Review:When Cori Salchert left her job as an in-hospital bereavement specialist due to health problems, she felt unneeded and uncertain of her future. Still relatively young and trained as a neonatal intensive care nurse, Cori was not willing to stop using her gifts for helping at-risk newborns and grieving families. How she got to this point and what she did with her life after her medical retirement are outlined in this deeply moving memoir. The emotional and gripping account will both test and reaff... Read more

Review:The only thing wrong with this book is its pseudo-authenticity. Graves was enough of a classical scholar to give an air of verisimilitude to an entirely too hairy and over-convincing narrative. It sounds like real Roman history unless of course you have read real Roman history. A trap for the unwary, but a corking good read. Read more

Review:Historical fiction is one of my favorites. This books was really captivating and I really enjoyed the charters. My only negative is that it ended quite fast and seemed to wrap up everything too quickly. Overall a great read. Read more

Review:First of all this was the most entertaining and believable work of historical fiction I have ever read. Everytime I read about Julian, whether through Marcellinus or in secondary works I envision him as the character presented in this masterpiece. Vidal successfully presents Julian as a strong individual, albeit a suppressed youth reacting against the anti-intellectual religion(christianity/arianism) of his cousin, Emperor Constantius II. Vidal does a good job portraying Julian as an almost M... Read more

Review:The only thing wrong with this book is its pseudo-authenticity. Graves was enough of a classical scholar to give an air of verisimilitude to an entirely too hairy and over-convincing narrative. It sounds like real Roman history unless of course you have read real Roman history. A trap for the unwary, but a corking good read. Read more

Review:The only thing wrong with this book is its pseudo-authenticity. Graves was enough of a classical scholar to give an air of verisimilitude to an entirely too hairy and over-convincing narrative. It sounds like real Roman history unless of course you have read real Roman history. A trap for the unwary, but a corking good read. Read more

Review:This one is shaping up pretty well, but they changed the read aloud feature to be able to be turned off by the publisher. Bought it to listen to on a trip and read the rest of the time, ended up only being able to read it, not a big deal, but still sort of a b*!#+ move in my opinion. I understand the whole they want you to buy the audio version for like twice as much, but whatever Read more

Review:I was sharply disappointed in this last book of the series-especially since I enjoyed the first two preceding books. The plot was boring-battles here, there, and everywhere. Kali was complaining to herself about how ill and cold she constantly felt but even in her weakened state was able to defeat the demon so that he had to flee the city. Ah, really? It just seemed so uninspired and trite. Read more

Review:This book has been a delightful surprise as an epic fantasy. The story is well plotted out, and the characters act believably. Several sets of characters are developed separately, with their own histories, strengths and weaknesses developed. Some had past histories together, but at the time we are introduced to them, their lives have diverged. Other characters meet along the way, and join in the story. I really appreciated this author's ability to weave their storylines together so well.Read more

Review:I downloaded this book to the Kindle app because it was free. This book is great. The story line keeps you intrigued and there are a lot of twists that keep you guessing. My 10, 12 and 14 year old sons all enjoyed this book. Read more