Review of “A Breath of Hope” by Lauraine Snelling “Under Northern Skies” Series–Book 2 ” A Breath of Hope” is what Signe Carlson is feeling as Spring comes to Minnesota and with it news that her sister-in-law and brother-in-law are being invited by Uncle Einar and Gerd to come from Norway to live and work…
Category: Book Reviews
Reviews of books I have currently read.
A Review of ” The Promise of Dawn” by Lauraine Snelling
A Review of ” The Promise of Dawn” by Lauraine Snelling “Under Northern Skies” Series–Book 1 This is a story of a family’s journey in 1909 from Norway to America. This is a dream come true for Rune Carlson and his three sons, but not so much for his wife, Signe who is pregnant. After…
Book Review of “In Places Hidden” by Tracie Peterson
My Review of “In Places Hidden” by Tracie Peterson The first thing I said after finishing “In Places Hidden” by Tracie Peterson was: “ When is Book 2 Coming Out!” “In Places Hidden” is Book 1 in the Golden Gate Secrets series and it’s a page turner for sure! Not only is it filled with…
Review of “Judah’s Wife” by Angela Hunt
” Judah’s Wife ” by Angela Hunt This was my first time reading an Angela Hunt book, but it will not be my last! I was totally captured by her very descriptive writing and attention to detail. “Judah’s Wife” is a story of The Maccabees, who were a group of Jewish warriors living in Judea,…
My Review of “A Passionate Hope” by Jill Eileen Smith
As I read through the pages of “A Passionate Hope” I felt I was in the biblical hill country of Ephraim, interacting with Hannah, the mother of Samuel, and Elkanah, son of Jeroham as they lived their lives as Kohathite’s dedicated to daily worshiping Adonai Tzva’ot, at home and at the tabernacle of Shiloh during…
Book Review of “The Sound of Rain” by Sarah Loudin Thomas
My Review of “The Sound of Rain” by Sarah Loudin Thomas “The Sound of Rain” has a beautiful cover that is soft to the touch and which holds within a beautiful story filled with adventure, suspense and romance! There are many things to like in this book “The Sound of Rain” by Sarah Loudin…
Book Review of “Cherished Mercy” by Tracie Peterson
My Review of “Cherished Mercy” a book by Tracie Peterson published by Bethany House I recommend this book to those of you who enjoy reading frontier stories filled with faith, values, adventure, historical fact and romance , for it has all that and more. The setting is in the Oregon Territory in the year 1855….
Review of “Seeing the Elephant: Voices from the Oregon Trail”
Seeing the Elephant: Voices from the Oregon Trail by Joyce Badgley Hunsaker This book has some very interesting stories of true life happenings on the Oregon Trail. It contains actual journal entries and stories of Narcissa Whitman (1836), Thomas Jefferson Farnham (1839), Jesse Applegate (1843), Catherine Sager (1844), Abilgail Scott (1852), Ezra Meeker (1852), Helen…
Redeeming Grace–Book Review by Jill Eileen Smith
Redeeming Grace: Ruth’s Story by Jill Eileen Smith My rating: 5 of 5 stars Redeeming Grace by Jill Eileen Smith is Book #3 in the Daughters of the Promised Land series. It is a fictional, yet historically, biblically based story of Ruth, the Moabite woman who is redeemed into a Hebrew family. There are so…