Baffled how anyone can give this more than 3 stars. Writing is so stiff and detached, I was amazed how it had been published. Plot construction is horrible. For example, one scene they are at a flea market. A barn of some kind burns to the ground. There's chaos and drama. But what did it have to ...
I'm glad I read this book. Even though I thought it an easy read /romance and could project the ending, it had a few twists that I did not see coming. This book also had some good life lessons in it and I especially like the lessons on patience ! Lydia also prayed on most of her concerns and stru...
I loved this book. So much happened during this story, but I had to keep reading to see what was going to happen next!!! So happy Lydia married the man she truly loved, Levi was perfect for her! Menno really seemed nice but his boys sure were a handful. I liked how he heard his boys say how they ...
This wasn't the first Amish-themed book that I've read, but it wasn't exactly what I expected either. The cover and description of the book were interesting, so I thought I'd give it a try. At first, the head-hopping from character to character drove me nuts, but I got used to that and enjoyed ...
I would've given this book 4 stars if there hadn't been a few instances of vague language that might or might not have been inconsistencies. Also, the book centers around the Amish White Christmas Pie recipe, but at the end of the book, this pie recipe was not among the recipes given to readers. ...
I have read and give it 5 stars. Christmas is a time of miracles and rejoicing the birth of Christ. When a young boy is left with an Amish couple by his father that never returns for him. He grows up Amish and is baptized. He stills wonders 16 years later about his real father. About to marry his...
First time I've read a Brunstetter novel in ages, and only because it was sitting in my collection of books to read. While the plot was okay, one of my major pet peeves is the way Brunstetter writes conversation between Amish characters. If one character uses a Pennsylvania Dutch word or phrase, ...
Katie Yoder's life changed drastically the day her boyfriend was killed in a van accident. Despite the change of scenery in Florida, she finds herself suffering from anxiety attacks and depression. No matter how much she tries, she just can't forget about the accident that took Timothy away from ...
I was excited for this book, because I am in the same position as Jolena, I am very hard of hearing. I am glad for this story. Which I pray it makes an awareness for all those who know deaf people or hard of hearing and how we feel. I know where Jolena comes from. She had to learn to communicate ...
Wanda Brunstetter writes a new series "The Discovery" little small books in 6 parts Goodbye to Yesterday-The Silence of Winter-The Hope of Spring-The Pieces of Summer-A Revelation in Autumn-A Vow for Always.I prefer to have them all in one, to me it seemed as if you were reading few chapters in ...
I didn't care for the whinning, the grumbling Hannah all the way through the book. She need to grow up some and take responsibility for her own actions and thoughts. I enjoyed the end when she came to realize where she needed to be and that was with Timothy. He tried so hard to please her ris...
Kelly's Chance is the first in the Brides of Lehigh Canal Series by Wanda E. Brunstetter. The book is set in the late 1800's and based on the life of a girl who works on the canal for her father. Kelly is expected to do the work of two people and is not paid anything for her time. Her father has ...
I really enjoyed reading this book, it kept my attention and entertained me. The characters and the plot both were very well written and there was enough surprises I had a hard time putting the book down.Emma Yoder Miller was newly married and she and her husband did a quilt class lasting 6 weeks...
This is the second book in a series about Lancaster County Amish couple Merredith (Merrie) and Luke Stoltzfus. I do not understand why this series is broken up into such short books, other than they would make perfect TV episodes as they are written, with the perfect cliffhanger at the end of ea...
A Vow For Always is book 6 of Wanda Brunstetter’s 6-consecutive-month release of her Lancaster County Saga.Meredith is ready to move on without her beloved Luke. Jonah has proposed and is ready to marry her and become a father to Levi. In the meantime “Eddie” realizes after months of not know ...
Many of my friends go on and on about Wanda Brunstetter so when I saw this book I decided to give it a try. I enjoyed the book and didn't find anything truly terrible about the book, but, as with Karen Kingsbury, I simply don't understand why people wax poetic about Ms. Brunstetter's work.Certai...
Sarah was desperate to escape the Lehigh Canal in Pennsylvania. Forced to work the canal path by her father with no money in return, she runs away with Sam Turner and begins her married life in New Jersey. When the couple returns home, tragedy strikes and she is left a widow with three young chil...
The Healing Quilt is the third book in the Half Stitched Amish Quilting club. But it is easy to read as a stand alone. Lamar and Emma Yoder are an elderly Amish couple who travel to Florida in the winter due to Lamar's arthritis. Emma decides to hold quilting classes for six weeks to relieve bore...
Twice Loved by Wanda E. Brunstetter1945 brings many changes to everyone. Soldiers are coming home and some are not coming home.This story is about a young widow Bev Winters and her daughter. Bev was struggling to make ends meet as best as she could. She had a job as a bookkeeper at a company, ...
'A Merry Heart' by Wanda E. Brunstetter is a life changing intriguing book. 'A Merry Heart' is the first book of the four books in the 'Brides Of Lancaster County' series and it is my book of the year! Miriam Stoltzfus, a twenty-six year old Amish woman in Lancaster County in Pennsylvania, s...
Rachel Beachy is a tomboy who loves climbing trees and being outdoors. But on the other hand, her sister Anna is very different. You could say, VERY different. Rachel is perfectly satisfied with the Amish way of life, but she has one problem. She is in love with her sister's boyfriend, Silas Swar...
I really enjoyed reading Dear to me by Wanda E Brunstetter it is in the Bride of Webster County series. This one deals with caring for animals that get hurt and orphan. But the main character can only do so much without a proper education. She is faced with either trying to become a vet or sta...
Can you imagine suffering an accident that would forever change your life. Well Rebekah Stolitzfus was injured in the storm when a huge branch fell on top of her buggy when she was just little. Rebekah was paralyzed. She feels as if she's failing her family and the rest of her Amish community. In...
The third in the "Daughters of Lancaster County" and I was pleased to meet again Abraham, Naomi and Abby, with the key characters here their close friend's family of Jacob, Grace and Leona Weaver. The other strand of the book brought up to date the situation of Jimmy Scott, which I had found frus...
The realistic fiction novel 'Plain & Fancy' is the third book if Wanda E. Brunstetter's series 'Brides of Lancaster County.' Anyone that reads this book won't be able to put it down. This book really grabs your attention! I rarely put it down, and when I did, I thought about it util I picked it u...
Barbara Zook lost her husband David. They ran a harness shop together. After giving birth to their son a few months after Davids death, she is too weak and too tired to run the harness shop eventhough she wants to provide for her 4 children.Paul Hilty, who now lives in Lancaster, PA, returns hom...