Enjoy Book Review

Title: Enjoy

Author: Trillia J. Newbell

Genre: Christian, Nonfiction, Women, Self-Help

Plot: Have you ever found yourself enjoying a delicious piece of dark chocolate and then feeling guilty about it later? And then your guilty feelings prompt you to eat more chocolate, less enjoyably this time around? Well, Trillia Newbell's new book will help you to break that cycle by offering you this one radical new thought: God wants you to enjoy that chocolate. Heaven is a long ways away but once we're there, no earthly chocolate will ever compare. Till then, those little bits of chocolate or walks in the sun or the pride you feel in your newly cleaned house or sex with your husband - all of that are just tiny tastes of the joy to come, and they are God's little gifts to us to remind us of His love and to help us get through each trying day till we get to heaven's door.

So grab that box of chocolate, a notebook and a pen, and dive right on in to discover how you can enjoy God's daily gifts and become a happier, more content person today.

Likes/Dislikes: Drawn in by the luscious raspberry on the cover, I figured this book would be a fun little thing to spend a week reading. It was actually quite surprising, very encouraging and I'll have to read it again to further absorb this slice of enjoyment and encouragement that I so thoroughly needed. I particularly enjoyed the food chapter. Some of the chapters started out well and then bogged down in the middle before trying to wrap up and conclude but most were interesting. I told my husband he has to read this book. Th sex chapter was aimed mainly at singles so I got nothing from it but that's okay; I already enjoy sex with my husband. *wink*

Rating: PG-18 and up, mainly for reading level and content.

Date Review Written: April 28th, 2017

I received a copy of this book courtesy of Blogging for Books for my honest opinion. I wasn't required to write a positive review and the opinions expressed in the above review are my own.

Spring Rain

I thought I had forgotten, 

But it all came back again 

To-night with the first spring thunder 

In a rush of rain.

I remembered a darkened doorway 

Where we stood while the storm swept by, 

Thunder gripping the earth 

And lightning scrawled on the sky.

The passing motor busses swayed, 

For the street was a river of rain, 

Lashed into little golden waves 

In the lamp light's stain.

With the wild spring rain and thunder 

My heart was wild and gay; 

Your eyes said more to me that night 

Than your lips would ever say. . . .

I thought I had forgotten, 

But it all came back again 

To-night with the first spring thunder 

In a rush of rain. 

~ Sara Teasdale

God Loves Daddy and Me Book Review

Title: God Loves Daddy and Me

Author: Bonnie Rickner Jensen

Genre: Christian, Children, Family, Board-Book

Plot: A father raccoon and a baby raccoon spend the day together doing fun things they love, like camping under the stars and fishing. Throughout the course of the day, Daddy Raccoon teaches his baby about how much God loves them. God loves them when they play and when they pray. God is loving and forgiving even when mistakes are made and God made the day for them to enjoy.

A delightful story with gorgeous pictures and a wonderful way to teach children {raccoon and human} that God loves them so very much. The perfect Father's Day gift for anyone with young children.

Likes/Dislikes: My three yr. old loves this book and succeeded in getting her busy Daddy to read it to her one night. She tries to say the words along with me while I read it and she thinks the raccoons are cute. The ten month old cooed at a couple bright colored pictures and seemed fascinated that she could turn the pages to see more colors. I don't think she noticed it was about raccoons. Cute little book with cute little animals. Loved it!

Rating: G-all ages.

Date Review Written: April 21st, 2017

I received a copy of this book courtesy of Booklook Bloggers for my honest opinion. I wasn't required to write a positive review and the opinions expressed in the above review are my own.

The Year's at the Spring

The year's at the spring,

And day's at the morn;

Morning's at seven;

The hill-side's dew-pearled;

The lark's on the wing;

The snail's on the thorn;

God's in his Heaven— 

All's right with the world! 

~ Robert Browning

First Day of Spring

First day of spring--
I keep thinking about
the end of autumn.

~ Matsuo Basho

Spring

To what purpose, April, do you return again?

Beauty is not enough.

You can no longer quiet me with the redness

Of little leaves opening stickily.

I know what I know.

The sun is hot on my neck as I observe

The spikes of the crocus.

The smell of the earth is good.

It is apparent that there is no death.

But what does that signify?

Not only under ground are the brains of men

Eaten by maggots.

Life in itself

Is nothing,

An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs.

It is not enough that yearly, down this hill,

April

Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.

~ Edna St. Vincent Millay