Postcard Poems

Forever Friday by Timothy Lewis

The concept of a a love poem on a postcard from a man delivered every Friday to his wife for sixty years sounds so incredibly romantic, you want to know more. I loved the idea of a realtor finding the album of postcards tucked among the other books forgotten, unclaimed. The story flips back and forth between the couple, Gabe and Huck Alexander, and Adam Colby, the realtor. Pearl Garnet Huckabee, nicknamed Huck was a impulsive woman with unconventional actions. The realtor recently divorced himself, set out on a quest to discover the formula for the couple’s long romance and marriage. With much effort, he traced down the last person with any knowledge of the couple and the puzzle of the postcards.

The author has a very detailed way of writing. Sometimes it seemed laborious and I had to take a break. The aging Huck loses touch with reality. Forgetting that her husband is dead, she drives the nurses crazy by calling 911. All in all it was a good read, funny at times, heartbreaking other times.

This book was given to me by Waterbrook Multnomah publishing for my review.

Amaizy Grace

I picked this book for the title: Faking Grace. Tamara Leigh has written several books Splitting Harriet and Perfecting Kate. Although I have not read either book, Tamara seems to write to the younger crowd.

I really enjoyed the antics of the main character Grace as she tries to fake being a Christian to get a job at Steeple Side Christian Resources.  Some of her thoughts about Christianity were so ridiculous that it was funny. In the first chapter she had a check list of things to do to look and sound like a Christian. Throughout the book, Maizy Grace, a part time reporter ties to hide her real identity by dropping her first name and going by Grace. In the parking lot before the interview, Grace meets handsome British Jack. He happens to notice her “Jesus is my Co-Pilot” bumper sticker (taped with scotch tape for easy removal) beginning to fall off and her fish (Icthyus) is on crooked with its nose in the air. The biggest laughs came from her efforts to hide her prime resource DBGC-Dumb Blondes Guide to Christianity. Truth be told the advice credited to the DBGC was pretty good. It was humorous to hear what some folks think of Christians. In the end Grace learns that Christians have the same temptations and problems as everyone else. It is not what you go through, but Who you go through it with! It was not a preachy book and did not present the plan of salvation. But it was good clean humor and an interesting read.

This book was given to me by Waterbrook Multnomah publishing for my review.