Book of the Week: Breaking Dawn

So working has literaly sucked the life out of me, hence no posts. I finished Breaking Dawn, the final book in the Twilight Series, a few weeks ago. Quite possibly the best book ever, and definately the best book of the series. Stephanie Meyer, you are amazing. Thank you for giving us such a beautiful story!

Bella really comes in to her own and the story comes full circle. It was an amazing way to end such a turbulant saga. Plenty of Vampire and Warewolf action as well as unbeatable love story. Of course to appreciate the book you have to read the others. So, just know, it's all worth it in the end.

Work. You may be wondering what's going on with work. Training, training, and more training. I won't complain because I've never had a job where you actually recieve any training. I'm full to the brim with information, and today I got to put it all to the test! Today was my very first day doing the job by myself. Took the training wheels off and boy did I go fast! I'm taking on the world one customer at a time! Many appologies for being a big slacker on the blog!

Book of the Week: Eclipse

Yup, you might have guessed it. The third installation in the Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer. I know I gave New Moon less than stellar reviews, and I would say that if I had posted about this book mid way through I would have given Eclipse even less. Thank goodness I stuck it out!

As you read, I served my civic duty as a juror, er, something like that. Anyway, wasting my time at the court house gave me a great chance to finish Eclipse. The majority of the book focuses still on Bella and her struggle to deal with young love. For the most part, I found myself agitated by Bella. Gosh, was I that hard too as a teen... I sadly know the answer. I just wanted to shout at the book... "Bella, grow up! These are people here, you don't get to have it all!"

I battled through all her drama to get to the real action. Soooo glad that I did. I loved this book! LOVE IT! I've been renewed with this series. I am as hooked as I was after reading Twilight. Such raw emotions were explored in the final chapters. I couldn't stop reading. You must check this book out, but please, read the other two beforehand! On to book #4, Breaking Dawn...

Oh, and if you were wondering, no I didn't get picked for a jury and was finally dismissed!

Book of the Day: The Shack

The Shack by William P. Young is a book about a father struggeling to understand his family, his wife, himself, and mostly God in the face of the worst tragedy a father could face. This is a rather unique approach to the struggle to accept God as The Almighty and to give Him control of your life in the depths and sorrows this earth can bring. The running undertone could be summen up by one word - relationship.

While The Shack is fiction, I was reeled in from the begining. I wouldn't say that this book offered up anything new or tried my relegious beliefs, but it did help remind me about the mysterious ways of God and the Holy Trinity. It did bring to light the way I tend to think about Jesus as being the compasionate voice, the Holy Spirit being the force of change, and God being the creator of all things.

The deeper reminder I took from this book is that God too is compasionate, afterall it was his compasion that sent Christ to die for my sins and that bad things happen to good people. We do not deserve all the bad that happens in a lifetime nor can we ever earn or perhaps comprehend all the good that God, our Creator, has put in place for and whithin us.

Again this book is fiction, religous fiction. This is in no way a substitue for the Bible and Christ's Church. This is a great book for anyone who has ever sturggled or is struggling to understand the difficuties of this life. I hope this book inspires you to maintain a dialogue with God, ask questions, seek answers, and listen to His word.

The relationship you have with God can most eaisly been seen and felt by the relationship you share with all of His creation (one another).

Book of the Day: New Moon

I wrote in an earlier post about The Twilight Series by tween author Stephanie Meyer. I was absolutely blown away by the first installment, Twilight. I drove 20 minutes out of the way to borrow the second book New Moon to take on our weekend trip. I read it throughout the weekend and finished it before we were barely on the way home.

Yes, this book is a continuation of the first which thrills me more than you know. However, I was quite underwhelmed in the turn of events. I loved the love story behind Bella and Edward, but what had me hooked was the adventure that seems to follow Bella everywhere she goes. This book starts out strong then it turned and spent most of its time focused on the relationships surrounding Bella... gasp... BORING! Now, there was plenty of action, but it just wasn't the same.

I would give this book 3 out of 5 stars Ed McMahon. I will be reading (with a little less enthusiasm) the third book Eclipse. Go ahead check out the series yourself and let me know what you think!

Book of the Day: Twilight

Okay, so this summer I've had a lot of time off. I've taken advantage of that by reading a few great books, but none compare to the surprise I have found in the Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer. I've just finished the first book Twilight which took me forever to simply pick up. Mainly because this is a book about vampires, and secondly because my lovely niece (the target audience for this book) had expressed her disinterest. Boy, she is missing out! I'm now obsessed!

This book is such a step back into time reading through as Bella, the main character, struggles with a small town, high school, friends, and her first love, Edward. As she discovers more about Edward, I couldn't help but find myself rooting for her and them. I was sucked in from the beginning, but I found it nearly impossible to put it down at the half way point.

So, the best part is that the story doesn't end at the end of this book, moving on to New Moon, then Eclipse, and finally Breaking Down. On top of that, the movie series is set to release Nov. 21. Be alert all you teens, I'm older and wiser but not above taking out anyone who gets in my way of seeing this movie... You have been warned! And, as if all of this isn't enough Meyer is set to write another series from Edward's perspective, Midnight Sun!!

If you haven't read this yet, and you like feeling the excitement of young love mixed with the adventure of a lifetime this is a must read! But don't take my word for it, check it out at your public library and read it for yourself. Thanks LeVar Burton!