Home Made Lovely

Home Made Lovely by Shannon Acheson is a beautiful how to for decorating tips, tricks and ideas. Shannon offers basic, realistic decorating ideas as well as simple hospitality ideas. There are several pages for journaling/woking out your ideas. There are also quite a few photo pages that illustrate ideas. Shannon keeps the ideas (mostly) simply for those new to interior decorating, but also has some great tips for those who have experience.

All in all, I found the book informative and helpful. Interior decorating is not necessarily something I am good at, but did find the tips helpful and inspiring.  I think the best (and my favorite) quote from the book was at the end where Shannon shared, "....the kitchen will become messy every since day if you're doing life right."

I was given a free copy from the publisher for my honest review. I would recommend this book!

Engaging Your Teen's World by David Easton and Jeremiah Callihan

Engaging Your Teen's World by David Eaton & Jeremiah Callihan is an excellent resource for anyone who knows a teen! This book, which comes from the founders of Axis, a ministry which helps parents and teenagers understand each other in teen culture.  

The book is divided into parts. The first part is the why behind engaging in teen culture. The second part is the how and finally the actual teen topics. However, as with any book (and the authors share this), any dated material immediatly can become irrelevant after print. BUT this book offers some great why and then touches on the actual topics.

This book is informative for anyone who works with teens or knows a teen!  I found it relevant to parents, grandparents, youth pastors and anyone who seeks to understand teen culture better. There is valuable insight shared in this book.

I was given a free copy for the publisher for my honest review. The book comes highly recommended from me for parents of and those who know children ages 8 to 18.  

The Escape by Lisa Harris

The Escape by Lisa Harris is the first book in the U.S. Marshals series.  U.S. Marshal Madison James is still reeling from the loss of her husband five years ago. She has finally decided to move on literally and move out of town.  Only she has one last assignment in town.  Jonas Quinn is back in town and has been asked to
out help with this special assignment. It's great to see Madison, who he trained four years ago. This assignment should be a simply prisoner transport.  However, it doesn't turn out so simple.

In true Lisa Harris style, The Escape will have you page turning! I throughly enjoyed the story and simply couldn't put the book down In fact, now that I'm finished with the book, I'm still trying to figure out how the escaped prisoner did what he did.  The only unfortunate part is that there is a cliffhanger at the end, so you'll have to check out the next book in the series!

The Escape was an enjoyable, suspenseful read. I would recommend this book! I was given a free copy form the publisher for my honest review, which I was happy to do!