Not being very politically involved, I was not expecting much from this book. But I was very surprised to find a book full of well thoughtout, intelligent quotes from Sarah Palin. Many people may pick on her and dislike her, but this book shows her very best side. Smark, quick, right-on responses. This book may change the way you think of Sarah Palin and allow you to see her as a strong woman, mother, country girl, girl of faith, and girl with morals. Now, of course, I'm sure another book could be written about the "bad" things Sarah Palin has said, but based on just this book - she comes out smelling like roses! I would recommend this book to others - it is a quick and easy read. You find yourself wanting to know her opinion about the many topics that she discusses: abortion, war in iraq, obama, etc. They truly picked the best of her quotes because some of these you and I would probably like to use on our own! One of the things I liked the most about her quotes is that her strong values and morals come through. She really comes across as a girl who loves her country and isn't afraid to be bumped and pushed a bit to get where she's going.
I am going to be buying an extra copy for my politically minded brother. Let's see what he thinks of Sarah after this!
Disclaimer: I received this book free of charge from the publisher but I am giving my honest review.
PASS: The Seraph Seal
Beginning was catchy and a fun quick read, but the story became silly, then downright illogical in the middle, and the end killed it. It's like a movie that builds up and then... suddenly a dud ending that answers none of the build up.
Beginning was very intriguing, fun and exciting. You want to know how things are going to play out. The book has some great ideas and it builds up a lot of expectations. The story moves along quickly, so you don't lose interest.
But the middle falls flat and feels like the author had to rush the story because the writing in the middle is not good at all. The time lines are lost. The good-guy main characters' story developes over 2 weeks. The rest of the world experiences months: the loss of ocean life, all water dries up, loss of food, loss of civilized controlled economy, civil war... all in the same time the good main characters only live about 2 weeks. Clearly, the author lost track of his own story!
The other part of the middle that killed was the author created a unique adult genius character, then forgot the character was supposed to be a super genius and ended up making the character behave like a scared, weak, child. I can't believe a real author lost such track of his own character development! How can you be a super genious nuclear physicist with an insane vocabulary one moment, then not know how to feed a bird and not know to avoid acid rain?
I can't even go into the ending. I expected Jesus to come back and destroy all the people and save everyone and Mount Zion come to earth or something even biblical related. But the author takes a very VERY un-end-times approach with the end. This was very disappointing. The ending was cut short so quickly, I was looking for at least another three chapters!
Disclaimer: I received this book free of charge from the publisher but I am giving my honest review.
Beginning was very intriguing, fun and exciting. You want to know how things are going to play out. The book has some great ideas and it builds up a lot of expectations. The story moves along quickly, so you don't lose interest.
But the middle falls flat and feels like the author had to rush the story because the writing in the middle is not good at all. The time lines are lost. The good-guy main characters' story developes over 2 weeks. The rest of the world experiences months: the loss of ocean life, all water dries up, loss of food, loss of civilized controlled economy, civil war... all in the same time the good main characters only live about 2 weeks. Clearly, the author lost track of his own story!
The other part of the middle that killed was the author created a unique adult genius character, then forgot the character was supposed to be a super genius and ended up making the character behave like a scared, weak, child. I can't believe a real author lost such track of his own character development! How can you be a super genious nuclear physicist with an insane vocabulary one moment, then not know how to feed a bird and not know to avoid acid rain?
I can't even go into the ending. I expected Jesus to come back and destroy all the people and save everyone and Mount Zion come to earth or something even biblical related. But the author takes a very VERY un-end-times approach with the end. This was very disappointing. The ending was cut short so quickly, I was looking for at least another three chapters!
Disclaimer: I received this book free of charge from the publisher but I am giving my honest review.
BUY IT: It's Not About Me by Max Lucado
Fantastic book! I definitely recommend it to everyone! This book is a great sermon and life refresher. It helps remind you and enlighten you and put your world in perspective. We are such selfish me-centered people. But Max Lucado reminds us in an easy to understand, easy to follow, interesting manner, that IT IS ALL ABOUT GOD, not us. This book is a great reflection on life and priorities. Take it and sit down in a private quite room and meditate on it or read and ponder the ideas. The author even repeats the key highlights for extra emphasis! So just in case you missed or didn't realize what was most important, the author repeats and ALL CAPS these key sentences. This book was fantastic from start to finish. I am going to buy a couple for friends and relatives.
My favorite parts:
- When we make life about us, we end up pushing happiness further away. So if we would just let go of our agendas and timetables and let God hold the reins, our lives would turn out fantastic!
- The moon generates no light, so she has a good reason to complain. But, instead, she reflects the light of the sun and look at her beauty when she does this! Just like the moon, we should reflect the glory and light and beauty of the Son, Jesus Christ.
- Our deepest desires should not be the things of God (what we can get from Him), but God himself (a relationship and understanding of who He is). When we look to God, we should see Him for HIS BEAUTY/GLORY, not for what we can get from Him or how He can make our lives easier.
- There is hope! For all us who are sufferring, God promises ETERNAL happiness and life. He doesn't take away our burdens and trials, He offsets them by giving us better treasures.
Disclaimer: I received this book free of charge from the publisher but I am giving my honest review.
My favorite parts:
- When we make life about us, we end up pushing happiness further away. So if we would just let go of our agendas and timetables and let God hold the reins, our lives would turn out fantastic!
- The moon generates no light, so she has a good reason to complain. But, instead, she reflects the light of the sun and look at her beauty when she does this! Just like the moon, we should reflect the glory and light and beauty of the Son, Jesus Christ.
- Our deepest desires should not be the things of God (what we can get from Him), but God himself (a relationship and understanding of who He is). When we look to God, we should see Him for HIS BEAUTY/GLORY, not for what we can get from Him or how He can make our lives easier.
- There is hope! For all us who are sufferring, God promises ETERNAL happiness and life. He doesn't take away our burdens and trials, He offsets them by giving us better treasures.
Disclaimer: I received this book free of charge from the publisher but I am giving my honest review.
PASS: The Fight of Our Lives By William Bennett with Seth Leibsohn
My recommendation is PASS on this book.
I thought a Christian author would show more grace, love, kindness and political correctness. I was very shocked to see and authors bias, anger and judgment right from the dust jacket cover! I thought this book was very unchristian. I didn't expect to see an author claiming to be christian to be encouraging and promoting anger and hate. I was taught that "anger" is NEVER justified. We may feel angry, but we are not to be proud of this anger. Anger is another form of hate and those feelings come from Satan. Jesus would never encourage or promote anger and hatred, even against terrorists. People may be afraid of terrorits and take measures to protect themselves, but we should never cross over to the dark side and ENJOY their sufferring, ENJOY torturing/waterboarding them. We should never take pleasure in the sufferring of others. I feel this book is very angry and political and the author was writing a very pro-war polticial view and a very un-christian book. I don't think this book should even be classified as Christian. I would not ever recommend this book to any of my Christian friends. I didn't find love, kindness, forgiveness, understanding and compassion in this book. I found angry Americans who love their troops and are happy to kill and promote killing. This is an "American needs to be tough on war and terrorists and we Americans need to give up all our civil liberties and freedoms just incase someone somewhere someday gets us". Sounds like fear - another emotion from Satan. What happened to our faith in God our Lord and Savior?
Disclaimer: I got this book free of charge from the publisher for this review.
I thought a Christian author would show more grace, love, kindness and political correctness. I was very shocked to see and authors bias, anger and judgment right from the dust jacket cover! I thought this book was very unchristian. I didn't expect to see an author claiming to be christian to be encouraging and promoting anger and hate. I was taught that "anger" is NEVER justified. We may feel angry, but we are not to be proud of this anger. Anger is another form of hate and those feelings come from Satan. Jesus would never encourage or promote anger and hatred, even against terrorists. People may be afraid of terrorits and take measures to protect themselves, but we should never cross over to the dark side and ENJOY their sufferring, ENJOY torturing/waterboarding them. We should never take pleasure in the sufferring of others. I feel this book is very angry and political and the author was writing a very pro-war polticial view and a very un-christian book. I don't think this book should even be classified as Christian. I would not ever recommend this book to any of my Christian friends. I didn't find love, kindness, forgiveness, understanding and compassion in this book. I found angry Americans who love their troops and are happy to kill and promote killing. This is an "American needs to be tough on war and terrorists and we Americans need to give up all our civil liberties and freedoms just incase someone somewhere someday gets us". Sounds like fear - another emotion from Satan. What happened to our faith in God our Lord and Savior?
Disclaimer: I got this book free of charge from the publisher for this review.
The God I Never Knew by Robert Morris
I am so glad to see a book on the Holy Spirit but I wish this book answered the tough questions - like how do you get the HS? Do you have to have hands laid on you? Whose hands? Why did Peter and John have to travel to Paul's city just to have their hands laid on the people to get the HS? In NT, HS came before and sometimes after baptism. What is the truth?
Disclaimer: Received from publisher for this review.
Disclaimer: Received from publisher for this review.
Be The People
A must read for anyone interested in a Christian view of politics! The author does a great job of going back in time and giving us an overview of how Christianity influenced the founding of America. She writes in an easy to understand manner and it does catch your interest. I was surprised to see the author was openminded and didn't buy into all the myths of our "Christian founding fathers". She is bright enough to know that many founders were not Christian and she is the first one to point this out. She also goes into how our nation is changing and has become a nation moving in the wrong direction according to 67% of Americans. And even though this book is new, she has a lot to say about Obama that you and I probably didn't know! She gives direct quotes from Obama that show his aim to destroy America's power, his outright lies, and also that he passed a law that now allows the CIA to assassinate American citizens WITHOUT trial. Every Christian interested in politics and history should read this book.
Disclaimer: I received this book free of charge from the publisher but am giving my honest review.
Disclaimer: I received this book free of charge from the publisher but am giving my honest review.
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