Meant to be Mine

Celia Park has been in love with Ty Porter since the day they met in high school ceramics class. It seemed like all her dreams have come true when they met in Las Vegas and decide to spontaneously marry. Until Ty wakes up the next morning and realizes that he isn't ready to be a husband to Celia.
Fast forward five and a half years, and Ty has dropped back into Celia's life, thinking to find closure. Instead, he finds a daughter he never knew about and a woman he might want to spend the rest of his life with. Is it to late to make things work?
I thought that this book was well written! I didn't like Ty at first, since he was rather annoying.;) He didn't win me over with his charm, but rather, with his vulnerability. Celia, on the other hand, was awesome! I enjoyed her humor and witty comebacks. This book is definitely one to put on the summer reading list!

Top Ten Tuesday

This week, Top Ten Tuesday is a freebie, so I figured I would post ten sites that I recommend book lovers check out. Especially if you are a blogger.:) I have been thinking about doing this for some time, since there are so many sites out there that get you free books! The downside is, a lot of them work best if you have a Kindle or Nook.

1. https://www.netgalley.com/index.php?module=reviewer This site only works if you have a reading device. I love all the titles it has! The only down side is that there are all kinds of books, so you may want to stick to just looking at the categories you are interested in...

2. http://www.bloggingforbooks.org/join
This one used to have just Multnomah Publishing, but (I would assume) they were bought up or something, since now there are all sorts of books. I particularly like the cook books up for grabs. This one offers both electronic books and paper ones.

3.http://www.tyndaleblognetwork.com/
I love the selection on here! Again, they offer both electronic and print books for bloggers to review.

4.http://booklookbloggers.com/
This one can be hard to get into, since they are picky. They do have books from three different publishers and offer the books in electronic format or print.

5.http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/bethanyhouse/bookreviewers
I have just been able to get a few paper books from them, but they were well worth it! Again, these copies are for bloggers to review.

6. http://www.gutenberg.org/ 
Strictly for reading on electronics, but a good way to get a hold of old books!

7. Your local library.

8. http://litfusegroup.com/
Another site that offers books for bloggers to review. This is another one that is super picky (I don't actually belong to it, but my sister does, so I see the fabulous choices they send out!), but well worth applying for. 

9.http://www.amazon.com/
General, I know, but I have been able to score a ton of free books from their daily deals!

10.http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/bethanyhouse/ebook-specials-from-bethany-house
If you have an e-reader, this is a site to bookmark, since they offer free and discounted books for your electronic device. A lot of them are quite new books too!

Free for Kindle

Treasures of the North by Tracie Peterson is free for Kindle users! This deal is suppose to be good through June 30th, but if you are interested, I would grab it now!

Kombucha Revolution

My husband and I have been making Kombucha, off and on, for several years now. Sticking to the traditional process and taste, but interested in trying new recipes to make flavored brews. So, when the opportunity came up on blogging for books to review this title, I jumped on it.
While I would of been happy for the whole book to be recipes for flavored Kombucha, I was pleasantly surprised to find that this book includes recipes for dressings and dishes to make with your Kombucha. We have thought about tryinga Kombucha vinegar, and that is one of the recipes! I`m also curious to try their dessert recipes.
So, if you are a beginner or a pro at making Kombucha, this book will be one you want on your shelf!

A Season of Change

When Jacob Miller's little girl is hit by a car, his family's short vacation to Pinecraft is drawn out until she can recover enough to travel back home to their Amish community in Ohio. But, after losing so much when his young wife and youngest died, it is a small price to pay.
When Rebecca's stat in the hospital puts her family in contact with Natalie, who has just found out her mother hid Amish roots, the family finds out that God has a plan to work things out for His good.
I thought that this novel did a good job of handling both Natalie and Jacob's questions about faith and how their Englischer and Amish worlds collided. I look forward to the next book in the series and hope that it will mean a return of many of the characters that were in this one!

So happy together

Top Ten books on friendship


1. Anne of Green Gables was one of the first to come to mind, since you can`t beat the friendship of Anne and Diane.

2. Winne the Pooh.

3. I feel like Lord of the Rings can almost be on here twice, since you have the sacrificing friendship of Sam and Frodo, then the war time kinship of Legolas and Gimli.

4. Charlotte`s Web was my favorite story on friendship when I was a kid.

5. Sherlock Holmes. Watson balances his brilliant friend.

6.Harry Potter. Where would he be without Ron and Hermoine?

7. Katniss and Peeta.Sure, he loves her, but he was a great friend to always put her needs first.

8. Percy Jackson, with his best buds.

9. The Scarlet Pimpernel. I love the League!

10. Shirley and Caroline in Charlotte Bronte's Shirley.

Daisies are forever

In the February of 1945, WWII is wrapping up and the Red Army is marching through Prussia. With the Russians approaching, Gisela Cramer joins the stream of refugees, heading towards Berlin. Leaving behind her ailing Grandpa and her cousin, Gisela takes on the task of escorting her cousins two kids to safety.
When Gisela's party comes across two escape POW from Britain, she takes on the risk of pretending to be married to one of them in order to keep them safe. As they rush to get to Berlin, Gisela finds herself falling for the hurting young man.
Based on true events in the author's family, this book was incredible! She doesn't sugar coat details, but Liz Tolsma also doesn't make the story unnecessarily violent. I like that both of her novels have been based on actual events.
If you find novels set in WWII interesting, then this is a book you need to check out!
I reviewed this book from netgalley.com