Category Archives: Goodreads Challenge

One Moment by Kristina McBride

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Addition: Review e-book from Netgalley Genre: Young adult, chick-lit, mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 Synopsis: This was supposed to be the best summer of Maggie’s life. Now it’s the one she’d do anything to forget. Maggie Reynolds remembers hanging out at the gorge with her closest friends after a blowout [...]

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Cookbook For a New Europe by Richard Segal

Addition: Paperback, review book Genre: Fiction, crime Rating: 1 out of 5 Synopsis: To serve society or humanity? It’s been fourteen years since the basketball-mad detective Fran Obrien captured the urban bomber Lavi, who has since moved to Spain and rehabilitated himself beyond recognition. Fran is fresh off a two-year sabbatical, during which he tended [...]

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Take One by Karen Kingsbury

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Addition: Paperback, borrowed from a friend Genre: Christian fiction, chick-lit Rating: 4 out of 5 Synopsis: In the high-powered world of filmmaking, two unknown producers struggle to make a name for themselves. With millions of investors’ dollars on the line, they wonder if it’s possible to beat the odds and make [...]

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This is Love by Max Lucado

Addition: Review e-book from Netgalley Genre: Christian, religion Rating: 4 out of 5 Synopsis: HE WAS, AT ONCE, DIVINE AND HUMAN. COMMON YET EXTRAORDINARY HIS NAME IS JESUS. Come, follow his footsteps. Listen to his words. Hear them with your heart. JOIN MAX LUCADO AS HE TAKES YOU ON A JOURNEY INTO THE LIFE OF [...]

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An Offer You Can’t Refuse by Jill Mansell

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS! Addition: Paperback Genre: Chick-Lit Rating: 3 out of 5 Synopsis: Nothing could tear Lola and Dougie apart, except his mother Seventeen-year-old Lola has no intention of accepting when her boyfriend’s snobbish mother offers her a huge bribe to break up with him. Then Lola discovers a secret that makes her think [...]

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War Horse by Michael Morpurgo

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Addition: Paperback, borrowed Genre: Young adult, history Rating: 4 out of 5 Synopsis: Joey is a warhorse, but he wasn’t always. Once, he was a farm horse and a gentle boy named Albert was his master. Then World War I came storming through and everything changed. Albert’s father sells Joey to [...]

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You Are Loved – Author Unknown

Addition: Review e-book from Netgalley Genre: Gift Book Rating: 4 out 5 Synopsis: Is there any greater gift than knowing you are loved? Through quotes and Scriptures, You Are Loved explores the unfathomable love of God and the beauty of human love when it is modeled after the Creator’s. Each page will touch the hearts of the [...]

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Switched by Amanda Hocking

THIS REVIEW CONTAINTS SPOILERS! Addition: Review paperback Genre: Young adult, fantasy Rating: 4 out of 5 Synopsis: When Wendy Everly was six-years-old, her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. It isn’t until eleven years later that Wendy finds out her mother might’ve been telling the truth. With the help [...]

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A Perfect Proposal by Katie Fforde

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS! Addition: Kindle e-book Genre: Chick-lit Rating: 4 out 5 Synopsis: Sophie Apperly’s family has never taken her seriously. Fiercely academic, they see her more practical skills as frivolous whilst constantly taking advantage of her. So when her best friend Milly invites her over to New York, she jumps at the chance. [...]

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Six Geese A-Laying by Sophie Kinsella

Addition: Free e-book from Amazon Genre: Short stories, chick-lit Rating: 3 out of 5 Synopsis: In Six Geese a-Laying, Christmas is approaching, and Ginny is looking forward to the birth of her first baby. It’s a pity her partner Dan is so useless, and she has to keep reminding him where he’s going wrong. Luckily [...]

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