44 Cranberry Point
July 18, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
44 Cranberry Point is the fourth book in Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove Series.
Peggy Beldon owns a beautiful bed and breakfast at 44 Cranberry Point in Cedar Cove, Washington. Peggy loves living in Cedar Cove but recently strange things have been happening. Like Fidning a man named Max Rusell dead in one of thier B and B rooms. With no idea whey Max was in Cedar Cove and even worse who killed him Peggy is iching for someone to solve the case soon.
But you know small towns. The murder is not the only news floating around. Jon Bowman and Maryellen Sherman are going to be getting married soon. And Maryellen’s Mom Grace has a couple men chasing after her since she became a widow. But Grace does not know who she is going to choose. She feels love for both men and they both have there own wonderful qualities.
There is much more gossip going on in Cedar Cove but you just need to read the book to find out all the rest of the great juicy gossip. Debbie does a wonderful j0b of picking up where where 311 pelican Court leaves off and continues her story. This is book for in the series of Cedar Cove Series. Debbie keeps the mystery and romance going through each book in the series and makes you feel like you are right there in Cedar Cove living and listening to the daily gossip.
Laughter & Latte ~ Joyful Inspiration For Women
July 15, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
Every women needs a good laugh. I joyful time in her life. This book has so many beautiful quotes that include scriptures and stories. There are great section in the book that include
- Friends
- Fun
- Fabulous You!
- Family
- Faith
It includes a little of something and makes me smile and be joyful as I read each page. Any Christian women should own this book.
Red Fire
July 12, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
Deidre KnightEternity is Ajax Petrakos’s prison. Centuries later after Ajax and his Spartan brothers made a bargain to become immortal, Ajax is struggling to keep himself disciplined. He only has one true source of strength and that is that he will one day find is other half Shay Angel.
When Ajax finally finds his soul mate he realizes he is not the first to find her. Ajax enemy finds her first and that begins the story of a bond that can’t be broken.
Shay is the youngest of a demon-hunting family and wonders if her angel hero is a angel or a demon. As the story goes on Ajax continues to have to rescue Shay until the tables are turned and it is up to Shay to rescue her angel in disguise.
As Ajax and shay rush to solve the mysterious prophesy, a prophesy that will lead to Ajax’s death if they don’t succeed, they begin to fall deeper into love and Shay soon realizes that she can not live without her Ajax.
Deidre kept me turning the pages and I got to the point where I could not put the book down because I had to know what happened next. There is adventure, passion and mystery in the book and that is just the type of books I love to read. The best part is that this is the first book in the series A God of Midnight Novel.
Book two Red Kiss Came out June 2009
Mother’s Milk: Breastfeeding Controversies in American Culture
July 9, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
Mother’s Milk: Breastfeeding Controversies in American Culture
The author draws on her own personal experience as a mother who went to great lengths to breastfeed her children as well as on her vast knowledge of the breastfeeding research literature. She opens up a discussion of modern breastfeeding issues and controversies and explores why breastfeeding is not a cultural norm in the United States. She also discusses the values of the La Leche League, who promote breastfeeding and offer lactation support. In her book she also talks about well known breastfeeding advocates who are pushing for breastfeeding to be culturally accepted in the US.
The American Academy of Paediatrics’ recommendation suggests that infants should be breastfed exclusively for the first six months in their life. However, the reality in the US is that only about 14% are exclusively breastfed for the first six months. In her book, the author examines the conflict that exists between the recommendations by the AAP, the philosophy of the LLL and the issues associated with working mothers and the modern world.
The author also discusses the different views of feminists and breastfeeding mothers and tries to open a dialogue between the two sometimes conflicting parties to achieve a balance between the baby’s and mother’s needs in terms of breastfeeding and the constraints a working mother faces.
This book is a must-read for anybody who is interested in breastfeeding issues. It will give women the opportunity to make an informed choice about the health and cultural issues associated with nursing a baby. The author advocates that breastfeeding is a natural part of every mother’s being, but because of external conflicts women face nowadays, this natural part has to be relearned.
The Manning Grooms
July 6, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
Bride on the Loose
Jason Manning love living the bachelor life, he loves sports, loves not having to pick up after himself. Then one of his tenents daughters decides her mom needs some companionship, so she decides she is going to get her Mom Charlotte and Jason to fall in love.
Jason refuses to have anything to do with this whole game that Charlotte’s daughter is playing, but soons finds himself wanting to spend more time with Charlotte. Jasons feelings grow deeper but he is not sure he is ready to take the next step. Will Jason land his bride on the loose?
I love this story. I love how Jason is in love one minute and the next minute is pretending he does not want anything to do with Charlotte. Debbie captures the true nature of a man falling in love and a single mom not wanting to get involved.
Same Time Next Year
At one time James Wilkens was about to marry a Manning Sister. But with his broken engagement in his past he decides to spend New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas. While wondering around Las Vegas he meets Summer Lawton. She is broken hearted and to make things even worse she has been betrayed. James makes her a promise that she will be over it within a year and to make sure that he is serious he also tells her he will meet her back there same time next year.
During that year they being to contact and comminucate with each other more and more and by the time they meet again on New Year’s Eve the following year they are having more then a date. They are getting married.
This is a wonderful story about love at first sight and how a friendship can blossom into so much more. I love how Debbie shows the reader that a relationship can be so much more if there is a friendship first.
