10 Things A Husband Needs From His Wife by Erin Smalley

10 Things a Husband Needs from His Wife: Everyday Ways to Show Him Love by Erin Smalley
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for allowing me to have a free, digital ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I have to admit that I procrastinated reading this book for a while. I just knew it would be a book of a lot of things I would have to do differently. Fortunately, that was not the case. The book was very insightful on just how different men are than women. It was helpful to see his perspective on different aspects of our marriage and what he needs as a man that I would not readily notice.

I would recommend this book to a wife of any age, but it would be a wonderful present for a bride - to -be!

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Steal Away Home by Billy Coffey

Steal Away Home by Billy Coffey
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a digital ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I have read and enjoyed several of Billy Coffey's other books. This book was a little different than his other books. It is still a very deep book that challenges your beliefs.

Owen is a young boy who moves into a town that neighbors with a very poor, and shunned village called "shantytown". Even though people in his new town and the people of shantytown don't mingle, he falls in love with a shantytown girl named Marty. No one ever knows of their relationship. They meet at a hill in between their towns each evening. Owen has two loves - Marty and baseball. The story of Owen and Marty is told between innings of a very important baseball game. In the end, Marty realizes that what he loves is not really enough.

I don't really enjoy baseball, so I have to admit that I skimmed over some of the baseball scenes. Even though I skipped some of these chapters, I found the connection between baseball and the story of Owen and Marty very intriguing.

I feel like there are a lot of underlying spiritual connections that one can get from this book, the reader really needs to have time to read and think.

Even though I enjoyed the book, I felt like the character of Owen could have been developed a little more. Either I just didn't connect with him, or I feel like I didn't know him very well.

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