Happy Friday everyone hope that your week was event full.  My week was a hectic and Friday could not come fast enough and I am still trying to get over this nasty flu bug, which just doesn’t want to leave me.

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?

• Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
• Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
• Finally… reveal the book!

She wasn’t at the Halloween block party.  Neither were any of her friends since their parents had grounded them all.  None of the teenagers living in the neighborhood of Shadow Hill were present when it happened, but they all heard screams in the night.  At first Jazmine thought, it was just the grown-ups partying, yelling, and maybe finally have too much to drink, maybe even fighting as usual.  But as the screams didn’t die down, she realized this was a lot more serious.

“Oh, dear God!” someone exclaimed.

Have you read it, if so what were your thoughts, I would love to hear them.

Happy reading everyone.

1862:  A group of brides from Australia have arrived in British Columbia, and love is
in the air – until their new-found happiness in the prospectors’ town “Run’s End” is
shattered when the hotel-owner is murdered. To make matters worse, something is
wrong with the stored gold at the hotel, and an epidemic makes it impossible for
anyone to leave town.
The brides set all their hopes on their friend Alyssa Chalmers to find the murderer
and restore peace in their new home. But the killer is cunning, and desperate …

• File Size:1817 KB
• Print Length:249 pages
• Publication Date:January 7, 2020

You can purchase it HERE

About Carmen Radtke

Carmen has spent most of her life with ink on her fingers and a dangerously high pile of books and newspapers by her side.
She has worked as a newspaper reporter on two continents and always dreamt of becoming a novelist and screenwriter.
When she found herself crouched under her dining table, typing away on a novel between two earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, she realised she was hooked for life.
The shaken but stirring novel made it to the longlist of the Mslexia competition, and her next book and first mystery, The Case Of The Missing Bride, was a finalist in the Malice Domestic competition in a year without a winner.
Carmen was born in Hamburg, Germany, but had planned on emigrating since she was five years old. She first moved to New Zealand and now lives in York, UK, with her family, including a cat and a leopard gecko.

You can Follow Carmen on Social Media

Links:
Website – https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/carmen-radtke/

Facebook – www.facebook.com/Carmen-Radtke-1958399947738868/
https://twitter.com/CarmenRadtke1/status/1168529365925355522

Email – Carmenradtke01@gmail.co

My Thoughts:

I received a copy of this book from The Fiction Cafe – Review Group and publishers for an honest review – Thank you

Not a normal choice of book for me however I was pleasantly surprised with this one.  Although I wished I had read the first one just to know the characters a little before reading this one.  I did take me a while to get into the story, but once I did I really enjoyed it.

Glittering death is set back in the 1800’s, a group of women were sent from Australia to a small gold prospecting town in America to find themselves husbands. Alyssa our main character is hard not to like, a well educated lady helps her new found friends find love and settle.  There is a mystery in this volume as well once they arrive in Canada.  Alyssa, our heroine, also is at an important choice… Doctor Mark or Mr Kendrick. She’s spoiled for choice! She makes the decision of life-time while solving a crime. It was well-written and a joy to read.  I am looking forward to read the next one.

Many people understand that, at the end of all things, Christ returns, God will create a new heaven and a new earth where those who have trusted in Christ will live with him for ever. But what about those who have “passed on” well before this? Where are they now? What does heaven look like? What will occupy us there? When David Oliver faced the death of his son Joel, at the age of 38, following a short and brutal fight with cancer, he set about researching and writing this powerful short book on heaven and committed to write whatever he discovered. Through a thorough examination of the relevant Bible texts, David provides us with a thrilling view of the future and a destiny well worth preparing for, which will enrich our vision and faith.

• Paperback:208 pages
• Publisher:Malcolm Down Publishing (November 8, 2019)

You can purchase it HERE

About the Author

David Oliver is the founder of Insight Marketing, an international trainer, speaker and author of 13 books in 29 languages, including ‘Work Prison or Place of Destiny?’ He is part of the Salt & Light UK Team and a member Basingstoke Community Church, England.

My Thoughts:

Thanks to the Love Books Group, the publisher and Author for a ARC copy.

This is the first that I have ready anything from this author.  I enjoyed his writing style and how he uses the bible for texts to get him through.

David Oliver has written a timely and necessary insight into the whole process of both living and dying, heartwarming and accessible.

Much of what we think about heaven is ill-informed at best and myth at worst. I appreciate his biblical stance and encouragement it brings every believer. It certainly brought clarity to much of my thinking.

This was actually quite a diverse reading month for me in terms of genres. We have a Family Life Fiction, a few Mystery / thrillers and even a self-help book.  I finished the month of January with seven books.  So what have you finished?  Have you read any of these and what are you reading now?

Happy Reading everyone, until the next post.

Five-Star Predictions From My Unread Shelf

This is my first post since I have followed Top Ten Tuesday, but today’s topic, Books On My TBR I Predict Will Be 5-Star Reads, caught my eye. As I participate in The Unread Shelf Project 2020, I find myself thinking a lot about the books on my physical to-read shelf and trying to figure out which ones will be worth reading.  The books I have included on this list all seem likely to be favorites for me – I hope I’ve guessed right!

Have you read any of these? Did you give any a 5 star?

What is one book you think is going to be a 5 star?

Tell me below, or drop your own TTT link!

01/26/2020

This week has been quiet not much reading. I’m feeling exhausted after coming down with the flu.  I am slowing in back into the swing of things.

Thanks to everyone who has followed and commented on my posts recently – I’m sorry that I haven’t managed to reply.

I have finished The Fathers, The Sons and The Anxious Ghost Blog tour, and The Longest Farewell by Nula Suchel this past week.. Not My usual amount of books this week.  I hope that next week will be better.

TV wise this week I’ve been really enjoying Ozark on Netflix.  It’s about money laundering.

It’s been a slow week on the blog this week as I’ve only posted a few times.  I hope to blog more next week.  I am planning and scheduling some new post next week.  I am also looking into remapping my blog, maybe a fresh look.

How has your week been? I hope you’ve had a lovely week and had time to do some reading. If you’ve shared a wrap-up post please feel free to leave your link before and I’ll make sure to visit your post.

Thanks for stopping by.