Forget Me Not by Vicki Hinze

Vicki Hinze is an award-winning author of 23 novels, three nonfiction books, and hundreds of articles.  I personally hadn’t heard of this author until I entered a contest to win a free book.  I can’t even remember where I won it from.  I finally got around to reading the book.  (A side note, I am actually very terrible about reading the free books I win.) This is also the same for Ted Dekker’s books.  I have read some but not all.  So back to Forget Me Not, it is an edge of your seat suspense novel.  It was quite a page turner. I am truly a romantic at heart and even though this is a suspense novel there is some romance sprinkled throughout the book. 

James Rollins author of The Doomsday Key says in the front cover of the book it was “Written with equal parts grace and passion, Vicki Hinze’s latest thriller Forget Me Not delves deeply into a chilling world of twisted loyalties, amnesia, and the struggle of a woman to expose a terrorist plot. Romantic, suspenseful, and ultimately uplifting, this story proves that what is buried in the past never stays buried forever.”

Description of book

Crossroads Crisis Center owner Benjamin Brandt was a content man- in his faith, his work, and his family. Then in a flash, everything he loved was snatched away. His wife and son were murdered, and grief-stricken Ben lost faith. Determination to find their killers keeps him going, but after three years of dead ends and torment, his hope is dying too. Why had he survived? He’d failed to protect his family. 

Now, a mysterious woman appears at Crossroads seeking answers and help-a victim who eerily resembles Ben’s deceased wife Susan. A woman robbed of her identity, her life, of everything except her faith and Susan’s necklace.

The connections between the two women mount, exceeding coincidence, and to keep the truth hidden, someone is willing to kill. Finding out who and why turns Ben and the mystery woman’s situation from dangerous to deadly. Their only hope for survival is to work together, trust each other, and face whatever they discover head on, no matter how painful. But will that be enough to save their lives and heal their tattered hearts?

Terrible blogger

I am a terrible blogger.  I have these great intentions of writing a blog post but I never do.  We all have a story, I just think mine is boring.  :)

I bought a kindle fire last month, something I never thought I would buy, but it has been a lot of fun to read books on, surf the Internet and play words with friends.  I have never really played scrabble accept for scrabble Jr. where they give you the words to play.  Words with friends can be an addictive game.

My schedule at the library is changing slightly so I will be working Saturdays instead of Sundays.  Sundays have always been the fun day to work but they have cut them out of the schedule.

Karen Kingsbury's latest novel Loving in the Bailey Flanigan series is available March 27.  I should be more excited but I really can't wait for Karen to write about something other than the Baxter family. I will probably buy the copy of Loving to finish the series off.

About three months ago I seen the trailer for The Hunger games. I had never heard of them but the trailer made it look really good.  I put my name on the list for the book at the library and it didn't take long for a copy to become available and I really enjoyed the books in the series.  Here is the trailer if you haven't seen it.

I was talking to one of the reference librarians about the Hunger games and she could see where the story was going and wasn't a huge fan of the series but she had read another series that was the same type of genre that if you liked the Hunger games you might like Matched by Ally Condie.  

Here is the book trailer for the first book Matched.  

I will try and write more blog posts on a more regular basis.  

Happy Valentine's day!

Happy Valentine's day everyone! Robin Lee Hatcher posted this video on her blog more than two years ago and I have loved it ever since.  I will go back to it from time to time and re watch it.  Enjoy!

Am I the only one?

I am wondering if I am a peanut butter snob? We opened a new container of Jif peanut butter and the flavor is absolutely amazing.  We had bought Skippy before and I can tolerate it just doesn't taste as good as Jif.

The ingredients on Jif have molasses and Skippy does not have molasses.  I think that might be the difference.  So, is anyone else a peanut butter snob?

Spring

I am so very ready for spring to be here.  It is my favorite season. I love seeing the Pink cherry blossom trees, Daffodils, and Tulips during spring.  Winter will be gone and the weather will be getting warmer.  I love taking pictures during spring because of all the colors. During winter there isn't much to take pictures but spring is when it all changes.

Earlier this week on February 2, the groundhog saw his shadow so we have six more weeks of winter.  If the little groundhog hadn't seen his shadow we would have had an early spring. Here are a couple of photos from spring a couple years ago.  I can't wait to take spring pictures this year.

Downton Abbey

I love the BBC drama on Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey.  Three episodes of season two have aired and each one is better than the next one. Waiting a year after season one was hard, but I am enjoying the show every Sunday night.  I love everything about the show, the characters, time period, and costumes are put together so well.

 A lot of people I work with in the library also watch Downton Abbey so on Monday's everyone is talking about the newest episode.  Season two seems a little bit darker themed that the first season because of the war and Downton Abbey turning into a convalescent home for injured soldiers.

I can't wait for this Sunday's newest episode.  Who else is watching Dowton Abbey season 2?

Inspiration

I have been terrible at being consistent with writing new blog posts. I think I need some inspiration.  So sorry about disappearing off the blogging world for a bit.  Here's a short little library story that happened yesterday.  

A gentleman came into the library and checked out some books and his account said "Please ask for ID." I have seen this message before on some other patrons accounts but yesterday it really felt like I was working in a liquor store asking for a person's ID to check their age.  :)  

I'll write another library story tomorrow.