tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59877099652446958252020-02-29T08:33:11.471+11:00Book Review SistersAussie sisters' thoughts on books and writing - Christian contemporary fiction, Christian historical fiction and a few others inbetween.Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.comBlogger387125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-13232549533648764002015-12-16T13:00:00.000+11:002015-12-16T13:00:01.616+11:00My 2015 Reading Reflections
I'm never going to enter, let alone win, any 'How many books did you read this year?' contest.
Between mothering, my church commitments, doing courses and now, editing, I have limited time to read. Which is why, I'm sorry to say for all our readers, I have not been reviewing.
That said, I have picked up a few books this year. I've been very selective though—90% of the books I gave my timeHelen Wakefieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17535593906695027046noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-35794660383929992592015-04-28T08:00:00.000+10:002015-04-28T08:26:23.318+10:00Book Review: Anchor of Hope by Kiah Stephens
Anchor of Hope by Kiah Stephens
February 24, 2015
27 year old Ashley Harper has it all – a secure job in the city, a cozy
apartment in a great neighbourhood, and a high-profile boyfriend who is
on his way to becoming one of New York's top business attorneys. She is
successful and has it all. . . or so she thought. After fleeing
from Sweet Home eight years ago following the Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-74014734766050324762015-03-31T08:00:00.000+11:002015-03-31T08:00:05.389+11:00Sabotaged by Dani Pettrey
Sabotaged by Dani Pettrey
Bethany House Publishers
3rd February, 2015
Finally Returned Home, Reef McKeenaFinds His Beloved Alaska Facing Its Greatest ThreatGrowing
up, goody-two-shoes Kirra Jacobs and troublemaker Reef McKenna were
always at odds. Now, working together as search-and-rescue for Alaska's
arduous Iditarod race, a growing attraction seems to be forcing aside
old arguments. Book Review Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02735523847043382467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-20180068241042618752015-03-17T08:00:00.000+11:002015-03-17T16:49:57.535+11:00Book Review: Can't Let You Go by Jenny B. Jones
Can't Let You Go by Jenny B. Jones
Sweet Pea Productions 19 September 2014
An old love whose kisses make her weak, but whose secrets threaten to destroy all she holds dear...
Fresh out of college, Katie Parker had it all—a charming romance, a
role in a famous stage production, and an idyllic life in London. Until
she found her boyfriend cheating and got herself fired from the play.
Leaving Helen Wakefieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17535593906695027046noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-62174046208270445802015-03-03T08:00:00.000+11:002015-03-03T08:00:03.189+11:00Book Review: Here to Stay by Melissa Tagg
Here to Stay by Melissa Tagg
Bethany House Publishers, 29 April 2014
After playing nomad for five years, Blake Hunziker has finally had
enough of adventure. Not sure what reception he'll get from everyone
back in Whisper Shore, he's stunned at not only a warm welcome from his
hometown but also a job offer. The job is his if he can successfully
pull off the annual Christmas Festival. If Helen Wakefieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17535593906695027046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-55122725770130926092015-02-24T08:00:00.000+11:002015-02-24T08:00:01.285+11:00Book Review: Shaken by Kariss Lynch
Shaken by Kariss Lynch
Realms, February 4, 2014
When her world is shaken, will her foundation survive?
Idealistic and sheltered with a passion to change the world, Kaylan
Richards leaves her comfortable life in Alabama to serve in
poverty-stricken Haiti. Despite her inexperience and the opposition of a
voodoo priest, Kaylan develops a love for the country and the Haitian
people. But Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-20418733937747090242015-02-17T08:00:00.000+11:002015-02-17T08:00:03.064+11:00Book Review: With Every Breath by Elizabeth Camden
With Every Breath by Elizabeth Camden
Bethany House Publishers, August 5, 2014
In the shadow of the nation's capital, Kate Livingston's respectable
life as a government worker is disrupted by an encounter with the
insufferable Trevor McDonough, the one man she'd hoped never to see
again. A Harvard-trained physician, Trevor never showed the tiniest
flicker of interest in Kate, and businessJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-8203516631073648822015-02-10T08:00:00.000+11:002015-02-10T08:00:04.204+11:00Book Review: Wildflowers From Winter by Katie Ganshert
Wildflowers From Winter By Katie Ganshert
Waterbrook Press, May 8th, 2012
Like the winter, grief has a season. Life returns with the spring.
A young architect at a prestigious
Chicago firm, Bethany Quinn has built a life far removed from her
trailer park teen years. Until an interruption from her estranged mother
reveals that tragedy has struck in her hometown and a reluctant Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-50192049696362970662015-02-09T13:48:00.000+11:002015-02-09T13:48:07.251+11:00Beware, Dissastisfied Reader Ahead
Something has been bothering me lately about books - Christian and Non-Christian alike. I am finding myself increasingly dissatisfied with the quality of the books being published. We at the Book Review Sisters halved our number of book reviews last year for a couple of reasons:
We no longer had the time to read as much as we'd like
We no longer had anything "new" to say about the books Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-8128790619250353792015-02-03T07:28:00.000+11:002015-02-06T14:28:28.845+11:00Book Review: The Bridge Tender by Marybeth Whalen
The Bridge Tender by Marybeth Whalen
Zondervan, June 3, 2014
A surprise gift from her late husband will give a young widow the chance to do the hardest thing in the world . . . move on.
On their honeymoon, the new Mr.
& Mrs. Ryan Shaw made a pact: No matter the sacrifices along the
way, one day they would return to Sunset Beach, North Carolina—this time
to buy their own home.
Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-69543195920979611792015-01-27T08:00:00.000+11:002015-01-27T08:00:00.784+11:00Welcome to 2015: A New Year and New Authors
Hi All,
We hope you had a great end to 2014 and that 2015 is already bringing lots of fun new adventures!
We've been doing - well - not much since we're in the middle of summer. So it's hitting the beach or local pool, lazying in front of the tennis and cricket on TV and generally just hanging out.
As I write this, the picture below does two things:
Makes me long to go there and hang Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-54476390720834523482014-12-09T19:38:00.000+11:002014-12-09T19:38:56.110+11:00Where have we been?It has been quiet here on the blog for a few weeks now. Why? Well life sped up to some degree and slowed down in other ways. Also I have not read a new book since June this year.
In many ways, I have been on a journey with God that has forced me to simply wait on him for answers and directions. Which has made me unable to read or take in new "friends". These times of waiting and seeking have notJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-47049161543452715082014-09-24T11:13:00.000+10:002015-01-30T18:27:00.986+11:00Book Review: Tried and True by Mary Connealy
Tried and True by Mary Connealy
Bethany House Publishers, August 26th, 2014
Saddle up for a wildly fun ride with the Wilde sisters! Kylie
Wilde is the youngest sister--and the most civilized. Her older sisters
might be happy dressing in trousers and posing as men, but Kylie has
grown her hair long and wears skirts every chance she gets. It's a
risk--they are homesteading using the specialJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-59510188906726035232014-09-24T08:27:00.001+10:002015-01-30T18:27:01.007+11:00Book Review: Fatal Exchnage by Lisa Harris
Fatal Exchange by Lisa Harris
Revell, April 29th 2014
Emily Hunt might come from a family of cops, but she never goes looking
for an adrenaline rush. She lives the quiet--well, relatively
quiet--life of a teacher and thrives on making a difference in the lives
of her students. But she'll have to draw on a well of strength and
savvy she didn't know she had as student Rafael Cerda takes her Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-51145503176440822152014-09-02T09:22:00.000+10:002015-01-30T18:27:00.992+11:00Book Review: Full Steam Ahead by Karen Witemeyer
Full Steam Ahead by Karen Witemeyer
Bethany House Publishers, 27th May 2014
When love simmers between a reclusive scientist and a wealthy debutante, will they abandon ship or is it full steam ahead? Nicole
Renard returns home to Galveston, Texas, to find her father deathly
ill. Though she loves him, Nicole's father has always focused on what
she's not. Not male. Not married. Not able to Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-69723168329280376672014-08-28T08:00:00.000+10:002015-01-30T18:27:01.022+11:00Book Review: Imogen's Chance by Paula Vince
Imogen's Chance by Paula Vince
Even Before Publishing, April 1st, 2014
Imogen Browne longs to make up for past mistakes before she can move on.
She quietly resolves to help the Dorazio family, whose lives she
accidentally upset. Her biggest challenge is Asher, the one person who
may never forgive her. And he is facing a crisis of his own. Imogen must
tread very carefully, as trying to fix Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-69615114534470598362014-08-15T11:28:00.001+10:002014-08-15T11:28:10.728+10:00Book Review: In Perfect Time by Sarah SundinIn Perfect Time by Sarah Sundin
Book 2, Wings of the Nightingale
Revell, 05 August 2014
Bold, sophisticated, and flirtatious, Army Air Force flight nurse Lt.
Kay Jobson collects hearts wherever she flies, leaving men pining in
airfields all across Europe. So how can ruggedly handsome C-47 pilot Lt.
Roger Cooper be all but immune to her considerable charms? In fact, he
seems to do everything Helen Wakefieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17535593906695027046noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-19664103550801510902014-08-07T08:00:00.000+10:002015-01-30T18:27:00.975+11:00Book Review: One More Last Chance by Cathleen Armstrong
One More Last Chance by Cathleen Armstrong
Revell, April 29, 2014
Sarah Cooley has come home to Last Chance, New Mexico, for one
reason--because it doesn't change. After an engagement gone bad with a
man who wanted to change everything about her, Sarah is more than ready
for the town whose motto may as well be, "If it ain't broke, don't fix
it."Chris Reed, on the other hand, wants nothingJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-52982717658023368542014-08-05T20:08:00.000+10:002015-01-30T18:27:00.997+11:00Book Review: One Perfect Spring by Irene Hannon
One Perfect Spring by Irene Hannon
Revell, April 29, 2014
Claire Summers is a determined, independent single mother who is doing
her best to make lemonade out of the lemons life has handed her. Keith
Watson is a results-oriented workaholic with no time for a social life.
As the executive assistant to a local philanthropic businessman, he's
used to fielding requests for donations. But whenJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-88359405456537463502014-07-08T18:26:00.000+10:002015-01-30T18:27:01.038+11:00Book Review: Stuck Together by Mary Connealy
Stuck Together by Mary Connealy
Bethany House Publishers, 3rd June, 2014
Bestselling Author Mary Connealy Delivers Laughs, Romance, and Western AdventureTina
Cahill, newly arrived from the East, is determined to get the saloon in
Broken Wheel, Texas, closed for good. To that end, she pickets outside
the place every afternoon. Unfortunately, so far no one has paid any
attention.Vince YatesJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-62941420087605570002014-07-01T08:00:00.000+10:002015-01-30T18:27:01.017+11:00Book Review: Undetected by Dee Henderson
Undetected by Dee Henderson
Bethany House Publishers, April 29th, 2014
When asked what he does for a living . . .Commander Mark Bishop is deliberately low-key: "I'm in the Navy." But commanding the ballistic missile submarine USS Nevada,
keeping her crew trained and alert during ninety-day submerged patrols,
and being prepared to launch weapons on valid presidential orders,
carries a burdenJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-19691835170062914852014-06-26T08:00:00.000+10:002014-06-26T08:00:03.294+10:00Thursday Thoughts: Freedom to ExploreI recently went on a spiritual retreat. I went to a small country town just outside of the city I live in. I spent two days and one night at a convent and had a surprising and meaningful experience.
I live in a city of about 250,000 people and I grew up in a small town of 10,000 people. Normally the size of my city doesn't bother me, but the other day it did. I recall exclaiming to my husband:
Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-15420746266044393202014-06-24T08:00:00.000+10:002015-01-30T18:27:00.970+11:00Book Review: Gathering Shadows by Nancy Mehl
Gathering Shadows by Nancy Mehl
Bethany House Publishers, May 6, 2014
Wynter Evans is a promising young reporter for a television station in
St. Louis, but even a bright future doesn't take away her pain over the
disappearance of her brother nine years ago. So when she stumbles across
a photograph of a boy with an eerie resemblance to him, she can't pass
up the chance to track him down. Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-61649414906970190872014-06-17T08:00:00.000+10:002015-01-30T18:27:01.012+11:00Book Review: Meant to Be Mine by Becky Wade
Meant to Be Mine by Becky Wade
Bethany House Publishers, April 29, 2014
Ty Porter has always been irresistible to Celia Park. All through high
school--irresistible. When their paths cross again after college--still irresistible.
This time, though, Ty seems to feel exactly the same way about
Celia. Their whirlwind romance deposits them at a street-corner Las
Vegas wedding chapel.The next Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126018825779210662noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987709965244695825.post-32891719576788609262014-06-13T21:47:00.000+10:002014-06-13T21:47:32.990+10:00Book Review: A Distant Melody by Sarah SundinA Distant Melody by Sarah Sundin
Revell, 01 March 2010
A Distant Melody was Sarah's debut novel, and the first in the Wings of Glory trilogy about three brothers.
I wasn't sure what I felt like reading the other day as I scanned my bookshelf. But then I saw I hadn't yet read this book, I decided now was the time. And I was totally hooked within the first two chapters.
In this first Helen Wakefieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17535593906695027046noreply@blogger.com2