“Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun…”

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins


This book was Phenomenal. Once I started I couldn’t put it down. From beginning to end it was non-stop action. The story is so heart wrenching that I couldn’t wait to turn the page. Reading this book was easy, finding this book was a little harder. The way I found this book was through my online book reading community. The first time I heard about it, I saw it on Stephenie Meyer’s website about a year ago and I made a mental note to check it out. I even remember going to the library and searching for it, with no luck. For Christmas 2008, Simon and I received a gift card to Barnes and Noble, since we don’t have a B & N in our town, we had to spend it when we went to Little Rock a few months later. This was one of the books I decided to buy. Of course it has sat on my shelf for quite a while; until one not so special week I decided to pick it up. And I am so glad that I did. With the second installment coming out the following week, I thought what a perfect time to read it. Well, my reading went way too quickly, and then I got stuck with nothing to read for a couple of days.

The Hunger Games is set in the near/distant future, where 12 districts now live in a place called Panem that was once North America. The Capitol rules and no one dares to come up against them. Katniss Everdeen, a sixteen year old girl from the smallest most run down district, District 12, the coal district, doesn’t have a perfect life. Her life has not been easy, with her father’s death in the coal mines and her mother going through a deep depression, Katniss steps up to the plate to provide for her family. She manages to hunt outside the district illegally to provide for her mother and beloved little sister Prim. To keep the Districts in line, once a year, the Capitol hosts The Hunger Games. This event keeps peace in the Districts and keeps the civilians in their place. Every district has 2 Tributes drawn, a boy and a girl between the ages of 12 and 18, and they will travel to the Capitol to compete in the Hunger Games where, one person will be the victor and the other 23 Tributes will be dead. Every year the Districts assemble together to see which family will lose their child and which families are safe for another year. This year will be change Katniss’s life forever.

This is a story of war where no one truly wins. Even when the victor goes home to fame and fortune with a new life, they never really come home. Every victor has to live with the fact that they are now a killer and the only reason they survived was because others died. They may be the only ones going home, but they will never be the same.


It also is a story of love. There is a very complicated love triangle in the story, which Katniss is totally unaware of until she is faced with certain death. When Peeta Mellark’s name is called Katniss automatically is pained. Peeta has already saved her life in a way she can never pay back. He gave her a will to live when no one else cared and now they are matched up as enemies. The other part of this triangle is Gale. Her best friend in the world and he is left behind while she goes to the games to fight for her life. During the training before the games and during the event itself, Katniss is faced with a hard reality and she is totally blindsided by several revelations. I won’t ruin it for you because it is amazing writing that gets you to the point of no return.

Praise for The Hunger Games:
I have to start with writing style, Suzanne Collins does an amazing job. She writes with such description that I can feel the fire or taste the water. Whatever Katniss is feeling you will feel it along with her. Another concept that I enjoyed was Katniss and her inability to decide what she wants. Because she didn’t know what she wanted, I couldn’t make up my mind what I wanted for her. She was a great character and I enjoyed learning about her as the book went on.

Complaints about The Hunger Games:
One warning that I must include, is that there is quite a bit of political propaganda. There is definitely a political background to the story that could be overlooked, but was definitely underlying throughout the story. I’m never too keen on books that try to push their political views on me, but I found it quite easy to ignore. Therefore I ignored it and enjoyed the book.

So, for those who have read it, which is your favorite? Gale or Peeta? What did you think about the book? Have you read book #2 Catching Fire? Leave me a comment about your thoughts on the series or about my blog!

"I'm falling apart, I'm barely breathing, With a broken heart, That's still beating" Broken by Lifehouse

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Do you want to laugh, cry, and travel through time and space with a love story that will stick with you? Than look no further, this is the book for you. This story will melt your heart and give you some food for thought. The Time Traveler’s Wife raises so many questions about life. Questions like, Is the idea of fate real? Is there a God and what is His role in this life? Is there really just one person out there that is the exact fit for another person? I’m not sure if I’m the best person to answer these questions in detail, but to quickly answer the above questions in my own personal opinion… (Yes, Yes-to be glorified, No).

Clare was never an ordinary girl, she never had the chance to be normal. Because there was always Henry. Clare first met Henry when she was 6 years old and Henry was 36. Life after that moment was never the same, or was it never the same after they first met when she was 20 and Henry was 28? It is for the reader to decide. We follow this romance from beginning to end. It will make you laugh and cry and believe that love is out there waiting to find you.

My absolute favorite element of the book was the characters. Henry was my favorite. He is one of those characters that after the book is over you continue to think about him and the life he lived. He was a wonderful diverse character that was in a horrible predicament. You could only feel bad for him and love him with Clare. From the title a reader would assume that the book only would be from Clare’s perspective, or at least that is what I thought when I picked it up. Surprises of all surprises, on the first page we are seeing the story from Henry’s perspective. I personally enjoyed it because the audience would not know him half as well if we had not seen half the story from his point of view.

I did have a couple of gripes about the book that other people probably loved. I did not enjoy the multiple name dropping of authors, poets, musicians, and other famous people that I had never heard of. I feel that my liberal arts education prepared me well for the world and gave me some knowledge that I would not have normally picked up, but I looked up some of these people and knew that there was no way that I would have ever heard about them. Also, she changed languages throughout the book (French, Italian, & German) with little to no explanation of what the phrase, sentence and sometimes paragraph meant. Although the language changes were very real and natural, for any audience member who was not multilingual it caused confusion.

With fate in mind and in my own life, I can look back on my own story with Simon and see that if certain things did or did not happen then we would probably not be together (what if he would have accepted one of the many tennis scholarships, what if I wouldn’t have accepted the internship at my church, what if I would have gone to a different college, what if he never went to Brookhill?). Did we actually make those choices or were they made for us? Was it predestined from the beginning of time for us both to end up at Christian Ministries Church so that we would be together? Only God knows, but I do know that I’m incandescently happy that it did happen just the way it did. I wonder if Clare would say the same, or would she have liked to go back and change her decisions based on the outcome of her decisions.

The Time Traveler’s Wife is an excellent read. I would recommend it to all readers (some language and sexual content may not be suitable for younger readers). It was addicting from the very beginning and it only took me a week to read. The author’s style was perfect for the story line and theme. On the cover of the book, the short biography about the author stated that this was her first novel. BRAVO!!! For her first novel, she did outstanding, and I hope that her other books (if there are any) are just as great and just as addicting.

Well all of that to say, what did you think? Did you read the book? Do you agree? Is it a good read? Have you seen the movie? What did you think about the movie? Give me some feedback down below!

A kiss on the hand can be quite continental...

Kiss by Ted Dekker and Erin Healy

Shauna McAllister wakes up 6 weeks after a near fatal car accident with no memories from the past 6 months. She has woken up to an alleged drug charge, her family blames her for the wreck, and they are keeping her from seeing her brother and best friend, Rudy. With no where to go she moves into a guest house on her estranged father’s estate with her boyfriend Wayne Spade, who she doesn’t remember. When she starts receiving urgent text messages warning her to leave the past behind her, she starts to get worried about whether the car wreck was actually an accident or not. As her story starts to unravel, she learns more than she was looking for and it might just cost her life.

One of my friends sent me this book and I have had it in my position since March. Since I’ve been a little distracted with A Song of Ice and Fire, I haven’t had a chance to read it yet. Finally, my reading schedule opened up a little and I dug into this book. Kiss was well written and had a great story line. It was a perfect balance of suspense and drama that it kept you wanting to read while not keeping you up at night. One fun fact I didn’t know was that Dekker was a Christian author. The content of the book was so well written that the little spurts of Spiritual inner personal struggle didn’t seem to be a turn off. I enjoy a good book that any person from any religion can pick up and there’s enough Christianity in the book that could speak to someone’s heart, but that is not overbearing or repulsing.

What I liked about the book, was the story line. The way the book begins is practically the car accident itself, therefore we know nothing about Shauna and so we are unable to guess whether the charges that are being pressed against her are actually true or not. We have very little to base any sort of opinion on our main character and so we are left to the writer’s work to lead us through the story. Also, I enjoyed how the audience learns everything through Shauna asking questions. It reminded me of Potter, when Harry doesn’t know something, he just asks questions.

Something I did not like about that book is that there were no real surprises in the book. As long as you kept your eyes open and saw things that were going on in the background, you weren’t left to much guessing. On second though, I’m not sure that this is such a bad thing though, with more thought on the subject, I think that the authors led us to the answers. Another concept that I didn’t much care for was the title. I think that the authors wrote the ending of the book first, with the thought that whenever she kissed someone she could steal their memories; well that isn’t how the memories came to her at the beginning, so I’m not sure that Kiss is the best title for this particular novel.

Have you read this book? What did you think? What would you name this book, or did you think the title was perfect? Let me know what you think in the comment section below.

Back, Back Again, Elena's Back, Tell a Friend...

The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Nightfall by: L.J. Smith

(yawwwwwn) oh, I mean, hello… this is a blog about the above mentioned book. I decided to read the Vampire Diaries series because someone from a blog that I love to read had read them and had loved them. Also, from the same blog there was a clip of the new series coming out this fall and it looked intriguing. So, I decided to give them a try. From my previous blog about The Vampire Diaries you might have read that book 4 was the conclusion to the story. Well, little did I know that there was a book 5 recently written and this blog is about that very book.

Elena’s back, but she’s not herself lately, she’s a childlike spirit that can’t talk, walk, read, or anything else a normal 17 year old girl can do. She has Stephan, so things seem to be going good for her. Well on the other side of the story, Damon is getting into trouble again, this time with twin Japanese shape-shifting vampires that are wreaking havoc on Fell’s Church. Suddenly, Stephan leaves and the only thing left behind is an entry in Elena’s diary, stating that he can no longer be with her because he’s afraid of turning her into a vampire (again). Now, it’s up to Damon to set things right, can he do it? Will he be able to lay his dark-side to rest while he saves the woman he loves and her friends? You’ll have to pick this new installment up to find out!

Sadly, I did not enjoy this book. I was about 300 pages into it and almost decided to quit (out of 586). I complained the entire time while reading it. I complained about how boring it was and I was advised many times by multiple people to just stop reading it. I didn’t stop though and I’m glad I didn’t because now I can write this great blog! I can’t seem to put my finger on exactly what I didn’t like about it, but if I was forced to hash it out, I would say that I’m just not that interested in the characters. When Stephan left, I was like, ok, whatever, I don’t even care… Unlike other stories that I’ve read when main characters leave and they rip my beating heart out and take it with them just to put me through more agony (Edward in New Moon).

One compliment that I would like to pay to Smith is that I can’t imagine putting a story to rest for over 10 years, picking it back up and keeping the characters the same. I would have messed that up, but I couldn’t tell there had been a gap, it felt as if days had truly gone by. I think that with time I would have changed so much that the characters would have changed with me. Kudos to you Smith on a job well done, with character simulation, that is.

One lasts item of discussion is, no matter how much I didn’t like this book, and no matter how much I would like nothing more than to forget that I ever picked it up in the first place, the end was a fantastic cliff hanger. I really would like to go on the next journey with Elena, Damon, and Matt. I want to see what crazy adventure lies before them and hopefully it won’t be so boring when it happens. I have a feeling that this will not be the last we will hear from Elena and the Fell’s Church crew.

So, what do you think? Do you think I’m crazy for not liking this book? Have you read any of this series? Should I try a different series by Smith, or are they all kind of the same? Let me know what you think and give me your insights to this series!

The path of faith was a crooked one, Brienne could not help but note.

A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin

When I think about this book, I can’t help but to think about the time it took to finish it. The book was great, but because of the timing of what was going on in my life and the length of the book, it took me a while to get through it. It took me so long that I took a 4 book break in the middle of it. I usually don’t do that, but I needed a break from the seriousness. This blog is about the 4th book of The Song of Ice and Fire series and it was the same style and continued the plotline immaculately. While reading it, a person couldn’t help but notice a few things were missing. But you’ll have to read it to find out what those were.

A pretty usual theme to the series is death. There is war throughout the entire series and therefore characters die often. Many main characters have died, including what to me would be main characters that helped the plot become more diverse. In A Feast for Crows, there were not as many people killed. There was still the war, which was sort of fizzling out with the characters displayed, but the characters that were not present I can feel the build up from the other characters.

I feel like there is something brewing in the background of this story. I could feel it trying to bubble up to the surface. I could feel it coming on, almost like the warning signs before volcano erupts. I just feel like some really big things are going to happen in the next book. I wonder if Martin is going to use any of the major character plots from A Feast for Crows going or if it is only going to be the side we didn’t see in this book. A Dance with Dragons is next and I can’t wait to see what is going to happen.

There were a few new people in this story, it showed what was going on with the Iron Fleet, which before had been a very minute sub-plot and it has become a major part of the series. I believe that the book title could have been a double meaning. The new king of the Iron Fleet is also called “Crow’s Eye” and this book showed how all of the other kings were just preparing the way for these sub-characters to come in and surprise the Iron Throne because they are so focused on the war in front of their faces. Another new person was the Princess Arianne of Dorne. During the book, I couldn’t understand why we were reading about Dorne, then the last chapter happened and it blew me away. I just love it when new sides of the story unfold.

What am I looking forward to? What’s going to happen to Cersei? What’s going to happen with Dorne now that Arianne isn’t going to marry Dany’s brother? What was the last word that Brienne yelled, and did it save her life? Sansa is going to be married to someone else and she will have Winterfell and the Eyrie?

Since we saw one side of the story, the people I missed in this book were: Brann, Jon, Dany. But the next book, I’m going to miss Arya and Sansa. Have you read this series? What are you looking forward to? If you have not read it, do you want to? Comment below and let me know what you think!

The tale of two vampire brothers and the beautiful girl torn between them…

The Awakening, The Struggle, The Fury, and Dark Reunion by: L.J. Smith


As my avid followers know, I’ve been reading a specific series since January. The Song of Ice and Fire, by George R.R. Martin. And don’t get me wrong, it is a great series, probably one of the best I’ve ever read. The only problem I’m having is that it’s super intense and detailed. Usually I’m all over that, but life has thrown me a few curve-balls which makes hard reading a little less fun. So, with that in mind, I picked up The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith in the middle of A Feast for Crows (book 4 of the series). An older vampire young adult series, the Vampire Diaries were first published in the early 90’s and with the recent “Vampire Mania” have been reprinted.

I’ll start off with my opinion and then end with what each book is about. I will give some spoilers in the explanation, so feel free to read some or all of the blog, but if you plan on reading it, I’ll warn you when there are spoilers ahead. First of all, I have mixed emotions on whether I should tell you to read this book because it’s pretty good, or should I advise you to run away screaming because, daaaaaaang! So, let’s talk about what I didn’t like about it. The writing style. Of course I keep in mind that it’s YA Lit, but still you can write a little more realistically. Mainly I noticed it when the characters interacted, the conversations were very unrealistic and fake. Smith’s writing style was just okay. The second thing that I didn’t like was the story line. When I finished the series I couldn’t look back and say, “Oh, that’s where these books where going.” The author didn’t seem to have a plan when she began and she just went with it as she went. That can spell disaster and chaos. The final and worst part of the books was the witchcraft that was sewn into the framework of the books. I didn’t notice it at the beginning because the Awakening was mainly about the love story, but as the books continued the witchcraft continued to become more of what the book was about instead of a love story between a teenage girl and a vampire. Or is the story about the City of Fell’s Church, or is the story about a love triangle? Or… Well you see my point, I’m not sure what the story was actually about. Oh, one more thing that I forgot was that I would have liked to see a difference in is the amount of details. She sees Stephen and wants him… ok, why does she want him? I do have to say that by the last book the details started coming, but I wish it would have been from the beginning. I know all of this seems a little harsh, but I wanted to be honest.

Now for what I liked, because yes I did like some aspects of the book. I enjoyed Elena. Her strong willed character was fun, empowered, and not perfect. Her friends knew she wasn’t perfect, but loved her regardless. Smith may have not given us details, but she did build the characters and their relationships with each other. She could also create a moment. There were several times while I was reading that the moment got to me and there were definitely some tears. My favorite scene in all of the books is the dream sequence in book 4, when Elena and Stephen have a moment. I think that it was so sweet. So, on a whole, I’ll let you make up your mind on if you like it or not. Let me know what you think and leave me a comment at the end. Thanks for reading!

Sold in pairs, The Awakening and The Struggle are the first book and The Fury and Dark Reunion being the conclusion. The Awakening introduces us to the major characters of the series. There is Elena the queen of Robert E. Lee High. She runs the school and everyone in it loves her for it. Then there’s her faithful companions Meredith and Bonnie, her two best friends in the world. Matt, her ex-boyfriend who was always more of a friend to her than a boyfriend. Then there’s Stephan, the new mysterious boy in town who doesn’t want to have anything to do with her.

SPOILERS AHEAD—I’m just going to recap the 4 books, so please be prepared that I ruin EVERYTHING!!! So, if you are going to read these books, wait and come back after you are finished. If you don’t want to read them, continue and enjoy!

In the first book we meet the characters and the relationship between Elena and Stephan is established. Elena, our heroine decides right away that she not only wants Stephen for herself, she can’t live without him. Actually she states that she will have him even if it kills them both. This statement is a little dramatic to say the least, but you know, whatever works. She knows there is something different about Stephen, but little does she know that he is a 500 year old vampire. Stephen can’t seem to stay away from Elena, the reason; she looks like an old girlfriend. Katherine was the love of Stephen’s life, she was the vampire that made him what he is. Here’s a spoiler for you, but after our couple gets together, here comes Damon, Stephen’s older brother, who is also a vampire. Damon pledges that he will conquer Elena and pluck her from Stephen’s grasp. The first book The Awakening is the fight between Stephen and Damon’s for Elena’s heart.

The Struggle begins where The Awakening left off with Elena searching for Damon to confront him about hurting Stephan. The second book is the love triangle. Who does Elena want? Does she want who her heart is automatically drawn to or to the bad boy? There is a force bigger than all of them and it seems to be Damon. He is taking blood from Elena and giving her his own. Which apparently makes a vampire, who knew? So, at the end of the book when Elena has just drowned, it’s hard to believe that with two books left that she’s dead…

Well, ok, so she’s not dead, but she was dead and now she’s a vampire. The Fury had a huge change in the story that I did not expect. Elena dies… Really?!?! I mean for real this time, you know, as a vampire she dies at the end of the book. Are you kidding me? During The Fury there is a Power that none of them can contain that seems to be moving things in the wrong direction. I won’t ruin it and tell you who the Other Power is, but I knew exactly who it was when the idea was presented that there was an Other Power. Here’s a question for you, as an author, how do you give hints without giving everything away? If you know, you might need to help Miss Smith because every hint she gave I knew exactly what was going to happen. There was not one single surprise in this series. Well, I take that back. When Elena died at the end of this book, I was pretty surprised. Who writes a 4 book series and kills off the heroine in the 3rd book? L.J. Smith, that’s who.

After Elena’s death, Bonnie takes over writing in the diary and so we are pretty much seeing the story through her eyes. Dark Reunion is the conclusion to the series. This was my least favorite book out of all of the books. The witchcraft was overbearing and ridiculous. It was in all four books, but it was just getting stupid at the end. I honestly thought about 5 chapters left that the book could end at any minute and I wouldn’t even care. I mean that it could have ended in the middle of the sentence and I wouldn’t have been disappointed. The ending was actually ridiculous and the fakest thing I’ve ever seen. You just have to read it to let me know what you thought about it.

All of that to say, I am looking forward to the new show this fall on the CW. I think it looks great! Well let me know what you think, have you read the series? Did you like it?

"Wars and weddings have kept us well occupied." Tyrion Lannister

A Storm of Swords by: George R. R. Martin

I’m behind on blogging. I have not completed a blog or thought about blogging in so long that something that had become second nature to me (reading and writing) is not so easy. Since I finished this book a couple of nights ago I have pondered what I should write about in this blog. Since this book took me entirely way too long to finish (somewhere around 12 weeks) I can’t remember what happened within the 1200 page novel. I know what has happened in the series up to this point, but what specific things took place in A Storm of Swords? Well that is a great question.

One word comes to mind when I think about this book and my life for the last 12 weeks. Disarray. Disarray is defined as “a disorganized and confused state.” Me first… in the last 12 weeks I have switched jobs or maybe I should say professions, which brought about a new boss, a new building, new office, new staff, new responsibilities, in short, everything changed. Not to mention that this new change moved my husband to a new location. When you read this, please know that I’m not complaining, my life is good, just a little crazy. Change is hard and for anyone who knows me, knows that I’m not a huge fan of change. All that to say, my life has been in a state of disarray. Now, to the book. This book is in a constant state of confusion. Now, hear me in this, I am not saying that the book is confusing, but what I’m saying is that the book’s story line is constant craziness. I would finish a chapter and have to put the book down and say to myself “did that just happen?!?!?” How about an example? Tyrion Lannister (the Lannister family in my opinion are the bad guys) and Sansa Stark get married. Well this is a shock for one, Sansa was promised to Tyrion’s nephew, Joffrey Baratheon who just happens to be the King (well one of them right?), well since her father was dead, mother suspected to have killed a self proclaimed king-Renly Baratheon, brother has declared himself King of the north, which is treason in the Lannister’s eyes. The Queen Regent Cersei decided that she was not worthy of her son or to be queen so therefore she decides that her son will marry the widowed Margaery Tyrell and pushes Sansa aside. Before the royal wedding (Just FYI, weddings turn out very bad in this book), Margaery’s family has figured out a plan to marry Sansa off to Margery’s older brother the future Lord of Highgarden. Well in a turn of events, Cersei tricks Sansa into thinking she was being fitted for a gown for the royal wedding and instead she was taken to the Sept and married to Tyrion the dwarf. I hope that you can read the craziness and confusion in just that one example of my “Oh my gosh, did that just happen?” moments.

When I’m playing around on Facebook, I like to look at flair. I will just search for whatever interests me at the moment. Of course on my list is always Twilight and Harry Potter. Not long ago I decided to search for “A Song of Ice and Fire” just to see what came up. I was surprised to find quite a few buttons. The one that sticks out in my mind said “Every time a fan asks GRRM when the next book will be out, another Stark dies.” I was upset when I read it (The Stark family is who the books revolve around. Most of them have had their own chapters in the books and most of the Stark children are my favorite characters). I knew that something was going down. Throughout the last two books (A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords) most of the Starks have had a moment when they believe they are the only Stark left. Luckily, that has not been true.

Surprise and Intrigue are my favorite concepts of Martin’s books. As I’ve come to expect, there were some very shocking moments in this book. Something that I have enjoyed about this series is that no one is too big a character to die. As I continue on with this series, I have a feeling that more main characters are going to die. The author is such an outstanding writer that whenever I least expect something horrible, that is when, BOOM, he turns the story upside down.

My favorite characters are changing a little. I found that I enjoyed Sansa’s story more in this book than I have in the past. Tyrion’s character has always left an impression on me. His wit and intellect make me smile. Jon’s story just gets better and better. The end of this book on the Wall was fantastic. Sorry if you haven’t read it, you are lost, but for my friends that have read the book, I was so excited when he made his decision not to leave the wall to go back to Winterfell, but instead became Lord Commander. Awesome! A new character that I enjoyed very much was Jaime Lannister. Of course with a name like Lannister you know he’s going to be bad, or is he? Jaime’s chapters were enjoyable and you could see small changes in him as the story progressed that were quite exciting.

I’m not sure what to think about R’hllor the god of Fire and Light. I guess because the Starks worship the “Old Gods” and Catelyn Tully Stark worships the new gods I’ve always thought that the Polytheistic beliefs were the right ones (in the book, people, not in real life). So when this one and only god comes into the picture, I’m not sure what to make of that part of the story. Well hopefully it becomes clearer as the series continues which religion is correct and which is false. Here is a quote from Melisandre the Priestess of R’hllor. “The war has been waged since time began, and before it is done, all men must choose where they will stand. On one side is R’hllor, the Lord of Light, the Heart of Fire, the God o Flame and Shadow. Against him stand the Great Other whose name may not be spoken, the Lord of Darkness, the Soul of Ice, the God of Night and Terror. Ours is not a choice between Baratheon and Lannister, between Greyjoy and Stark. It is death we choose, or life. Darkness, or light.” The reason I share that quote is because of the parallelism between the fight between religion and politics. I love how he throws in the Ice and Fire too.

To sum up another blog on the chronicle A Song of Ice and Fire, disarray is the word of the day. I have one more book in the series and then I’ll take a break from this author until he releases his next book sometime in the fall. I hope that by that time I can read and blog each Harry Potter book and I have a shelf full of books that I’ve been waiting to sink my teeth into.

I know this blog is a little crazy and disorganized, as is life, so I’ll end with this: Keep reading! Let me know what you think. Did you like the blog? Have you read the book or are you thinking about trying it? Comment below!