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Summer on Blossom Street
by Debbie Macomber
"Start A New Pattern!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted March 4, 2009
Knitting forces its fans to grow no matter what challenges
arise, to follow and change patterns where necessary in
order to create something deeply and truly beautiful!
Debbie Macomber here welcomes her Blossom Street fans back
to another story of possibilities in the very real world
full of unexpected ups Read more...
Mother of the Believers
by Kamran Pasha
"Instinct and Vision Unite and Divide"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted May 7, 2009
Kamran Pasha in an interview about this book states, "In
Aisha, we see a mirror of the Prophet's own revolutionary
nature, as well as a glimpse of the reverence for the
sacred feminine in Islam that many contemporary Muslim men
have perhaps forgotten." This quote seems likely to draw a Read more...
The Help: A Novel
by Kathryn Stockett
"There's No Difference At All Between You and Me!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted January 15, 2009
It's 1962, a time when escalating tensions are rising
between African-Americans (then known as "coloreds") and
their white employers and neighbors. Told from three
different points of view, this story probes the intimate
thoughts about what it's like for the maids of wealthy and
middle class white people in Jackson, Read more...
Mistress Shakespeare: A Novel
by Karen Harper
"I, Will, Always Love You!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 18, 2009
George Santayana warned leaders and citizens alike, "Those
who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
Karen Harper's Will Shakespeare goes one step further with
a quote that deeply resonates throughout this novel
narrated by his "real" wife, Anne Whateley, "The past is
prologue. All is true."
Beginning Read more...
Dragon's Lair
by Denise Lynn
"A Cursed Ancient Lust"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted November 11, 2008
Nathan the Learned has been waiting to assume power since
the year 1172. That's a long time to wait, but Nathan's
been a busy man during those centuries, killing and
plotting to acquire an ancient medieval manuscript.
Learning the Druidic spells within that text will enable
Nathan to rule the Read more...
Winter in Madrid
by C. J. Sansom
"A Code for Sovereigns"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 9, 2009
The fossils Sandy Forsyth loves are a wonderful metaphor
for the historical period this novel spans, 1937-1947, in
war-torn Spain. For fossils hold full or partial body
parts in their last colossal, life-death battle. It's a
time full of surprises, when the strong are shown to be
weak and vice Read more...
The Invention of Air
by Steven Johnson
"The Building of Innovation!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted March 4, 2009
Have you ever had an intuition or hunch about something?
It felt like an epiphany or lightning bulb shedding
clarity and significance on all around it, didn't it?
Well, Joseph Priestly, the venerable scientist celebrated
in this amazing book, would say it really wasn't literally
such a momentous event!
Joseph Read more...
Miles from Nowhere
by Nami Mun
"The Heart of a Homeless American Dream"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted November 12, 2008
Banish the myth or legend about the Korean immigrant
family who arrives in America to "make good," to succeed
in achieving the American Dream! Instead welcome to the
world of one particular Korean-American girl, Joon-Mee, a
12 year-old girl whose mother descends into the world of
madness after Joon's father Read more...
The Devil Can Wait
by Marta Stephens
"An Unthinking Godly Curse!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted November 11, 2008
Three young teenager bodies wash up on the shores of
Chandler, Massachusetts in eighteen days. If they all
decayed at the same rate, it means someone is killing one
teen every week and probably will continue at the same
rate. Sam Harper knows that solving these murders has to
be Read more...
Lay-Ups and Long Shots: An Anthology of Short Stories
by Lynea Bowdish, Joseph Bruchac, David Lubar, Cs Perryess, Terry Trueman
"Inspire the Athlete Within Everyone!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted November 12, 2008
Sports stories are usually about success and failure! But
those two terms are differently defined in this exciting,
unusual collection that will spark the mind of all
readers, whether you like sports or not! For these are
real stories told about something in each experience that
moves the hardest of Read more...
Confessions of a Contractor
by Richard Murphy
"A fun romp through the lives of the rich and famous"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted September 9, 2008
The history of construction all points to one question,
according to the narrator of this ingenious novel, "...can
that home bring true happiness, and if so, how long will
it last before it needs to be renovated again in a
different color scheme?" Renovation, in other words, fills
an empty Read more...
Four Wives
by Wendy Walker
"Suburban Bliss Gone Awry!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted January 21, 2008
Meet Love Welsh, Marie Passetti, Gayle Beck and Janie
Kirk, four rich, suburban housewives, each of whom is
trying "to stifle the growing discontentment with her life
that is verging on intolerable." They are married to
successful husbands, good at the charitable works they
manage but are riddled with doubt, Read more...
Hot Flash
by Kathy Carmichael
"Auditioning Marital Bliss!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted November 12, 2008
Jill Morgan Storm has hit 40 years old with a bang!
Evaluating her life, she realizes that she's divorced, has
a satisfactory job with a drunk Master Chef over her and
whose job she's been covering for almost four years, a son
who barely speaks to her, a need to Read more...
The Legend of Witch Bane
by Kevis Hendrickson
"The Sword to Break All Enchantments!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted November 12, 2008
The battle begins with the typical power struggle between
an evil Queen, Rhiannon Eldess, and a kingdom which
refuses to surrender its love of right! King Kruge Falinn
and his wife are forced to surrender one of their female
children to Rhiannon. Kodobos, Anyr and Laris are
horrified and want Read more...
Let Today Be a Holiday: 365 Ways to Co-Create with God
by Rose Rosetree
"Creativity, Courage and Wisdom!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
Let There Be a Holiday is a lovely book of meditations
that is inspirational and so very, very real in the sense
of inviting each person into the creativity and joy that
each experience can be. In some cases, indeed one must use
the imagination to create a conversation, a Read more...
The Rose of York: Fall from Grace
by Sandra Worth
"The Vision of a Tragic Hero"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted March 15, 2007
What destiny awaits a King who bases his rule on Malory's
account of King Arthur or the chivalric myth and romance
of Tristan and Iseult? How much does one embrace idealism
while practically dealing with the more demoralizing
situations one meets on a daily basis? The Rose of York:
Fall Read more...
The Queen Gene
by Jennifer Coburn
"Queens Have Class!"
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 20, 2007
"I can usually count on a phone call every day from my
mother's dog, and today was no different." So begins a
romp through the most zany, funny, yet endearing family
whose antics will propel you to the very end of this
creative tale.
Meet Jack and Lucy who are undergoing Read more...
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...
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