Another great book by my favorite writer, Jeffrey Archer and Book 6 of the Clifton Chronicles. This one is the best of the 6 books and one I could not put down. I am going to hate seeing the series end with Book 7 in November. Jeffrey Archer is a brilliant writer and I have loved them all. Kane and Abel was my first and after reading it, I started searching all of his books and have read them all up to this latest one. You will not be disappointed with Cometh the Hour.

I actually gave my only copy to a friend and now I am checking it out and making my daughter read it. Although the rules are nothing new, they are things that we tend to forget because we get caught up in the "daily life" that slowly kills us and our dreams. This book reminds me that I can only control myself and no one else; however, if I allow it, I can give up my own power to someone else (even scarier to think a complete stranger). I highly recommend it! You will have nothing to lose but all [XBR] those negative thoughts and agreements that have cluttered your life!

This is the story of a family told by following the fate of its' collection of small, homey Japanese carvings called netsuke. The collection is acquired in Paris in the nineteenth century by one member of this Russian Jewish family and later resides in Vienna, where it and the family are caught in the Nazi annexation of Austria. The author, a potter living in England and the inheritor of the collection from a great-uncle in Japan, eloquently describes the history behind this art form and the historical background of this tragic time and how it affected his family. The reader [XBR] will come away feeling close to the main characters and thinking about the importance of certain objects passed down in families. More for a bookish reader rather than a casual one. With illustrations, but curiously with none of the netsuke. Perhaps these objects that were saved, when so many people were not, are too precious.

Sandra Brown deserves her award of Thriller Master Writer of the year as she really writes great thrillers! Lethal is one of those books that is hard to put down and well worth reading. Would be a great book to read when cuddled up on a cold winter day!

Christopher Moore's writing is weird, and wonderful, and not for everyone. I'm sure there are people, who take life too seriously, who won't appreciate, or even get, his off-beat sense of humor. It's too bad, but that is their loss. This book is a sequel to "A Dirty Job", where Charlie Asher becomes a "Death Merchant", and his six year old daughter, Sophie, becomes the "Big D", herself. Charlie is killed in the first book, but brought back to life, in another body, by a Buddhist nun, who had received the soul of Charlie's late wife. Weird enough for you yet? This book deals with the aftermath, and the return of the Dark forces that took Charlie's life in the first book, determined to conquer the Earth. All that sounds extremely serious, but this book has many laugh-out-loud moments. If you have read any of Moore's work, you will run [XBR] right out and get this book. If not, you don't know what you're missing.

This is classic and typical Nora Roberts. I love Nora Roberts, but her plots are easily cookie cutter. Girl has troubled past, girl meets guy who is involved in law enforcement, gy and girl fight it but wind up in love and catch the bad guy. I always learn something when I read Nora Roberts because she does an excellent job of researching her characters. So, if you like typical, this is the book for you.

Excellent novel of faith, healing, romance and hope. I will be reading more books by this author.

I loved the book very much: it's a beautifully written saga of a three generations of a family where people married young and later found their true love and passion...and how each of them chose to live after. I couldn't put it down; I have enjoyed it so much. Characters are woven so alive and true to themselves and one secret is wanting to burst out...but has to wait out for the right moment to be revealed. It's a gem to read.

I wouldn't recognize this book as a work of Lauraine Snelling's, if it were not for her name on the cover-it's the worst I have ever read ! The book is uncharacteristicly (for author) is void of positive humane spirit and God's guidence we're so accustomed to see in all of Ms. Snelling's books. It's as if someone else wrote this: the main characters-Mona and Ken are about to retire and are planning a trip to celebrate it, when all of a sudden their son is again deployed by the Army as a special Forces officer to serve abroad...He is a sole provider for his two small children and need his parents to care for them while he is away... And a whole drama starts now: Mona (mostly) and Ken complain on how life is not fair to them, that they should be left alone and free of any responsibilities to do what they wish now when Ken is finally retired and Mona has her little business of her own. The book doesn't indicate that either Ken or Mona are too old and/or ill. In that case I would have understood their concern about their own well-being and the constant complaining about the situation that's to come...They even complain about taking care of Theig's children in Theig's face, who is giving them the full guardianship in case he...perishes in the line of duty. I didn't feel any warm feelings nor compassion or worry towards their own son, only the sadness of missed opportunity of deserved enjoyment in the newly retired stage of their lives. The book is poorly written stylistically and is full of grammatical errors. Too many dialogs (to me) do not make common sense. While parents-Mona and Ken have regular American names, their children are given too strange a names, that are hard to pronounce and remember, for no obvious reason. The theme is interesting and could become a treasure in someone's capable hands.

Didn't help me, unfortunately. Didn't show or explained the first things of painting with acrylics on canvas. I am trying to learn the very basics of acrylics, but the book is for a much more knowledgable group. Many words are "foreign" and I didn't understand them. That was very confusing. Not for the very beginners.