Book Reviews from the Summertime

Summer Book List

"I have actually never made a summer book list before but this year I decided to because I had to pack certain books in storage while we are here at Glenn's mom's house, so I kept a small selection out for me to read." May 2012

Well the summer is now over and despite how busy it was I surprised myself when I discovered I read 15 books this summer! I didn't read every book on my list but I did end up reading quite a few that were not on my list. Here are my reviews for the books.

7/10 It was a good book. I thought she had really amazing points of view on the subject but there were some parts of her writing style I didn't really like all that much.

10/10 Sheri Dew is seriously incredible! She is so empowering and I love that she lets us learn from things she has learned. She really opens her life up to the reader and I think she is more persuasive because of it.

9/10 I really enjoyed reading a book from Sister Holland for a change. I usually read her husbands talks and books so it was really fun getting to know her through her book. I earmarked and underlined SO MANY passages from this book! I would definitely recommend it!

10+/10 This book gets my favorite of the list status! This book explains the Atonement of Jesus Christ in a way that completely relates to your own life. He really has a way of connecting to you and helping you feel a deeper relationship with the Savior.                                                                  

6/10 Matched was a fun quick read.  

I actually never got to either of the sequels. They didn't have them at Barnes and Noble when I could have bought it and then it was just never a priority. Maybe when they get out on paperback.

 

same as above

This one is a text book and I have read 100 pages out 750 so far....That is as far as I got. I will get into it some more later.

8/10 I really love reading Sheri Dew. I think she is one of the most incredible women!

8/10 I think I liked No One Can Take Your Place the most. But I still loved all three of these books by her.

I did not get to this one. I don't think I was quite in the mood for something quite like this.

I did not end up reading this because Glenn read it first and said it had some not really good parts in it so I decided to scratch this one.

 

10/10 President Hinckley's book was so good! I cannot believe I had not read it before now! He teaches in such a straight forward manner. He also helps you see through the worldly fog and gives a more clear definition with situations about virtues we should be living. 

Summer List

3/10 This book was the type of book that anyone from the age of 10-13 would LOVE! But it was definitely not geared toward an adult.

 8/10 Little Women is such an all time great book! It is the type that you can read several times over your life and not get bored.

 

9/10 This book was so extremely thought-provoking! Loved it!

 8/10 Fantasy Book-this was a really fun story-it was a little graphic at times. But it had a really compelling storyline and was very creative. I really enjoyed the characters.

 

Same as above and I also read number 3.

Cool site I found-Blog Guidebook

I think all of us who read blogs don't just stop with the people we know, sometimes we get sucked in by a link on someone's blog and we are "meeting" new people through their blogs! Well I found this site called The Blog Guidebook (www.blogguidebook.com) and I LOVE it! Blogs are sorted and posted into categories and it is easy to find the things you are interested in, I tend to go to the blogs about home decor and the jewelry section. It is really fun! and I love seeing other women's creativity!!!

Just thought I would share!

The dreaded subject of....

Emergency Preparedness..a topic of discussion for a very long time. Everyone's situation is a little different. I just happen to be in a situation where I can't do all of the food storage for a year, really I don't even have room or money for a three month supply. So I had to take a look at what is best for me to focus on right now for our family situation. I decided a one month food supply would be within my means. Also I want to be prepared in case we are out of power for up to a week. I went through my pantry and took two trips to Macey's to take advantage of their caselots, and I now have at least one month of food that we actually LIKE to eat!! I was so happy, now I just need to get face masks(they say that is one of the three most important quick things to grab for an earthquake. Water and Flashlight being the other two) and focus on power outage preparedness. I think there are little things that would be really helpful in an emergency, and I want to be useful if something happens.

Opportunities to serve in the Church

www.vineyard.lds.org
I was looking at www.lds.org getting prepared for a talk I am giving and I came upon this great opportunity to serve! It help with the media of the church. You can serve 2 minutes at a time. (there's no excuse now : ) )
anyway, check it out!