Almost Forever - A Hanover Falls Novel

Almost Forever by Deborah Raney

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Bryn, wife of firefighter Adam, was working at the homeless shelter, the night it caught on fire and burned to the ground - taking the life of Adam and four other firefighters. As the weeks wear on, and Bryn and the little town she's from tries to recover from that devastating night, Bryn can't remember if she snuffed out the candle in the staff room before she left to play cards with one of the shelter's residents. Has she buried the memory to protect herself?



A heartbreaking story of easily made mistakes and hard to give forgiveness.



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Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Wonderful quirky, characters - just like most us of know in real life - make this novel worth reading. Novalee Nation, pregnant and abandoned at Walmart by her boyfriend, tries to make the best of her life. Sleeping in Walmart overnight, meeting new friends by day, Novalee carries bravely on, until the night the baby is born and her new, true friends help. While part of this novel is horribly sad, so much focuses on the goodness and kindness of others and don't we want to believe in that goodness?



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Vigilante's Bride

Vigilante's Bride by Yvonne Harris

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Without a job, the only option for Emily, an orphan, is to marry a wealthy rancher out in the Montana territory by Christmas. In a quest to avenge his father and recover money rightfully his, Luke Sullivan holds up the stagecoach on Christmas Eve and ends up kidnapping Emily, when he finds out that she is to marry Luke's enemy - the wealthy rancher. When Luke drops Emily off at a orphanage, near Crow land, she finds out her true calling and that Luke isn't so bad after all.



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Couldn't put it down....

The Long Road Home by Mary Alice Monroe

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


First published in 1995, this book was Mary Alice Monroe's debut novel. Nora McKenzie leaves Wall Street in shame, after her husband's suicide and heads out for her sheep farm in Vermont. With bankruptcy in the near future, a few locals, and C.W., one of the farm workers, Nora plans on making her farm a success.

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Love Dogs??

Dog House: A Love Story by Carol Prisant

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


A cute, funny little biography about a woman named Carol and her love/hate relationships with dogs. It's also a look at life with her mild-mannered husband, Millard, son Barden, and pet-challenged mother.

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Making Whoopies!!!!

Making Whoopies: The Official Whoopie Pie Book by Nancy Griffin

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Ahhh, the wonderful world of whoopies - my mother-in-law always made them for my husband and his siblings. In truth - I've never made nary a one! But I will now - this is the cutest book about making whoopie pies! Lots of history of the making of the pie, who declares they made it first, and delicious recipes from classic whoopies to banana whoopie pies, yum! Who couldn't love it!!

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Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve by Thomas Kinkade

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Another wonderful Christmas novel by Kinkade and Spencer about the little town of Cape Light and its inhabitants. This time, part of the story centers around Lucy and her husband, Charlie. When a sick, smart-mouthed teen lands in their diner, Lucy and Charlie come to a battle over her. Lucy wants to take her home and Charlie, of course, wants her gone. The other part of the story focuses on busy Betty Bowman. When she bumps into a handsome man while catering, she never realizes that she will fall in love with Santa himself!!



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Take Four

Take Four by Karen Kingsbury

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Last in the series, Above the Line, Kingsbury finishes the story of Keith and Dayne of Jeremiah Productions making the inspirational film, Unlocked, and Andi, Keith's daughter rethinks giving her baby up for adoption. Cody discovers, to his dismay, that his mother is still using drugs and tries to pull away from Bailey, so that it doesn't taint her stardom from playing one of the lead roles in Unlocked.



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A Christmas Blizzard

A Christmas Blizzard by Garrison Keillor

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


A decidedly different book about Christmas! Laugh-out-loud humor follows James Sparrow, a millionaire (previous life: bank robber)who doesn't like Christmas or winter and who has "pump handle syndrome" - the fear of sticking your tongue on a frozen pump handle or any metal object and never being able to pull it off w/o ripping your tongue! When James has to fly back to his hometown of Looseleaf, North Dakota, he must face his fears and his family.



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Children of the Flames

Children of the Flames: Dr. Josef Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitz by Lucette Matalon Lagnado

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Difficult to read and understand the depth of the horror twin siblings had to face in Auschwitz at the hand of Dr Josef Mengele. Written in 1991, by the widow of one of the Auschwitz twins, Alex Dekel, and collaborated on with Lucette Lagnado, Children of the Flames is an extremely moving book about the surviving twins and the Angel of Death who destroyed their families and made them suffer horrendous experiments.



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In Every Heartbeat

In Every Heartbeat by Kim Vogel Sawyer

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


The continuing story of Libby, Pete, and Bennett - three orphans and best friends now attending college at the University of Southern Missouri. Pete desires to be a minister, Libby - journalist, and Bennett want to join a fraternity and have fun. Will the events that take place while at college test their faith or strengthen it? Place holds on this book at my link text



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Women Food & God

Women, Food, and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything

A Chesapeake Shores Christmas

A Chesapeake Shores Christmas by Sherryl Woods

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Another little quick-read Christmas fiction just in time for the holidays. Sherryl Woods continues her O'Brian series with Megan & Mick ready to tie the knot on New Year's Eve, but of course a little something arrives to throw the whole family and marriage plans in turmoil. This was my first read about the O'Brians, so I had a bit of trouble with the background of the characters, although Woods does fill in a bit with previous circumstances. This book is available for holds @ my link text



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A Plain & Simple Christmas

A Plain and Simple Christmas by Amy Clipston

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


An inspirational little Christmas story, set in Lancaster County, PA, about forgiveness and miracles.



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A Long Time Gone.....

Hmmm, I've been neglectful again to my blog - after the excitement of Twitter and tweeting for our library and myself - I then let Facebook suck me into it's many wonders and delights of staying in touch with old friends and posting comments w/o the lasso of 140 characters. Ahhh, so many wonderful things to do on the internet - what a shame we have to feed our children and take a shower, lol!!

Actually, I am reworking my lesson plan for my library computer class - Get Your Own Blog, and had to update screenshots and text, for Blogger had changed a wee bit since the last time I posted. Enough to throw out the old handouts and reprint anew.

Til the next time we meet again Blogger.

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