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How to Find God's Will
on Jan. 23, 2014
Initially I was a little nervous about reading this book as this is a topic that many nut jobs seem to enjoy expounding upon. However, I was curious, so I read it anyway and was pleasantly surprised. The author did an excellent job of candidly discussing the common questions, thought processes, and dilemmas he and others face when trying to determine God’s will. In addition, he shared practical solutions, principles, and advice that he has discovered on the topic. This short book is easy to read and understand, however, as is normal in life, practical application may be more difficult. I read the Kindle version and would also love to have the paperback version as well for my library or for sharing with someone who doesn’t have a Kindle. And yes, I think that this tiny little book does justify the title of “author” on Josh Wood’s résumé.
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Down at the End of the River
on Feb. 11, 2014
I received a Kindle version of this book for free on LibraryThing in exchange for an honest review. This selection of unconventional short stories will have you smiling, laughing, raising your eyebrows, scratching your head, and thinking. The author uses odd, but effective, techniques to communicate the point of each story. Even though these stories are fiction, they seem like the type of real stories that people would call “stranger than fiction”.
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The Littlest Spycat's First Christmas
on April 27, 2014
I received an electronic version of this book for free on LibraryThing in exchange for an honest review. This is the first book I have read by this author. I was expecting a cute, feel-good Christmas story. However, I was quickly confused. I caught on pretty quick that the animals could “talk”. But, it took a little bit to catch on that the humans still just hear animal noises. Also, the humans talk as normal humans do. The problem comes when you aren’t already familiar with the characters, as in my case. There were too many characters too fast for this size of book. I had problems trying to figure out if the animal or human is talking and what the place that character had in the story. I also was rather confused on what “the Agency” was, especially as it sounded like it had something to do both with the humans and the animals. If this is going to be a stand-alone story, I think that it would work better to have very simple character development. Otherwise, I think it would be best to know what book(s) would develop the characters adequately before reading this book. Spoiler alert! What I got out of the story seemed very odd. A kitten named Oliver Tolliver Pinkman wishes for a pony (Why? We never know…), is adopted by someone at another farm, gets sick, gets well, becomes a spy cat in the Agency (whatever that means), and gets a pony for Christmas after all (“the oldest pony in the barn”). It really didn’t turn out to be a cute, feel-good Christmas story for me after all. This seems like it might be the type of story where you already want to be familiar with the characters. This story might work as a chapter in a book or as a book in a series that needs to be read in order. In that case, I would possibly give it a higher rating. But, as a stand-alone book and as a cute feel-good Christmas story, this is not it.