Not Another Book?

If you have read many of my reviews you know that I love books that question perspective! Truly, the best reads are the ones that make you ask yourself hard questions. Yes, I read passionately into good romances and get involved in the suspense of mysteries but what about the books that take what you think you know and throw it out the window? Lots of people don't like to read those types of books. Whats the fun of that? Well, to me it is the starting place, to see things in a new and fresh light, no matter what the issue. If you like these types of reads then Randall Arthurs ' re-publish of " Wisdom Hunter " is for you! Yes, this book came out years ago and sold over 125,000 copies and it is back! I had never read it before. So, when I heard that it was a re-publish I had to know why it was that good and I missed it. Perhaps because before I read mainly for pleasure and not the journey. Sadly, I missed many great books along the way. Fortunately, some authors bring t...

A few post back I talked to you about disappearing....do you remember? It was based off of a new read by one of my favorite authors Mindy Starns Clark . She talked about skip tracing in her book. It completely intrigued me and I started searching for information about it. Then a while back my husband and I were watching the news and a man actually tried to disappear. I forget what the exact date was but he dared the private sleuths of the world to find him. I think it took all 7 hours. However, the news story related that if you really wanted to disappear you would have to work a lot harder at it then you can even imagine. Why ? We are HUGELY global and technical! The social networking capabilities of today are simply amazing. Yet, is it? Have you ever asked, "How good is all of it?" If you have not then don't worry because Grant R. Jeffery has! On top of that he has written a book to share his findings with you. " Shadow Government " takes a very hard core ser...

Yes! I have a Princess at my house. She is this adorable little four year old and she is beautiful! I love her dearly and she " loves " being a Princess. Training her to be the "right" kind of princess in today's world is going to be very difficult. Any help I can find is always welcomed. Then this past Monday I visited her schools book fair and found the most amazing book! It is by Karen Kingsbury and it is entitled " The Princess and the Three Knights ." Already, we have read it every day since our purchase and my daughter adores the colorful pages. Even more than that, I love the message of this book! I might even buy one to keep to give to her when she is ready to choose her Knight in Shining Armor one day. The story is based on 1 Cor. 13 and talks about the most important aspects of love. Although the Princess is beautiful the story highlights that what shines most about her is her inner worth. The king, her father, wants only a knight that displ...

So, last night I was laying in bed writing this post in my head over and over. Instead of sleeping peacefully I was frantically trying to rewrite what I had originally written about the latest book I've read. Truly, I hate it when that happens. My mind refuses to rest some nights while it writes and contemplates over and over items that need doing, things of the day, or ideas that I have circulating around in my brain. But mainly, I think the reason I kept going over this post was because of the topic of this new book review: Sex. We happen to live in a very sex friendly culture and yet we still rarely talk about sex in our homes, with our spouses, our immediate families, or our friends. It is a topic that, for as blatantly demonstrated on media as it is, still gets "shushed" - why? This is the question that kept rolling around in my head last night. How come? Recently, I received a copy of " Kiss me Again: Restoring Lost Intimacy in Marriage " by Barbara Wilso...

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What is your favorite Christmas Memory? Can't believe I am already asking you about Christmas? Actually, we start the holiday process way to early in my mind but in reality it is a little less than 75 days until Christmas. So for those of you counting down....This book review is for you. Recently, I received Cindy Woodsmall's new book " The Sound of Sleigh Bells. " The title and cover made me nostalgic for a beautiful White Christmas with a real sleigh ride, one drawn by horses, pulled through the snow with actual bells. Since we live in Southern California these types of Christmas settings are rather few and far between. Ms. Woodsmall is a new Author to my little library collection. Her story was charming, heart-warming, and very romantic. Yet, it also offered something else. A good look at the our abilities to "let go and let God." It is no suprise to any of us that in life we will all suffer loss at some point in time. The pain, guilt, and emotion from t...

As a child I often wondered why God selected certain people to stand out. Then I matured a little more and thought that perhaps it was all just based on luck. Movie stars were selected either by birth-right or just dumb luck. Continuing to see fame in different lenses I started to think that maybe it was a little more than luck and really took hard work, and money. It does really matter what the real reason is or whether it is God, money, luck, or hard work. There is still a strong part of me that believes we are all destined to seek out our chance to be "someone." Of course, that someone mentality is different for each person. Not everyone wants fame, fortune, or added responsibility. Granted these three areas present a lot to be considered and maintained. Yet, I truly believe that deep down we all yearn to be unique, above the average. Almost like we are wearing a shell, that we can stripe-down when necessary and our super-hero arrives just in time. This past week I starte...