Normally, I try to be as objective as possible while writing a book review, since most books have both good and bad points, but I honestly can't think of a bad thing to say about this book. I enjoyed it so much that sucked me in and I could hardly put it down once I started reading.
I love that it written by someone that most women would be able to relate to. She regales stories of her own life experiences along with some of those of her friends, and each chapter ends with a Food for Thought segment and other peoples chocolate treats and recipes. Each chapter is inspirational, and it is a great read for anyone who might be traveling some of life's rocky roads. Even if you're not going through hard times... even if you're just a huge chocoholic (like me), I would highly recommend this book to anyone.
WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group provided me with a complimentary copy of "The Chocolate Diaries"; however, a positive review was not required.
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Yeaaaah... this was WAY over-due. Also, I've been neglecting my blog as of late. Maybe now that I've got this out of the way, I won't ignore this as much. :|
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Book Review: Love at Last Sight: 30 days to grow and deepen your closest relationships
Love at Last Sight: 30 days to grow and deepen your closest relationships
I think I should start off by admitting that I did not exactly follow the format the book intended. It is meant to be read one chapter each day for 30 day; however, I found it hard to stop after only reading one chapter. This is just a testament to how enjoyable I found the book, though.
The thing I think I loved most about it, is that the advice comes from a Christian couple, but anyone and everyone can apply their advice to their lives because it is based on the author’s own personal experiences. And not just religious experiences, but life experiences in general. In short, I loved it and I highly recommend it, and I will definitely be reading it again.
This book was provided by Waterbrook Multnomah Publishers for review purposes, as part of their Blogging for Books program.
I think I should start off by admitting that I did not exactly follow the format the book intended. It is meant to be read one chapter each day for 30 day; however, I found it hard to stop after only reading one chapter. This is just a testament to how enjoyable I found the book, though.
The thing I think I loved most about it, is that the advice comes from a Christian couple, but anyone and everyone can apply their advice to their lives because it is based on the author’s own personal experiences. And not just religious experiences, but life experiences in general. In short, I loved it and I highly recommend it, and I will definitely be reading it again.
This book was provided by Waterbrook Multnomah Publishers for review purposes, as part of their Blogging for Books program.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Soul Print book review
Soul Print
Let me start off by saying, that I didn’t necessarily dislike the book. On the contrary, it made me think a lot about my daily life in relation to my relationship with God, and I liked that a lot. The discussion questions at the end were insightful and were great tools for self-analization.
However, there were a few points that I, personally, didn’t care for:
Firstly, the author has a tendency to re-use the same biblical examples over and over again, and it feels more like he’s beating you over the head with them, rather than reinforcing his point. At the beginning, he does explain that the prime example will be David – the problem is that he has a tendency to repeat the same verses.
Secondly, it’s written by a pastor. That in itself doesn’t bother me, don’t get me wrong; but it’s easy for a pastor to tell Christians to live in a certain Godly fashion because that’s the life they were called to. To me, a lot of it came across as “Only if you completely devote your life only to Him, does it mean you love God,” and in reality, everyone loves God differently. In a lot of ways, it felt like he was saying that if you don’t love God in a certain way, you don’t love him at all, and I didn’t agree with that.
On a more positive note, I definitely liked that he used his own life experiences to reinforce what he was saying. It made it easier to relate and understand how his lessons apply in real life experiences.
All in all, I would recommend it to anyone that is trying to rediscover who they are. I’m not sure I will read it again, though.
This book was provided by Waterbrook Multnomah Publishers for review purposes, as part of their Blogging for Books program.
Let me start off by saying, that I didn’t necessarily dislike the book. On the contrary, it made me think a lot about my daily life in relation to my relationship with God, and I liked that a lot. The discussion questions at the end were insightful and were great tools for self-analization.
However, there were a few points that I, personally, didn’t care for:
Firstly, the author has a tendency to re-use the same biblical examples over and over again, and it feels more like he’s beating you over the head with them, rather than reinforcing his point. At the beginning, he does explain that the prime example will be David – the problem is that he has a tendency to repeat the same verses.
Secondly, it’s written by a pastor. That in itself doesn’t bother me, don’t get me wrong; but it’s easy for a pastor to tell Christians to live in a certain Godly fashion because that’s the life they were called to. To me, a lot of it came across as “Only if you completely devote your life only to Him, does it mean you love God,” and in reality, everyone loves God differently. In a lot of ways, it felt like he was saying that if you don’t love God in a certain way, you don’t love him at all, and I didn’t agree with that.
On a more positive note, I definitely liked that he used his own life experiences to reinforce what he was saying. It made it easier to relate and understand how his lessons apply in real life experiences.
All in all, I would recommend it to anyone that is trying to rediscover who they are. I’m not sure I will read it again, though.
This book was provided by Waterbrook Multnomah Publishers for review purposes, as part of their Blogging for Books program.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Snow, snow, snow!
It will never cease to amuse me how people react to snow around here. During one of the first bouts of snow this winter, it wasn't even really sticking and people were driving like the sky was falling. I did SOME driving last winter, but not in any of the nasty stuff, so really this is like my first winter driving in a lot of snow, and even I'm going "COME ON, PEOPLE!"
They hear the word "snow" in the weather forecast and everyone is at the grocery store stocking up. Although, I can't judge... I did some stocking up, too, for one of the storms. I'm not surprised that the kids only had one day of school this week, but I still crack up at the fact that they have cancellations for things that wouldn't even get a two-hour delay in Wisconsin.
Also, digging my car out this morning was NOT FUN!
They hear the word "snow" in the weather forecast and everyone is at the grocery store stocking up. Although, I can't judge... I did some stocking up, too, for one of the storms. I'm not surprised that the kids only had one day of school this week, but I still crack up at the fact that they have cancellations for things that wouldn't even get a two-hour delay in Wisconsin.
Also, digging my car out this morning was NOT FUN!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Blogging for Books
I have recently joined the world of Blogging for Books, and should expect my first book to arrive in anywhere around 10 business days. To be honest, I'm not so sure how this will pan out... as I proved during school, I'm not so great at reading books that I'm not interested in, so hopefully the books I pick will keep my interest well enough so that I can finish them and do my review. None of the first books I could choose from really caught my eye, so my fingers are crossed that the one I picked will be a good one.
Other news -- my New Years Resolution is to de-clutter my life. That means, my mind, my home, ect... I'm going to take it slowly, one step at a time, so that hopefully I will able to keep a steady course, and not burn myself out. My first major step has been to start a private journal. I have done this MANY MANY MANY times, and while it ALWAYS helps, I have not kept at it. This is obviously to help de-clutter my mind, since it is so often overcrowded with thoughts (and not all of them are very helpful), so the idea is that by getting them on paper, they won't be on my mind.
The second step so far, that I've done, is to go through my closet and dresser. It only took a half hour and I filled up TWO garbage bags of clothes that I'm doing to drop off at Goodwill. I was merciless with the clothing that had been in the back of the closet since I moved in here. Normally I would have been hemming and hawing over "Oh, but I DO still really like this shirt, and I might still wear it some day!" But half the time I was going "Oh yeah, THIS shirt... I remember this shirt... *toss in the bag*" I'm not sure if Goodwill takes PJs, but I did the same thing there.
I guess I'm not sure what the next step will be yet. But I foresee plenty of trips to Goodwill. Also, I really need to get a eBay business up and running... I'm just nervous to start and then do something wrong.
Other news -- my New Years Resolution is to de-clutter my life. That means, my mind, my home, ect... I'm going to take it slowly, one step at a time, so that hopefully I will able to keep a steady course, and not burn myself out. My first major step has been to start a private journal. I have done this MANY MANY MANY times, and while it ALWAYS helps, I have not kept at it. This is obviously to help de-clutter my mind, since it is so often overcrowded with thoughts (and not all of them are very helpful), so the idea is that by getting them on paper, they won't be on my mind.
The second step so far, that I've done, is to go through my closet and dresser. It only took a half hour and I filled up TWO garbage bags of clothes that I'm doing to drop off at Goodwill. I was merciless with the clothing that had been in the back of the closet since I moved in here. Normally I would have been hemming and hawing over "Oh, but I DO still really like this shirt, and I might still wear it some day!" But half the time I was going "Oh yeah, THIS shirt... I remember this shirt... *toss in the bag*" I'm not sure if Goodwill takes PJs, but I did the same thing there.
I guess I'm not sure what the next step will be yet. But I foresee plenty of trips to Goodwill. Also, I really need to get a eBay business up and running... I'm just nervous to start and then do something wrong.
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