Friday 28 January 2011

Valentine's Day


We carry a gorgeous range of cards, jewellery, journals, mugs, photoframes, books, music and films.

Not sure what to get your loved one this year for Valentine's Day?
Here are a few suggestions to get you started!

Beautiful Stirling Silver Jewellery

Gorgeous Mugs

Books
REDEEMING LOVE PB - FRANCINE RIVERS

CDs/DVDs 
ITS YOUR LOVE CD - VARIOUS


You can contact us (via phone or email) to enquire about, or reserve, any of the above items.
Or better yet, come and browse for inspiration!

"I found the One my heart loves"
Song of Solomon 3.4

Friday 14 January 2011

Reading's Top 10 Chart

Based on monthly sales at the Reading branch
BOOKS

1. What Good is God? (Philip Yancey)
2. Son of Hamas (Mosab Yousef)
3. Taming the Tiger (Tony Anthony)
4. Her Mother's Hope (F. Rivers)
5. Lies, Lies, Lies! (Michael Green)
6. The Shack (William P. Young)
7. Her Daughter's Dream (F. Rivers)
8. Faith Like Potatoes (Angus Buchan)
9. The Four Loves (C. S. Lewis)
10. The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom)

CD/DVDs

1. Light the Sky (Soul Survivor)
2. Ton of Worship 2 (Various)
3. Come Away CD & DVD (Jesus Culture)
4. We Cry Out (Jeremy Camp)
5. 100 Singalong Bible Songs DVD (Cedarmont)
6. The Best Hymns Album Ever (Various)
7. The Power of the Cross (Various)
8. Best Instrumental
   Album in the World Ever (Various)
9. Worship Devotional (Various)
10. The Story of Your Life (Matthew West)


(NB. If we have run out of any of these titles, we will be more than happy order them in for you. Please ask a member of staff for details)

Saturday 8 January 2011

The Right Call

The final chapter of the Sophie Trace Trilogy, ‘The Right Call’, is an intriguing amalgamation of murder, romance and Christian values. The scene is set in a small American town where main character, Ethan Langley, had expected to spend a care-free summer with his girlfriend, Vanessa and her baby boy, Carter. However, nothing could have prepared him for the shock when four young people were murdered in cold blood– one of whom was especially close to his heart. Could Vanessa’s mother and Chief of Police, Brill Jessup, solve the case before any more innocent lives were lost?

In the first few chapters, new characters are introduced at quite a quick pace and it might seem a little confusing if you aren’t familiar with the first two books of the trilogy. However, the author (Kathy Herman) includes sufficient background information for the book to be read as a stand-alone title. I enjoyed the fact that the Christian element of the story wasn’t cliché or preachy. Faith was integrated throughout the book as a way of people responding to what was happening in their lives. ‘Arrow’ prayers were often shot up to God at times of real difficulty – I liked the reality of that. I also valued the story’s message that God can use even the most painful of situations to work things out for his good purposes.