Book Reviews.....

I've never done a book review, but I've recently read a few, so I thought I'd share them with my thousands of readers. (Yes, I'm aware I do not have thousands of readers!) If you'd like to see more book reviews head on over to her blog....she reads a lot more then I do!

Live Wire, By Harlan Coben

I started reading Harlan Coben when I used to travel with the Wedel Family to the beach. Valari read them and would pass them on to me. I was hooked from the first book. I have read every book he has out, and I love them. They are page turners, and relatively clean mystery books. The majority of his books revolve around Myron Bolitar, a sport agent and his friend and partner Winn. If you're looking for a page turner mystery, start with his first book and keep reading! In this book you learn more about Myron's family, it was so great! His first Myron book if you're wondering is Deal Breaker, and there are 10 books.

Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen


One of my friends down here in Pittsburg started reading this book and she said it was good. Well, Amazon Kindle had it on sale for about $5 so I downloaded it and started reading it. Jeremy and I plan to see the movie cause I love Reese Witherspoon, so I like to read the books before we go. The book is a fictional story, based on the history of the American Circus. I will say it is pretty graphic, but it is interesting. I don't know that I'd recommend reading the book, and I'll let you know about the movie. I'm guessing that they toned the movie down based on it's PG13 Rating. I would assume this does paint a pretty accurate picture about Traveling Circus people's lives and what went on. But I've never really researched it out, so I'm not an expert.

Couples Who Pray, by Squire Rushnell and Louise DuArt


The last time I was in Edmond my parents gave me this book and David and Leslie. Well, I finished it this week and now I'm convinced that it's the best idea I knew to do that I haven't practiced. It's mostly stories of couples, some famous Couples who pray together everyday. The challenge is to pray together for 5 minutes a day for 40 days. We will be starting this very soon, cause believe me if there ever was a time we needed to pray as a couple, it's now. The stories are very uplifting, and I promise if you read it, you'll jump on board too. If you and your husband (or wife) already do pray together everyday, I'm sure you would agree with me. If you don't, you should start! You can also go to this website and it offers help to get you started, for a small fee. So pick this book up for sure, or just start praying with your other half, every day for 40 days, for 5 minutes. I hope to have some more reflections to share after we start this practice.

All this to say if you're going to read one of these books I've read recently, read the last one, it's the most beneficial for you and your spouse! The others are a little more on the fun side.

1 comment:

Wa Wa Waughs said...

I am glad to know about the Harlen Coben books! I may have to read one this summer. I discovered Michael Connelly novels (pretty clean mysteries) a few years ago and they just made one of his books into a movie - Lincoln Lawyer.

Also, that's great that your parents encourage you as a couple by giving you books. I know I will be that kind of parent to my adult kids!!

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