What's So Amazing About Grace?

As I've told you, I read everything....and I also like to jump around from easy reading to a little more intense reading. This book was leaning towards intense...it really makes you think about what you are reading. Unfortunately, it wasn't my book and belongs to my Pastor otherwise I would have been highlighting alot of parts in it. Instead, I wrote them down for future reference.

So, What Is So Amazing About Grace?....remember the song, "Amazing Grace, How Sweet The Sound, That Saved A Wretch Like Me..."? After reading this book, you realize the domino effect of Grace...the power of Grace to literally change people and countries as well as to save lives. You realize the power of forgiveness and of love for our enemies. You see how truly truly incredible some people from our past were.....people like Martin Luther King and Mother Theresa. You understand the differences between grace and ungrace. It's the type of book you really have to savor....chew slowly! It literally can change your way of thinking and treating your fellow neighbor...I know that I definately think different now. It's the type of book that will really get you thinking and has the potential of bringing alot of peace into your life. It's definately worth the read.

Let me end with just one of the many wonderful quotes that really helped me put into perspective the word "Grace"..."Man is broken...he lives by mending...the Grace of God is glue." --Eugene O'Neil

Dinner with a Perfect Stranger

My first official review. Here goes...I love this book! This is one of those books I don't plan on putting on Paperback Swap. It's definately one I will keep along with my signed copy of Jodi Picoult's Nineteen Minutes. It's also an extremely short read.


It's a simple story line where a man, in his hurried livestyle, gets an invitation in the mail for dinner to an Italian restaurant with "Jesus of Nazareth" or so the invite says. He debates whether to go but ends up going thinking it's his crazy friends out to play a trick on him. What ensues to a conversation with a someone who says he is Jesus...you can decide whether he is or not. The conversation is in chapters like a dinner...appetizer, dessert, etc.... It's funny yet says alot. I got so into this book that I just wanted to sit right with them both and ask my questions....I loved it! It's light, it's fun, it makes you think. I ordered another in this series called A Day with a Perfect Stranger...can't wait to read that one.


Well, that's it for now. Thanks for all your comments on my new blog and I like your idea, Andi, on a read along....we'll definately have to try to work that one out.


Ok, till next time!

First Review....

This first review is not really a review but a recommendation. I guess you really have to read books alot to get any benefit out of this since it's a book diary of sorts. I love it! If you're like me, you can never remember what you read, when you read it, who you loaned what book to who, etc.... Well, this keeps that in order. I'm sorta a compulsive order person, so this is right up my alley. You can list your books by subject, title, author. There are sections for books on your wish list, books you want in your library forever, who you borrowed from and when, and a few other book details for your personal records. I even keep it in my purse for when I'm at a bookstore.
After writing in it, I realized just how many books I've already read...I was really astounded as I don't consider myself as big a reader as some....tho I'm trying to be, trust me.
So, look this book up...Amazon will give you a little inside peek at it too. I got it used from Amazon for a few dollars. This would make a great gift for that reader in your life also. Well, that's it for now...till next time!

My First Attempt....

I love books! I've always loved books ever since I was old enough to go to the library alone some 40 years ago. I love the smell of library books. I love the smell of a book store with the aroma of coffee in the background. I love to feel a book both new and old....turn the pages to see what I'm missing at that very moment. I love bookmarks.....holding my place in time till I can return to that world again. I wanted my child to read books....unfortunately that only lasted till his high school days...but that's okay, because he got a good start.....from the moment he entered his life, he heard the sing-song sounds of Dr. Suess. I love to peek at the cover of what people are reading in a restaurant, at the beach, anywhere. I only wish I had more time to read. I own alot of books...I've read alot of books.....and I'll read just about any book suggested or found. Now, I guess I want to share with whomever will read this blog, my particularly take on a book, from romance to comedy, fiction to non-fiction, intense to simple....and hopefully you will share something with me. So with that said....lets's get started. You can be one "bookend" and I'll be the other......we'll hold up all the books in the universe for the bindings to be seen by anyone who wants to read and enjoy....welcome to my world of books!