Book Review: Veiled Freedom

Written by Jeanette Windle 
Reviewed by K.M. Daughters 

Idealistic relief worker Amy Mallory arrives in Kabul ready to change the world. She soon discovers that as a woman in Afghanistan, the challenges she faces are monumental.  As the new security chief to the Minister of the Interior, former Special Forces veteran Steve Wilson is disillusioned to find that the country he fought to set free has fallen into its old habits of greed and corruption.  Afghani native Jamil returns to his homeland seeking a job while his painful past continues to haunt him.  All three search for truth and for freedom.  But at what cost?
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Book Review: Rose House

Written by Tina Ann Forkner 
Reviewed by Michelle Sutton 

About the book:
 
A vivid story of a private grief, a secret painting, and one woman’s search for hope Still mourning the loss of her family in a tragic accident, Lillian Diamon finds herself drawn back to the Rose House, a quiet cottage where four years earlier she had poured out her anguish among its fragrant blossoms. She returns to the rolling hills and lush vineyards of the Sonoma Valley in search of something she can’t quite name. But then Lillian stumbles onto an unexpected discovery: displayed in the La Rosaleda Gallery is a painting that captures every detail of her most private moment of misery, from the sorrow etched across her face to the sandals on her feet. As the mystery surrounding the portrait becomes entangled with the accident that claimed the lives of her husband and children, Lillian is forced to rethink her assumptions about what really happened that day.
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Book Review: The Shack

Written By William Paul Young 

Reviewed by J Renee Archer 

The Shack is a fiction book with a lot of truth in it. Several times I asked myself is this a true story?  I give credit to Young for writing a book that seems real enough that the reader has to remind herself it is fiction.

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Book Review: I Will Make of Thee a Great Nation

Written By Val D. Greenwood 
Reviewed By Donald James Parker 

I'm embarrassed to make this confession, but I believe that honesty is the only policy. I have never read the Old Testament from beginning to end. I couldn't even tell you what I haven't read. I really love Proverbs and have studied it. I've gone through the Pentateuch (first five books). I read some of the short books such as Ruth, Job, and Esther because we had a series of lessons on them at church. But the rest is pretty much hit and miss with miss probably being the more prevalent condition. Frankly, I haven't found great joy in reading about God's people of yesteryear, despite the fact that I was a history major in college and used to read history books for entertainment as a youth. When Mr. Greenwood asked me to review an advanced reader copy of his book, my first impulse due to lack of time was to quote Nancy Reagan (just say no). However, the knowledge that I'd have a chance to alleviate some of my guilt and ignorance dealing with the OT diverted my negative response to a positive one. Here was my opportunity to read about the heroes and villains of the Old Testament and gain a historic perspective of the journey of God's people upon the planet without having to wade through the archaic language, diverse genealogies, and substantiated rumors of wars which don't seem significant to me at this point in time.
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Book Review: Insight

Written By Deborah Raney
Reviewed By Lena Nelson Dooley

Back Cover Copy: She's having a baby.  It's a blessing that brings comfort to newly widowed Olivia Cline. Yet with no insurance, no job and precious little money, how will Olivia care for herself and her child?
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