Divine Appointments Book Review

Josie Brooks is a fast-moving, pragmatic forty-seven year old independent systems analyst and consultant who moves from company to company making recommendations for streamlining operations. She faces professional and personal decisions in a militaristic manner. What does she do about hot flashes? She researches approaches. Josie has no friends, calls her dad by his first name, and sells her mother's dining room furniture.

Everything changes when she purchases a snowglobe with what appears to be running water in a serene spring scene. Josie finds herself thirsting for relationships. She encounters misperceptions about her family that were responsible for forming her life-attitudes and decisions. What should she do about this overwhelming thirst?

Charlene Ann Baumbich has created realistic, lively characters such as Lyle Waters the "sappy....bleeding heart" and Frank the office gossip. The creative imagery depicted surrounding the snowglobe is masterful.

I received this complimentary copy of "Divine Appointments" from Waterbrook/Multnomah Publishing Group for the purpose of review. I loved the book so much that I read it twice. It reminds us that everything is not as it first appears, especially people. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading about life journeys.

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"Left At The Altar" Booksneeze Review

I received a complimentary copy of Kimberley Kennedy's book "Left At the Altar" from Thomas Nelson for the purpose of review. The book is 179 pages long. It is the story of the author's true account of her experience of being left at the altar. She describes the hurt and humiliation associated with her experience. As a television personality, she could not escape comments and reminders of her hurt. The book has interesting additions, such as the perspectives of family members and men who have ended relationships with women in not so courteous manners. The author was honest enough to admit she should have seen it coming and that she had not sought God's wisdom concerning the union. The author gives practical and biblical ways to come through the hurt and to become stronger. I applaud her for revealing very personal information in order to help others who go through the same or similar events in their lives. The rejection does not have to be limited to those who are left at the altar. As anyone living today knows, there are those of us who have lost jobs, homes, and other financial resources, going through rejection is as emotionally wrenching as grief over an ill or lost loved one. I loved the book and would recommend it to anyone, not just someone who was "Left At The Altar."