Speaking in Tungs

Marleighn moves from San Francisco to PA to look for her birth parents. She takes a job as a speech therapist. She has 5 clients that she sees for house visits once a week. The first time she saw Beryl she lost his dog and he refuses to work with her. Everyone else is fine with her working with them. She meets Lawyer who is a firefighter and hems and haws over if she wants to go out with him. Marleighn gets attacked on 4th of July and her purse is stolen. Also, someone steals some other stuff from her. Make a very long story short she was attacked because she had a photo she took of Beryl's dog on her phone when she saw him one day. There was a guy in the photo that was a wanted fugitive and he didn't want her to find out who he was. I kind of reminded me of the creeper episode in Scooby Doo. She then decides to stay in PA.
    I didn't really like this book. It was ok but the main focus of the book description was about her finding her birth parents and it didn't really focus on that part. Also, she had a lot of characters so it was hard to keep track of who everyone was. The story itself was hard to follow too. But I did learn some things about speech therapy.

Perfect Trust

This was a short book about how to trust God which is a thing I struggle with personally. But after reading this I can say I trust Him a lot more. The book had some useful facts that stood out to me.

The secret to responsible trust is acceptance.

God gives us wisdom.

When you worry about what you don't have you can't enjoy what you do.

God's Strength to Comfort Me
God's Might to Uphold Me
God's Wisdom to Guide Me
God's Eye to Look Before Me
God's Ear to Hear Me
God's Word to Speak for Me
God's Hand to Lead Me
God's Way to Lie Before Me
God's Shield to Protect Me

Faith is like lighting the torch that passes from one person to the next. You can't light the torch of another if yours isn't burning.

Trusting God doesn't change our circumstances but perfect trust changes us.

When we embrace God's sovereignty we find that our confidence increases, insecurities fade, worries decrease, and calmness replaces striving.

Strength comes from choosing to fully trust, pray, and praise.

Waterfall

This is the second to the Teardrop series. After Eureka cries and floods the place where she lives her dad, Cat, Ander, and the twins start the journey to where they need to go. They travel in air bubbles created by Eureka. Ander tells her she needs to find Solon, a seedbeer, who lives off the grid. He can help her with her Atlantan history and how she can stop Atlas. After finding Solon she finds out that she is the really the daughter of Delphine, the evil chick, that destroyed Atlantis. She does raise Atlantis from the bottom of the ocean after she sneaks away from her friends.  She succeeds in killing Atlas and saves Brooks. She also learns that Ander is not a Seedbeer and they can be together. 

Fallen in Love

This was number 3.5 to the Fallen Series. it was ok. I liked how it showed the other characters in the series experienced love and you got to discover a little bit more about your favorite characters. It also explained some stuff that happened in the announcers that you didn't see in the original series.

The Hollow Ground

This was a true story based on the Centralia, PA mine fire in 1962. It was a life account of a family surviving. They moved to Barrondale, PA which is near Scranton, PA. It was ok but the author was confusing.

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult Asperger Syndrome

This book was good. It talked about Aspergers. It was written for therapists but I found it helpful for non-therapists. It addressed how adults struggle with and how to manage Aspergers. It also gave real life case examples.

The Colorado Kid

This wasn't my first choice reading. The author isn't my thing and mysteries are really not my thing either. I do like my Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys, though. But I choose to read this book because this is based on a tv show called Haven. I am really obsessed with this show right now and wanted to see if this book would provide more insight into who the Colorado Kid is. Overall the book wasn't bad. It was short and somewhat comical. The characters from the show are very similar. The Colorado Kid was from Colorado because of a postage stamp that was found on him. It was believed that he was starting over with a new life in Maine and running away from his wife but he died. My favorite part was the end when Stephen King explained where his idea for the story came from. I liked the book but it's not on my favorite list.