Daily Archives: May 13, 2010

*Blog Tour* Indivisible by Kristen Heitzmann

Indivisible: A Novel Indivisible: A Novel by Kristen Heitzmann

Buy on Waterbrook Multnomah’s site

This was the first book I’ve read by Kristen Heitzmann. I wasn’t sure what to expect and there were some aspects that pleasantly surprised me, but also a few things that disappointed me.

The biggest issue I had in reading this book was that I spent about 65% of it completely confused. The characters (especially the women) were so similar in personality I kept mixing them up with each other and had to go back and remind myself who was who a few times. Once I got them straightened out though things started to fall into place.

The book is full of suspense, a bit gruesome at times, but interesting and (this is important for Christian-lit), I didn’t feel as if it was trying to shove the gospel down my throat. Instead there were nice little reminders here and there of the importance of faith and how it works in peoples lives.

If you are a mystery fan and looking for something that combines some intrigue, romance and is clean, good fun I’d recommend checking this book out.

Don’t stop reading!

I was provided two copies of this book – one for my personal library and one to giveaway!  To enter this giveaway, simply enter your information into the form below.  This contest is open for USA only and will end on May 20, 2010 so get your entries in now!

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from WaterBrook Multnomah as part of their Book Review Blogger program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

My Favorite Reads – May 13, 2010

Alyce at At Home with Books hosts this meme – and it’s one of my favorites.   I’ve become a major Neil Gaiman fan – so much so that I spent five+ hours waiting to get his autograph on my newly purchased copy of The Graveyard Book. Most people I speak to talk about American Gods as being their first Neil Gaiman experience or, in some cases, the famous Sandman comics.  Mine was Neverwhere.

Summary from Goodreads:

When Richard Mayhew stops one day to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk, his life is forever altered, for he finds himself propelled into an alternate reality that exists in a subterranean labyrinth of sewer canals and abandoned subway stations. He has fallen through the cracks of reality and has landed somewhere different, somewhere that is Neverwhere.

Now I want to clarify.  Before I read Neverwhere I watched two movies.  Stardust and Coraline.  I had absolutely no clue who Neil Gaiman was when I saw those movies and didn’t connect the two until I’d already read Neverwhere.

I fell into the story immediately.  Many times when reading Fantasy I struggle trying to picture what’s being described and get straight the names and places being told of.  I didn’t have that issue with Neverwhere.  I adored it and if you haven’t checked out any of Gaiman’s works.. I suggest you start with this one.