Contest for $20 Amazon Gift Card

"A child without courage is like a night without stars." -- Annie

"A book without reviews is like a chocolate chip cookie without chocolate chips." -- me

Now that my books are ready and available on Amazon, what they need is... you!

You've read them. You've bought them for friends. You've sent me emails thanking me for the resources or the storyline. Now it's time to tell the internet world.

If you've read either book, please consider writing a review between now and January 25th, and you'll be entered to win a $20 Amazon.com gift card.

Does it sound like I'm begging. Ok, maybe I am a little. But I'm doing it with a smile on my face. :)

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Thanks in advance!

Harvest of Rubies

Words for Wednesdays

I know better than to start a highly-recommended book at 10 PM, but that's when the house is quiet, and so this month, I cracked open Tessa Afshar's book, Harvest of Rubies, after the kids were fast asleep, and I didn't put it down until I read the last page in the wee morning hours. It was well-written, gripping, and very inspirational.It even brought a few tears.

When Janet Parshall commented on her program that it was a historical fiction novel based on a cousin of Nehemiah, I ordered it right away. I love books like that. :) 

I want to read it again with highlighter in hand. I don’t want to forget anytime soon the lesson of the grapevine. How often do I hold onto the pruned branch, wanting that life back? I might find an image of a grapevine and frame it for my home.

If you’re wondering what I’m talking about, you’ll have to read it for yourself. One element that I really enjoyed was that the heroine wasn’t perfect. She struggles with things common to all of us. I’m sure that if I were to meet her today, she’d have uneven fingernails, a stain on her shirt, and she might have misplaced her glasses… a little like me. A little like all of us.