Peeking Between the Pages

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The yada yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson

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This was such a wonderful book and I am so looking forward to the next six books in the series. The characters in this book just grab onto you and hold on. I already feel as though I personally know and love them. This novel is about a group of women who meet at a Women’s Conference and end up sticking together. They initially form an email group which quickly evolves into a deeper friendship and the women actually meeting regularly. Tragedy strikes in many different ways in this book but the women pray together and are there for each other. I was brought to tears and laughter in this novel. I think the novel struck so deep within me because I have a wonderful family of PT sisters. We met online and started as a book club about 5 years ago and have grown to be family and love and care deeply for each other. I know if we were living near each other that we would be there in good and bad times for each other as the ladies in yada yada are. Again, I really look forward to reading more in this series.

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Flawless: A Pretty Little Liars Novel by Sara Shepard

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This is the second book in the series and I enjoyed it. The girls are a year older and still struggling with being young and getting by. Some of the mystery has been revealed but we still have no idea who is harassing the girls. They thought they knew who it was but it turns out they were wrong. The novel again ends with them being texted by whoever this mystery “A” person is and again the book tackles some of the issues facing young people. I’m curious to read the next one in the series and see if the girls come together as best friends again and manage to find out who is tormenting them. I’m anxious to find out what happens to them next as they are a bit messed up at the end of this book. For a young adult book, it’s quite good. It’s a fast and easy read.

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Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

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This is another YA novel and I had tried reading it once before and didn’t stick with it. Jenn, one of my PT sisters read it and really liked it so I gave it another go and I’m glad I did. I really enjoyed it and I’m looking foward to reading New Moon next. The novel is all about Bella meeting Edward who just happens to be a vampire. She finds out what he is but doesn’t care andn is hopelessly in love with him and he her. He worries for her safety all the time and is scared he could really hurt her. None of this matters to her-she just wants Edward. I really like the characters, especially Bella who is clumsy and quite funny-you just can’t help but like her. I found the book a bit slow off the beginning but then it picks up and by the end you are hooked on the story and looking for more.
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The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle

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This novel is described as being a heart rending story and it most certainly is. I haven’t even got words to convey all the emotions I felt reading this book. On the back cover it tells us that the dark and disturbing subject matter of this book will raise eyebrows and it does. At the same time, it makes us more aware of what may be going on around us in people or families who seem perfectly normal on the outside. People we felt sure we knew and even cared about. Things are not always as they seem. This novel takes us through a young boy’s struggles with wha’ts happened to him and his journey towards healing. It also brings us close to the struggles of the family helping him who have no idea how to deal with the situation but do their best. This book touched me on so many levels. The subject material horrified me yet as this story goes on and you see the strength and love of the people involved and the will of this boy to survive-you see that healing can take place even in the worst of circumstances and it gives you hope. The novel gives us insights into a world we’d rather ignore and pretend doesn’t exist and for this I think it’s a great story to bring about more awareness to people. Maybe from reading some of the things portrayed in this novel, another child somewhere can be saved. I hope so. I would highly recommend this novel.
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Astonishing Splashes of Colour by Clare Morrall

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I can best describe this as a weird book. The novel follows Kitty’s life which is really messed up or Kitty is -mentally I would say. She loses a child to a miscarriage and goes off the deep end after that. She becomes obsessed with kids and anything to do with babies. She hangs around the school presumably waiting for her son to come out but he’s never going to. Throughout the story Kitty is trying to find out who she is-nobody can seem to tell her anything she wants or needs to know. Her mother left when Kitty was a young girl-she can barely remember her and her four brothers can’t seem to tell her anything about her mother-they all have different stories. The book takes several strange twists throughout before coming to an ending that I was surprised made sense. Reading this book makes you remember that things aren’t always the way they seem to be. I wouldn’t say it was a bad book or a good book-it was just ok. I’m donating it to the library though as it isn’t one I’d keep on my shelf.
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and the Shofar Blew by Francine Rivers

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What a great book! I do enjoy Francine River’s writing style especially in her books that focus on real life issues. This one doesn’t disappoint. I like the feelings of hope that her books leave me with. This novel focuses on a pastor, Paul Hudson, who is called to pastor a struggling church in a small town. He turns the church around and soon it is no longer struggling at all. What happens in the following years chronicles a man’s struggle with power and overcoming past hurts and future temptations. It shows a man’s slide from living his life for God to living his life for himself only. Paul hurts his wife and son deeply. He makes a mess of his life. He forgets that God and preaching his word is what is important, not the material things. This book really took me on an emotional journey with all these characters and I became attached to them and felt their joys and sorrows. I was sad to see the book end. I would have liked to know what happened still in the next few years. I would highly recommend this novel especially to fans of Christian fiction.

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