Giveaway Winners

And we have winners, using random.org to select them.


Winner of Beckon - Michelle (bookwormgal)

Winner of Best Friend - Laura

Winner of Path Toward Love - Liz R



Congratulations girls. I hope to have your books in the mail this weekend. I've emailed you for your addresses.

Giveaway

I have three books to give away to three different winners this month.


Book 1 - Beckon by Tom Pawlick . This is a suspense/thriller.










Book 2 - The Best Friend by Melody Carlson . This book is geared for teens. Fans of Christy Miller would enjoy it.







Book 3 - Path Toward Love by Cara Lynn James. This is her newest book and is set early 1900's. It's a romance.

 

I will be picking 3 different winners. All you have to do to enter is to leave a comment telling me which drawing you'd like to be entered for. You may enter all 3. To gain a second entry, leave a comment telling me you follow my blog and how you follow it. Additional entries may be gained daily by leaving a comment on any of my book reviews. Entries made on this post must include a valid email address (myname dot hotmail dot com) so that I can contact you.

Ends on Wednesday Sept 26 at 9:00 pm Central Time. I can only ship US.

The Best Friend - A Review

Lishia Vance went from being popular to being an outcast in a matter of days. Feeling left out at the closeness of the girl she thought was her best friend and a new girl, Lishia finds herself pulling away from her youth group friends and even from God. When she strikes up a conversation with popular, beautiful cheerleader, Riley Atkins, Lishia suddenly finds herself thrust into being a member of the "in crowd." But is the cost too much? Is Riley too good to be true or is she genuine? Lishia doesn't know and it's going to take some pretty interesting events for her to discover what exactly she's looking for.

This book is definitely targeted for teens and preteens. As I'm neither, it was a very quick read for me. Early on, I was able to see the direction that the events were heading, and I found myself hoping that Lishia would have some good Christian friends come to her and tell her that she's heading down a dangerous path.

While this probably won't make my read again list, I did get several important things from the story. The first that it's so easy to get caught up in the trappings of the world because it's "pretty". And to me, that reminded me of what sin looks like in our lives. The second thing  I got from this book is the value of being honest and telling the truth saves you a world of hurt. Also being willing to say you're sorry is another point that the author makes. Overall, this was a very entertaining book and I recommend it to teens and preteens.

I received this book for free from the publisher, Revell a division of Baker Publishing Group, for the purpose of reviewing.

Look for The Best Friend at your favorite bookseller in June 2012 from Revell a division of Baker Publishing Group.

Rating - 3 stars, but it's really more of 3.5 star book for me.