Summer of Joy by Ann H. Gabhart

I absolutely love this cover. It perfectly tells me the time period this book is written in. I even love the faded colors that made it appear older.  It's very eye-catching and appealing.  Nice work on that!

Summer of Joy is a novel that is an easy read, but to me, it did have some suspense.  It wasn't the scary type of suspense, but it was waiting for people to be revealed and resolved. The book is not fast-moving, but is evenly paced and draws the reader in.

As you can probably guess by the cover, the story is set in the 1960s. Hollyhill, Kentucky seems like a quaint place to live.  It's a town that knows everyone and takes care of their own.  They watch out for each other.  No one could help but love Leigh.  David is such a sweet man with an imperfect family that is easy for the reader to relate to.  He has to not only overcome many things in his life in order to marry Leigh, but Leigh has to let her guard down and realize that it is possible that someone loves her and wants to be with her.  Despite their age difference, they must figure out how to make a relationship work and look beyond themselves.

Every time I read a book by Ann Gabhart, I am continually amazed at her broad range of writing.  She has written in so many different genres that it's amazing to watch her excel in each one that she writes.  I have missed the first books in this series, so I'll be going back to read them now.

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I received this book free from Revell Publishers in exchange for my honest opinion of this book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



A Dad's Prayers for His Daughter by Rob & Joanna Teigen

When I first requested this book, I did not realize these were the same authors of another favorite book of mine and my husband's, 88 Great Daddy-Daughter Dates.  I had gleaned so many new ideas and could hardly wait for my husband to take our daughter on those simple, yet meaningful dates.  I know it was geared for dads, but it was good ideas for me, too.

In the same way, this book is similar to that one.  It's similar not in content, but in the fact that it is for dads with lots of ideas for moms.  I really like these simple prayers for the different areas for our children.  We so many times pray generically or only when there's a problem for them.  I loved pondering on my daughter and spending time praying over her. 

I passed this book off to my husband so he could glean some ideas from it.  The prayers are definitely from the heart and written with lots of love.  I like the stories they tell within the pages, too.

I think this would be a fun study for dads to do.  Can you imagine what it would be like to have a room full of men praying over their daughters?!  Definitely a book that will be used over and over again.

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I received this book free from Revell Publishers in exchange for my honest opinion of this book.