03.31.09 at 10:23 am by Kara_S
ABOUT THE BOOK
Brill Jessup just became the first female police chief in Sophie Trace, Tennessee, and is riding on the credentials of a stellar eighteen-year career on the Memphis police force. She may be a pro at finding clues, but she tends to ignore the obvious in her personal life. And she would rather work than deal with the bitterness she feels about her husband Kurt’s infidelity. Kurt is weighed down by her unrelenting anger as he struggles to let God redeem the stupidest mistake he ever made. He is genuinely contrite and making every effort to show his commitment to Brill. But she hides behind her badge and her bitterness, deciding that moving her family away from Memphis is the only change she needs to make. So why can’t Brill get over this anger?Before she ever has time to unpack her boxes, people start disappearing. Lots of them. Seven people in seven days.
Continue reading Review: The Real Enemy
03.31.09 at 10:03 am by Kara_S
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old…or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!
You never know when I might play a wild card on you!
Today’s Wild Card author is:
Sean McDowell
and the book:
Apologetics for a New Generation
Harvest House Publishers (March 1, 2009)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Sean McDowellis a popular speaker at schools, churches, and conferences nationwide. He is the author of Ethix: Being Bold in a Whatever World and the
Continue reading FIRST: Apologetics for a New Generation
03.29.09 at 11:59 am by Kara_S
Just a quick note to let you all know that I’m going to be working on this blog design again. There’s quite a few quirks in it that I’d like to eliminate. I’m pretty sure they’re related to the template, so I’m going to be making some attempts at changing the template but keeping the same look.
If things look a little squirrely the next few days, you’ll know why!
03.29.09 at 8:13 am by Kara_S
One of the pieces of legislation currently being tossed around the W.Va. Legislature is requiring random drug testing for recipients of government money (welfare, food stamps, unemployment compensation).
I’ve contemplated this idea in the back of my mind for a couple of days and have come to a conclusion. I don’t care for it.
Now, I know someone out there is snickering and thinking, “Yeah, she doesn’t like it because she’ll get caught.” Not so. I’m clean as a whistle. Always have been; always will be. (I’ve read enough comments on other articles to know that if a person rejects the idea of the testing, it automatically makes that person guilty of drug use.)
My reason for not liking the idea of random testing is simple – the local offices don’t need more to do or keep track of. They’re slow enough as is. Throw in a couple hundred random tests each week/month and the system becomes even
Continue reading Random Drug Testing for Assistance? No Way.
03.28.09 at 10:28 am by Kara_S
The Faith ‘n Fiction question from My Friend Amy is:
The 2009 Christy Award Nominees were recently announced. Today’s assignment is to look at the list of nominees and share with us whether or not you have read any of them. If you haven’t read that particular novel, have you read anything by that author? Have you read all of the books in any category? What are your favorite books on the list? Are there any books you haven’t heard of?
Here’s the list of nominees:
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Beyond the Night by Marlo Schalesky • WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group
Finding Stefanie by Susan May Warren • Tyndale House Publishers
Zora and Nicky: A Novel in Black and White by Claudia Mair Burney • David C. Cook
CONTEMPORARY SERIES, SEQUELS, AND NOVELLAS
Sisterchicks Go Brit! by Robin Jones Gunn • WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group
Summer Snow by Nicole Baart • Tyndale House Publishers
You Had Me at Good-bye by Tracey Bateman • FaithWords
CONTEMPORARY STANDALONE
Dogwood by Chris
Continue reading Christy Nominees on my shelf
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