THE SHIFT by M. ANN RICKS

Genre: Christian Fiction

Paperback: 342 pages

ISBN-10: 0991039955

ISBN-13: 978-0991039951

About The Book

There is a sense of urgency in the atmosphere as God is transitioning what the world has deemed impossible and unbelievable into the possible and the believable. Don’t be alarmed by the "sudden" moves of God.
Pastor Douglass and his family have been positioned for such a move but because of the dense fog of deception that seems to surround them, some in the Douglass family have created their own beliefs, fabricating their own sense of self; negating the truth, God’s truth, even when truth is staring them in the face.  They, like many, are living lives devoid of the knowledge of who they really are and robbing themselves and those they love of their true identity and freedom. Deeply embedded lies from enemy have blinded eyes, impaired hearing and hardened hearts and Angels from the army of God have been deployed. The assignment: the execution of God’s divine design.  Dreams, supernatural revelation and actual attacks from man's ultimate foe will expose all and confirm God’s plan for Xion, Veronica, Zeborah, Bo and Pastor Douglas. Can they handle the truth and surrender? Will the infrastructure of unbelief crumble?  The lives of the Douglass family will never be the same and neither will you, because of THE SHIFT !

About The Author

M. Ann Ricks, (Melissa Ann), is a Christian Fiction novelist residing in Bear, Delaware with her excellent husband and two awesome sons. She is a graduate of Rider University and formerly a national accounts insurance executive. Using Jesus Christ as her example,  as He shared many parables, she creates stories with fictional characters that contend with real life issues and inserts the Word of God to communicate the genuine and unfailing love of God while making it abundantly clear that Jesus is the ONLY answer.  M. Ann is determined to tell the world how wonderfully awesome Jesus Christ is and can be in our lives if we just allow Him to be.   She is honored to be used by God to spread His message with the stories she creates with the leading of the Holy Spirit, knowing that He will provide her with stories and the insight that will lift up the name of Jesus as He promised that if He is lifted up, He will draw all men to Him. She is the author Awesome Wonder: The Gift of Remembrance, The Son and THE BLOOD DONE SIGNED MY NAME.

Social Links:

Email: godsauthor@mannricks.net

Website: www.mannricks.net

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MY REVIEW

The Shift was interesting as it was a different way to describe struggles people go through. This book will make the reader reflect back on their life even as they are reading.

I am giving this book a 4/5 star rating.

PERSONAL NOTE.

As I was reading this trying not and then getting sick, I will be reading this again and there may be a possible change in my review.

NIKO by KAYTI NIKA RAET

Niko was a fun book to read. Past the end of the world, after the water turned bad and monsters became normal. It was an a book that was quick to read.
I am giving this book a 5/5 star rating as I lost track of time reading it.

Plot Summary:

One can live for several weeks without food but only a few days without
water, a fact seventeen year old Niko is only too aware of as she
struggles to provide for her two younger brothers in a post apocalyptic
landscape where the rain burns like acid, food grows increasingly scarce
and any Slither that crosses her path is laid low before it can sink
its teeth into her. 



Then one night everything she'd ever worked for
and loved is consumed by a raging fire, leaving her with one brother
missing, the other dead and herself gravely injured. 



She's
rescued by the Rose Circle, a rogue group of Slither hunters. They sneak
her into Amaryllis City, a decadent metropolis where those able to pay
the exorbitant entrance fee live a life of relative ease.

But for
Niko, Amaryllis City is not the haven she grew up believing it would be
and her unique abilities as a Slither hunter make her a particularly
visible target to a city with hopes of experimentation, replication and
other nasty bits. 



All Niko ever wanted to do was find her baby brother, but that's proving to be harder than expected.

About The Author:

Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Kayti Nika Raet moved
down South when she was 11, where she was bitten by the writing bug, as
well as other, less friendly insects.

She is the author of the Outsider Chronicles, a five book
series starting with NIKO and set in a world where the rain burns like
acid and flesh eating monsters roam.

She’s also a reviewer for Readers’ Favorite and has her own Youtube Channel: Kayti Edition.

When she is not hard at work on her fourth book she has fun reading, listening to K-pop, and photography.

Kayti lives in Georgia.

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DIA OF THE DEAD by BRIT BRINSON

Dia Of The Dead

Brit Brinson

ISBN: 978-0-9907401-0-0

Publisher: Big Moon Press

Pages: 276

Genre: Young Adult/Paranormal

Plot Summary:

Protecting Romero High from all things supernaturally spooky as Dia Muerto is a tough gig for sixteen-year-old actress Dia Summers, but it’s nothing compared to protecting the ones she loves from real, live—well, formerly alive—zombies. Unlike the zombies that shambled around on set, the real deal don’t follow a script.  

At the majorly important birthday party of her boss’ daughter, Dia experiences a series of potentially career-ruining social disasters. Before the night is over, she soon discovers that the possible cancellation of her show isn’t her biggest worry.

Armed with what they can find around Bixby Studios, Dia and her friends band together to find out why everyone they know has begun popping up as gray-skinned, black-eyed, limb-nomming zombies. With the ailment spreading, time is running out before Dia is swept up in Hollywood’s latest trend.

Book Links

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Goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23117815-dia-of-the-dead

Book Depository:

             http://www.bookdepository.com/Dia-Dead-Brit-Brinson/9780990740100

Author Information

Biography

Brit Brinson was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. After time away to attend college and graduate school, she returned home. When she’s not writing, she enjoys doing nerdy stuff with her friends. She lives for all things horror, paranormal, and sci-fi.

Dia of the Dead is her first novel.

Author Links

Website: www.britbrinson.com

Twitter: @britbrinson

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8507189.Brit_Brinson

MY REVIEW
Dia of the Dead was entertaining as well funny. Dia had to endure a hollywood party, which she did not like that is where it begins to turn fun. If you like the zombie attacks this is perfect.
 What changes people or how a group of kids get together is for the reader to find out. What I will say is it is a page turner and entertaining.
Giving this a 4/5 star rating.

REVENGE by PAULA ROSE RELEASE DAY

Revenge by Paula Rose

Anaiah Romance

Blurb:

As a job coach, it’s up to Olivia Foster to ensure her clients work in a safe environment, understand their positions, and serve their employer’s mission. The death of her brother drives her career choice, and she loves her job. It remains her only focus until one of her autistic clients goes missing. Then Olivia’s employer ends her position and adds her to the suspect list, but she makes plans to bring the missing young man home.

Meanwhile, Detective Lt. Phillip Landon is deep into second-guessing his career choice, but his well-honed instincts see major flaws inside this missing person’s case. Surprising contacts, mysterious happenings, and threats can turn deadly. Can he keep Olivia safe, protect his heart, remove the job coach from someone’s target list, and adopt a faith he never knew all while adjusting to the new lives of his old family?

Release Date: December 16, 2014

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Author Bio:

Paula Rose provides inspiration through Christian romantic suspense stories where "average" families come into extraordinary situations, brushed with life-size strokes of reality and a touch of humor. Born in Philadelphia, she lives in Southern New Jersey with her husband and rescue kitty but often plays amateur photographer in both states.

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Author Links:

Website: http://paularosebooks.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulaRoseauthor

Goodreads Paula Rose:  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8392724.Paula_Rose

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MY REVIEW

Revenge is one of the rare books that keeps the identity of the stalker/ killer hidden until the end.The clues through out and the neverending action mixed with the strong faith in God made this book hard to put down once I started reading it.

Getting a 5/5 star rating from me.

PIG PARK by CLAUDIA GUADALUPE MARTINEZ

Pig Park

Claudia Guadalupe Martinez

ISBN: 978-1935955764

Publisher: Cinco Punto Press

Pages: 256

Genre: YA Contemporary

Plot Summary:

It's crazy! Fifteen-year-old Masi Burciaga hauls bricks to help build a giant pyramid in her neighborhood park. Her neighborhood is becoming more of a ghost town each day since the lard company moved away. Even her school closed down. Her family's bakery and the other surviving businesses may soon follow. As a last resort, the neighborhood grown-ups enlist all the remaining able-bodied boys and girls into this scheme in hopes of luring visitors. Maybe their neighbors will come back too. But something's not right about the entrepreneur behind it all. And then there's the new boy who came to help. The one with the softest of lips. Pig Park is a contemporary Faustian tale that forces us to look at the desperate lengths people will go to in the name of community--and maybe love.

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Author Information

Biography

Claudia is the author of The Smell of Old Lady Perfume (Cinco Puntos, 2008) and Pig Park (Cinco Puntos, 2014). She grew up in sunny El Paso, Texas where she learned that letters form words from reading the subtitles of old westerns with her father. She now lives and writes in Chicago.

Author Links

Website: http://www.claudiaguadalupemartinez.com/

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Claudia-Guadalupe-Martinez/107095645999600

Twitter:https://twitter.com/maquilagorilla

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1010472.Claudia_Guadalupe_Martinez

MY REVIEW

Pig Park is not about what it sounds like, pigs. Instead, a fun book about part of a city that had been mostly forgotten about due main company moving elsewhere and the antics of what they are going to do to get noticed.

The other people and the stores in the area along with storyline make this book fun and entertaining.

I am giving this 4.5/5 however it will need to be raised up in the stars to show a five star rating.

FROM THE HEART by ROSEMARY HINES

From The Heart will melt your heart. As with the previous books from the Sandy Cove Series life continues from the first page on to the last.

This is a 5 star book and if it was up to me I would add a box a kleenex and laughing by yourself.

http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Sandy-Cove-Book-ebook/dp/B00Q0AFV58

PERSONAL NOTE

I got into this book I was crying one minute, the next I would try and not be laughing. This is another great book by Rosemary Hines.

THE SECRET LIFE OF JENNY LIU by JEAN RAMSDEN

 

MY REVIEW

There were different secrets with different students and teachers in the new school however the way the book was written made them tie in and playing off one another that The Secret Life of Jenny Liu is a fun and entertaining read.

There are times when a book will make you snort, cry, and then there are the ones that will make you just start laughing out loud. This is one of the books that I started laughing out loud, definitely 5/5 stars.

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Title: The Secret Life of Jenny Liu
Publisher: Jabber & Jam Books

ISBN:9781500612122
Pages: 262

Genre: Middle Grade/ Juvenile Fiction

Plot Summary:


Jenny Liu is on the move again. Except this time, she hasn't landed at yet another Chinese-American

School in California but at a public school in South Carolina. Shy, artistic
Jenny wonders if she will ever figure out how to fit in amongst rowdy fifth
graders and eccentric teachers with hard-to-understand southern accents. To
make matters worse, the class thinks she is super smart and her piano teacher
thinks she is a musical genius. With school activities that test her
intelligence and an upcoming piano recital, it’s getting harder for Jenny to do
what’s right—to tell the truth—especially since she knows that The Real Jenny
Liu would be even more of an outsider. Or would she?

About The Author:

Jean Ramsden is a writer, producer and educational
consultant. She graduated from Cornell University and Harvard University, and
lives in North Carolina with her husband and four children. Connect:
@jean_ramsden

 

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SHILOH'S POOL: AGAINST THE TIDE by JORI SAMS

ABOUT THE BOOK

We all love a tantalizing mystery. We all love the underdog pressing onward against seemingly unsurmountable odds. We all, in one form or another, are trying to make sense of the world around us. And all of these elements lie at the core of modern physics.

The story is among the grandest—the unfolding of the entire universe; the mystery is among the toughest—figuring out how the cosmos came to be; the odds are among the most daunting—bipeds, newly arrived by cosmic time scales trying to reveal the secrets of the ages; and the quest is among the deepest—the search for fundamental laws to explain all we see and beyond, from the tiniest particles to the most distant galaxies. It’s hard to imagine a richer point of departure.

Long before Shiloh sat alone on the bus heading west to historic Sevilla, she was mystified. Moving across the mental timeline of her life, one emotional image unfolded after another. Some would force a chuckle; others left her clinching her chest in pain.

Filtering through the memories, there was one burning question that paralyzed her over and over again. How in the world did she get there?

Join Shiloh on her life adventures during the first of a multi-book series, Shiloh’s Pool: Against the Tide. Her story must be told…

MY REVIEW

Shiloh's pool was not what I expected. It was about looking back on life and seeing the mistakes, heartache, and joys, of growing up. Close to end, a tissue may come in handy as well.

This book had every emotion you could have and a was hard to put down. I am giving it 5/5 stars.

A BEAUTIFUL WILDERNESS by DUPE OLORUNJO

AUTHOR: DUPE OLORUNJO

BOOK TITLE: A BEAUTIFUL WILDERNESS

GENRE: INSPIRATIONAL FICTION

Paperback: 222 pages

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (May 27, 2014)

ISBN-10: 1492275042

ISBN-13: 978-1492275046

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dupe Olorunjo is an Inspirational fiction writer who loves to create stories to challenge her readers to consider life-changing possibilities sometimes outside their normal reach.

She is also the author of TAILED, a compelling tale of a troubled family of five; and THE AIREGINAN DREAM, the story of one man’s quest to set his country free from the shackles of corruption.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Keanu Omira is a wealthy Nigerian private equity investor whose ruthless backroom dealings have brought him to the top of the corporate ladder. Driven by passion to escape memories of his childhood poverty, he would do anything, hurt anyone to keep his fortune growing; leaving him with little thought for his family.

Cathy Omira, a beautiful and successful events manager loves her husband still and hates the towering invisible wall growing between them. Her distress mounts daily as she tries to understand why Keanu cheats on her and doesn’t seem to care enough for their two adorable children.

One bright morning, Keanu is on his way to seal a hostile takeover of a fledgling company owned by his childhood friend Bisi Sanders, when he is involved in a ghastly car accident. From that point, his life takes an unusual downward spiral. He is helpless as subsequent events trap him in a remote place he never knew existed. As the hand of the clock cycles on and Keanu’s ambitions no longer mean much to him, all he craves for is a chance to unearth what is fast becoming an elusive key to aid his return back home.

Will he ever find it?

Read sample chapter: http://bit.ly/1x4BxcG

SOCIAL LINKS

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/dupeolorunjo #abeautifulwilderness

FACEBOOK: http://on.fb.me/1iUJVFq

WEBSITE: www.dupeolorunjo.com

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MY REVIEW

Beautiful Wilderness is beautifully written to highlight the strength that God can have in someone's life. As I read the title I was excited thinking it was about the wilderness however that is only a metaphor. Without giving anything away it is the wilderness that God will use in a persons life to teach important lessons to.

I am giving this book a 5/5 star as it also makes a reader reflect on their own life.

MICHELANGELO EFFECT: KEYS TO EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE by NEKESA OUMA-NAMULU

Paperback: 218 pages

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (July 26, 2014)

ISBN-10: 1500654388
ISBN-13: 978-1500654382

Book Title: The Michelangelo Effect:

Keys to Extraordinary Success for Ordinary People

Genre: Self Help

About The Author

Nekesa Ouma-Namulu describes herself as a 'true citizen of the world,' having the privilege of calling many places home. She was born and brought up in Nairobi, the capital of that picturesque nation on Africa's eastern coast, and moved to London where marriage and career made Europe her second home for almost two decades. Her career as a Computer Networking Systems consultant, which included a year with Cisco Systems, saw her spend many happy hours in data centres all over the world, fiddling with fibre-optic cables plugged to huge data switches alight with dozens of different blinking lights. Work saw her set up camp in Mexico City, Seoul and most recently Paris, which led her to conclude, "no-one does a strike quite so thoroughly as the French." Nekesa has published a computing book, which sits happily next to others in UK libraries, as well as a children's fable. Today, Nekesa and her family split time between homes in Kenya, Spain and the UK.

About The Book

If you've ever wondered why...

*dating and relationship advisors are so fixated on 'make-overs' (your online profile, your wardrobe, your face, your conversation skills)?

*prosperity gurus are so bent on you 'fixing' yourself?
*some of the most beautiful people never find love and many of the most intelligent ones never make good money?

*people with disadvantages identical to yours are so hugely successful?
*and finally, why 'idiots' do so well?

...you need to read this book.

The answer, is hidden in plain sight.
With unparalleled clarity the book reveals the single common denominator behind the new wave of personal success stories that is sweeping across the globe.

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FOUND ALL THE MISSING REVIEWS...

As I was going through I believe I found all the missing reviews. I have a notebook with the books to read and the blog with the reviews. If by chance I have overlooked one please send me an email and I will get that review up.

Thank you for all your patience.

RUINATION: WORLDS APART BOOK 1 by AMANDA THOME

Ruination is a great book. The further you get into the book the more it gets away from the style of other books and move into the direction it will of its own. 

The threats, lies, secrets, terror, loss of rights and suppression of the people by the government, (sound familiar) is just one aspect I will share of the book.

Ruination is a rating of 5/5 and I cannot wait till the next part comes out to see what happens next.

This is the last review that I found that was not posted. 

RISING by HOLLY KELLY

Rising was interesting and fun to read. I have not read many books that a main character was challenged in one aspect but in turn the challenge turned out to be a wonderful aspect.

There is more I could say but I am worried it would contain spoilers so...got to read it for yourself.

Rising is rated 5/5 stars as I find there are different  things in the book that are unique besides a good book.

One of the lost reviews.