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The Rhythm of the Road
by Albyn Leah Hall
"A Closer Look at Country Music Culture!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
"...will you look at the sight of it, Jo, will you have a
look at that." Josephine and Bobby Pickering, father and
daughter, spend most of the year driving cross-country in
England. They live the life of free-spirits unhindered by
the schedules and home issues of most people. They look Read more...
Through Every Storm
by Sharlene MacLaren
"Out of the Mouth of Babes!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
All the adult advice in the world fails to help Jeff and
Maddie Bowman recover from the death of their daughter.
Almost fulfilling the statistical data on divorce for
bereaving parents, their world is further turned upside
down by a little boy, Timmy.
Timmy is staying with Jeff and Maddie while Read more...
The Rise of Lakewood Church and Joel Osteen
by Richard Young
"The Power of Belief!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
"God can do miracles in the unlikeliest of situations."
This statement aptly summarizes this biographical overview
of the ministry of Joel Osteen and his late father, John
Osteen. Having seen this man preach on TV, this reviewer
was fascinated by a preacher who speaks to thousands of
people in his Read more...
Falcon's Heart
by Denise Lynn
"The Sword of a Kidnapper!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
"'You cannot keep up this pace. I can ride pillion behind
you.' Marianne turned in the saddle and saw four men
racing toward them on foot. All of them were from the
group who had kidnapped her at Faucon. And all of them
held their swords before them, ready to Read more...
Shadow: The Curious Morgan Horse
by Ellen F. Feld
"Curiosity Must Be Satisfied!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
Hurrah! Another story in the Morgan Horse series is about
to hit the stores just in time for holiday shopping or any
great time to buy a wonderful story for a young adult.
Whether you read this story to a boy or girl, or he or she
reads it alone, Read more...
Empire
by Orson Scott Card
"The Progressive Revolution"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
Ever find yourself getting nervous about the heat of
right, left, and midstream political warfare? Or even
worse, find yourself apathetic after having enough of the
endless arguing and ineffective activity of those voted
into office to serve the American people? Just how far
would one particular political body go Read more...
The Big Shuffle
by Laura Pedersen
"Life Can Indeed Turn on a Dime!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
Hallie Palmer is one gutsy gal but not because she wants
to be! During a raucous college party one evening, she
sees her buddy Bernard approaching her through the hazy
drunken figures. Twenty-four hours later, she is trying to
cope with the fact of her father's death, her mother's
inability Read more...
Miss Understanding
by Stephanie Lessing
"Clothes Surely Do Make the Man or Woman!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
It's often said that "clothes make the man (or woman)."
But Zoe, the lead character in this funny and powerful
novel, has a different take on the issue than most of us
are used to encountering. She's the sister of Chloe, the
main character in Lessing's last novel, She's Got Read more...
The Bard of Bethlehem
by David James Trapp
"A Star Is Born!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
Welcome to the twenty-second year of the reign of Caesar
Augustus or 5 B.C.! The Roman world is at the height of
its power and corruption at a time when men of all
nationalities hope for a better world. The Romans may
control half the world but numerous plots and Read more...
Incredible Revelations?
by Robert E. Bonson
"Who Owns the Truth?"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
Near death experiences are fascinating stuff, right? After
all, we haven't been to the other side and really would
love a preview, for sure. So Russell Thornton, an author
of several books about the paranormal, is initially
reluctant but subsequently fascinated by the story that a
middle-aged lawyer, Audrey Sandersen, Read more...
Shadow Lines: Madonna Key Series
by Carol Stephenson
"Strong Women Warriors!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
Would the ability to know what has happened, almost like
an empath with extra sensory perception, help stop crime?
Help one to find the criminal? This plot line, paralleling
several TV crime series in one way and the fourth in a
seven book miniseries, has a unique twist as depicted Read more...
Motor Mouth
by Janet Evanovich
"Nascar Death!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
Alexa Barnaby is a complex gal. After being dumped by her
boyfriend, she winds up back with him and actually working
for him as a Nascar spotter, someone who calls the shots
from the audience as he or she sees things that can't be
seen from the enclosed space inside Read more...
The Time Has Come: The Book of Grace
by Barbara Oleynick
"A Child Will Lead Them!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted July 8, 2006
A very young girl, Rachel, gives birth to a beautiful baby
girl, Grace, on the streets of Bridgeport, Connecticut
amid awful smells and horrific fear. For Rachel represents
the deepest fears of mankind in this point of human
history, not knowing how such an awful state of affairs
has come Read more...
Reaching Through the Veil to Heal
by Linda Drake
"Death is a Box of Crayons?"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
"Death is like getting a box of crayons and a big fat
coloring book in which to create the new beginnings of
your next life." These words spoken to Linda Drake
from "the other side" aptly summarize the premise of this
enlightening book. For Linda Drake is an intuitive life Read more...
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
"Gothic Twins!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
Everyone loves a good story more than the truth! Vida
Winter has become a prolific and hugely popular writer by
fashioning her stories according to that stated belief.
But now illness is rapidly diminishing her capacities, and
she believes it is time to do something different!
Margaret Lea, an antique book Read more...
Tulle Little, Tulle Late
by Kimberly Llewellyn
"A Public Relations Comedy/Romance!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
"I tried to contain myself but I escaped," is the quote so
aptly beginning this hilarious, light-hearted novel! For
jealousy is threatening Nina Robertson of Salem,
Massachusetts - jealousy of her seemingly perfect cousin,
Celie. It's a jealousy gone raw because now she receives
an invitation to her cousin's wedding, Read more...
A Restless Knight
by Deborah MacGillivray
"Pride and Passion in Scotland's Mystic Past"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted June 29, 2006
"The haunting amber eyes slowly lifted, and in an instant
frozen in time's fabric, they locked with his,
ensorcelling him with pulsing, ambient power. A witch's
power. A dark fire that burned straight to his soul." So
the riveting personality of the Countess Tamlyn MacShane
mesmerizes the Black Dragon, Julian Read more...
The Rose of York: Crown of Destiny
by Sandra Worth
""Blind Justice" is Anything but Blind!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
In discussing Sir Thomas Malory's account of King Arthur's
knights, Richard of Gloucester says to Anthony Woodville
that his favorite part is when Arthur slays Mordred. While
this initial comment might lead a reader to think that
Richard is again displaying his brutal character, as he is
depicted in history, Read more...
It Might Have Been What He Said
by Eden Collinsworth
"Literary Insanity!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
Eden Collinsworth clearly has a powerful literary
background, for the two central characters of this highly
readable novel could be spin-offs of Fitzgerald's Gatsby,
Edith Wharton's characters in Ethan Frome, and any of the
real people in the biography of Maxwell Anderson, a
pivotal publishing giant. Spin-off is okay and Read more...
50 Ways to Leave Your Mother
by Christ Salditt
"Moving Out and Moving In!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
Get ready to laugh and laugh and laugh!
This is a funny but realistically practical book of advice
for sons and daughters considering their fist real move
away from their very first "home" with Mom and/or Dad!
For example, who has ever thought to let the new renter
know that "...a Read more...
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