barefoot summer by denise hunter

BAREFOOT SUMMER

BY DENISE HUNTER

I received this book though Booksneeze.com for free, with my promise to view it. I will not be paid in any way for my review.

I am still new at doing reviews. I read many reviews and hope to get as good as some of the ones I read.

This is the first book by Denise Hunter that I have read.

Madison and Beckette come from different worlds. For her she has a family that loves her, for him his family is not there.

Madison lost her twin brother many years earlier. She never was able to get over the loss of him.  He had had a goal of being the youngest to win a sailing race, due to his death that never happened. His boat sat in a barn for many years.

Madison was studying to be a vet. Slowly she is seeing what she needs to do. She was working with a Vet as she wanted to be a vet herself. When she was asked to take a leave of absence she found that she had to fulfill her brother’s wish before her next birthday.

Not knowing anything about sailing, fixing a boat or knowing how to swim. She didn’t let that stop here. She bid on sailing lessons and wins. But something happens and she is put with Beckette. Neither really wanting to work together, they start off.

Soon Beckette realizes that Madison doesn’t know how to swim. He teaches her. But as he is teaching her, it brings back memories, ones he doesn’t want to remember.

While Madison has a great and loving family, Beckette is struggling with a brother and a father that drinks. So different from Madison, this is why he feels that even though he is falling in love, he feels he is not good enough. And how could he tell her the truth about her brother.

In the end she wins the race with Beckette by her side. She and Beckette learn that her brother didn’t drown.

I think I have become a fan of Denise. I plan to read her other books, I hope to see another one in this series.

Beyond Heaven's Door By Max Lucado

Beyond Heaven's Door
By Max Lucado

One of the smaller of Max's books I have read, yet this had the Biggest impact.

Max openly and honestly shares the bible and how it says what Heaven will be like.

There are many rooms in my Father's House; I would not tell you this if it were not true. I am going there to prepare a place for you. After I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me so that you may be where I am. (John:2-3)

Max talks about us having new bodies.  
corruption, dishonor and weakness- changing to incorruption,glory and power.
Max questions us.. can we argue with these words? I know I can't.
Another question? Can you imagine a world with out sin?  If you can.. than you can imagine Heaven.
Earlier I said that this book hit me BIG... well I am broken.. in many ways.. as we all are.
Reading this book has helped me to see that yes one day I will run with 2 legs.. both of my own body and not as now one that is man made...
He will transfigure these wretched bodies of ours into copies of his glorious body (philppians 3:21 TJB

This little book is a new friend..


****Disclaimer- I revieved this book through Booksneeze.com for free. I give my review in return. I am not paid for reading and/or reviewing this book.  
             

THE HOUSE THAT LOVE BUILT

Hi, I received this book for free from www.booksneeze.com.

With the promise that I would read and review it.

I have read many of Beth Wiseman’s books. This was a very good book showing forgiveness.

The Home That Love Built

Beth Wiseman

Booke Holloway is a single mom to Spencer and Meghan. Her Husband had passed away a couple years ago. Brooke works at the local hardware store. Her husband had his own store, which is right across the street from the hardware store. Brooke is struggling with letting go.

Owen Saunders is new to town. He just bought a big old house. Being single, people in this small town wonder why he would buy such a huge house. He tells them he just wants to take his time and fix it up.

Hunter is the “bad” kid in town. Having had robbed the hardware store when Brooke was works.  No one knows what Hunter’s life is really like at home. His parents are drug addicts and in treatment in another town. His grandmother drinks and is also dying of cancer.

Brooke’s mom and dad. She was close to her mom and hates her dad. Till for reasons she did not understand at first, brought them back together.

Uncle Denny, Owen’s Uncle. I wonderful addition to the family.

John Hadley- I think you need to read the book for this one.

Lauren – A special little girl, that brought love together.

All of this people are lost in their own little ways. Brooke is fighting letting go of her husband. Owen is struggling to forgive his ex wife. Hunter, who feels alone and useless. Brooke’s mom, who has found forgiveness.

unglued devotional by lysa terkeurst

UNGLUES DEVTIONAL

60 DAYS OF IMPERFECT PROGRESS

BY: LYSA TERKEURST

I received this book through BOOKSNEEZE.COM. It was sent to me for free with the promise of me reviewing it and posting my review on my own blog, as a 2^nd place… I use amazon.com for that one.

I am not very good at doing reviews. But the more I do them; I guess I will get better.

This is my 2^nd book to read from Lysa. I am actually rereading Made to Crave.

By reading this book.. I realized how many times I have been unglued, and how at those times I was left empty. By reading this devotional, I have learned that I am not alone. God was and IS right there beside me.  

 Each day there is a bible verse, then a thought, and then finally Lysa shares ways to deal with the many ways that we can be unglued on the inside.

I have shared some of the daily passages with my mom and a few friends.

This will be a book that will be well read.. And marked with ink... it will be nice to see the growth..