The Missing Cub by Darcy Fast with Jonathan Kravetz; 2007; 239 pages; xulon press, Lakewood, FL; 978-1-60477-277-7; bought from Amazon when researching Darcy for another post; 12/29-12/31 God gave Darcy Fast a gift and a calling, he eventually figured out that they weren’t compatible. Darcy wanted to be a major league for as long as [...]
Uncommon, Finding Your Path to Significance by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker; 2009; 260 pages; Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, IL; 978-1-4143-2681-8; Birthday gift from parental units, 2009; 12/28-12/29 This book would never have been published if Tony Dungy hadn’t won a Super Bowl and then had a best selling book. This book is such [...]
Noah’s Wife by T.K. Thorne; 2009; 349 pages; Chalet Publishers, LLC, Arizona-Alabama; 978-0-9840836-4-0; Advance Reading Copy Provided by the Publisher in exchange for a review; 12/28-12/28 In the Bible Noah’s wife is a nameless woman who we know had given birth to three sons. Thorne writes a story of Noah’s wife which goes from her [...]
The Lost Child, A Mother’s Story by Julie Myerson; 2009; 323 pages; Bloomsbury, New York, NY; 978-1-59691-700-2; Book provided in exchange for a review; 12/19-12/26 This book was easy and difficult to read. Easy to read because it was so well written, difficult to read because of the pain that fairly drips off each page [...]
Alone, A Valentino Mystery by Loren D. Estleman; 2009; 268 pages; Forge Books; New York, NY;978-0-7653-1576-2; Provided by Publisher in exchange for review; 12/18-12/19 Film Archivist Valentino returns. A clever mystery that spans the decades from when Greta Garbo was acting until now. A murder, missing letters, forged letters and resentment of some ones’ dead [...]
