Do Your Teenagers Like Mysteries?

This book by G.P. Taylor of The Dopple Ganger Series is The Secret Of The Indigo Moon, and was given to me to review for the Tynsdale Company.  This review is of my our words and I am not paid to do this.

You know when you read a quote that says this author is the new such and such author you aren't quite sure whether to listen to this recommendation or not.  Well G.P. Taylor was compared to C.S. Lewis, and sometimes you should just read on and not try to think so much first.  This book The Secret Moon is the second in the Doppler Ganger series, and if you will just give it an honest try I think yu will be very surprised.

One of the things that I found most interesting was the manner in which the book is printed.  You feel like you are reading a comic strip book.  The drawings allow you to see what perhaps your mind needs a little help in developing.  This is a great mystery for the middle age school children, it is a normal style of young fiction. 

It evolves around a young male student who lives at a school for homeless children, there he becomes great friends with two other students.  Now these three run across a mystery and they decide they will have to check it out and see what has really happened.  Now we also have some people from the first book that decide to make an appearance here in this one, some are good additions and some are bad additions.

One of the things that interested me was the interaction the reader must get into to enjoy the book.  You go from page 2 to try to understand a clock, then on to page 4, then back to the comics on pages 5 and 6.  The movement of the story really keeps you involved and very interested, you really don't want to stop reading it until you are completely finished.  I really loved this technique of interaction.

I'm sure there are many books for the middle age to teen readers but this one is a big plus on being different and holding the persons attention.  I would recommend this to any teenager, and be prepared not to hear from them for the rest of the day.

Love On A Dime

Love On A Dime by Cara Lynn James is her first novel, I was given a complimentary copy to review by Thomas Nelson Publishers.  As the title suggests this is a love story, about Lilly Westbrook that although she is a socialite she writes her novels under the name of Fannie Cole.  Since Lilly doesn't want to be considered badly, she uses her penname, her novels are very popular and they are written with good moral statute, and she does not want anyone to know her true identity.

As I said it is a love story, that you can tell from the title, and it is very typical in the way it is written about a long lost love and a new love.  It is somewhat easy to guess which one she will end up with but I still found it very nice and clean love story style of reading.

The book also centers on other things not just her love problems.  It shows that she is a very giving and charitable person that is not just concerned about herself and her position in society.  Her giving to others makes you sit and think a little about yourself, are you doing enough?  It really made you stop and count your own blessings and think about if there was any other ways you could help someone.

This book is such an easy read that I finished it in one day, you find yourself saying, "Just one more page."  Of course first thing you know you  are completely finished with it.  It is a very enjoyable book to read but it is also one that will make you stop and think about your life.  Do we do enough for others?

Happpily Ever Laughter

Now who could refuse a title like that?  I was given this book by Tynsdale Network to read and write a review for them, the book was a complimentary issue.

Happily Ever Laughter by Ken Davis helps you to see the lighter side of Marriage. While most books on marriage are mostly very serious this book helps you to see and enjoy the lighter side of things.  While things that did not seem funny at the time they were happening, just a little while later and given some thinking time you finally get to see the funny side...finally.  We either laugh at them or we let them build up inside ourselves which  as you  know is not good at all.

 This was a great read. The chapters are short - just a quick laugh and short thought will add humor to your marriage. I tried reading one of the stories out loud and couldn't finish because I was crying and laughing so hard. I actually read a few chapters while I was making supper and finished it off when it was bedtime.

This book would be a great addition to any family library but I really think it would be a great bride and bridegroom present.  It just might help a new marriage become  an old one.

Winner ! Winner ! Winner !

The day is here to announce the winner.  I want to Thank everyone that has entered, this has been a fun thing to win a very good book.  I will try to have another giveaway in about 2 months.  Enough chit chat on to the important stuff.....the winner is--drum roll please

         Diva Kreszl and Congrats to you!

You have 48 hours to let me know where to mail it or we choose another name.

Thanks everybody!