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Still "Thirsty" After Tracey Bateman's Vampire Lit Novel
Stephenie Meyers didn't create vampire lit—her Twilight saga just revitalized the genre and brought it to the teen girls audience. Tracey Bateman's Thirsty capitalizes on this genre expectation—and appetite for a Christian alternative
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James Explores Justice and Truth in The Knight
The third installation of “The Bowers Files,” The Knight explores the relationship between justice and truth—do they always go together? Must they be one and the same? Which is more important? And is lying ever justified?
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Ancient Riddles, Capitol Secrets Uncovered in The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown’s latest, The Lost Symbol follows Professor Robert Langdon through another tale of hidden power and complex ciphers in a deadly cat-and-mouse game in, around and below the streets of a well-known city. This time it’s Washington D.C.
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Ghostwriter Delivers Ghosts and Gore with a Dash of God
Ghostwriter is Christian horror-with an emphasis on horror-and fills the void as a sanitized substitute for Stephen King. If you like your ghosts and gore with a dash of God, this book may be the chilled dish you've been craving.
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Higher Hope Blends Love and Litigation
Higher Hope, the second installment in Robert Whitlow’s Tides of Truth series published by Thomas Nelson, blends love and litigation in a twisting tale of a single Christian woman’s efforts to balance career, romance, and faith.
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Man Meets Chick Lit in Blackston's Last Mango
Looking for some light-hearted chick lit—from a guy’s perspective? Look no further than Ray Blackston’s Last Mango in Texas, a college-age romp that will take you from the plains of Texas to the jungles of Africa.
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Tightly Constructed, The Rose Conspiracy Moves Rapidly
Although the plot is tightly constructed and moves rapidly, with a “Da Vinci Code” style, Craig Parshall’s characters in The Rose Conspiracy are thinly-drawn stereotypes, and readers will strive to identify with them.
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Characters Are Believable in Just Another Girl
In Melody Carlson’s Just Another Girl, Aster is believable and very likeable. She thinks like a teenager, acts like a teenager and worries like the co-dependent caretaker she has become.
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Entertaining Missionary a Perfect, Fast-Paced Thriller
The Missionary is a novel that will entertain and provoke, and it’s perfect for book clubs and Sunday School discussions. If you’re looking for a well-written, fast-paced thriller with a strong Christian message, this is it.
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Blood Lines Bound to Appeal to Male Audience
Odom writes like a man on a mission, in every sense of the word. He uses short, descriptive phrases and lots of technical detail—all of which propel the story forward and are bound to appeal to a large male audience.
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Dodson Shows Potential in Daniel's Den
Brandt Dodson is a skilled writer, with a tremendous amount of potential. But he also could benefit from a stronger editor. As is, Daniel’s Den is like a loaf of bread taken out of the oven just a bit too soon. It’s edible, but more time would have made it really tasty.
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New Teen Series Debuts with Finding Your Faith
The "Yasmin Peace" series is aimed at young African-American teens and ‘tweeners. It's likely to be a welcome addition to Christian bookstores, which don't carry much Christian fiction geared toward the African-American market.
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Fireflies an Impressive First-Time Effort
Jennifer Erin Valent has penned an impressive book for a first-time novelist. The plot is interesting, the pacing is strong and her historical research also shows, with telling descriptions of the Depression era that many will appreciate.
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Taking on Twilight
Readers everywhere—Christians included—are going crazy for a vampire series with a love story that’s to-die-for. One writer sinks her teeth into the books and movie to discover the good and bad behind Bella and the Cullen clan.
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Rain Song an Astonishing Debut for Wisler
With Rain Song, Alice J. Wisler has written an astonishing debut for a first-time author. The daughter of missionary parents, she grew up in Japan, so she is definitely following the writer’s dictum to “write what you know.”
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