To Be Perfectly Honest by Phil Callaway

To Be Perfectly Honest by Phil Callaway is an interesting read. Phil is a Christian Comedian who was challenged to tell the truth fir a whole year and this book is his view of that year. This book will have you laughing, crying and make you think about different things in your life. I really enjoyed this book and it was an easy read. I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.

Women of Faith Worship: Rejoice

Women of Faith Worship: Rejoice is a new collection of heartfelt songs from the Women of Faith Worship Team. This CD contains some older worship songs and some newer ones. This is the song list: Beautiful Redeemer, So Good, Forever Reign, Come as You Are, Hosanna, Our God, Glory to God, You Brought the Sunshine, Greatness of Our God, and Great Is Thy Faithfulness.

This CD is a great compilation and I really enjoyed listening to it. Thanks to Thomas Nelson for providing me with a copy for review.

Beyond Talent by John C. Maxwell

Beyond Talent by John C. Maxwell is about how talent is just the start of being successful. Each chapter contains inspiring real life stories that help enforce the point of the chapter. This book talks about the truths that successful people know: belief lifts your talent; initiative activates your talent; focus directs your talent; preparation positions your talent; practice sharpens your talent; perseverance sustains your talent; character protects your talent…and more. You can have talent alone and fall short of your potential. Or you can go beyond talent and really stand out.

I was very excited about getting this book because I am a huge John C. Maxwell fan and have read most of his other books. This book is like the others in that it is his easy to read, understand, and down to earth style of writing. I was disappointed though because as I was reading the book I realized that I had already read it except it was previously released under the title “Talent is Never Enough.” This book even though written by a Christian author uses very few if any Biblical references. I would recommend this book as long as you are not looking for a book about talent and scripture. Thanks to Thomas Nelson for providing me with an advanced reading copy of this book for review.

iShine Bible NLT

The iShine Bible NLT is a great combination of the Bible and media resources like QR codes. As one who works with tweens I think this is a great Bible for them, and I highly recommend it. The NLT is an easy to understand translation of the Bible and the QR codes make it interactive for the readers. It’s a great size so it can easily be thrown in a purse, or book bag and taken anywhere. I am very impressed with this Bible and will be recommending it to parents of tweens that I know. Thanks to Tyndale for providing me with complimentary copies.

Promises to Keep by Ann Tatlock

Promises to Keep by Ann Tatlock is about a mother trying to keep her kids safe, two young girls who share secrets, a father desperate to reunite with his family, and an older woman who is determined to die in her home. This book was an interesting read, although I found it rather slow. The story line is good, but to me it just seemed to drag on and by the end you basically knew what was going to happen before it took place. The author does a good job of developing the characters and making you feel for what they are going through, but there are so many extra things in this book, that had I not been so interested in knowing how it ended I would not finished the book. I am a person who loves a good novel but this one just didn’t seem to hold my attention until we were about 50 pages from the end of the book.Thanks to Bethany House Publishers for sending me this book free to review.

Max on Life by Max Lucado

Max on Life by Max Lucado, has Max answering the questions of readers. This book has many of the questions Max receives from his readers with his own answers and Biblical backing to them. The questions in this book are broken down into seven sections, so if there is a particular subject you have a question about you can easily see if the question is answered in the book.

I found this book interesting, although I did skip some of the questions because they didn’t interest me. It was really neat to read Max’s thoughts on the questions and see how it compared to my thinking. I also appreciated the Biblical references that were thrown in to support his answers. The book was a bit dry in places but again I think that’s just because some of the questions weren’t interesting to me. Overall I enjoyed reading this book. Thanks to Thomas Nelson for providing me with an advanced reader copy of this book.