Invisible

Invisible     Ginny L Yttrup            May 3, 2013

I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com <http://BookSneeze.com> book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255

 

This review has been posted on:        

·         http://www.christianbook.com/

·         Suzyquilter.blogspot.com

  

Overall rating I gave this book is 5+ stars.

 

This book is one wonderful book.  I thoroughly enjoyed it from cover to cover.

It is very intriguing to see the three main characters meet and develop very strong bonds with one another.  I also am impressed how the author gently introduces the subject of God and then continues to provide the message of the gospel; to use the author’s words in her notes at the end of the book: “This is a story of freedom from the bondage of shame.  Freedom found through believing the truth of God’s Word.”  The title is the one word that explains how we ought not to think that God sees us!

At the beginning of each chapter the author has chosen a quote from Saint Augustine and I wondered each time I read the quote how this would finally connect.  I was not disappointed as Ginny Yttrup does a subpurb job in in the development of both the characters and relates their issues to a man who lived nearly two centuries before. 

“Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.” Saint Augustine

This author is excellent in describing issues that many women struggle with; she provides insight into the issues and provides the reader a first person account to gain understanding.  This is definitely a book that “encouraged, entertained, and energized” me “by this message,”  quoted from the review by Marilyn Meberg on the back of the book.

I can’t wait to read Words, and Lost and Found (other books written by Ginny L. Yttrup.

 

Bread & Wine

I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com <http://BookSneeze.com> book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255

 

This review has been posted on:        

·         http://www.christianbook.com/

·         Suzyquilter.blogspot.ca

 

 

Overall rating I gave this book is 3 stars,

 

The cover of this book is beautiful and the byline on it is:

            “a love letter to life around the table with recipes”.

 

However, I could not get why the byline?   The book is not anywhere near what the byline claims.  It is on very poor paper quality, there are no pictures and the words do not even come close to substantiate the claim.

 

What I liked was the table of contents that included all of the recipes.  At least this way I could quickly turn to a page that might capture my interest with a recipe.

Also I did enjoy the descriptions the author includes of why the recipe was meaningful to her.  And I do share with Shauna the idea that people I love “gather around my table to not only eat and drink, but to also tell stories, to be heard and fed and nourished on every level.”

 

To improve this book, additional cost should have been suggested and this would allow for a better product to be showcased and also include some pictures of both the recipes and also the people who she influenced with her culinary skills.

 

 

HEAVEN IS FOR REAL

Heaven is For Real

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This review has also been posted on http://www.christianbook.com/

 
Written by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent

 You can visit:  http://heavenisforreal.net/ for a glimpse into this book.

 I needed another book for my next review.  There was only one available, this one.  But I hesitated and didn’t order it but waited a few days and checked again, but still only one.  So, “I may as well take it”.  When it arrived a week later, it sat on the counter.  It did catch my eye a few times and when I finally picked it up there was nothing going to get me to put it down.  Yes, I’d read a short preview But I was not really gripped as thought “how many books can there be about the NDE and this one happened to a 4 year old boy”?  I was totally unprepared for the intense emotion included in the story,

This book is written:

• In the first person of Colton’s father, Todd Burpo
• Both he and his wife were very careful to be factful in how they gained their understanding of their son’s time spent in heaven.
• As attentive parents, they both learn an immense amount of information from their child Colton
• Todd along with his wife, listened intently to the first hint as to what Colton had experienced, “I heard the angels singing” …
• Little by little the details came out and just when mom & dad thought they had the whole story, Colton would let another piece of information out!
• Colton’s dad Todd as a pastor and mom as a Sunday school leader were both extremely cognizant of the fact that they wanted the information to be Colton’s story and never planned to write a book about the family’s experience.  They also were intent on not “pushing” Colton to tell the story as wanted to ensure he voluntarily told the story and definitely did not ‘put words in their son’s mouth’

This book could be improved by:

Better promotion in order to capture the attention of prospective readers.

I gave this book a 5 star rating because it did simply because it capture my undivided attention and also told a very amazing story.