Chasing Sunsets by Eva Marie Everson

The back cover of Chasing Sunsets: A Cedar Key Novel by Eva Marie Everson invites the reader to:

Let yourself get swept away to an island retreat of warm tropical breezes, sandy beaches, and the most glorious sunsets you can imagine 

In the pages of Everson’s novel we meet Kimberly Tucker's. Like many of us, her life hasn't turned out the way she planned or expected. With her two boys away for 5five weeks with their father, Kim’s ex-husband, she makes a journey to the family holiday home on tiny Cedar Key at the request of her father, who needs some business tended to. This trip into the past uncovers things buried and proves that sometimes you do get a second chance at your first great love.
Threads from the past were picked up and woven into a story that intrigued me and compelled me to continue turning page after page as Everson introduced characters like Rosa and Patsy in both their former and present selves.

From sunset to sunset, I found myself rooting for the power of love to prevail.

Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc. Available at your favourite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group

The Whole Bible Story by Dr. William H. Marty

Dr. William H. Marty has written what he calls The Whole Bible Story Everything That Happens in the Bible in Plain English.  In his introduction he writes:

When you write a book, editors want you to be able to state its purpose in a sentence or two. Here's my attempt: The purpose of this book is to tell the story of the Bible.

It is not a paraphrase of the Bible's sixty-six books, and it is not intended to replace Bible reading.  My hope is that it will motivate people to read the Bible.

Dr. Marty leads us through stories that many of us know, in chronological order.  He does not include the Books of poetry and prophecy from the Old Testament nor any of the the Epistles that follow the Books of the Gospel.

Though the content is well covered, as a writer myself I did not sense the flow of story in Dr. Marty's words.  To me this read much more like very expanded chapter notes from a study Bible.

I was disappointed in the style, but I do believe that the author's purpose was accomplished; his words did indeed drive me back to the pages of the Bible.

I received this book free from Bethany House Publishers. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.