Your next 24 hours

Your next 24 hours, one day of kindness can change everything, by Hal Donaldson with Kirk noonan.     This is a very practical book! With the potential of having a big impact. I loved the book and the ideas that it presents and how it inspires you to do more for others and take care of your own home/community/etc. The stories are great! I love the suggestions of 5 things you can put into practical use to improve others lives! I love the encouragement that we can always choose kindness "kindness is not contingent on their attitude". I have big plans of sharing this book and it's ideas with my family and making use of the suggestions. It really is a great book! Highly recommend!

Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.

A stolen heart

A stolen heart by Amanda Cabot. Yikes! Poor Lydia!! One of our main characters travels to meet her fiancé to find he's already someone else's husband and soon to be father and has taken off!!! Not only that she finds herself to be taking the blunt of the blame/anger/etc of the people just because of where she's from! Thankfully the sherif takes his duty seriously to care for and protect people in his town which includes Lydia! There were certain aspects of this book that I really liked. I love the historical stories in these kind of books, but I'm not a big fan of it's predictability. It's a classic Christian romance novel! Although I have plans on reading the rest of them when they come out. It's a great easy read! And the story does draw you in!!

Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.

Treasured grace

Treasured grace by tracie Peterson. In this novel we meet grace, who finds herself raising her sisters in times that are really hard! This book seems to have it all! Thrills, romance, trouble, redemption! And more! I did really enjoy this book. Tracie Peterson is among some of my favourite authors. I love picking up a book and getting lost in it. I also love reading historical books. It's like travelling back in time! I'm trying to think of more to say about this book I just don't want to give away the story?? I guess I'll just end off with really recommending this book. It really is a treasure!

Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.

Quick Tips for Busy Families

Quick Tips for Busy Families, sneaky strategies for raising great kids by Jay Payleitner. As a mom of four kids ranging from 1-13 years old I understand being busy. Top that off with being a family in ministry and life gets pretty hectic. I looked forward to reading this book! He has some great tips through the book, like teaching our kids to pause what they're doing when we need their attention. I have to admit that I find the set up of the book a little awkward, but I guess it makes it easy to flip through when looking for a certain subject. Some suggestions I think were just common sense or hopefully should be, but there was some advice in their that gave me pause! Over all I did enjoy it!!! 

Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.