The Girl whoStopped Swimming

I have been trying to read this book for several months now. I just can not get into it. The way that it is written is confusing. It starts out with a drowning and then I can not figure out where it is taking me. Sometimes I feel like I am being jerked back and forth and then other times I question that thought. I was going to let my teen read it, however it had some explicit sex descriptions in it . Too much for my babies eyes! I have not finish the book and will put it away for some winter reading time. Maybe be then I will be in a better mind frame.

Let's Get Organized...

The life You've Always Searched For...
But Were Too Cluttered To Find


Simply Organized
By Emilie Barnes


This book is a how to book. It has Three sections: Simply Organized For you, At Home and Especially for the Kids.

I found the Introduction very interesting. A simply question, Me Get Organized? is explored. Her ideas with list of things you might need to assist you in this Task.
The first section Simply Organized..For You guides you through four tools to help jump start the program. The Purse and Wardrobe are looked at in detail. In the Second Section...At Home she leads you down the path of cleaning out the clutter. What I most like about this book is its' simplicity. Every thing she tells you is not hard and the advice is precious. There is even a subsection on Meal Planing, who couldn't use that!
Simply Organized..Especially for the kids is a guide to teach your children. Teaching them at any age can halt the pattern.
There are many Charts included, making it easy to manage in your busy life. I have used the information in this book for several years. Although I am not Prefect(yet) someday I will be as organized as Emily Barnes seems to be.
This book has a place on my Book Shelf Indeed.

A Different Book on Loss.

"When Your Family's Lost a Loved One"
Written by Davis & Nancy Guthrie
Copyright 2008
Tyndale House Publishers,Inc
(buying info. on bookshelf on bottom)

Ever had a friend who had a death in their family. You could not find the right thing to say. Maybe you felt awkward being around them. Have noticed they are not the same around you. This Book By David & Nancy Guthrie "When Your Family's Lost a Loved One" has stories of others experiencing those Feelings. I originally bought the Book to help me. My Mother passed away and my families grieving was so different I had a hard time understanding them. However during the process of reading the book, All the misunderstanding seem to melt away. The most important thing I learned was that my view of things was dim. Grieving can cause rift in family and friendships. Yes Relationships change after a death, but how can one deal with it for the rest of their life?

The Guthries', a Family of Five becomes a family of Three. Two of their children born with Zellweger Syndrome, which gave them short lives. Along their journey of life they meet others going through a journey of loss. The Book is complied of interviews and stories of journeys through the pain. Each one is different, for no two people mourn the same. Through the interviews and stories one sees the light is on, guiding your journey of Life.

I found myself saying "Ya, that's how I felt..." now I understand why. I laughed and cried, was lost in feelings and then enlightened to thoughts. Realizing people mean well even if it seems not. Understanding the different thought patterns in people was a God send. I could go on and on but I will not. For you need to read the Book to see for yourself.

The Book is written well. It is not a boring or an instructional read. I would recommend it for all who are touch in some way by Death.

Solar Flare

Solar Flare
A Novel
By Larry Burkett



Some years back I read this book. The author was still alive then. He was known for writing study books on finances. One day I was in the bookstore and came across a New Novel written by Larry Burkett. I had just finished his study on finances. So, I purchased the book. Opened it's pages and started reading. Wow, I could not put it down!!
The story opens up in a College Astronomy Classroom with Professor Jason Hobart teaching. Subject of the day, solar magnetosphere dislocation- in layman terms solar flares. Could a massive Solar Flare effect the Earth's weather? This question is the basis of the book. For the next 425 pages the effects unfold. You will read about Jason Hobart's life and get to know him intimately. How he thinks, his duty to country, how he works with the President of the United States and others on a Plan to save the Earth from total disaster.
Can a Massive Solar Flare Take us back to a time when there were no cars, no internet, no radios, no food, and no electricity. A world of Horse and Buggies and primitive living.
After reading Solar Flare you will have a different view of our Sky.

Note: My father, who is not a reader, started reading this book and could not put it down!! He was reading it in bed, Mom said "...what are you reading? It must be good". If my father was inspired to read it than it must be a keeper. It's on my library shelf indeed.

The Holy Bible

This book was written Century's ago. A book still waiting for a ending. What so Special about this Book. It is a Living book. You can read it every year and each time you will read something New. The most Amazing part is there is a Gift that God gives One that will make the pages come live!!!The gift is given to all who ask.
Now there are two main sections to this book; the Old History Part and the Newer part written not so many years ago about 1,967.
The history part leads you through the Beginning of the Earth to the time a New Nation started.It ends in a time of waiting for the Messiah to come. Very interesting reading. If you are a history buff there is a lot in here for you. Wars,Governments forming, famine and poor economic time. If you like SciFi there a Visitors from another time and Space as well as some great description of out of this world things. The best part is it is Nonfiction!!
In the New testament part. We follow the life of Jesus Christ born on this earth but, not of this earth. His life laid out in detail. It is like reading a Autobiography. Now there is another part that details the end of time as we now it today. For the Scifiers it is wonderful reading. Like none you have read before. Even though the ending is clear the mystery lies in the codes not opened to man minds.
Many books are written today Based on the readers view of The Holy Bible. Plays,movies were and are still being made. For example Moses,Exodus,Ben Hur, Left Behind, and the Passion just to name a few.
So, now is the time to read the Original Book written. After all We all like reading the True writers version.
This Nonfiction book, The Holy Bible is truly worth the Reading again and again.