March 13, 2012

Feeling Oh So Good!

Tonight I have been playing around on the Internet...spending time on Facebook, looking around Pinterest, hoping that someone wrote me an email (which I kind of think is a lost art like letter writing). Guess what? I actually had a few emails...most of them were junk mail but ONE was from blogger notifying me that someone actually left a comment on my blog.

NO ONE EVER DOES...you people who look at this really should...it would boost my self-esteem greatly.

So who left this greatly appreciated comment? None other than the author of The Story Siren. It is one of the main book blogs I follow and really enjoy. So the fact that she would somehow find me and actually leave a comment makes me smile from the inside out. go HERE to see for yourself

Just saying...I am feeling oh so good right now!

March 9, 2012

This Time Forever

First off...the cover on the book I read was way better than this one. I know we shouldn't judge a book by it's cover...and I agree with that. I have read a lot of pretty books that were awful BUT it does help. Just saying.



I wasn't sure I wanted to read another Rachel Ann Nunes book...I haven't been too impressed with the last few that I have read. But I am not going to lie...this was a great book. I knew which characters would fall in love, but I wasn't 100% who would fall for who and how long it would take. I liked that. But it did have forever long chapters...oh well I can't have it all.



This is a story mostly about two women. One is a married woman with 2 children. She is in a verbally abusive relationship and is realizing the power she does actually have in her situation. The other is living in France and realized that the man she has loved since she was a young girl is actually in love with her mother. Weird huh? Once she learns this she decides it is time to leave, she runs away to America where the two women never really meet, but their stories are intertwined with a few of the same people.


It is a nice story, an easy read that is just enjoyable to read in the middle of the night with a wide away baby.


Grade: C

March 7, 2012

Same Kind of Different As Me

What a powerful story. I am not a HUGE fan of churchy stories. I don't know what it is. This was a little different to me since it wasn't an LDS author and it is a true story...or at least I am assuming so since the authors are also the characters in the book.

This book is about two men in VERY different circumstances. One is dirt poor, living on the streets, while the other is rich and successful. The first half of the book is really just about their separate lives leading to when they met and became unlikely friends.


This is about serving others and not judging them. I think this book also teaches that no matter our situation in life we have a lot to offer those around us. I think this story shows that when we put away our first impressions and get to know a person for who they are rather than what they look like and what we think they will be like great things can and will happen (WOW LONG SENTENCE...I am the queen of run-ons!).



I am glad I read this book, it wasn't gripping, or intense. But how many real life stories are? There were a lot of great life lessons to be learned from this story and I am glad I read it on my kindle...now I have them all highlighted forever and ever!



GRADE: C
Some of my favorite quotes:



*What we call "dinner on the ground", white folks call a picnic. (made me laugh)



*I cannot see into a person's heart to know his spiritual condition. All I can do is tell the jagged tale of my own spiritual journey and declare that y life has been the better for having followed Christ



*When you become precious to God, you become important to Satan. Watch your back...



*Our limitation is God's opportunity



*That's the good thing 'bout God. Since He can see right through your heart anyway, you can go on and tell Him what you really think.