps and bounds. When hidden things from her past begin to surface, they threaten to destroy everything Antoinette loves. Only God can give her the strength to continue to counsel other women, as she struggles with her own issues of forgiveness. Will her faith be strong enough to help her stand in the midst of opposition?

About the Author

LaCricia A`ngelle is a licensed Evangelist, writer, and the President and CEO of His Pen Publishing LLC. A native of Chicago, LaCricia currently resides in Tennessee with her four children. Girl, Naw! is her first novel.

Her writing career began when she was a child writing songs, and short stories. LaCricia has always had a God given gift of putting words together.

As a Christian Fiction author, LaCricia not only writes for entertainment, but she also writes for ministry. Her goal in every piece of written work is to draw someone closer to Christ. The characters face real situations. LaCricia writes so that anyone can read her work and get something out of it, whether they are young or old. When you read a LaCricia A`ngelle original prepare to laugh, cry, pray, and stop to say “hmmm.”

LaCricia is an active member of Damascus Road Authors working along side authors Maurice M. Gray, Dr. Linda F. Beed, and Wanda B. Campbell.

My Thoughts:

I am not really sure what I was expecting when I opened the book, but what I read in the prologue took my breath away. I am a very visual person and I could feel Antoinettes Walker’s pain from the very first paragraph and knew at that point – I had to read this book. I had to know where it goes from here.

A book on forgiveness and who really is hurt by forgiveness. I was really impressed that this was a debut book by this author. Well written and covering the issue of betrayal and forgiveness when the last thing you want to do is put your heart on the line again…. Lacricia reminds us through her characters that there is always a place we can turn to for support and guidance when the paths we travel are dark and unknown.

I actually surprised myself with how much I enjoyed reading this book. Lacricia is an author that I will watch for new writing from.

I received my review copy from TyWebb Productions

I would rate this as a clean PG book that deals with some tough life issues

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Bran Hambric by Kaleb Nation

Published on September 10, 2009September 10, 2009 by Sheila (Book Journey)14 Comments

There is a magical feel to this book… from opening the cover to the first page I felt almost like holding my breath as the words whisked me inside! ~ Sheila

Bran Hambric was found locked in a bank vault at six years old, with no memory of his past. For years, he has lived with one of the bankers, wondering why he was left behind — until one night, when he is fourteen, he is suddenly confronted by a maddened creature, speaking of Bran’s true past and trying to kidnap him.

Bran finds that he is at the center of a plot which started years before he was even born: the plot of a deadly curse his mother created…and one that her former masters are hunting for him to complete.

Haunted by the spirit of his mother’s master and living in a city where magic is illegal, Bran must undo the crimes of his past…before it is too late.

Can a book feel like magic? I think it can. Actually – as I think about how the idea of Bran Hambric came to be… that’s a bit of magic in itself, and you will read more about that in my author interview with Kaleb Nation today! When this book arrived in my home I was itching to get into it… I felt it was something special before I ever opened it and that scared me a bit… what if I was wrong? Did I seriously just judge a book by its cover? I think I did a little, and along with the small buzz through the internet that I was hearing about the book, I could not wait tog et started.

The first part of Bran Hambric felt very Rowling like… there were a lot of similarities to Harry Potter and while I adore the Harry Potter series I was a little saddened that this may be a book that followed a bit too closely to that outline. A couple more chapters in, Bran Hambric felt as though it found its own path and off we flew together – book and reader, into an adventure I will safely describe as magical.

This was a book that I could not put down, and for the two days I was reading it (over Labor day weekend) I had my nose stuck in it every chance I could get. I think it is a wonderful YA read and fans of YA fantasy should definitely invest the time time into reading this book. For a first book, that was started when Kaleb Nation was 14, it has a lot of potential I think his follow up books will become even better.

I look forward to what comes next not only for Kaleb, but also for Bran. Be sure to read my interview with author Kaleb Nation here.