48 hour Book challenge Finish Line

I know I am late posting this but better late than never.  I read for 12 hours during the challenge.  I finished 2 books and started another.

The two books I finished were

Two Roads Home by Deborah Raney


14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

The Book I started was

Frantic by Mike Dellosso

I kinda ran out of steam on Sunday but I am happy with what I did.

48 hour reading challenge start line

I am participating and this is my post for my starting line.  I actually started reading last night at 10:00 pm. so I will stop at 10:00 on Sunday.  Happy reading everyone.

Week #2 of June 2015 Wrapup and Goals for Week 3

Last week I finished 2 books and started 2 more.

The 2 books I finished were:


Yarn to Go by Betty Hechtman


Audiobook of Beautiful  Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

The Two Books I started to read were:


The Maze Runner by James Dashner


Audiobook of 14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson
and Maxine Paetro


My Goals for this week are

Finish
 
The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Continue to listen to and possibly finish


14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson and
Maxine Paetro

Read

Two Roads Home by Deborah Raney


Frantic by Mike Dellosso



Refining Fire by Tracie Peterson


Reread of The Rising by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins

Since June is audio book month I would like to try and get some audio book reviews up in the next couple of weeks. 

As Waters Gone By by Cynthia Ruchti

About the book:
As Waters Gone By (Abingdon, May 2015)

How can a marriage survive when separated by hundreds of miles and impenetrable prison walls?

Emmalyn and Max Ross may have to endure the fight of their lives to mend the tattered fabric of their marriage. His actions ensured she could never be a mother and put him in prison, giving their relationship a court-mandated five-year time-out. On a self-imposed exile to beautiful but remote Madeline Island, one of the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior, Emmalyn has just a few months left to figure out if and how they can ever be a couple again.

Nudged along by the exuberant owner of the Wild Iris Inn and Café, a circle of misfit people in their small town, and a young girl who desperately needs someone to love her, Emmalyn restores an island cottage that could become a home and begins to restore her heart by learning what it means to love unconditionally. Yet even as hope begins to find a place within the cottage walls, Emmalyn still wonders if she's ready for Max's release. She may be able to rebuild a cottage, but can she rebuild a marriage?

Purchase a copy: http://bit.ly/1Gs5M3Q

About the author:

Cynthia Ruchti has more than three decades of radio broadcast experience with Heartbeat of the Home radio and currently serves as Professional Relations Liaison for American Christian Fiction Writers.

Find Cynthia online: website, Twitter, Facebook

My Take:  I enjoyed this book very much.  It is definitely going on my reread pile. I liked going on this journey with Emmalyn as she is starting her new life on the island that she and her husband bought a cottage on that up until know was only used as a hunting cabin.  She has to decide if she wants to give up on her marriage like her husband has asked her to file for divorce or fight for her marriage.  This is a hard decision as her husband made a mistake that has impacted their lives immensly.  He is serving the fourth year of a five year prison sentence and she has to sell the house because she has run out of options and she has to start all over on the island.  While she is starting all over she meets some of the quirky residents of the island and they help her to see that life isn't always perfect but it does have it's moments.  

I received a review copy of this book from Litfuse in exchange for my honest opinion.

June 8-14 TBR

This is what I Plan to try and read this week.


The Maze Runner by James Dashner


Yarn to Go by Betty Hechtman


Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

#tbrtakedown read a thon wrapup

I was pleased with myself for the #tbr takedown read a thon.  I made a tbr that consisted of 4 books and of those four books I got 3 read and I started the fourth.

The books that I finished were.

A book that has been on your shelves for more than a year

Hearts that Survive by Yvonne Lehman


A unread Sequel on your shelf

The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

A First Book in a Series on your TBR shelf (I changed my Mind On this one)

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

A Book From your recent haul

As Waters Gone By by Cynthia Rucht (This is the one I started)

It's Monday What Are You Reading?

It's Monday What Are Reading ? is sponsored by Sheila over at bookjourney.net.  It has been a while since I participated in this.  I have been reading though.

Last week on the blog

Book Spotlight of Omni by Andrea Murray


Book Spotlight of Kittens can Kill by Clea Simon



Book Review of Jonah by Vince Lane

#TBRtakedown TBR and June TBR

On Blog This Week


Blog Tour for Permanent Vacancy by Katy Lee

Coming up on the blog


Blog tour Stop of As Waters Gone By by Cynthia Rucht

See #TBRTakedown TBR and June TBR for what I plan on reading

May Wrapup and 20 books of summer challenge

I felt like did alot of reading in the month of May but I only managed to finish 3 books and two of those books were really short.
The 3 books I finished were:


The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
On Audio

How to enjoy Reading the Bible by John Havlik
No picture on Goodreads


Permanent Vacancy by Katy Lee


Now for 20 Books of Summer.

Over on 746 Books She is hosting the 20 books of summer Challenge where you try to read 20 books this summer between June 1- Sept 4.  If 20 books seems like a bit much you can do the 10 books of Summer Challenge.  I am woefully behind on my Goodreads goal so I am going to try to do the 20 books of Summer.  I am not going to pick my 20 books all at once but try to read from my monthly TBR.  I have set a goal for my self to read 2 books a week which is 8 books a month.  20 books is about 7 a month so hopefully I will be all set.

#Tbrtakedown readathon tbr and June TBR

As I mentioned in another post I have been watching alot of Booktube videos recently and Shannon at Leaninglights has decided to have a readathon from June 1 -7 and I decided to join in. If you click on the link of her channel name it will take you to her announcement video if you would like to join in.  She has listed 5 challenges for the readathon. You can do as many or as few as you would like.
Challenges:
1. A book that's been on your TBR shelf over a year! 
Hearts That Survive by Yvonne Lehman

2. An unread sequel sitting on your TBR shelf.  
The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan


3. A first book in a series on your TBR shelf.  
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
4. An "out of your comfort zone" book on le TBR shelf! skipping this challenge
5. A book from your most recent book haul! 
as waters gone by  by Cynthia Ruchti


Now for my June TBR.  I am going to set a very ambitious tbr for the summer months.  Any book from the above challenge that I don't get to will be read in the rest of June. Plus I would like to get to these books.

Finish

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Finish

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
on Audio

Finish

Yarn to go by Betty Hechtman


Frantic by Mike Dellosso


The Rising by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
reread


Just Plain Pickled to Death by Tamar Myers


14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
on audio

Jonah by Vince Lane

“Jonah” is a work of literary fiction, a period piece written in accented vernacular. The story is staged in small town Louisiana in the 1930’s during the great depression. 

An elderly black hobo “Jonah” shows up begging at the door of two ladies humble shotgun shack. Though they are poor, they feed him. So he returns the kindness doing a couple of odd jobs to repay them. They take a somewhat mystical trusting, and immediate liking to Jonah and offer him a job. 

Throughout their time together many amazingly good outcomes happen for the ladies and their families as they are touched by turmoil after turmoil. The story unfolds a murder and cover up involving a prominent Judge who turns out to be responsible for the hit and run death of one of the ladies husbands. 

There is tragedy and death involved, but in the end, the human spirit is triumphant when they realize, only after Jonah has left their midst, that he had been an angel sent to help them through some otherwise horrible times.

About this author

Vince Lane has been writing most of his life, he first began seriously writing literary material around 1980. At the time he was a musician, singer/songwriter, poet, and professional entertainer living and working in Los Angeles, California. As a writer he has always maintained an unabashed style, paying little if any attention to convention. Unlike many writers, he has never settled down into any particular genre having written sci-fi, horror, supernatural, literary, mystery, action adventure, justice, and experimental fiction in iambic pentameter.

"I have enjoyed writing what I like, what I want, the way I want, and I stay true to that artistic freedom to this day."

My take:  I received a review copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I really enjoyed the story of the unassuming Jonah and the ladies he comes to help out.  I guess I am naive but it always amazes me that the people who are suppose to uphold the law at times turn out to be the worst offenders of all.  I think if you aren't a stickler for your historical fiction being totally accurate (the author changed the dates of the war to fit the story) then you should enjoy this story of a humble black man helping his fellow man get through hard times.