Books read Mar 7

A Carol for Kent (Song of Suspense #3) by Hallee Bridgeman 
Have read the other book sin the series, they can be read as stand alone also.
Am familiar with the characters and we find out more about Carol, a single mother and the childs grandparents love having the little girl visit.
They lied to her and their own son about the child and 8 years later when he came home they were having a birthday party for her. Neither had no idea what had happened.
She was told their son didn't want to have anything to do with her and the child.
As they get to know one another and he Bobby Kent gets over his anger with his parents with the help of others and God, always praying to forgive.
He ends up buying a house next door to her so he'll be able to see her grow up and he's remembering what he saw in Carol back in college.
He is now a country western singer and Carol is an investigative murder lawyer. The town has suffered the loss of over 5 women and the night she realizes her life is in jeopardy she sends Bobby and her daughter and she'll be the bait.
With the storm things don't go as planned. one of the detectives on her case is sent away and the other one wants to molest her. Her friend comes to her rescue but we soon learn she wasn't there to rescue her at all.
Plays like a simple love story but with twists or scary parts as the murderer gets closer to killing her. Other characters from the authors other works also come into play for brief moments.
Love this series because it's out of my comfort zone and I am learning so much by reading them.
Can't wait to read the others in this series and hope they continue.

A Harmony for Steve by Hallee Bridgeman
Have read the other books in this series and I like the action in them with meaning.
This one starts out with Harmony and she's a big song writer/artist and her family is mostly behind her as she sings about God and at a hip rate.
After a show where she was staring with the Devil group she need to decompress after the family meeting about the business.
She heads to her relatives cabin in the woods in Oregon and she meets up with Steve-the man who had crashed into her at the show with his beer.
He's there trying to rehab himself, get off the drugs, booze and devil stuff. They are able to spend some time together and she prays for him and he is recovering but it's taking a lot of time.
Band has no idea where he is...
Story is so realistic with cult and drugs and alcohol it brings on a lot of emotions while reading...
Love how the family and networking comes together in many forms.
Love catching up with the others in the series-you are not left in the dark if you read the books out of order like I did.

The Noel Diary from the Noel collection by Richard Paul Evans
About a man who has a bad past and wants to reunite with his father.
Scott is his dad and he and another woman are on their way to meet him.
Rachel showed up while he cleaned up  his mothers hoarder house when she passed away. She had put him outside on the sidewalk when she had enough of taking care of him as a child.
She discovers her mother was at the house at the same time and a neighbor kind of remembers her and knows Jacob's father will know more.
Then head to Arizona and they find him...He gets the explanation he wants to hear about when Scott had asked to take care of him, they had lost another child...
Noel is Rachel's mom and they have her diary and she's the one the helped raise Jacob...
Jacob was lucky to find a family to raise him and even moved with them when they got a job relocation...
Jacob is a writer making a nice living at it with his past experiences that others love to read about.
Like the ending and didn't see it coming out like that, great ending. Sad book.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).

Lighthouse Mysteries of the North Atlantic by Robert Cahill
Have visited many of the lighthouses around our area in the northeast and there are so many more we've yet to visit.
Hope to find out more about the ones no longer functioning in our area and down the coast.
So much information about the lighthouses and how they operated in their days.
What I love about this book is all the things I've learned from even our local lighthouse. Especially excited to read of vikings who built some of them and also of the ones in Nova Scotia as we watch Oak Island and there's treasures there.
Loved hearing of PI light and how the hurricane killed the whole family but
the keeper himself.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).

The complete fairy tales of Charles Perrault

Liked hearing of the stories and also about the author who wrote these in the 1670's. 

Some of them are quite scary and gruesome and they all come with a moral or two at the end.

Had never heard of Bluebeard and Hop of My Thumb and Donkeyskin.

About the author and translations done are included at the end.

I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).

The Berenstain Bears Go Christmas Caroling (Berenstain Bears/Living Lights: A Faith Story) Paperback – October 1, 2019

by Mike Berenstain 

This audio book I listened to as the bears are busy decorating, everybody doing what they are capable of.

The bears leave with the local group and the part I like the best is when Honey asks what certain phrases mean in the songs.

She gets answers too!  They travel to many singing along with them.

Songs with no words finish up this book.

I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).

Canoeing on the Juniata, 1888

Enjoyed this story of a few who leave at the top of the river and spend over 2 weeks time camping and sleeping out.

We learn about the items they take with them, the cost and clothes they brought. Also talks about things they discovered along the way.

So cool! Photographs in the book are summarized.

I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).