Book Review: A Plain Leaving

I could start this book review nearly the same as I did my last book review: A young Amishwoman fled home after a tragic misunderstanding and went to live far away as an Englisher. After 3 years, she learns of her father's death. Jessica returns home to face her past, and ends up looking forward to her future. 

I enjoyed this book much more than the last one I reviewed. The modern day story is set up against another story from 1777, and I love it when two good stories are woven together! I kept wondering, "How is this going to end?? I hope so-and-so ends up with so-and-so!... Oh please, don't do THAT!"

Needless to say, I got involved in the story and thoroughly enjoyed the tale! Oh and there's good news: This is part 1 in a series!

You may learn more about the author HERE.   

I received this book from Bethany House for this review.

Book Review: The Proving

A young Amishwoman fled home after a tragic misunderstanding and went to live far away as an Englisher. After 5 years, she learns her mother has died, leaving her to run the family's bed and breakfast. Amanda Deinner must first run the inn successfully for 12 months if she is to inherit the property. Amanda returns home to face her past, and ends up looking forward to her future. 

This is a great Saturday read! Interesting, lots of little twists and turns, and a happy ending. One of those rainy day, poolside, or sick day books that are quick to pick up and spend some time on. A happy book, you might say. 

You may learn more about the author HERE.  

I received this book from Bethany House for this review.

Book Review: Good Night Tales

"Do you remember a time when kings ruled the forest? When the wilderness was not its own, and the mountains were reverent?... Every king in the land was powerful, but only one was glorious. His name was so pure that no creature or tree dared to pronounce it..."

So begins the fist story in Good Night Tales, a collection of fairy tales based on the Bible. 

We loved this book so much! Each story includes the Scripture reference upon which it is based and a series of questions (at the back of the book) to discuss the story. For many evenings we snuggled on the couch, read our story, and discussed the contents. 

The stories are well written, and drew my husband and me in as much as they did the children. The illustrations are beautiful. This is an all around excellent story book/devotional!!

To learn more about the author, click HERE. 

I received this book from Tyndale House Publishers for this review.

Start Where You Are: Week-at-a-glance Diary Review

This planner is a simple and functional yet pretty option for jotting down your daily to-dos and schedule. The first main section of the book is a row of boxes for January through December, so you can plan "big" things you need to remember.

At the front of each monthly section, is a two-page spread with an inspirational quote, a box for goals, a checklist of important dates, and a half page for notes.

For each weekday there is an unlined box with the day of the week and a line for you to write in the date. You can also circle the month at the top of the page.

At the end of the book are some reference pages: World time zones and international calling codes, Conversion factors, phonetic alphabet, wedding anniversaries, roman numerals, birthdays, and contacts.

Overall, I really like this as a daily planner! It's small enough to slip into most purses, and yet has plenty of writing room inside it. The one downside: There are no monthly calendars, and I like to see my month at a glance!

But overall, an inexpensive, pretty little book that ought to work for most people.


I received this planner from Blogging for Books for this review.