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Returning to the home she fled in desgrace, will Hannah find healing for wounds of the past? 

After receiving a desperate and confusing call from her sister, Hannah Lapp reluctantly returns to the Old Order Amish community of her Pennslvannia childhood.

I love books that center around the Amish commnity and this one was no exception.  When tragedy befalls an old childhood friend, a phone call from her sister soon sends Hannah down the path of struggling between the new Englisher life she's created for herself and her Old World Amish life she left behind over two years earlier.

This book is the third in a series but stands so well on it's own that I didn't even realize it until after I had finished the book.

The story is about what happens when people intervene where they shouldn't, make assumptions without knowing all the facts and not trusting when they should.  It covers a whole range of emotions; grief, healing, love, forgiveness and so much more.  It was an easy read, one that I would highly recommend.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group as part of their Book Review Blogger program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

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<i><b>David Ponder is back.&nbsp; This time the fate of mankind is in his hands.</b></i>

<i>This is  mankind's last chance. Centuries of greed, pride, and hate  have sent humanity  hurtling toward disaster, and far from its original  purpose. There is only one  solution that can reset the compass and  right the ship, and it consists of only two words.</i>

<i>With time  running out, it is up to David Ponder and a cast of  history's best and  brightest minds to uncover this solution before it  is too late. The catch? They  are allowed only five tries to discover  the answer.&nbsp;</i>


I thought this was an awesome book!&nbsp; I totally enjoyed it from the first page to the last page.&nbsp; It engaged me completely and had me trying to come up with the correct answer, of which I was wrong, along with David and the other historical characters went through their summit meetings.&nbsp; There were many facts about the historical characters that interacted within the book which makes it a fascinating read just for that alone.&nbsp; But above all, it makes you sit back and think about your own actions and what you could change for the better.&nbsp;

While this is the second book that Andy Andrews wrote around David Ponter, you should not be worried about starting with this book.&nbsp; It stands very well on it's own.&nbsp; It's a quick read that I would highly recommend.

<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this  book free from   Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their Book Review  Blogger program. I   was not required to write a positive review. The  opinions I have   expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in  accordance with the   Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255:  “Guides Concerning the Use   of Endorsements and Testimonials in  Advertising.”</i></span>

I was intrigued when I had the opportunity to receive a copy of Alton Gansky's book, A Conversation with God from BookSneeze to review.  The books touts the opportunity to sit down with God and ask Him any question you want and hear his answer.  The book is presented in a dialog form switching back and forth between God, Jesus, Moses, Lazarus, and numerous other important people from the Bible.  There are 55 questions presented to God through the course of the book ranging from God, how can we believe you created us to How should we prepare for the end of the world to God, does choice extend to abortion?

On the surface this sounds pretty cool but the more I read the book, the harder time I had with it.  Not that anything was wrong with the facts that were presented.  Most were rewording of Bible verses.  Part of the issue I had was I found a lot of repetition as I went through each individual section.  I'm able to get things the first time and don't need to have it repeated multiple times within just a couple of pages.  Other sections just didn't seem to answer the question that had been posed in the first place.  I also found that most of the questions posed were not ones that I'm remotely interested in or would ever ask God, given the chance.  Like #10: “Is nature the sixty-seventh book of the Bible?”.  Really??  Who would think that?

I'm sure there are lots of us out there that would love to know the answers to alot of questions but we just aren't destined to know this side of heaven.  I started feeling that it was pretty presumptuous of the author to put himself into the places of important Biblical people and answer for them.

If you know anything about the Bible, I think you will be pretty disappointed with this book.  I found it quite boring and didn't like the switching of "speakers' the further into the book I got.

I'm sorry to say that this book disappointed me and I can't give it a very high recommendation.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their Book Review Blogger program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”