After reading many discouraging marriage books full of half truths, "To Love, Honor and Vacuum" is definitely a breath of fresh air. This book is not a doormat manual like others. Sure, it is aimed at helping us be good wives, but this book does not do what others do, blaming the woman for all the marriage problems. It helps women where they are at, realizes that sometimes husbands can be jerks, and how to live your life so that you are doing right but are not burnt out.
I felt that this book was enabling to me as a woman, while it seems that other authors think that I should be walked all over just because I'm a woman. There is very good Biblical and practical advice, including how to do things to get your husband to respect you.
This is one marriage book I can actually recommend, and I gladly do so.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
BOOK: To Love, Honor and Vacuum by Sheila Wray Gregoire
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Online Party!
There is an online carnival going on this week at No Longer Quivering. Sure, I don't agree with everything on the site (I am a Christian and most aren't and have decided to reject the Bible completely) but there are some nice ladies on there who can help any of you trapped in the Quiverful or Patriarchy movement. Those of you who know me know that I do believe in submission, but I don't believe in being a doormat and being in an abusive relationship.
So, come and join in the fun! Hurry, the carnival ends on November 5th. There is fun and games and prizes!
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
Currently Enjoying: To Love, Honor and Vacuum
I got received a free copy of To Love, Honor and Vacuum from the author, Sheila Wray Gregoire. I am currently enjoying this book a lot and will review it on here and on Amazon soon. Thanks so much for the book Sheila!
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Check Out my Amazon Reviews!
I am currently reviewing a whole heap of books and other products on http://www.amazon.com/. Go check them out. I have reviewed some very controversial books and will review more as I have time. Included in the controversial books I have reviewed so far are: Created to Be His Help Meet by Debi Pearl, So Much More by Anna Sophia and Elizabeth Botkin, and Love in the House by Chris and Wendy Jeub.
In the line up for being reviewed are: Passionate Housewives Desperate for God by Jennie Chancey and Stacy MacDonald, The Excellent Wife by Martha Peace, Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours by Dr Kevin Leman, The Duggars: 20 and Counting by Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, For Women Only by Shaunti Feldhahn.
I will also be reviewing more books and products, this is just a start. My profile on Amazon is K.Wilson. Check out my reviews and leave some comments!
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Friday, October 30, 2009
BOOK: Living With Confidence in a Chaotic World ~ Dr David Jeremiah
The book was ok, and it raised some good points. However, I'm a deep and meaningful kind of person, and I felt that all the stuff he was saying was just scratching the surface, and was something that a person with common sense already knows. I was hoping for a book that would make me think, not a book that would make me yawn. It was a tough book to get into simply because it lacked the substance I expected.
I know the end times are real, and books about it are as valid as any other book, but I look for something, fresh, new, deep and meaningful. Otherwise, like this book, it is not worth the time it took to read.
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Monday, October 19, 2009
PRODUCT: Scripture Prints
I came across some gorgeous KJV Scripture prints this morning, for just $12.99.
Check them out here: For His Glory Photography.
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Friday, October 16, 2009
BOOK: Green ~ By Ted Dekker
With what I had heard about Ted Dekker being amazing, the book “Green” which was my first Dekker book, was kind of a disappointment. The idea of a book being a prequel and a sequel making a circular series really appealed to me. However, “Green” seemed like a whole bunch of confusion that did not go together.
I say it was confusing because Dekker takes us from the future, then to the past that is really the present that is really the past. There are also too many main characters for my liking. Aside from the confusion, he appears fascinated with blood, and adds in a vampire theme that was not appealing at all. The vampire theme is what ultimately ruined the book for me. It would have been a much better novel without it.
While I enjoy fiction that takes me deep, I do not appreciate highly graphic scenes, and this book has several. It churned my stomach at times. However, I would be willing to give this author another shot with another story. “Green” didn’t really endear the rest of the circle series to me though. If I read him again it would be a completely different series.
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