Merry and Bright by Debbie Macomber is a Christmas romance comedy that reminded me of a Christmas Hallmark movie. It is about two busy lonely people who find each other on a dating website. The funny thing is that they already knew each other. I enjoyed this light, quick read and highly recommend it to anyone who likes watching Hallmark movies that always have happy endings.
Teaser from page 16: "Well, if it isn't me, then whose photo did you use?" Patrick's glee couldn't be contained. "We used Bogie's."
(Karen’s review, 4 stars)
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Day-Day (Chop Chop Series Book 2) by L.N. Cronk is a Christian fiction love story about a couple who go to Mexico to work at an orphanage and supervise youth groups who come to help as a short-term mission trip. The wife, Lacy, has a miscarriage and discover she has Cancer. After several miscarriages, they plan to adopt from the orphanage they work at in Mexico, but then God takes them on a little detour.
This book was narrated from the husband's point of view and was pretty interesting. For the type of story it is, it was good. It was a break from the type of action-packed fun reads that I have read lately. For Christian fiction, it was not as predictable as most and it moved along pretty well.
(Karen's review, 4 stars)
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In Poison by Galt Niederhoffer, Cass has her hands full. She has a young daughter, a young boy, a baby and a cat. She also has a teaching job and now she has a husband who (a) cheated on her, (b) tried to kill her or (c) she just thinks that is happening!
Teaser from page 34: "Hey, what are you doing?" she said. She stared at him, defiant.
WOW! This book is good! I really liked the character of Cass a lot and only wanted the best for her. The pacing of the book is very good too and I enjoyed the ending very much!
(Gerard's review, 5++ stars)
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Undivided by Neal Shusterman is the 4th and last book in the Unwind series. The author saved the best for last! Conner, Lev and Risa all have action-packed chapters in this book. The pacing is really good in that you were on the edge of your seat for sure. The last part of this book is pretty much unputdownable! Well done, Mr. Shusterman!
(Gerard's review, 5++ stars)
(Karen's review 12/18/17, 5 stars:) UnDivided by Neal Shusterman did not disappoint at all! I LOVED it and what a fantastic finish to a thrilling series with lots of ups and downs and twists and turns! This story is about friendship, betrayal, teamwork, sacrifice and making a difference. It has humor, a bit of romance, lots of adventure, some very creepy things, revenge, some fighting, justice, lots of escaping and just extremely interesting characters. The teens in this series are very brave, smart and creative! The ending is great!
WOW! I loved this book. After the last one, UnSouled, I didn't think this series could get any better, but it did! This book had my emotions covering the spectrum, from humor, to sadness, to happiness, to relief, to shock to tears of joy! I liked how I felt the characters were real and got drawn into their story lines. This would be a great series for a book club because there is so much to discuss and so many characters to analyze. It was a very thought-provoking series that I wanted to read straight through.
Teaser from page 14: "There isn't one single thing that will end unwinding," she tells them. "It will take a hodgpodge of random events that come together in just the right way and at just the right time to remind society it's got a conscience."
SPOILER ALERT--skip this unless you have read this book: In this book, Connor and Grace make it to Sonia's where he and Risa are reunited and discover an invention that Sonia's husband had been working on that can manufacture human parts! It gives them all hope that an end to unwinding is possible! Lev does what he can to get the Indian reservation to publicly announce that it is a sanctuary for AWOLS. Hayden, Bam and Jeeves team up to overthrow Starkey and Hayden begins podcasting again against unwinding. Argent is betrayed by Nelson and switches sides to help Connor and Risa. Cam brings down Roberta and the Proactive Citizenry operation all by himself. The ending was so touching when Conner was finally reunited with his family!
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Being Fishkill by Ruth Lehrer is about a young girl who makes her first name Fishkill because it sounds tough. She feels she has to be tough because her mom is gone, and there is no one else! This book was way better than I thought it would be. I really wanted only the best for Fishkill. The pacing of this book was very good and I was always glad to get back into it! I liked that it had twists and turns that I did not see coming. Pick it up, you will be glad you did!
Teaser from page7: "I'm not in your gang." I said. I wasn't sure if I wanted to be or not, even if it was a real gang.
(Gerard's review, 5+ stars)
Karen's review, 12/22/17: Being Fishkill by Ruth Lehrer is about a 12-yr.-old girl who is poor and lives in a shack with her drunk/druggie mother and her abusive grandfather. Her father is unknown. She finally built a friendship with a girl who called herself Duk-Duk and moved in with her and her lesbian mother who was very nice to Fishkill. After the mean grandfather died, Fishkill’s mother tried to sober up so she could get back custody of her daughter. Most of this story is sad. I liked this book all right but could have done without the Lesbian angle. I felt bad for Fishkill and her biological mother. My favorite character was Duk-Duk because I liked how she wanted to be a lawyer and tried to view everything logically. This book had some interesting situations and really addressed the emotions one feels when a loved one dies. It also had a bit of humor when Fishkill and Duk-Duk came up with their secret mission to get revenge on the girl who bullied them—that was very cool and my favorite part of the book! (4 stars)
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