The JOURNAL OF CALLIE WADE

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Summary: AN ABSOLUTE JEWEL OF A BOOK
Review: I loved this book. I loved that it contained all a good book should...some historical background, excitement, intensity, and romance.

Callie Wade is leaving her hometown, Independence, to go out west with her Pa, her brother Jack, and her little sister Rose. Rose is a little girl of a sickly constitution and the journey is mostly made to see if California will help cure her, as she is failing where she is and hope could be found out west. Callie is soon torn between caring for dear little rose, and the handsome Irishman, Quinn MgGregor. Should she stay with her sister and always care for her, or marry the man she loves? Well anyway, Callie's journey is filled with trial and hardship, but also with triumph and love.

This book was amazing. There is a little scene with Quinn that could be left out of the story, but if you just skip over it this book was PERFECT. I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well, read and enjoy!!!

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Summary: A touchy novel
Review: I very much enjoyed this novel, and easy to read in its journal form. ONce you pick it up, you won't be able to put it down

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Summary: Average
Review: I was dissapoined that the author choose to have Callie be physically intimate with Quinn. This was something that didn't seem to fit her charecter. She could've left it out of the book. Thelanaguage was something out of a cheap novel.

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Summary: Entertaining
Review: The book, The Journal of Callie Wade, was a wonderful story of courage and the struggle of a young woman through life's hardest years. It takes the reader on an adveture to California and shares Callie's most inner thoughts and feelings with the journal format. A short, great read.

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Summary: Entertaining
Review: The book, The Journal of Callie Wade, was a wonderful story of courage and the struggle of a young woman through life's hardest years. It takes the reader on an adveture to California and shares Callie's most inner thoughts and feelings with the journal format. A short, great read.

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Summary: Wonderful, emotional and heartfelt story.
Review: The Journal of Callie Wade is a wonderful story. It is written in a journal format, and feels as if one has discovered a long-lost diary which has been hidden away in an attic trunk. Callie is a terrific character - sometimes introspective and thoughtful; sometimes feisty. The secondary characters are equally intriquing. This book made me laugh aloud. It also made me shed many tears. Callie's heartaches and family tragedies are written with so much emotion, that I felt as if I were right alongside her during the events. The Journal of Callie Wade is a truly wonderful reading experience.

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Summary: doesn't really make use of the diary format
Review: The thing I liked best about this book was the author's beautiful and evocative descriptions of the land through which Callie travels. I really felt as though the author has actually been to the places about which she writes and has walked and ridden more than a few miles along the wagon trail. I liked Callie and her family and the people she meets but thought the book had a very abrupt ending. I also think the author should have just written this as a first person novel. This would have allowed her to add more depth to her characters without having to keep them within the confines of a diary format. Still, it's a pleasant and interesting book and well worth reading.

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Summary: doesn't really make use of the diary format
Review: The thing I liked best about this book was the author's beautiful and evocative descriptions of the land through which Callie travels. I really felt as though the author has actually been to the places about which she writes and has walked and ridden more than a few miles along the wagon trail. I liked Callie and her family and the people she meets but thought the book had a very abrupt ending. I also think the author should have just written this as a first person novel. This would have allowed her to add more depth to her characters without having to keep them within the confines of a diary format. Still, it's a pleasant and interesting book and well worth reading.

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Summary: Entertaining!
Review: This book jumped out at me from a sea of titles. I haven't read many books of this format before, and I was completely enthralled. I finished this book within a day, and can't wait until her next one comes out! A wonderful first effort!