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Confessions of April Grace: Chocolate-Covered Baloney
On 1/16 For the Love of Books wrote: Chocolate-Covered Baloney by K D McCrite is a novel for upper elementary girls, and maybe boys, too. On page 2 we discover the burning angst the main character has, “You see, in the past few months, my home has been disrupted, my life has been interrupted, a place on my face has erupted, and I just ... Chocolate-Covered Baloney by K D McCrite
Ascent from Darkness
On 11/7 For the Love of Books wrote: Where Halloween was just upon us, Michael Leehan’s life does seem like a scary movie. Having read Ascent from Darkness, I can honestly say my like has never been that extreme. When first starting to read the novel, the autobiography of a distinct period of time in Michael Leehan’s life, I was wondering ... Ascent from Darkeness: How Satan’s Soldier Became God’s Warrior by Michael Leehan
Surviving Your Serengeti
On 9/17 For the Love of Books wrote: By page 30 the purpose of Surviving Your Serengeti is revealed in conversation, “… we all possess skills that we don’t know we have, or never fully develop.” It proposes a different way of thinking of our approaches to difficulties – as wild animals do. The character Zacaraiah explains nature, ... Surviving Your Serengeti: 7 Skills to Master Business and Life by Stefan Swanepoel
No He Can't
On 6/19 For the Love of Books wrote: I wasn’t sure if I really wanted to read No He Can’t: How Barack Obama is Dismantling Hope and Change by Kevin McCullough. I thought it may be full of propaganda that entices hatred, however I became somewhat interested in what the author had to say after the death of Bin Laden. I’m sure that incident ... No He Can’t: How Barack Obama is Dismantling Hope and Change by Kevin McCullough
A Conversation with God for Women
On 5/5 For the Love of Books wrote: I wasn’t really interested in the book because I’ve read several others by Norman Vincent Peale which I found quoted the Bible too much and felt like he was preaching. Nonetheless, A Conversation With God for Women is full or questions people, Christians, have … and non-Christians, too, I would ... A Conversation With God for Women: If You Could Ask God Any Question, What Would It Be? by Marcia Ford
Left at the Altar
On 2/26 For the Love of Books wrote: Left at the Altar is a recollection of an awful day in the author’s life, and how she, Kimberley Kennedy, survived. She cuts to the chase quickly telling of that awful day in the first paragraph of the memoir. There is no real background to the story of how she and Lew met and fell in love — extraneous ... Left at the Altar, by Kimberley Kennedy