The Scroll: A book review

David Chambers is trying to forget the faith he once had when his old mentor convinces him to help in a dig under ancient Jerusalem. The goal? To recover a list of artifacts listed on the Copper Scroll- artifacts from a Jewish temple that had been hidden centuries before. The drama continues to unfold when someone tries to stop the archaeological team from carrying out their project. A bomb, a student found killed, and the safety of another member of the team jeopardized, are only a few of the things that come between the job and its completion. Through the story and as a result of the dig, David finds his faith again, and the nation is forever changed.

I must say I really enjoyed this book. The plot was really intriguing and the story was well-written. I wouldn’t hesitate to read more books like this.

I received this book free from WaterBrook Multnomah in exchange for an honest review. J

Eye of the Sword by Karyn Henley: A book review

In the second book of the Angelaeon Circle series, the struggle to find the three harps continues. Trevin, now a comain in the service of King Laetham, is on an important mission for the king. He is also on a personal mission to find the rest of Melaia’s harps. When he is falsely accused of murder and put to trial, the eye of the sword reflects an astonishing view of Trevin’s character. He is set free and returns to searching for the harps- his chance of proving to Melaia’s father that he is worthy of a princess’s love. But time is running out. Melaia is betrothed to Varic, a shady Dregmoorian prince. Faced with startling facts of his heritage, the only way for Trevin to complete what he has started is to face nightmares from his past.

 The point that this book brought home to me was that the truth is what sets you free. I enjoyed “Eye of the Sword” even more than “Breath of Angel”, and I’m hoping there are more in the Angelaeon Circle series!
 I revieved "Eye of the Sword" free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishers in exchange for my honest review. Thanks for reading!

Breath of Angel by Karyn Henley

The night Melaia, a sixteen-year-old priestess, witnesses a murder in the temple courtyard, she finds out that the stories of angels and shape-shifters aren’t myths. They’re real. A message found in the murdered man’s hand is only the beginning: “Now is payment due in full”.
Sent to serve a king in a distant land, Melaia thought she could trust Trevin, the young kingsman guarding her, only to discover later that his motive the entire time was to betray her later. Then she discovers a shocking secret about the events surrounding her birth, and it becomes her task to find the three kyparis-wood harps and restore the stairway to heaven, allowing angels stranded in the earthly realm to return. Working against those trying to stop the stairway from being restored, Melaia must fulfill the ancient debt- breath of angel, blood of man- which only she is able to do.
From the description, I wasn’t really sure I would like this book, and it took me the first couple of chapters to really get into it, but then I just couldn’t put it down! I am really glad I chose this book to review, because I very, very much enjoyed it. This is my first Karyn Henley book, and I’m looking forward to reading others by her! I would definitely recommend this book.
I received this book free from the publisher in return for an honest review. My own truthful opinion is expressed here! :-)
Please rate my review by clicking on the link below:
http://www.waterbrookmultnomah.com/bloggingforbooks/reviews/view/16414/bmc:2
Thanks!! :-)

First week of February: Skiing!

So it's the 1st week of FEBRUARY already! Winter is, like, half over now! ;-P And we've finally got enough snow to go SKIING! Yay!
On Sunday, our friend, Ashley, and her roommate, Bev, came over after church and lunch, and we had a great time skiing! We went on a several-mile, 1.5 to 2 hour long ski way back in the woods. Some of us got real close with the snow :-)
 This afternoon I went on a short ski. I would've liked to be out there longer, but I needed to get back and finish up getting dinner ready on time. Mackenzie and Mom are away from this afternoon until Wednesday afternoon so Dad and me are doing the cooking for 2 days (but we can both turn out edible stuff!).
 I've been working on knitting a navy-and-flecked teal-striped purse, and I'm almost done with the main part of it (still got the flap to knit then). And that's a lot of what I've been up to lately.
 Have a great day!

An invitation to dinner... with Jesus of Nazareth

A review for the book "Dinner with a Perfect Stranger" by David Gregory

Nick Cominsky thinks his buddies are pulling a fast one on him when the invitation arrives in the mail: A dinner with Jesus of Nazareth? Yeah, right. But curiosity gets the better of him and he decides to find out exactly what kind of joke his friends have come up with. What Nick wasn’t counting on was that this dinner was going to change his life.

 Walking into the restaurant, Nick is surprised to meet, not his colleagues, but “Jesus”, who claims that Nick’s buddies had nothing to do with the invitation. And Nick is surprised at how much this man knows about his personal life. Nick tries to test this Jesus, doubting that this man is actually who he says he is, but for everything Nick brings up, Jesus has an answer. And by the end of the dinner, Nick realizes that Jesus is really who he says he is.

 From the minute I turned the first page, I was pulled into the story. I didn’t want to stop reading. David Gregory writes in a way that makes it really real. This book is one you won’t want to miss.

 I received this book free from the publisher for this review. The opinions expressed here are my own. J
Please rank my review below:

January 24- Eye appointment, skiing, and iced cocoa recipe :-)

Today was a busy, though not terribly productive school-wise, day for me. I had an appointment at the eye doctor's at 9 this morning. Just a check-up since it's been a LONG time since I last had my eyes examined, and I was told that my eyesight is perfect! Good! :-) Dad had an eye check-up too and Mackenzie's new glasses lenses were in so she came with us. We ran a couple of errands, to Wal-Mart and Home Depot, on the way home and checked to make sure my grandmother's walkway was cleared.
This afternoon I decided go go skiing. The temperature was above freezing so it was slushy out, so I only skiied for about half an hour before coming back inside. When I came inside I decided to try a recipe that I saw on the back of the SwissMiss Hot Cocoa container.
   1 cup crushed ice
   2 tbsp (or 1 pkg) hot cocoa mix
   2/3 cup milk
Blend milk and hot cocoa mix in blender/food processer until foamy. Pour on top of ice.
My experience: I took ice cubes and put them through the food processer. I should have crushed them more (since I'm not someone who particularly cares for chewing ice cubes-unlike some of my siblings!). Next time I'll crush them until it's more of a slush. I found that 1 envelope of hot cocoa mix with the 2/3 cup milk made enough for both Mallory and me, but I did have to crush another cup of ice for hers. Anyway, I really liked it. That's what I'm going to start drinking when I come in from skiing and/or sledding and am too hot for cocoa.
Tonight Max and I are going to Youth Bible Study. We have it twice a month on Tuesday evenings. Our youth group is small, about 5-10 people on average right now, but it's nice to be able to get to know each person better than you would if there were 30 people. I'm going to be leaving for that in about 40 minutes, so I need to go and get ready before supper! Sometime this week my next review book should be coming in the mail, so pretty soon I will have another review to post.
 Thanks for reading!
     Moriah

January 15, 2012

Hi! I thought I'd give an update on what I've been doing lately.
It was been COLD! This morning it was -2 degrees when we left for church. Brrrrrrrrr! Even with the "hot-air conditioning" in the van, we all had numb feet by the time we got to Lewiston. It's good that the church has heat, because we were sure ready for it when we got there.
I have been working on posting some book reviews. You can check them out in my 2 previous posts. If you rate them, I would be really appreciative! :-)
The weekend was busy. Miranda, Mackenzie, Mallory and I spent Friday night at our friends the Keeney's house. They have four girls whose company we enjoy so we had a lot of fun with them. Friday night we older girls actually stopped talking and went to sleep by about 11:30. Mallory slept with Kathryn in the guest room, and they were asleep by about 10:30. Neither of them is used to being up that late, and there were two little girls who were tired-out the next day :-)
We went sledding Saturday morning on the great sledding hill behind the Keeney's house. We also visited the goats and played "Kimp" in the morning. We made "crab" sandwiches for lunch (made out of crab-shaped homemade crescent rolls with olive eyes, celery or carrot legs, olive eyes, and tomato or pepper claws), which were really cute! The afternoon held more "Kimp", more sledding, wax-sticks, bead art, and beading crafts and helping with supper preparations. Dad, Mom, Max and Micah came for dinner, and we played some games afterwords.
This afternoon I worked on knitting a lace scarf. It's out of light blue yarn. I have about 2 feet left to knit on it.
Tonight we are going to Sunday night church. I'm looking forward to seeing some of my friends who will be there.
~Moriah~