Life, Love and Books

The Girl's Guide to Conquering Life Erica & Jonathan Catherman This book is a must have for girls of all ages, if there is something you want to learn how to do this book will give you simple instructions. From how to change the tire to applying for a job, this book has 100 skills that help to thrive i n life.  Growing up I would have loved to have had a book like this to guide me thru the skills that I never was taught. Even now as an adult, I will be using this book to guide me to learn new skills, maybe even get a dream job. I will also be sharing this book with young women in my life as they seek to conquering life. As a mentor of young women myself, I have ran into moments where I did not know how to teach certain skills, ones that I did not know. I see this book as a blessing that is going to touch alot of young women's lives.  I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book provided by Tyndale Blog Network. A favorable review was not required. All views

The Hidden Side by Heidi Chiavaroli In her second novel Heidi carries on her split time  story line, the present and the past come together. She has a delightful way of telling a story that intrigues the readers into wanting to find out what happens at the end of the  book.  I truly loved getting to read this story that touches our hearts with history  and real life issues.  We meet Natalie Abbott in 2016 and Mercy Howard 1776, New York. Both women have been faced with a tragedy that has effected their lives in more ways than they could have ever imagined. Natalie, a mom of twins, a successful DJ and loving wife; Mercy a colonial girl living in the revolutionary time. One day when Natalie is searching for answers to her children's estrangement, she finds the journal of Mercy Howard. Unbeknownst to Natalie this journal is something she was going to need in the days to come.    Mercy Howard is in love with a special man, but the tide turns as her life is turned upside do

Under a Cloudless Sky by Chris Fabry The present and the past meet in this book about a Southern Coal mining town fighting to survive in a time where the big companies rule. We meet several very interesting characters in this storyline. Two of them are  Hollis Beasley, a landowner who is fighting to keep the land that his family had owned for years. Also feisty Ruby Handley Freeman whose children think that she is need of some fresh direction her life. Two very different people both taking a stand for something in their lives, paths that have crossed in the past. The storyline goes back and forth from 1933 to 2004, telling a story from the childhood of dear 83 yr old Ruby.   A story that has been hidden for years and is now begging to be told to her loved ones. The truth that has been kept quiet of what happened the day of the Massacre of 1933. Hollis's granddaughter has a interest in writing a article for the memorial that is being set up for the victims of the massa