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 he [...]

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 a [...]

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 birth [...]

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 and [...]

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 wife [...]