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The Tapestry: Leonie

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:22:13 -0700

The 4th book and final of the Creoles series. I enjoyed Leonie's saga, and meeting her family was a challenge worth taking. With it being the final book, I wish all the girls had taken a chance to get back together for a while, but I guess that's the authors attempt to make them standalone.

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The Alchemy: Simone

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:27:40 -0700

The third book in the Creole series. These books are so separate, it's really more like they are completely different books with every once in a while, a mention of familiar people. This one was Simone, who is kind of spoiled, and how her life turns out. Interesting characters.

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The Exiles: Chantel

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:48:28 -0700

First book in the Creoles Series. This was a cool look at New Orleans, from the authors who wrote the New Orleans portion of the Cheney series. I enjoyed meeting Chantel. The Four Musketeers were fun too, and I look forward to a closer look at each.

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The Spider Catcher

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:59:51 -0700

A standalone book set in the beginnings of the American Revolution. A Spider Catcher is a type of boat. He's welsh and she's from London and they have a great story.

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The White Knight

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:13:52 -0700

I'm bittersweet reading this book because it's the 40th and final book of the Winslow series. This book featured Luke Winslow, participating in Spain's Civil War, leading towards WWII. Luke is the son of Peter and Jolie who we met before. This is a good story, even though I had high expectatoion for more of a wrap up than just a small reunion! But I did enjoy how they brought the family together. Goodbye Winslow family, I enjoyed you!

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Pages of Promise

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:27:42 -0700

6th book in the American Century series. This book focused on the next generation of Stuarts. I enjoyed the interaction with the people at The Vine, because so many of the Stuarts found love there. There's one more book to this series that was previously unreleased (the rest of the series was titled differently and released a long time ago), and that's coming out soon.

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The Widows Choice

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:53:27 -0700

This is Winslow #39. I couldn't find Alona on the family tree to see where she fit into the family, and that's the first time that's happened. So I did miss understanding a connection. This book is right before WWII, and people are still feeling a lot of depression era limitations and struggling. Alona's family definitely does especially after loosing her husband. I felt bad for the choice she had to make and wished Oscar had turned out to be nicer.

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The Hesitant Hero

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:53:44 -0700

House of Winslow #38. This featured Tyler Winslow. The weirdest thing about this book is that he never mentions his sister, who the whole last book was about! In all the time with WWII escalating, how was that not mentioned? This book really had an interesting orphan story, trying to get out of France as the war intensifies.

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The High Calling

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:29:38 -0700

Book 37 in the House of Winslow. We are nearing the end of the series, and I sure wish there were going to be more! This one features Katherine Winslow (Kat), daughter of Lewis and sister to Josh and Hannah and Jennifer, who we've met closely in the past. Kat feels called to do something great with her life, but doesn't know what it is. When she has the opportunity to go to England as a nurse at the beginning of WWII, she takes it. We meet Parker Braden and her friend Brodie, too.

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The Unlikely Allies

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:08:11 -0700

Book 36 of the Winslow series. This book is early in WWII, with Mallory who has come from the Africa branch of Winslows to go to witness to the Lapps in Norway. The war-based stories are always more scary and I have to read quicker to see what happens!

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The Gypsy Moon

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:21:10 -0800

The next book in the House of Winslow series. This book was a reeducation on the starts of WW2 and Hitler. I was very interested in how Christian Gypsies played into the story. Gabby and her family was a good addition to the winslow story

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The Virtuous Woman

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 13:05:18 -0800

Book 35 in the Winslow series. We are re-introduced to Phil and Cara, the painters from a few books back, and they find out that the daughter they thought had died was really alive. Interesting way of introducing an outsider into the story that actually was a winslow!

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The Silent Harp

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:07:50 -0800

This is the 33rd book in the Winslow series. We go through a lot of Sharon Winslow's life and loves. I was beginning to wonder if she would ever been permanently happy. It also seemed weird that this was so early in the timeline because we'd already been through the late 1920s with another branch of the family. But still, good book.

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The Royal Handmaid

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:28:49 -0800

House of Winslow book 32. Moving on to the story of Travis Winslow who we met in the circus book with his sister Joy (and Chase). He feels a calling, and meets up with Rena Matthews, who is reluctant to involve him in her mission idea. They are stranded on an island, and this turns out to be a great story. This is now one of my favorites of the series!

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The Shining Badge

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:26:14 -0800

House of Winslow, #31. This book features Jennifer Winslow, who is Lewis's daughter and Josh's (from 30) sister. She ends up running for sheriff! This was a good one, and a nice quick follow up to 30.

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The Beloved Enemy

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:12:35 -0800

30th book in the Winslow series. This one took a while to come, we didn't have it in the system and so they supposidly had to reorder it. Oddly enough, it's not a new copy, so that's weird. Anyhow, back to the series, I'm excited because I waited a while between books. We meet Kefira Reis who is a Jewish woman in NY who runs away. And Joshua Winslow who is the son of Lewis that we met in the last book. His dream of being an archeologist is a neato part of the plot.

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Winds of Change

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:22:52 -0700

This is book 5 of the American Century series. I'm waiting for the reprinted copies because I'm not sure if anything changed from the initial series besides the names. So it's slow-going as the Library adds these to their collection after they are released. There is one more in the series, and it's scheduled to be re-released in November of this year. This was another great installment to the series. The age this occurs in is right around the bombing of Pearl Harbor, so of course we see more war-related happenings, with the second generation of the Stuart family as a focus (Adam, Clint, Wendy, Mona as the most primary characters). I'm excited to see the next book and learn where they all ended up :)

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A Season of Dreams

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:14:12 -0700

Book 4 of the American Century series. This focuses more on the next generation of the Stuar clan, with a bit about the parents too. We learn about Maury, Jerry the pilot's sister, and Violet and Ray who are Logan's step-children. And then Peter, one of the original siblings who hasn't been talked about as much, and his family, were the other primary focus. Because it's been a bit since I read the last one, it took me a bit of time to get back into who was who, but the family tree did help. It also doesn't help that I'm in the same era (the depression) in this and the Winslow series, so I think that had me a touch confused :D

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The Pilgrim Song

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:18:17 -0700

Book 29 in the Winslow series. This is set in 1929, and so the story is greatly impacted by the stock market crash. The challenges that this Winslow family faces are greater than a lot of the books. I love the change in how the family treats Clint. I almost wish that the book kept going, I'd like to learn more about them!

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The Fiery Ring

nobody@vox.com(Kristine) — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:03:25 -0700

Book 28 in the Winslow series. This started out with a sad story, but ended up being a really interesting look at the circus life of this era. Really nice story.

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