Now for a change of pace...it has been a long time since I have read this author. Years ago, I read her series about the Baxter family and found it to be heart-warming and uplifting in many ways. Yet I grew tired after a while of her stories-just too predictable. Kingsbury's books always have Christian values at the heart of the story. This book is no exception. It tells the story of two teenagers-she an aspiring author, he a basketball star. They part ways due to her fractured family, but agree to meet in eleven years at a certain date and location. Years pass. One finds success, the other, many heartaches and failures. I won't tell you who finds what! Add in other characters in the family who have their own issues that become an integral part of the story. I read this book in one day. Not one of my favorites, but if you want a feel-good book, this could be it. It does emphasize that hope springs eternal and maybe, just maybe, good things really do happen to good people.
Monday, May 27, 2013
The Chance
The Chance By Karen Kingsbury
Now for a change of pace...it has been a long time since I have read this author. Years ago, I read her series about the Baxter family and found it to be heart-warming and uplifting in many ways. Yet I grew tired after a while of her stories-just too predictable. Kingsbury's books always have Christian values at the heart of the story. This book is no exception. It tells the story of two teenagers-she an aspiring author, he a basketball star. They part ways due to her fractured family, but agree to meet in eleven years at a certain date and location. Years pass. One finds success, the other, many heartaches and failures. I won't tell you who finds what! Add in other characters in the family who have their own issues that become an integral part of the story. I read this book in one day. Not one of my favorites, but if you want a feel-good book, this could be it. It does emphasize that hope springs eternal and maybe, just maybe, good things really do happen to good people.
Now for a change of pace...it has been a long time since I have read this author. Years ago, I read her series about the Baxter family and found it to be heart-warming and uplifting in many ways. Yet I grew tired after a while of her stories-just too predictable. Kingsbury's books always have Christian values at the heart of the story. This book is no exception. It tells the story of two teenagers-she an aspiring author, he a basketball star. They part ways due to her fractured family, but agree to meet in eleven years at a certain date and location. Years pass. One finds success, the other, many heartaches and failures. I won't tell you who finds what! Add in other characters in the family who have their own issues that become an integral part of the story. I read this book in one day. Not one of my favorites, but if you want a feel-good book, this could be it. It does emphasize that hope springs eternal and maybe, just maybe, good things really do happen to good people.
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