This book is awesome ! I like it how the main character named Emma goes trough many problems like her best and only friend moving and someone knows that she is aa witch even tough she is not supposed to tell ANYONE not even her best friend which is hard . It is cool to see what happens in the next chapter and you just want to read more of it !

A detailed history of the events leading up to the Civil War. Fort Sumpter, the election of Lincoln, South seceding from the North. A lot taken from journals, diaries and letters.

Several mysterious deaths start the story told by Sara Ochs in her first novel, THE RESORT. The resort, on a small remote island in Thailand is home to travelers from around the world who have made their way to the island and decided to stay on as staff at the hotel, bar, and dive shop. Added to the mix are various guests who arrive from time to time ... two of which have never left. Both are newly dead. Accident, suicide, or murder? Not everything and certainly not everyone is who and what they seem ... I enjoyed the novel very much and hope for more by this new author.

An amazing read this summer. Read carefully and keep track of the changing perspectives and timeline, but it is written so well.

4.5 stars.

35. The nature of the beast by Louise Penny. Nine year old Laurent frequently cries, wolf to his friends and neighbours in the village of Three Pines. When he goes missing, inspector Gamache must investigate. Could Laurent be telling the truth?

I listened to this book in less than three days. It was so riveting. Years earlier baby Ruby McTavish goes missing in the woods and is found months later “kidnapped” and living with a poor farmer’s family. Ruby’s life is filled with heartache and four unlucky marriages. Ruby then adopts Cam. Camden McTavish sole heir to the McTavish fortune and the luckiest kid alive, ran away from his home and family leaving all the memories and bad blood behind him. He met his wife and live Jules during this time. He gets a call from his cousin Ben to come home to fix the mansion and take care of finances. Camden comes home and the whole sordid story of the kidnapping, brutal happenings in the family and just how far a McTavish can get away with by throwing money at it. I definitely recommend this book.

Eddie Grant left her job in NYC to go home to Nantucket to help her sister with their father. She also meets up with an old love. Barret plans to open up a store and their father is still in a funk after their mother left and their brother died. Of course there's romance and drama and happy endings.

47. Someone Else’s Love Story by Jocelyn Jackson. Shandi Pierce, a single mom, and is struggling to finish college is caught in a hold up of a store. She falls for William who steps between her child and the gunman. She imagines she is in love. William a geneticist on the spectrum is struggling with his own demons and loss of a child. When she learns the truth she says, “I’m sick of other people’s love stories!”

This is a comprehensive textbook for college students as well as a reference work for anyone interested in learning more about friendship with God. It presents "the good life" in light of Christ's teaching and traditional theological concepts. A group of scholars applies these concepts to various aspects of daily life.