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My Book of the Month: Bridge to Haven

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This month, I am taking another trip with one of my favorite fiction writers, Francine Rivers.  Last month, I read “Redeeming Love,” another one of her great books.

I have been looking forward to reading “Bridge to Haven” for quite some time, but I haven’t made it a priority to sit down and read it.  Since I had put myself on a book budget, I decided to check it out of the library and read it.  If you would like to join me in reading it, let me know.  If you have already and would like to share some non-spoiling details with me, leave a comment below. 🙂

Bridge to Haven
Francine Rivers
Inspirational Fiction
Tyndale
2014
Hardcover
469
Amazon

To those who matter in 1950s Hollywood, Lena Scott is the hottest rising star to hit the silver screen since Marilyn Monroe. Few know her real name is Abra. Even fewer know the price she’s paid to finally feel like she’s somebody.

To Pastor Ezekiel Freeman, Abra will always be the little girl who stole his heart the night he found her, a wailing newborn abandoned under a bridge on the outskirts of Haven. Zeke and his son, Joshua—Abra’s closest friend—watch her grow into an exotic beauty. But Zeke knows the circumstances surrounding her birth have etched scars deep in her heart, scars that leave her vulnerable to a fast-talking charmer who lures her to Tinseltown. Hollywood feels like a million miles from Haven, and naive Abra quickly learns what’s expected of an ambitious girl with stars in her eyes. But fame comes at a devastating price. She has burned every bridge to get exactly what she thought she wanted. Now all she wants is a way back home.

In this riveting and highly anticipated tale of temptation, grace, and unconditional love, New York Times bestselling author Francine Rivers delivers big-canvas storytelling at its very best.

My Book of the Month

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Finding Joy by Hope N. Grifin

This month I am taking the time to read a book by a fellow blogger and author.  Her name is Hope N. Griffin and she blogs over at http://www.hopengriffin.com/

I am pretty excited about reading this book because I am a military wife myself and I have found that great life lessons have come from my marriage with my husband.  Tack on his occupation and the various aspects of it…BAM!!! Life change, heart change, God touches my souls with change, happens.  I am sure that these types of things happen with marriages that are not affiliated to the military, but there is something that happens here because we are connected to those who are connected to servicing the country.

Anyway…I have digress.

I am excited to read this book and want to learn so much more about this fellow blogger, wife, and author.  Here is a synopsis below.  If you are interested in reading it with me, you can join in and leaving you comments below. You can also discuss it with me in Hope’s Goodreads group.

I will also be writing a post next week to share my thoughts on the book.  If you are interested, stop by here next Friday for the review.

As a military spouse and mother (with one of her children being a young cancer survivor), Hope has faced some long, lonely nights questioning God’s faithfulness and the strength of her marriage. If you’ve ever found yourself in a long-distance marriage and wondered if it was possible not only to survive but also to thrive, then this book is for you. Hope invites you-through personal experience, examples of others in history, and Scripture-to explore the possibility of a stronger more fulfilling marriage. Together we are stronger. Together we can overcome any obstacle. You don’t have to do it alone. (Source: Amazon)

Doesn’t that sound encouraging.  I know it is to me.

If you are interested, Hope is also giving away a copy of her book.

Read to and with your child…

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This post is going to be the first in, what I hope to be, a series of posts presenting and discussing children’s books.  Today, I just want to introduce the concept…

 

In my home, we take a lot of time to read.  Every month, my children get a book allowance and visit the library.  We have a reading area in our home and spend time reading everyday.  Well, just about everyday. 🙂  My children read for a  set amount of time when they come home from school and I read for at least an hour a day. I try to encourage my children to read in various ways.

As we take time to read, I have found such great joy in reading to my children.  Not only do I enjoy reading with my children, but I often find that I learn something new, as well.  I have also recognized the benefits in reading with my children.

Here are a few benefits of reading with my children

  • I get to connect with my children through, what we normally find to be, a great story.
  • I get to hear how much they are improving in their fluency and vocabulary.
  • I give them an opportunity to share something with me that they enjoy about the story.
  • I am able to explain some of the hard topics that they find difficult to comprehend when we read together.
  • I am also able to spot situations, placed in books, that I find conflicting to what we believe and what we teach our children.  With this, I now have an opportunity to teach them the differences between what we have read and what we believe.  (This one is one of my favorites)

In this series, I will be sharing books that I have read with my children. I’ll be discussing the topic of the books and doing a mini review of the book. Sometimes, I will even share thoughts from my children on the books. My hope is to encourage you to read to and with your children.

Today, I would like to encourage you to take some time away from your busy schedule to read to your children.  I am not telling you when to do it, how to do it, or for how long.  In our house, we don’t normally do bed time stories.  Instead we do afternoon or quiet-time reading.  My children can also read at any other time of day that they want.  I am simply suggesting that you take some time, if you don’t already, to enjoy a nice story with your children.  Perhaps you can take a trip to your local library, book store, or used book store to find some hidden treasures.

Whatever you decide to do, get excited about reading and enjoy sometime connecting with your children through a great story.

Do you have any children’s books to recommend?  Let me know in the comment section.  I’d love to hear from you.

 

 

 

 

 

Summer Fun

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It summertime!!!

Yay!!!!

Do you know what that means?!

It means that my family and I get to do great things everyday…together. Now although my husband will be able to do things with us, the summer fun will mostly consist of my kids and I hanging out.

We love going to the pool, running through the sprinkler, and playing outside together. Although these are things that we can do all year long together, the best part is that no one has to be worry about homework, waking up for school, or even what day of the week it is. We just spend days of carefree hours together doing what we love.

I am so excited, that I feel like I am going to burst with joy.

Last night I said that I was excited that the summer was finally here. My younger son asked me if it was because we get to spend so much time together…YES!!! That is my reason (plus the fact that we don’t have to get up at the crack of dawn or before it).

Today, we slept in. We had a fun carefree breakfast, sat on the couch and watched a movie. We had a video game challenge, where my older son came out as the ultimate winner. We had a great lunch and now we are getting ready to have some of that good old outside fun.

Some of the things that I am looking forward to are going to the park with my kids and taking trips to explore. We also like to take trips to our local library, book store, and used book stores. We’ll probably do some art and craft activities that have to be done outside, since they are so messy. This will give me a chance to try some of those projects that I have on my Pinterest board for doing crafts with my kids.

I am looking forward to our baking sessions together. This is something that we do on breaks anyway, but during the summer, baking and coming up with new things is fun.

One of our summer projects will be to study the Bible together. I am really excited about this.

You know being a mom, is one of the best gifts that God could have ever given me. I get to share my life with these four great kids. I pour in to them and they make my life such an adventurous pleasure.

My heart is filled with so much joy right now.

I don’t know about you, but I just can’t get enough of my babies…although one of them would say that he isn’t a baby anymore…he’s still my baby.

I hope you plan on having a great summer like I do.

Ok…enough chat, I’ve got to run…literally… 🙂

February 2015: Book of the Month

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Brown Girl DreaminIts February everyone!

You know what that means…it’s Black History month.

As a new booktuber, I am very excited to be able to join in and discuss the books that I am reading.

The book of the month is “Brown Girl Dreaming” by Jacqueline Woodson.

I am very excited about reading it.  I have heard some really great reviews about this book.  I will also do a review of it once I am finished.

I must say…this is a very beautiful book…just look at the cover.

I hope that you will join in with me…

 

January 2015: Book of the Month

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5 Love Languages of ChildrenThis month the Christian Moms Read book club will be reading “The Five Love Languages of Children” by Gary Chapman.

Reading this book will help us understand and focus on the way that our children love and how to love them in a way that is beneficial to them.

I don’t know about you, but I am interested in seeing if this book can offer me some understanding that I don’t already possess in regards to my children.  I have four of them and they are all different.  I’m sure that they all have various love languages as well.

What are your thoughts on this book?  Are you looking forward to reading it?

Leave a comment below to tell me what you think…also join in the discussion on the Goodreads group