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"Becoming a Christian takes a person or persons down a new and different road. Neil T. Anderson explores how we become new creatures in Christ in the book Renewing Your Mind. I mostly felt blessed by the chapters about depression and hopelessness. I felt very moved to read a long paragraph about Leo Tolstoy's battle with depression and his suicidal thoughts. As Neil T. Anderson writes about the names of our battles he gives written journal entry questions at the end of each chapter. The book is user friendly. Perhaps, I'm suppose to find something wrong with this book to prove my critical thinking cap is on my head. I can not find any complaint with the book. There are chapters about anger, self worth and anxiety. There is a Bell Curve that shows our state of being from the moment we hear about a crisis until we work our way out of the given trauma. I am grateful to have been given this courtesy copy by Bethany House. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/24581.N

I'm still reading A Wedding And A Killing by Lauren Carr. It's a myste ry. I'm almost finished it. It's for a book tour with Pump Up Your Books. I did finish reading  Renewing Your Mind by Neil T. Anderson. Now I'm also reading The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. It's really hard to put down. Need to get back to my Net Galley reading. Need to start Song of my Life by Carolyn J. Brown. It's been on my blog too long. http://bookjourney.wordpress.com

http://bermudaonion.net " She cried for an hour and then thrashed and lay still and got up and threw up and lay down and cried again, until it was too dark to see and she fell into a half sleep, her head full of (phantasms). Each time she looked up, there was the strange, tiny, semihuman face staring in at her through the screen. It was a bad and long night, and she did not sleep until nearly dawn." Phantasms    a figment of the imagination or disordered mind. (merriam-webster dictionary) 2. "Far off to the east stood the campanile on the UC campus, shining like a needle." Campanile   A bell tower not attached to a building......(Free Dictionary) 3. Cere a usually waxy protuberance or enlarged area at the base of the bill of a bird. (Merriam-Webster dict.) "He read several times Forshaw's description of the Alexandrine, relishing the guilty pleasure that arose from knowing that he would never have admitted to admiring anything so poeti

Deep Creek Lake, Maryland--Present Day "Keeping her pale blue eyes on the screen of her laptop, she giggled at the feel of his hot breath brushing through her wavy platinum locks to tickle her neck. "I'm almost ready. Why don't you go bother Molly and let me get my out-of-office replies set up for my email?" http://bibliophilebythesea.blogspot.com

" You should see it when the sanctuary is lit and the waterfall flowing down the rocks to the baptismal pool is turned on," Archie gushed to Mac. "It's going to be a lovely wedding," She told Deborah, "We're going to have an evening ceremony on New Year's Eve, and want to say our vows right before midnight." http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com

http://jmlominy.com/the-deadly-rose-book/ From the beginning of this strongly, creative tale, I've been out of breath from running and hiding on different Haitian nights. This is not a tale for the timid. There is violence. Usually, I would have walked away from such a book. This novel is impossible to walk away from even if you are afraid of machetes and blood. J.M. Lominy definitely is a wonderful storyteller. This novel could very well be a movie. It's about Grimo and the people who are his enemies or his friends. Grimo is a Champion Soccer player in Haiti. The story begins with the assassination of a senator. From there on out the novel is filled with revenge and other hot emotions. There are surprises in the novel. I was quite surprised to learn about Grimo's love life. This love story could make a book in itself. What might happen if a parent chooses to decide whom their son or daughter will love? Anyway,  when Grimo wears a red bandanna, ties his black