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Further book reviews

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“A Girl’s Best Friend” by Kristen Billerbeck

The second of the spa girls.  I enjoyed this.  For awhile, I didn’t think so because I really thought she was going to be another heroine who discovered joy in the Lord through poverty, and I really don’t see why God can’t use rich people as well as poor people.  And I loved the comment where she says that Lilly’s nana knew everything Bo and Marlena had ever done on Days.  Come on, is that not me?  (Still say keep Patrick lose Bo based on the who’s cuter idea).  I don’t want to spoil the ending for you, but let’s just say I liked that she didn’t become totally selfish, but also did discover a backbone.  And a guy, just the whole finding meaning in the handicapped kid?  See previous rant about discovering long hidden longings for many children.

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“His Uptown Girl” by Gail Sattler

This girl did discover joy in the Lord through poverty.  You know being an heiress and doing charity work – it’s just so empty.  It’s really every girl’s dream to be a mechanic.  I think I read to many romances because instead of thinking “Oh how romantic, he’s teaching her to cook.”  I’m thinking, “She should find a way to deal with her father, get her share of the money locked up, and hire a cook.”

 

“The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Island” by Mary Davis

First, have to give the author credit – she does know Mackinac Island.  I’ve been on the carriage ride many times, and she seems to have the details current & correct.  That’s another pet peeve of mine – when an author writes about something and I realize I know more than she does – like the book that said a Husky in the 20’s the guy could get $2500 for.  Of course now for $2500 for a Husky, I would expect its close relatives to finished in the top half of Iditarod.  I would have like to know more about why her family was always using her.  I understood how the old fiancé did, but not the family.  Also, last comment, on your last first date did you pass up a chance to talk to the date to create a jam session with him and his roommate of old, old hymns & Newsboy songs?

 

“Dear Miss Lonely Hearts” anthology

I really like these 4 stories in 1 book that the publisher likes doing.  I like it when there’s a concrete theme running through the stories, though better when the characters are friends.  Though when so many books have been written that Christians shouldn’t date (see previous rants about this) would a good Christian magazine really be encouraging it’s readers to date?

 

“Stories of Christmas Carols” by Ernest K. Emurian

How can you not like this?  Don’t you think if you had a family this would be cool to read together leading up to Christmas?  Does that sound dorky?  Though sometimes I’d like to know what the sources are so I could know if some of these are really urban legends.

 

“A Grateful Nation Celebrates Those Who Serve”  Family Christian Press

A collection of quotes and Bible Verses.  I enjoyed it, but then as I heard a speaker at Winter Jam say “I’m more patriotic than a Lee Greenwood CD,” so what do you expect?

 

“God’s Grace From Ground Zero” by Jim Cymbala

So this was released on 12/1/01, so it’s a little hard at this point to see 9/11 as the great spiritual revival the author hoped it would be.  The author is the pastor of one of the closest churches to Ground Zero, so there are some incredibly touching stories.  I read on Amazon, that some people didn’t like how it came across, as that Christians should try to convert people of other faiths.  I guess my comment would be that Jesus said “I am THE way THE truth, and THE light, no one saw come to the Father except through the Son.”  The way, not a way – if you believe this how can you not think that people of other faiths are lost?

 

“Sweet Valley Kids #5 Jessica’s Cat Trick” by Francine Pascal

More like the twin’s cat trick, but I guess we have to alternate names in the title.  In this series, the twins like Caroline Pierce & what happened to her when the twins became seniors?  She disappeared.  I know, you are rolling your eyes, but yes, I have bought different Sweet Valley books always, and I’m trying to read everything and clean out my room.  And see I read it before I turned 30, which might have been really embarrassing.

 

“Sweet Valley Sr. Year 9: The One That Got Away.” By Francine Pascal

I know I have way to many but anyhow, they’re addictive.  It’s a soap opera, which is actually how it was meant to be.  So Will has decided to ditch Melissa for Jessica, going with sane girl is the good choice.  Problem: she has a boyfriend & Will’s just a little to confident that he’s going to get her.  And why is Todd friend’s with Will now?  He’s a dumb jock, yet the previous 200 or 300 books told us that wasn’t true.  You know his friend Ken, could use his help as opposed to getting help from Maria which would just stress a person out.

 

“Sweet Valley Sr. Year 23: Falling Apart”

Conner is going to rehab – Let’s hope that means he’s absent for a couple of books.  Elizabeth is over him (Finally and we could hope for good)  So she’s spending a lot of time with his friend Evan, the eco-dude, because you know long hair and Birkenstocks are so attractive.  Jessica is unhappy she has no one to go to Homecoming with, wait there’s Evan, no her sister is using him as Rebound-boy, and that’s just wrong.  If the previous series of books had happened, then she would have gone with Ken.  Because the cheerleader and quarterback have gone on how many dates together.  But Ken is busy with psycho-girl, Melissa.  I know we are supposed to feel sorry for her because her boyfriend is blowing her off, but really she’s been enough of a witch to totally deserve it.  And I won’t deal with the Jade/Jeremy thing, because I really don’t understand why Jade is suddenly the twin’s good friend.

 

Sweet Valley Sr. Year 30: Close to You

Conner is back from rehab with a girlfriend who’s as whiny as him, just less honest if that’s possible.  So he whines about that, and that his friend’s don’t like her, and that his ex-girlfriend had a fling with his friend while he was hooking up with the new girl in rehab.  Jess and Jeremy are fighting about college, and with a little deus ex machimus at the end we resolve the problem, but wait it’s not really over.  Tia and Andy have fun in New York, of course I still wonder why they are supposed to be fun people to be around.