Thursday, January 31, 2013

Funny quote about Reading

“Reading in bed is a self-centered act, immobile, free from ordinary social conventions, invisible to the world, and one that, because it takes place between the sheets, in the realm of lust and sinful idleness, has something of the thrill of things forbidden.”

― Alberto Manguel, A History of Reading






Wednesday, January 30, 2013

What I am current reading....

After reading King of Lies by Jon Hart I wanted to read another book to tied me over until the book clubs Feb selection...so I am currently reading Sex God By Rob Bell (author of Love Wins). The book is AMAZING. So glad that I decided to read it...


The book is all about connections...of course Rob talks about Lust and Desire...but he talks about how our sexuality drives us and how it is connected to our spirituality.

Here is a quote from the book ~ 
“Love is giving up control. It’s surrendering the desire to control the other person. The two—love and controlling power over the other person—are mutually exclusive. If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.

TheBookBabes book club choices for Feb 2013

So its that time again...my book club is picking our second book of the year. It was particularly hard for me to pick something for the coming month because Feb is not only a short month but also African American History month and the month of Love (lol). I wanted our picks to be a mix of African American authors and chick-lit. I started by choosing from about nine books.

Among them where the following ~
1) The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
2) The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James
3) The Book of Night Women by Marlon James
4) The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
5) Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
6) Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
7) Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins
8) The Art of Devotion by Samantha Bruce - Benjamin (second month running)
9) Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart by Beth Pattilo

The Process of weeding out the selections doesn't really take much time. I read a few reviews of each of the books and look at their individual ratings on Goodreads ( http://www.goodreads.com ). From there I decide on two and then post them to the forum page on facebook. And our two choices for this month are......

We will be deciding on what to read by Feb 3rd....

Sunday, January 20, 2013

New books....


These are the newest additions to my collection...here are the descriptions from www.goodreads.com... I will be reading Sex God first....


Jesus Wants to Save the Christians

"We want you to discover the Bible as its own best commentary. We offer you a way to read the Bible that doesn't require a library or a preacher or a politician or an academic to interpret for you. Once justice is seen as the thread woven into the fabric of biblical history, the whole Bible becomes much clearer. Justice is the issue when God redeems Israel from Pharaoh. Justice is at the heart of the Sinai law and justice is what Israel must show the world as a kingdom of priests. Justice is the measure the Jews failed to meet in their days of power and empire in Jerusalem. It was justice the prophets proclaimed as the way of return during the exile of the Jews in Babylon and it was justice that Jesus incarnated."

--from "Jesus Wants to Save Christians"

Sex God 

"You can't talk about sexuality without talking about how we were made. And that will inevitably lead you to who made us. At some point you have to talk about God. Sex. God. They're connected. And they can't be separated. Where the one is, you will always find the other."

--from Sex God

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Review of King of Lies by John Hart


Jackson Workman Pickens was not a hard man like his father Ezra. He hated his life. Everything in his life 
is not his own. He is in a career that he hates, working for a man that hates him, and living with a woman 
that would rather spend money that they don't have then have sex with him. When Ezra goes missing and is later found dead all hell breaks lose. Work is considered a suspect. He suspects his sister. His sister suspects him and so does everyone else in the small town in which he lives. I really loved this book. It was a quick, easy read and very beautifully written. What I loved most about this book was that the characters were well written and well developed. They were believable and came to life on the page. Can't wait to read more from this author.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Best Christian book ....so far

Love Wins...( informal review of over all impression as posted on goodreads.com)


This was my first time reading anything by Rob Bell. I was introduced to the premise of the book by a close friend. We had a very thought provoking conversation on some of the topics covered within this book. He believed that because I thought like Bell does about what the true message of Christ is that I would love this book. And boy was he right. Bell answers some the questions that have driven people away from the Christian faith. He makes you think of the over all message of Christ, which is one of love and hope and not of "us versus them". I can see why several evangelical groups/pastors did not appreciate this book. The book presents some very radical ideas. None that are new or even shocking, most have been taught for years and most pastors that have taught them have been shunned for doing so. However, this book presents Christ message in such a wonderful and easy to understand way. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in deepening their relationship with Christ.

More on this book to come in the next week...