Aside from pretentious adjectives and TMI at the medical examiner’s place, The Corruptible is a fast-paced mystery with a healthy dose of real life and the gospel. It’s an easy read with multiple plot twists and an unpredictable ending. If you like cynical, real-life mysteries, you’ll like Mynheir’s work.
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Wow. Powerful. Heartfelt. Gripping. Those are my reactions to Life, In Spite of Me by Kristen Anderson, as told to Tricia Goyer. I know I’m supposed to write the synopsis first, but this was such an excellent book that I couldn’t resist giving my reactions first. If you have teenagers or work with teenagers or even just know teenagers, run, don’t walk, to the nearest bookstore and pick up a copy of this book.
Deep depression, despair, and a lack of hope are usually what drive teens to commit suicide. But, what happens when suicide is attempted but not achieved? Kristen writes candidly about her transformation from a rebellious girl who made a fatal choice to a joyful young woman. She offers extraordinary hope for those who feel they have nothing to live for. Kristen also offers sensitive advice to adults who are trying to help depressed teens.
Here’s a link to download chapter one. You’ll be so hooked that you’ll have to scurry on over to the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group to buy your own copy of the book to find out what happens! If you prefer, you can view the video trailer here.
This is the part of the review when I’m supposed to announce that I have a giveaway for y’all. Here’s a true confession (haven’t had one in a while, it’s about time): I did receive an extra copy to give away, but I’m going to give it to our youth pastor at church instead. That’s ok, right?
This book was provided for review by the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group.
In Indivisible, Police Chief Jonah Westfall is a good guy; so is Tia Manning, but they can’t seem to work together on the string of gruesome acts plaguing Redford, Colorado. People choose to be alone in order to protect themselves from varied pasts. Kristen Heitzmann’s characters all have good reasons for keeping to themselves, but discover that being alone isn’t the best way to live.Are our backgrounds a reason to distance ourselves from others, or an excuse? Are our actions protection or consequences? Heitzmann explores this emotionally sensitive topic realistically while guiding readers back into how to live communally. While I appreciated the theme and the message, the storyline itself had me gagging. For once, I was a bit disappointed in a Heitzmann book.
What would Jesus do? In the 80s, this question became so common place that it almost didn’t mean anything. In Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, author David Platt takes this question to a whole new level. He examines the way the disciples followed Jesus two thousand years ago and how modern-day Christians in atheistic (or anti-Christian) countries follow Jesus today. What did/does it really cost those two groups of people to live fully for Jesus Christ? What did they have to give up? Then he describes what happened when a typical suburban church decided to do what Jesus would do. He closes by challenging readers to join The Radical Experiment and transform their lives.
No relationship is more complex than between mothers and daughters. As a mother, my ultimate goal is that my daughters will grow up to be my friends. As a daughter, I know that that friendship can be pretty rocky at times. Mother-Daughter Duet was written by the mother-daughter team of well-known author Cheri Fuller and Ali Plum. Who better to show the way than women who have successfully navigated the minefield from distance and tension to acceptance and friendship. While written mostly from a mom’s perspective to other moms, Ali adds just enough of a daughter’s perspective to balance it out. The authors include personal anecdotes and proven principles to help you improve your relationship with your daughter(s) and daughter(s)-in-law.
I relived my strict Baptist (although not Fundamentalist) upbringing and my ongoing love affair with music through the pages of Matthew Paul Turner’s Hear No Evil memoir. With humorous honesty, Turner writes for all the world to see the secret thoughts that most of us don’t dare to admit even to ourselves. Every life has a soundtrack; relate to, laugh and cry with Turner’s. Discover how a kid gets from singing “Just As I Am” to a degree in the music business. Be there when Turner’s mom discovers his first Amy Grant album stashed under the front seat of his car.
If I could choose the perfect title for a book on marriage, Love & War (by John and Stasi Eldredge) would be it. If we’re honest, that’s happens in many marriages: we love each other, so we get married, but then the war begins. John and Stasi give real-life examples from their own marriage, not from “case studies.” They cut to the chase with chapters such as “More Than Just Roommates,” “How to Have a Really Good Fight,” “The Little Foxes,” (dealing with distractions and the difficult topics) and “The Chapter on Sex” (yes, that’s really its title!). Their light-hearted, yet honest, approach will keep you turning the pages to find out how they got from “Let’s get divorced” after three years of marriage to celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversary.
