Bookshelf Review - August 2017

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August's Books Completed and Reviewed

The Healers Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson - based on Sleeping Beauty, this YA is about the romance between Rose and Lord Hamlin, and all the obstacles they face, including a sorcerer who has been trying to find and kill Rose. (Read my full review HERE.)

How would it feel to be loved by the son of Duke Nicolaus of Hagenheim? To be loved for herself, her thoughts, her values? It would feel good . . . very, very good.

The Merchant's Daughter by Melanie Dickerson - the second in the fairy tale collection is based on Beauty and the Beast, with a young girl indentured to a lord that is feared by the townspeople. (Read my full review HERE.)

The heavy weight in his chest grew more painful. But he wouldn't lash out at her. It wasn't her fault she didn't want to marry him. How could she fall in love with a beastly looking man like him?

The Fairest Beauty by Melanie Dickerson - yes, another in the fairy tale series. This one is based on Snow White, complete with a wicked stepmother and a seven unusual men in a cottage where young Sophie takes refuge. (Read my full review HERE.)

What if it were true? A beautiful girl, born to be a duchess but being used as a scullery maid, tormented by her own stepmother. How would he feel if such a thing happened to one of his sisters?

Barbara and Susan's Guide to the Empty Nest by Barbara Rainey and Susan Yates - a positive and encouraging guidebook for moms approaching and living through their empty nest years. (Read my full review HERE.)

The end of mothering and the beginning of the empty nest is like the meeting of the ocean with the dry land. In some places the shoreline is cragged, wild, and perilous, while in other locations the ocean rolls gently onto a smooth, restful beach. The shorelines of our emotions are equally varied and as vulnerable to changing circumstances as the coast to the tides and weather.

The Captive Maiden by Melanie Dickerson - the fourth in the fairy tale series is based on Cinderella. Gisela is the victim of a cruel stepmother but earns the love of Valten, the duke's heir. And Valten's rival also gets involved by kidnapping her. (Read my full review HERE.)

Valten's eyes never left her. And in her heart, she believed her stepmother had been wrong. From the way he was looking at her now, his marrying her didn't seem so farfetched.

Egypt's Sister: A Novel of Cleopatra by Angela Hunt - compelling historical novel about Chava, a Hebrew girl brought up as the devoted companion of the Egyptian princess would ascend the throne as Cleopatra. Chava believed that God had called her to be at Cleopatra's side always, but the queen's power and ambition change everything. (Read my full review HERE.)

I closed my eyes, painfully aware that even in my chains and misery, Cleopatra's shadow followed me.

Rush Revere and the First Patriots by Rush Limbaugh - I read and reviewed this series on Homeschool Coffee Break, but am posting reviews of each of the books separately here over the next little while. This is the second in the series. (Read my full review HERE.)




(Reviews still to be posted for: Rush Revere and the American Revolution, Rush Revere and the Star-Spangled Banner, and Rush Revere and the Presidency; all by Rush Limbaugh and Kathryn Adams Limbaugh)

   

   

During August I started reading:


The Lightkeeper's Ball (A Mercy Falls Novel) by Colleen Coble - Olivia travels to California to find out more about her sister's death, suspecting her sister's fiance of murder. But as she gets to know him, she realizes she is falling in love with him, and that there are many more questions about her sister and her father that need to be answered.

Though she wanted to shake her head at what she knew was coming, she couldn't move. He was right. Marriage was the only thing that could save her reputation now.

The Princess Spy by Melanie Dickerson - only a few chapters into this one, and haven't yet figured out which fairy tale it's based on.

Margaretha couldn't stop thinking about the poor young Englishman who had been brought to Frau Lena's chamber. He seemed desperate to talk to Father about whoever had tried to kill him. But why couldn't he simply tell her? Why did he think it would endanger her to know who his attacker was?

Lady Susan by Jane Austen - I've only read the first two letters of this short work so far.

I have been called an unkind mother, but it was the sacred impulse of maternal affection, it was the advantage of my daughter that led me on; and if that daughter were not the greatest simpleton on earth, I might have been rewarded for my exertions as I ought.

During August I shelved:

The Red Siren (Charles Towne Belles) by MaryLu Tyndall - only because I had a lot of other books I was working on, and only so much time. I've read this one before so decided to set it aside temporarily.

Coming Up in September!

Beyond All Dreams by Elizabeth Camden
Zip It: The Keep It Shut 40-Day Challenge
Sanditon by Jane Austen

   

  

This post will be linked at:

5 Minutes For Books - What's On Your Nightstand? August 29
The Book Date - Reading Month In Review - August

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