Friday, March 23, 2018

Book Review: Growing Kids with Character by Hettie Brittz

This book was given to me by Litefuse for my honest review:
And let me stress the word HONEST from that statement. This book is a gem for someone who likes to garden and desires to have every aspect of child-rearing put in the form of gardening.
Check out the chapter titles:

 Though I agree with pretty much everything in this book it's not one that held my interest. Everything is put very, very basic with lots of bullet points:
Lots of them:

 And though the text is broken up it is almost in an attempt to make it more interesting. I personally didn't find it helped.
That said this may be a stellar book for some people and I may pass it around to some friends to see what they think. It has a simple style to it and basic information. She uses her own children and refers to them as specific garden imagery helping you to sort out your child's needs accordingly. This book claims to be able to:

  • Cultivate your child's unique way of encountering, following, and worshipping God
  • Disciple and discipline based on your child's very own blueprint
  • recognize your child's strongest characteristics and apply that knowledge to everyday life.
  • Speak your child's unique dialect to foster effective communication 
  • Help your child recognize and celebrate God's individualized design for others.
This book is a sort of simple "manual" for child raising and comes in a good format for that.

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Book Review: The Masterpiece by Francine Rivers

She did it again folks!  If you have never read Francine Rivers you haven't read the most talented author on the planet. Stop whatever you are doing and fix your life! I'd recommend any of her books to any mature reader!
This one is no exception. She might be getting better with age! Rivers rivets the reader with this story of a graffiti junky who gets his highs from running from the cops...even though Roman's gallery artwork now makes more money than he could ever spend. His life is somehow empty and his attitude shows it to everyone around him.
He finally finds a secretary that he doesn't find the need to fire and almost scares her away with his gruff behavior. Grace lives up to her name and stays, and he curbs his behavior but as she shares her Jesus he is repulsed. How can anyone believe in something so outlandish!?
Flashes back to their individual past keeps the reader up to date with their tender sides and why something causes more of a reaction.
Grace takes a chance and shares with Roman about her life-changing experience & not a moment too soon. A heart attack hits at the worse time and Roman is plunged into the eternal afterlife. Terrified he attempts to break free on his own strength. Finding that failing him he uses the one name he has never used except as a curse word.
Follow this epic adventure in this page-turner and find out at the end the master artist Rivers Mets as she researches this book!
This book was donated to me by Tyndale House for my review.