tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65721243813794267072024-03-05T07:07:39.418-05:00BookshelfTanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-44398981166606029722012-04-20T07:20:00.000-04:002012-05-28T08:06:44.530-04:00BaronessNot sure if you’ve found a great book? If you have, you may find yourself employing rationalization techniques (like these). If the book is really, really good, however, the signs may be far less obvious. Here are some clues.
You bring your book with you while walking the kids to school … even if the school is only three short blocks away.
Your solo lunch break between errands Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-28947702666297766442012-04-07T08:03:00.000-04:002012-05-28T08:06:11.038-04:00The Wedding DressSometimes a book’s storytelling is so deliciously enchanting that a
glance at the back of the book seems scandalous. I can’t risk
diminishing the pleasure of discovering the story as it unfolds. I don’t
want to be told what the book is about; I want to experience it as the
characters do. No preludes. No synopsis. No back cover blurbs or
enthusiastic reader reviews. Just the story pure and Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-88119527333144360662012-03-14T11:46:00.000-04:002012-05-28T13:27:46.327-04:00
The Life-Ready Woman: Thriving in a Do-It-All World
By Shaunti Felhahn & Robert Lewis
Available in paperback and eBook versions. B&H Books, 2011; ISBN: 1433671123; 272 pages.
(This review was originally written and posted on my main blog 24 February 2011.)
I have to admit: when I started this book, I didn’t like it. The
first few pages smelled of feminine empowerment and Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-73126521336415964432012-02-24T09:29:00.000-05:002012-05-28T09:30:35.135-04:00
Pearl in the Sand
by Tessa Afshar
Author Website: www.TessaAfshar.com
Available in paperback, Kindle edition and audio versions. Moody Publishers, 2010; ISBN: 0802458815; 320 pages.
A fictionalized account of Rahab from the Bible, Pearl in the Sand is filled with
multi-faceted characters and profound truths about God and faith. There
are many parts I found absolutely fascinating, sectionsTanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-7832401166270857482011-11-04T10:15:00.000-04:002012-05-28T10:16:39.534-04:00
Deliver Me From Evil
by Kathi Macias
Author Website: www.KathiMacias.com
Available in paperback. New Hope Publishers, 2011; ISBN: 1596693061; 320 pages.
Deliver Me From Evil is the first book in Kathi Macias’s Freedom series. It seeks to expose
the truth behind modern day slavery, specifically sexual exploitation
both here in the United States and abroad.
I have to stop here. Those of Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-70248823476685846462011-08-17T10:42:00.000-04:002012-05-28T10:43:51.530-04:00
Too Blessed to Be Stressed: Inspiration for Climbing Out of Life's Stress-Pool
by Debora Coty
Author Website: www.DeboraCoty.com
Available in paperback and Kindle. Barbour Books, 2011; ISBN: 1616263466; 224 pages.
Too Blessed to Be Stressed
is perfect for women today. Everyone has more and more to do and less
and less time to breathe. Our schedules are overcrowded and our days
never long Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-63083918924032786292011-03-17T13:24:00.000-04:002011-03-17T13:24:00.669-04:00Growing with Purpose: Connecting with God Every Dayby Jon WalkerAvailable in hardback or Kindle format. Zondervan, 2009; ISBN: 0310292131; 400 pages.This book is designed similarly to most Christian devotionals. Each page contains a short passage of Scripture followed by a story and prayer or application prompt. If you're a new believer, this is a wonderful tool. It offers a format and Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-66940100607791171182011-03-16T13:23:00.000-04:002011-03-16T16:16:46.965-04:00A Girl Named Misterby Nikki GrimesAuthor Website: www.nikkigrimes.comAvailable in hardback, paperback and Kindle formats. Zondervan, originally published only in hardback in 2010. The paperback will be released August 2011; ISBN: 0310723132; 220 pages.Formatted like a poetic diary, this book follows two Marys in very different times, but with one very similar situation.Mary Rudine, nicknamed Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-52665066988377098482011-03-07T07:26:00.001-05:002011-03-07T07:26:00.388-05:00Scouting the Divine: My Search for God in Wine, Wool and Wild Honeyby Margaret FeinbergAuthor Website: www.MargaretFeinberg.comAvailable in hardback and Kindle format. Zondervan, 2009; ISBN: 0310291224; 224 pages.The author also has a 6-week DVD series and coordinating workbooks for small group discussions.You've likely heard of Margaret Feinberg before. She has been named in a few prominent Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-32413085615470915812011-03-04T12:26:00.003-05:002011-03-04T13:34:05.819-05:00Trying to Come BackLast year I initiated a Bible-reading challenge on my main website. We called it Read with Me. The goal was to read the entire Bible, front to back, within one year. About forty readers joined in the fun with weekly accountability check-ins. It all went along swimmingly until my husband and I decided to sell our house. That was the beginning of the end.As we entered the stress of selling a house,Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-9596762609520055122010-04-19T10:04:00.002-04:002010-05-09T10:13:00.161-04:00The Grammar Devotionalby Mignon FogartyAuthor Website: www.grammar.quickanddirtytips.com Available in paperback. Holt Books, 2009; ISBN: 0805091653; 235 pages. Become a better writer one day at a time. Just like a spiritual devotional, this book offers short, daily readings, usually just half a page. The book is organized by generic weeks so you’re not restricted by a calendar. Rather, you canTanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-38963459169025130942010-04-16T09:43:00.000-04:002010-05-09T09:56:10.534-04:00Here Burns My Candleby Liz Curtis HiggsAuthor Website: www.LizCurtisHiggs.comAvailable in paperback, Kindle, audio CD or audio download. Waterbrook Press, 2010; ISBN: 1400070015; 480 pages.Here Burns My Candle offers a rich, historical drama based loosely upon the Scriptural book of Ruth. I don’t know how you feel about novels based on biblical stories. I truly enjoy them, but am very Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-85262053838753448772010-02-16T06:44:00.000-05:002010-03-06T06:57:01.574-05:00Angelsby David JeremiahAuthor Website: www.DavidJeremiah.orgAvailable in paperback. Multnomah Books, 2009; ISBN: 1601422695; 222 pages plus multiple indexes.Angels does exactly what the subtitle suggests; it lays out “what the Bible reveals.” Now, the Bible doesn’t tell us a lot about angels, but it reveals much. Let me explain what I mean. The Bible contains over three hundred direct reference Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-53702410667967594512010-02-08T10:03:00.007-05:002010-02-08T11:18:30.766-05:00Julie and Juliaby Julie PowellAvailable in paperback, Kindle, audio CD or download. Little, Brown and Company, 2009; ISBN: 031604251X; 400 pages.I read this book -- originally subtitled "365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen", now subtitled "My Year of Cooking Dangerously" -- last summer while on vacation. This was before the movie (starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams) came out and Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-37431625748526329462010-01-18T08:17:00.001-05:002010-01-18T08:48:57.654-05:00Stretch Marksby Kimberly StuartAuthor Website: www.KimberlyStuart.comAvailable in paperback and Kindle. David C. Cook, 2009; ISBN: 0781448921; 304 pages.Mia and her mother, Babs, could not differ more. Mia dresses retro, cares about the energy crisis, goes to yoga religiously and lives a pure vegetarian lifestyle in Chicago. Her mother, while morally conservative, sports plastic surgery, works asTanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-9656900891320063282010-01-12T13:10:00.000-05:002010-01-12T13:26:17.966-05:00I'd Trade My Husband for a Housekeeper: Loving Your Marriage After the Baby Carriageby Trisha Ashworth and Amy NobileAvailable in paperback or Kindle. Chronicle Books, 2009; ISBN: 0811867358; 178 pages.These authors have a gift for picking titles. Their previous book, I Was a Really Good Mom Before I had Kids, claimed to "reinvent modern motherhood." I've not read that one, but I can tell you Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-42863311359757122722010-01-11T04:12:00.001-05:002010-01-11T04:12:00.240-05:00First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corp Poster Boy Won My Heart and a Third World Adventure Changed My Lifeby Eve Brown-WaiteAuthor Website: www.evebrownwaite.comAvailable in hardback, paperback (releasing April 2010) and Kindle. Broadway, 2009; ISBN: 0767929357; 320 pages.I've heard writers and editors talk about the "red line of death." It's the point in a story that causes the Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-59922635267367341832010-01-10T09:06:00.000-05:002010-01-10T09:06:00.233-05:00BrainQuest WorkbooksAvailable in paperback, one volume for each year Pre-K through 4th Grade. Workman Publishing Company, 2008; ISBN and page numbers vary by volume.I initially ordered these books -- Pre-K and Kindergarten volumes -- online. They are well-organized, beautiful and much larger than I expected! Each workbook contains a wonderful variety of projects and activities for all different Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-16955892792062699822010-01-09T08:04:00.001-05:002010-01-09T13:03:31.754-05:00Blue Like Play DoughBy Tricia GoyerAuthor Website: www.TriciaGoyer.comAvailable in paperback and Kindle. Multnomah, 2009; ISBN: 1601421524; 208 pages.Have you ever read a book that makes you want to be best friends with the author? I have found the most valuable parenting resources are parents themselves. I can read all the books I want, take all the classes I can, and watch every last episode ofTanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-53563919309843694052009-07-15T07:07:00.004-04:002009-07-15T07:27:18.204-04:00Mothers of the Bible Speak to Mothers of Todayby Kathi MaciasAuthor Website: www.KathiMacias.comAvailable hardback. New Hope Publishers, 2009; ISBN: 1596692154; 256 pages.In this book the author combines her personal, conversational style with thoroughly researched information to provide stunning portraits of biblical moms. The emphasis is on what these women can teach us today. Each chapter Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-22638820842929101972009-07-07T06:18:00.001-04:002010-09-19T14:59:21.772-04:00Why I Love My KindleA number of you have emailed me asking if I have a Kindle. The answer is YES!My wonderful, adoring, way-too-good-for-me husband gave me one a couple months ago for Mother's Day. When he first suggested it, I wasn't so sure. I mean, I'd not yet seen one in person and really didn't know if I wanted one. Call me a skeptic. Since then, however, I've become a convert. Here are some of the reasons I Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-5712240266547618382009-07-06T06:30:00.000-04:002009-07-06T08:26:16.689-04:00The Chosen Oneby Carol Lynch WilliamsAvailable in paperback, audio CD, audio download and Kindle format. St. Martin's Griffin, 2009; ISBN: 0312555113; 224 pages.With this book the author, a Mormon herself, looks inside a polygamist cult and the dangers it poses for one girl. Kyra and her father, three mothers, and 20 siblings live in an isolated community controlled by an extremist prophet. Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-14523065101220448202009-07-04T10:00:00.003-04:002009-07-04T10:04:53.968-04:00Let me give you Rest!I'm hosting a book giveaway on my main site just this weekend! Hop over there to read more about Keri Wyatt Kent's newest book: Rest. Leave a comment on the post there before 9PM EST on Sunday, July 5th, and you'll be entered to win a FREE copy of this great book.Here's a direct link: Let me give you REST!Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-89885517592441048772009-07-03T20:06:00.001-04:002009-07-04T10:06:54.399-04:00Nothing But Troubleby Susan May WarrenAuthor Website: www.SusanMayWarren.comAvailable in paperback and Kindle format. Tyndale House Publishers, 2009; ISBN: 1414313128; 352 pages.This is the first book in the author's new PJ Sugar series.PJ Sugar, the main character, tries to escape her past only to find it follows her. After ten years away, she returns home for her sister's wedding. There she Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6572124381379426707.post-75100679862387600852009-06-20T07:08:00.001-04:002009-06-20T07:27:11.551-04:00Hooked on Phonics Learn to Read: K-2nd Grade DeluxeMy daughter could not wait to read! Every day she would ask me to teach her. I've purchased several teaching tools for phonics and reading. This one definitely provided the fastest and best results. My daughter read the first book after just ten minutes of working with this program!! My husband and I were amazed.This set includes several elementsTanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284165488156415840noreply@blogger.com1