I finally have a minute to put the review and giveaway here.
The author, Judy Heathcoe, of the book I reviewed below, has provided us some goodies for a giveaway.
The Rod
The Rod by Judy Johns Heathcoe is an interesting book with a more interesting premise.
The story starts a little slow as it gets bogged down in the minutia of character descriptions.
However, it picks up rapidly after the first few pages, so much so that at times you don't even
realize you are holding your breath until you have to exhale.
The story centers primarily on two characters: Heath Morgan and Harland McGowan.
Heath Morgan, a security guard, is a family man; he is married with three stepdaughters, which
includes a set of twins. His wife, Julie, met and later married him after a frightening experience
involving one of her children.
Harland McGowan is an archaeologist who stumbles across what he believes to be Moses' staff,
or rod, if you will - hence the title of the book.
The book opens with Heath and his family stopping at the estate sale of the now deceased
Harland McGowan. Heath finds what he thinks is a great walking stick and decides to buy it.
Soon he realizes there is something different about this "stick" when he tries to saw it down to a
more manageable size. He is unable to, because the wood is strong as steel and causes the saw to jerk away, injuring his arm in the process. Beginning at this point, more and more strange things occur in Heath's life, each involving the rod.
From the point of Heath's purchase the action really begins. The story is written from Heath's
and Harland's perspectives. Heath's is in current day; Harland's is from the 1970's. I don't want
to give away too much of the book, but it is a remarkable story. Plan to take several hours out
of your day; because once you get into the story, you won't want to put it down until you are
finished.
Harland McGowan is one of the few students at Pepperdine University in California chosen to
go on an archaeological dig for a Field Project in Jordan. While on the project Harland stumbles
across the grave of Moses and comes away with Moses’ rod. Harland, too, experiences many
bizarre episodes caused by the rod.
My apologies to Judy, an author friend, I had promised several months ago to read and blog
about her book. Due to numerous family emergencies, I was unable to until now. Judy, I want to
thank you for your patience and understanding during this trying time.
Disclaimer:
Though The Rod has some strong Christian themes, it is not primarily a Christian book. There
are a few curse words scattered throughout, selling of drugs and allusions to drug use that may be
bothersome to some readers.
Giveaway goodies include:
A FREE copy
of the book, The Rod
A Coffee Mug
with the cover of the book on the front
Several
small packages of ground coffee
Several
packages of flavored tea bags
To Enter the giveaway we need you to do four things:
1) Read and leave a message in comment box that
you have read the disclaimer.
2) In the same message tell us whether you would be
likely to read the book based on the review along with why or why not.
3) Click on the followers link.
4) Tell me you have done all three in your
comment.
The giveaway
runs until Monday, October 29th. We will announce WINNERS Tuesday, October
30th.
EASY, PEASY. . . Thanks and good luck in the giveaway!
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