The Merchant’s Daughter by Melanie Dickerson

Genre- Teen Fiction

The Merchants Daughter by Melanie Dickerson

Published by- Zondervan

Copyrighted- 2011

Number of pages- 284

Age Group- Grade 7-10

Description of book- softcover, list price $9.99, ISBN: 978-0-310-72761-3

Annabel wants to have a life in a nunnery to escape the advances of the bailiff.  Unfortunately, her family is now in great debt and she has become an indentured servant to Lord Ranulf, which puts her even closer to the bailiff. 

Lord Ranulf is not the man she expects him to be and he begins to give her security and joy.  Her problems with the bailiff and her insecurity puts him in danger and everything rests with her.  Annabel will need to decide between her plans and the plans God has for her.

About the author- Melanie Dickerson lives in Alabama with her husband and two daughters. She has a bachelors degree in special education of the hearing impaired and has been a teacher and missionary. Her novel has been a finalist seven times in Romance Writers of America sponsored contests.

 

My thoughts- I loved this book.  As I read it, it gave me chills and goose bumps.  When I come across something excellent I feel like that, so I knew this book was great.

 

Annabel was a strong Christian woman, but she had weaknesses as many of us do and that was not telling Lord Ranulf everything when it came to Bailiff Tom, because she wasn’t willing to trust enough.  I hope I can always remember to trust those who are to be trusted.

 

I highly recommend this book. 

 

Disclosure of Material Connection- I received The Merchant’s Daughter by Melanie Dickerson for free from Zondervan. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255. All links were current when posted.

Tyndale by David Teems

Genre- Biography & Autobiography/Religious/General

Published by- Thomas Nelson

Copyrighted- 2012

Number of pages- 303

Age Group- Adult

Description of Book- paperback, list price $15.99, ISBN 978-1-5955-5221-1

It is the age of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Martin Luther, Thomas More, and a man by the name of William Tyndale.

The Catholic Church controls almost everything for the English and there are people who wish to change the way people get the word of God.  William Tyndale is one of the people who plans to help change the world.  He lives and works in secret, because he has been exiled from England.

What will happen to Tyndale and the English Reformation?

Author- David Teems and his wife live in Tennessee near their grown sons.  He has written four other books, one of them, Majestie: The King Behind the King James Bible.

My Thoughts- I thought this book was very interesting.  Some of it was long and boring, but I can understand if there is not a lot of information about his daily life.  Sometimes I thought there was a little too much information about Thomas More.  I know he was an important character in Tyndale’s history, but there was too much information about him.

William Tyndale was an awesome man.  He wrote a Bible with words that everybody would understand and gave his permission for all future translations.  Tyndale is a person we Christians can look up to.  Today’s writers can take note as well, because Tyndale wrote for his ideal reader, who was the plowboy.  That is something to remember when writing.

Tyndale also made a lot of new words which can be learned in the appendix.  And many of them we use today.

I highly recommend.

Disclosure of Material Connection- I received Tyndale: The Man Who Gave God and English Voice by David Teems for free from the publisher through the BookSneeze Review Bloggers Program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.

Man Alive by Patrick Morley

Genre- Christen Living/Men

Published by- WaterBrook Multnomah

Copyrighted- 2011

Number of pages- 208

Age Group- Adult

Description of book- paperback, list price $14.99, ISBN 978-1-60142—386-3

Many men are unsure how to have “a rich and satisfying life” (John 10:10) with Jesus.  This book will help you become the man you need and want to be. 

Dive into this book where you will learn your seven primal needs and how to relate them to the Bible.  You will learn:

• How you know God really knows and cares about you.
• Your life has purpose.
• How to break the cycle.

Here is a link to an excerpt.

About the author- Patrick Morley has been advocating for men for many years and has founded Man in the Mirror to help men all over the world.  He lives in Florida with his wife.  They have four grandchildren and two married children.  He is on Facebook and more information can be found at www.maninthemirror.com.

My thoughts- While I am not a man, I have listened to what my husband has said about his relationship with God and I know this is the book for him and any man that has the desire to improve his spiritual life.

I thought it was great how each chapter was about one of the seven primal needs that man needs to resolve to have a good spiritual life with God.  The questions at the end of the chapters help the reader think more deeply about what he has learned.

I highly recommend this book to all men.

Disclosure of Material Connection- I received Man Alive by Patrick Morley for free from the WaterBrook Multnomah “Blogging For Books” program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.