"Love and Respect" by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs A (UPDATED)

Want a better marriage?  Read this!

Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs is a pretty good book about the needs of a man and a woman in marriage.  I think no matter what stage your marriage is in, you will get some good advice to help improve your bond.  Some of the examples he uses are funny, but make the point.
(Gerard's review)

Love and Respect by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs is a helpful book for couples based on Biblical principles that he shares at Love and Respect conferences.  Throughout the book he includes letters and emails from men and women who tell how attending the conference made a difference in their lives as they put these things into practice. In a nutshell, husbands should love their wives as Christ loves the church and wives should respect their husbands because God commands them to do that.   A husband's deepest need is to be respected while the wife's deepest need is to be loved.  He also shares specific ways for doing just that and funny analogies to make his points.

It made me realize that I should treat my husband like a king if I want to be treated like a queen. I read this on my Kindle and highlighted quite a bit of things that stood out to me. I recommend it for any couple seeking to save their marriage or to just try to make a good marriage even better!
(Karen's review)

For a post about how we put concepts from this book into practice right away, see "He Said, She Said"

Have you read this one? What did you think of it? If you reviewed this too, feel free to share your link to your review in the comments. Happy Reading!

"A Killing in the Hills" by Julia Keller

A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller is a page turner with a very good ending. It tells how a killing in a small town puts a mother and her teenage daughter at odds. Both have secrets they do not wish to reveal. I got into this book very easily and it goes quick. I think the two subplots are just as good as the main story line. In short, this is as good as it gets. Read and enjoy!
(Gerard's review, rating 5++ stars)

Have you read this one? What did you think of it? If you reviewed this too, feel free to share your link to your review in the comments. Happy Reading!

"Don't Turn Around" by Michelle Gagnon

Noa and Peter are both on the run from the bad guys for different reasons. When they meet up and combine forces, Don't Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon really goes into over drive! WOW! I loved this book and was into it from page 1. There is plenty of good action, characters that I cared about and great story lines! What more could you ask for? I am definitely going to read the sequel.
(Gerard's review, rating: 5++ stars)

Have you read this one? What did you think of it? If you reviewed this too, feel free to share your link to your review in the comments. Happy Reading!

Tuesday Teasers: One Fiction, One Non-Fiction

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should  Be Reading. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just do the following

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on  that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away!   You don’t  want  to  ruin the  book for others!)
• Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can  add the book to their TBR  Lists  if they  like your teaser.   

Gerard's:

But the creature in front of Gregor rose at least four feet in the air. Granted, it was sitting up on its back legs, a very unnatural-looking position for a cockroach, but still . . .

From page 25 of Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins.

Karen's:

Often, we focus on our own needs and simply overlook the needs of the other person.  The wife needs love; she is not trying to be disrespectful.  The husband needs respect; he is not trying to be unloving.

From page 32 of Love and Respect by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs.

Happy Reading!

"Gregor The Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

I know I'm late to the dance reading Gregor The Overlander by Suzanne Collins. It came out in 2003. That being said, I liked it! Gregor and his baby sister, Boots, fall into a strange land where they meet talking bats, spiders and where rats rule! If you can deal with that, then you probably would like this. Hunger Games it's not, not by a long shot, but the last 100 pages really pick up. It's a fun read written for kids.
(Gerard's review, rating 4 stars)

Have you read this one? What did you think of it? If you reviewed this too, feel free to share your link to your review in the comments. Happy Reading!