Books I read on our vacation to Maine!

I loveeeeeddddd this book. 

Engraved on the Heart by Tara Johnson was just truly awesome! I don't often read a book that I think: I need to send this to twenty of my favorite book readers. But that is how I feel about this one. Just stupendous!

A debutante and a physician are thrust together and apart during the Civil War as they both make choices to help end slavery and free those they love and even those they don't know. 

(I honestly don't want to write too much more because it doesn't need much more than that.)

But I will say this. From everything I could find, this was Tara Johnson's first novel. And it was simply amazing. She painted the characters beautifully. She incorporated the Lord and a love for God seamlessly into the pages. 

I truly canNOT recommend this book enough. Honestly, this one is going to stay in my library for my daughters to read someday. A beautiful cover. A beautiful story. A beautiful book. I hope Tara writes some more!

P.S. I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I grabbed A Seal Called Andre in a Maine gift shop while on our trip. It was delightful, informative, interesting, educational, and just plain sweet. If you like animals and are interested in anyway in how their minds work, I strongly recommend this piece to you. I read it in just about 24 hours. Delightful!

I also read the book Love Story by Karen Kingsbury. I was majorly hooked on Karen Kingsbury about five years ago and read ALL of her "Baxter Family" books. But then I got a little overdone on it and took a break. This is the "prequel" to the Baxter family. You can read it in any order although it will give you some teasers about books written before chronologically. A really sweet story -- very typical Kingsbury writing.

This book is listed last for good reason. I picked this up on a 50% off rack at the airport. I should have left it there. Anything is Possible truly ranks as one of my least favorite books I have ever read. I finished it because it was a best seller and I kept thinking: There has to be something amazing that is going to happen and connect everything.

But it never happened. It was SO depressing. The stories were so scattered. There did not appear to be any connection or resolution. I seriously finished it and went: "What just happened?" Disliked GREATLY with NO recommendation.