Book Review: When a Women Lets Go of her lies by Cheryl Brodersen

Many of us woman have voices in our heads which tell us that we are not good enough, that no one likes us etc. etc. There are lies that have plagued woman since the temptation of Eve.

In this book, Cheryl Brodersen gives us teaching, relevant examples from the woman today and woman from the Bible. Cheryl also gives us practical and biblical guidance to help us women believe in God’s sufficiency to meet their needs and promises that in Him they are wanted, they are good 

enough and that they are loved and accepted by Him.

Book Review: The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom

The Hiding Place is the story of Corrie Ten Boom and her family who lived in Holland during the Second World War and at the time when the Nazi’s invaded the country and all Jews were being segregated and punished.

The Ten Boom family had strong Christian beliefs and felt it was the right thing to go in helping their Jewish friends in every possible way.  They became part of the Dutch underground and their home quickly became the center for an anti-Nazi operation.

Keeping the Jews safe was a constant struggle for Corrie and her family and in the end, they were found out and sent to concentration camps where they were separated from each other. After some years Corrie and her sister Betsie ended up in the same camp and their time there was both very harsh and good as their faith, especially Betsie’s faith, helped others in their pain and brought others to know Christ.

The Hiding Place is at times a harrowing read but overall it is a story of love for people and the love that Christ shows us all – and that even in the hardest times He is always with us.

Book Review: The Light of the Fireflies by Paul Pen

The Light of Fireflies is a story of a boy who has lived underground in a basement his whole life along with his parents, his grandmother, his brother, his sister, and his nephew. One interesting fact is that we never find out the name of the boy.

Despite the boys’ mother acting like their family and the life they are leading is a normal one – it is actually anything but normal.

The boys’ sister wears a white mask to cover her face which was apparently badly burned. She is banned from taking the mask off by her dad as he doesn’t want the boy to be scared at the sight of her.

To pass the time, the boy spends most of his time playing with a cactus and trailing the little but of light that comes from the crack in a wall.

The boy begins to question life in the basement and in particular where the door beside the kitchen goes to. As well as who is the father of his sisters baby, his nephew? And what happened before his birth and why do the whole family live in a basement?

This book is one that gets you so involved in the story that you are unable to put it down until you have finished.

Book Review: Walking Home by Clare Balding

Based on the BBC Radio 4 programme “Rambles” which is hosted by Clare Balding herself – this book follows Clare as she goes on a journey around Britain and Ireland. It is a discovery of the Islands, but also a discovery of people who Clare meets on her journeys.

The people that Clare meets range from a botanist, barefooted rambles to whiskey drinking widowers. The book also includes sections on Clare walking with her family and her dog Archie and the adventures that they got up.

In writing this book Clare conquered 1,500 miles of footpaths from the Pennine Way to the South Coast path.

This book is a great read and all the stories bring a smile to your face as well as making you laugh out loud.