The Promise of an Angel by Ruth Reid

Hey there again! I just got a new book from booksneeze, “The Promise of an Angel” by Ruth Reid. Before I get started though, you simply must know that I received this book for free from the Thomas Nelson Booksneeze program and I am under no obligation to give this book a good or positive review. Okay, so, I got this book, “The Promise of an Angel” by Ruth Reid. This book is… unusual for Amish Fiction. It is centered around Judith Fishcer. All she wants is to get married. But when her younger brother gets in an accident, she sees a man helping him who she believes to be an angel. As she shares this revelation with her family and friends, no one believes her. Soon after, she is visited by this angel. None in her community will stand up for her, except for one- the bishop’s son Andrew. With a show of faith that goes against her conservative upbringing, will Judith hold strong to God? I shan’t answer, but I will tell you that you will be satisfied with the endingJ I give this book a good, strong, four out of five stars. I hope that you enjoy it!

Nick of Time by Tim Downs

Hi there again! I’ve gotten a new book from Booksneeze- “Nick of Time” by Tim Downs. Before I get started, I need to let you know that due to some legal thing, I don’t have to give this book a good review. Okay? Okay. I did enjoy this book, but it is the sixth book in the Bug Man series. While this is a good book on its own, I’m sure that if  you had read the previous five, it would not only make a little bit more sense, you would get more out of this novel. This book revolves around Nick Polchak, a forensic entomologist who specializes in… well… bugs. If you watch the TV show “Bones”, think Dr. Jack HodginsJ Well, Nick here is getting married. If his fiancee can find him. Caught up in a murder case involving an old friend, Nick here disappears, and no one knows where he is. I love me a good mystery, and this was exactly that. I love forensic science (I could never be a part of it- too much icky stuff like blood and bugs and body parts. Yuck:P) This really was a phenomenal book however, and I give it an honest four out of five starsJ

The Whole Bible Story by Dr. WIlliam H. Marty

I recently got a book from Bethany House Publishers titled “The Whole Bible Story” by Dr. William H. Marty. Before I get started, I need to tell you that I don’t have to give this book a good review, because of some law thing. Anyway, the whole premise of this book is to tell the Bible story in “plain English”. This is not a new concept, considering this is how most of the more contemporary Bible versions (like NLT, NIV, the Message, etc.) got started. This is a good book, very easy to read, and is wonderful for someone who is either not a Christian or a new Christian. This book is set up almost like a play, with each chapter opening with main characters and the setting. Then it goes to tell the Bible story, nearly verse by verse without the little superscripts that mark the verses, breaking each chapter up into different “acts”. At the end of each chapter there is a chapter summary, summarizing the chapter, obviouslyJ The Bible itself has a lot of repetion between different books (i.e, I and II Samuel, I and II Kings and I and II Chronicles, the Gospels, etc.) This book eliminates this, because it reads as a chronological book. This book does, however, leave out books such as Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, and all of the letters. By no means does the book replace a Bible, but it is a good explanatory guide as well as a good chronological guide.