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Book Review: First Date

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First Date (The Dating Games #1)First Date by Melody Carlson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

First Date is a fun YA read with a great friendship and learning story inside.

Five girls from a Christian high school are interested in starting to date but they are unsure about it. How will they like it? How will their parents like it? And how will they get the boys interested since it seems that that they aren’t.

The newest girl at their school, Devon, decides they should form a club called Dating Games. They develop rules and their goal is to get all of the girls a date for the Homecoming Dance.

The story is about the process they go through getting to and through their first dates. The girls come out stronger friends in the end and the DG Club is deemed a success.

I loved this book and its characters and highly recommend it. 🙂

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Book Review: Derailed

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DerailedDerailed by Neta Jackson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I am familiar with Neta Jacksons’ Yada Yada Prayer Club books and love them. This book, told from one of the Prayer Club’s husband’s was just as good.

These books take place in Rogers Park in Chicago, the neighborhood where I grew up. Every time I read one, I feel like I’m going home as I can picture the setting so well.

This story is about Henry and Estelle. They are newly married and having their grandson living with them. DaShawn’s dad is in jail but is released and comes to stay with them as they are just moving into a new Brownstone. Henry goes back to work as a detective with Amtrack and is assigned to the K9 unit with his partner, Corky. Corky is an awesome dog character, a spunky, smart black lab.

The story is wonderful and watching the faith of the characters grow, heartwarming. I highly recommend this book and Neta Jackson’s other books if you haven’t read them! 🙂

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