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Sunrise (Sunrise Series-Baxter 3, Book 1) |
Author: Karen Kingsbury
Published: 2007-05-08 |
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Bloomington?
Having grown up in Bloomington, attended college there, and have parents that still reside there, I have to say, I'm a little surprised at how "Mayberry" she makes it out to be! Good grief, several newspapers have referred to Bloomington, Indiana as the "Berkley" of the Midwest. While still rather small in size, it is a bastion of multi-culturalism and was listed as one of the most "gay-friendly" and "green" cities in the US! A far cry from a happy little evangelical berg as it's painted in the book. Other than that and the references to the Ezzo's and their bogus "Godly" parenting garbage, the book wasn't too bad!
 simply wonderful
I have the three series of books that include the Baxter family, its so easy to get involved with their lives and compare them to your own the way Mrs. Kingsbury protrays them. Thanks for all your work, They will
make you stop and take stock in your own life.
 Sunrise
This book had to much religion in it. It is a good book but it was not like her other books that had belief in God, but not as strong.
sunrise by karen kingsbury
I always enjoy her books. It was good to see Katy and Dwayne get married'
in the romantic Cancoon on the beach. I would love to see Karen's books in the movies.
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Awesome story with a romantic ending...
I enjoyed Sunrise immensely, probably because I became familiar with Dayne and Katy in Kingsbury's book Fame. While Kingsbury does a great job slipping in the back story a little bit at a time, sometimes it's just not as good as reading it for yourself. I loved Fame and I loved Sunrise. (Nothing like going straight to the wedding.) Actually, there were four books after Fame that led up to this point, so if you like soap opera drama in the sense that every book makes you crave the next "episode" then you'll love Sunrise as a prelude to the exciting things yet to come.
The wedding scene was also the most beautiful and romantic that I've ever read. You can't help but love Dayne and Katy and want great things to happen in their lives. Especially after getting a feel for all that they went through even without reading the previous books. Their love is rich and deep and based on the foundation of Jesus Christ. Kingsbury is unabashedly Christian in that respect. She always emphasizes the importance of salvation in the lives of her characters. I love that. The subplot regarding the perils of drinking and driving was well done as was the budding romance between the senior Baxter, John, and his long-time friend, Elaine.
Kingsbury is also the queen of secondary characters and subplots. Just like in the soaps, there are always several stories going at once. Of course that makes me crave the next book in the series--which I thankfully have--so I can immediately continue on. Kingsbury writes fast enough to make it possible to go from one story to the next. I've probably done myself a disservice by not reading everything in order (I plan to jump back to read Forgiven (which comes after Fame) and I still need to read Redemption, which was the book that started the last two series. But no matter which way you slice it, each series containing the Baxter family is addicting. I'm glad to be getting my next fix.
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