The Three Gifts

A warm Christmas story. Typical Hallmark movie. I like the story of the three boys finally noticing its less about them and more about other people's feelings and living. A very good lesson indeed. The part that I thought was a bit far fetched was when Emily collapsed and Sam was a match. How convenient was that. How Justin's father, Fred meets someone that he knew and falls in love again. It amazes me that towards the end of stories, movies how everything comes to center where things gets solved and endings are happy. All at one time. I never pictured the characters like the cover. I pictured Emily younger and the boys between younger and older. A story all wrapped up with everything more that you would want to read for Christmastime.
I give The Three Gifts 4  hummingbirds

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An Irish Christmas

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A nice little Christmas story. What an adventure to go to another country for Christmas. Although Colleen had a reason to go to Ireland I do commend her on trying to break the news to her son Jamie about his biological father.
I did think Jamie was annoying. The way at times that he treated his mother wasn't right. Both of them had to grieve. Sadly I guess each didn't know how to do that to help each other. Different things that Colleen went through with Jamie was very much relatable since I went/go through that with my daughter.
The one thing I think was the most memorable with that thought is how Colleen just left things go with Jamie. Left it in the hands of God. What will be and what is too big for her, he will take care of. Important message that I need to remember.
Good view on what Ireland is like. How it was explained of the island of Inishbofin. Quite the truth. Since my father's side came from there and seeing for myself, it is a hard place. It was good to see that there is a better effect happening from one place to benefit others even on a holiday.
Of course everything is wrapped up nicely at the end. Jamie and Colleen get what they have been searching for.

Customers who bought An Irish Christmas also bought @ Barnes and Noble- Flight to Heaven by Captain Dale Black, Faith by Lori Copeland, The Whole Bible Story by Dr William H. Marty, Rules to Live By by Jerry White, Hurt Machine by Reed Farrell Coleman, The Gift by Richard Paul Evans

A good story for a free price. I give An Irish Christmas 4 

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Christmas in High Heels

This is the 1st book I have read of the high heels series. When people say it is a short story they are not kidding. It was too short. I liked the story. Typical Hallmark kind of story. A lot of things happening all at once. It is what is a cute Christmas story.

Barnes and Noble says Customers that bought Christmas in High Heels also bought the rest of the high heel series

I give Christmas in High Heels 3___> 

Just because the story is too short.

The Shadow of the Wind

I'm not surprised of the mixed reviews this book got. But mostly were good. Many characters and many things going on. I like the concept of having a Cemetery of the Forgotten Books. Every book should have a place to go where someone else would love the story just as well.. The Cemetery  was not the center of the story but a tool for it. Daniel was the lucky kid to have a book by the author Julian Carax named The Shadow of the Wind.The more he read the book the more he wanted to know about this author. It was apparent that the interest in his writings is with the mannerism of Daniel. Daniel and Julian seem to have linked lives. I believe Daniel was taken under his wing because of the mirror image he had of Julian. And Julian did not want Daniel to make the same mistakes he has made. 

There is one chapter named Empty Plate. I think it has something to do about the book business.Books get to be empty plates when people have it in their head to assume that tv would take over books. When in reality movies are based on books. Bringing it right around again to the pen is still mightier. Bea ,Daniel's wife said that the art of reading is slowly dying. A book is a mirror that offers what we already carry inside us. We read, we do it with all our heart and mind. And great readers are becoming more scarce by the day. Which leads me back to an empty plate . There are worse prisons than words.  

With the adventures that Daniel went through to find out about this author because Daniel came across this book. Did it give him a right to enter different people's lives? Because the book picked him? So this is the story that feels so Gothic.

Shadows,memories,ghosts,dreams all can be found in the Cemetery of the Forgotten Books. Just like Shadow of the Wind was found..

When Daniel does connect with Julian Carax,Julian was not inspired. So I thought sometimes there needs to be an adventure to find about an author, lights up the candle again on writing another piece. This couldn't be said any better. Leafing through pages of a new book is like inhaling the enchanted scent of promise.

And this is why I give The Shadow of the Wind 5__________>

This is a bookcrossing book. And I hope that whoever receives it enjoys it too. 

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The Big 5-Oh

I bought a kindle 4 and this is the 1st book that I got. I really enjoyed this story. My favorite character I would have to say is Olivia, the main character of course. Followed her through her mishaps at the airport where she kept getting beeped because of her keys. Her mind wandering,film at 11 missing Florida vacation being detained for having too many keys. Through her meeting a guy on the airline. She finding out that he lived right next door where she was staying. Deciding to peek over the fence and fell in the pool. She had colorful adventures with the dog she sat,Boofer who dug up the neighbor's cat corpse to waking up to a alligator swimming in the pool.
What a vacation she has. Finally she establishes a relationship to that man she met Jared Hunt. Finding a place in life beside him after going all through the birthday curse. Every bad thing happened around her birthday. Cancer, losing her husband. And now the curse is broken. With the help of her best friend Hallie and Hallie's mom Josie everything ends all neat in a package.
Happily ever after!
Amazon says frequently bought together Love Finds You in Holiday,Florida
I give The Big 5-Oh 5

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