When book bloggers review a book, they do NOT mess around.
I've met some wonderful, intuitive reader/reviewers in the past several weeks. Of course I'm honored and humbled by their glowing praise of Like There's No Tomorrow, Like a Love Song, and The Memoir of Johnny Devine, but I'm also highly impressed at the gifts of insight and articulation these women possess. I wish I could write book reviews half so well!
Carrie - a.k.a. Reading Is My Superpower - has a gift for not only thoroughly enjoying a good love story, but also mining the depths of it for things that, quite frankly, few people find. It is a particular delight to me and author friends when something we've so carefully woven into a story--by the inspiration and guidance of God's Spirit--is not only found, but leaves a lasting impression or impact.
Yes, Carrie, God's Story is THE story, and our stories, whether we write fiction or live and breathe out our guts-and-glory story of real life, stem like tender shoots from the Vine, from the Master's own story.
May the One who inspires true love continue to redeem, refresh, renew, repair, restore, and inspire us all to receive and re-gift the Love that never fails.
Since I absolutely can't help myself, here are a couple of snippets of Carrie's wonderful review of Like a Love Song:
"...I love books that point me
to THE Story, to the Author of my days, to the ultimate Romance. This is
why I adore reading books by Camille Eide. Because along with a great love
story, readers are shown a reflection of THE great love story...
...Sue
is guarded and perpetually stressed but her heart is in the right place. It
just needs some TLC. The kids at the ranch, just like any group of kids
that age, some were easier to like than others. But see, I’ve known kids like them –
in the foster system, abandoned by everyone who should have been protecting
them, rejected one too many times. My heart ached and swelled and broke –
and healed again – in turns.
And Joe… It took me longer than I care
to admit to realize that Joe and his convoluted ex-adoptive family were a
sort-of picture, if you will, of another convoluted family – this one hailing
all the way back to the Biblical book of Genesis. But once I discovered it (and
after I squealed in allegory-loving delight), I was reminded of how much depth
there is beneath Camille Eide’s books. In fact, they really need to be
read more than once because there is priceless gold to mine that surpasses what
can first be seen on the surface...
The beauty of this story – the tender victory of every story on earth – is that God specializes in binding up heart-wounds. He is the Father to the
fatherless. He places the lonely in families – even unconventional ones. He
sets people free who have been imprisoned by the trauma of their past and gives
them joy. (Psalm 68:5-6)"
Please click HERE to read the rest of this lovely review AND to enter the final hours of the giveaway for a free copy of the book, but hurry!
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PS: I am deeply grateful to Singing Librarian Books and Sydney Anderson's mad skills in putting together these amazing Book Tours. I highly recommend her services to authors interested in launching a book tour.
2 comments:
i am humbled beyond words. Serious tears in my eyes over here, Camille! It is such a privilege to be trusted with amazing books and get to live out my dream of talking about them. (P.S. - Sydney rocks!!)
Thank you so much, Camille! Thank you for the opportunity to work with you and promote your books (I still need to read Like There's No Tomorrow and Like a Love Song and am very much looking forward to it)!! I hope to host tours for you again in the future. It has been a lot of fun!
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