Resurrection in May by Lisa Samson: A Book Review

"Resurrection in May" by Lisa Samson tells the story of May Seymour who lived a materialistic and complex life; however, after graduating from college all of that changes for her when she is rescued from the side of the road by Claudius, a sweet and simple old farmer. He welcomes her into her home and she soon leaves to go to Rwanda on a missions trip. Unfortunately for May, the genocide is occurring while she is there and she finds herself witnessing brutality she never could have imagined. She returns to Claudius' farm where she lives a very simple farm life. Later she reconnects with an old flame, Eli who is now on death row. She helps him and he helps her realize that they need to forget whats in the past and move on. The story is one of tragedy, forgiveness, hope, and faith. I had never read any of Lisa Samson's work, but I was truly captured by this story. There are some intense and emotional scenes during the genocide, but Lisa writes it as if you're there and experiencing the hurt that May did. I would recommend this book to anyone with a love for reading good Christian fiction.

I received this book free as part of the Booksneeze book review team. All the opinions listed are mine and are honest.

"A Time to Dance" Book Review

I received "A Time to Dance" by Karen Kingsbury as a complimentary copy as part of the Booksneeze book reveiw program. The opinions listed below are my honest opinion of the book.

First of all, I love Karen Kingsbury so I was so excited to read another one of her books. "A Time to Dance" is part of the Timeless Love Series. The story is about John and Abby Reynolds who appear to have it all together. He is the high school football coach she is a writer and they have three wonderful children. Their lives seem to be perfect and admired by all; however, they are hiding the fact that they are near divorce. Both are guilty of flirting with disaster with co-workers, but neither will admit their fault in their failing marriage. As they are about to announce their divorce to their children, their oldest daughter, Nicole shares of her upcoming wedding. John and Abby decide to put off telling their children about their plans to divorce until the wedding is over. Through this time, they rediscover what made them fall in love to begin with. This is a wonderful story of love, commitment, and God's faithfulness. I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a great read.

Under the Big, Blue Sea: Book Review

I received "Under the Big, Blue Sea" by Aunt T published by Dorrance Publishing as part of their book review team. I received this book as a complimentary copy and the opinions listed below are my honest opinion of the book.

First of all the author, Aunt T, gets her nickname from her niece and nephew and she is a teacher who enjoys writing educational books for parents to share with their children. The book is about what sea animals and creatures you would see in the sea. The photographs appear to be actual photographs someone took in various places. I believe this book is a great learning tool for kids age 4 and up. It would be a great companion guide if visiting an aquarium with your child. The only negative thing was that it had several great pages and then at the end of the book there were 13 blank white pages which I didn't understand. My daughter loved it though because she tried to draw pictures of the sea animals we had just read about. Overall, a great book!!