Cynthia

Lysa TerKeurst is a broken woman, who with God at her side, has persevered through so many hard circumstances. If you have not read any of her books, or heard her speak, I highly recommend it! She is a messy, beautiful masterpiece of God, just like so many of us! I will be reading this book again!

One of my favorite authors; I didn't know he had a new one out!! So excited!
Update: I love Martin's writing, but boy this story went on forever!! The details about driving a boat went way over my head, but I did love all the other descriptive writing.

Such a sweet story! It was uplifting, and I enjoyed how the author brought the characters together.

A fast read, kept my attention. I love quirky Wally & Fern.

Well, I was held in suspense for about 3/4 of the book, but then it just went downhill from there. I like Kubica's thrillers/mysteries, but the ending of this one hit the mark for me. I wouldn't waste my time if I were you.

One of my favorite books to read aloud to my students!

One of the best stories I have ever read!

Definitely a page turner. I know this is a book of fiction, but there is no way the main character would have been given all of that authority. Also, the author tired to throw in too many distractible suspects.

I'm not sure what I think...The story took such a turn, as did the characters. I didn't find it all believable and did not buy into all of the transformation of the characters. I feel the author tried to shove too much into the plot line and I found much of the dialogue “clunky.” However, I did like the nature settings and the premise that nature can be healing.

Loved this story! The Book of Lost Names is full of history, love, redemption, hope, forgiveness, and as well as the horror and the beauty that life is so full of.

I'm not sure what I think...style of writing was choppy to me and had to do some rereading to figure out what had happened. I loved the characters, so raw and broken, but the story was just so heartbreaking all the way to the end!

Not nearly as good as the Magic Tree House series, but a nice change of pace for a read aloud to my my students. The series does take the reader through the United States, with facts about the states, landmarks, etc... which is good for kids to learn these days.

I love the Will Trent series. However, this book was just too choppy. Characters actions just didn't jive with me based on previous books.

A sweet story, just a little confusing with the back and forth of characters and time periods.

The plot kept me going; I wanted to find out what was going on. A fast, easy read but wasn't thrilled with the ending, but I think that was the author's point-to make us wonder what happened. Scary how fast people can turn on each other.

Yay! One of my favorite authors has a new book out! So far, so good!

Well, now I'm finished! It was a good story, a fast read, however many predictable parts. A little disappointing compared to some of the author's previous books. A common thread in the last few books I've read it how damaging secrets can be, how assumptions and lack of communication only create more problems.

Such a unique story, and one of the best I've read this year!

So much for doing anything else today; I couldn't put this book down! Finally, a well written, suspenseful thriller that was not predictable and had so many twists and turns!

2 1/2 to a 3...A quick read, somewhat suspenseful and kept my interest. Simple writing, simple characters, good, simple mystery.

Beautifully written! Quite a long story, but thank you William Kent Krueger, for allowing me to escape on the journey along with the vagabonds.

A good psychological thriller with lots of twists and turns. Of course it is very unrealistic, but a good, fast read. The ending is a bit abrupt for me, but worth the read.

Lots of twists toward the latter part of the book that I didn't see coming. I know it's a book of fiction, however I don't think the plot was very realistic. I don't think the characters around Theo would have been that ignorant and oblivious. I'm also not sure the timeline matches up, but I'd have to go back and reread and I don't want to put the effort into it. I have to say I just hurried through the last few chapters just so I could see how it all ended.

Done, and so worth the read! My rating went down to a 4 only because I sure hope Coben's new series is going to cast Wilde (and Esther) and we get to find out more about his past.

Max Lucado is always good for the soul.

For me it was slow to start and finally got interesting about half way in. Interesting plot line, especially with what is going on in the world. Midwives is still my favorite book of this author.