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Wings


Back Cover:

Laurel was memorized starring at the pale things with wide eyes.  They were terrifyingly beautiful- too beautiful for words.  Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head.  They looked almost like wings.  In this extraordinary tale of magic and intrigue, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be changed forever.

My thoughts:

I got this book for free on my nook.  Every Friday Barnes and Noble will give you a free e-book. A lot of the time they're not that good.  Which is probably why they are free.  Anyway, the back cover is really what made me want to read it.  And when I started reading it I thought, "Wow.  She has a flower growing out of her back...I'm just a bit speechless."  Now I'm not sure if this speechlessness came about because I wasn't sure if I wanted to laugh or trash the e-book.  I'm still not sure, even after reading it.  I will say this: the plot and characters were entertaining.  But that was about their extent in value.  It just seems like the book had no meaning.  Like the Aprilynne Pike was just bored so she decided to just slap something together and call it a book.  Over all, I had no idea Ms.Twilight Saga Lady liked it.  Had I known that I would never of picked it up in the first place.  As most of you know, I'm not much of a fan.  In other thoughts, there were a lot of good action scene.  That was a thumbs up from me.  I love action scenes.  Well, folks, I think that this book has officially disrupted my phase for anything SiFi or Fantasy. I'll have my posts up for everything I've read so far soon. Until then, I give this book two stars for effort, creativity with the action scenes and that's about it.  I take away three start for lack of creativity in everything else, unnecessary discussion topics and because the characters never really changed. Well except Laurel of course. She is now a plant. 

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A Father's Child by Mark Adair




I give Mark Adair's A Father's Child 2 stars. 

Plot- The plot was pretty typical. But sometimes that's good. I liked that by the third chapter something big happened. I do not like that I figured out what was going to happen before it happened. 

Characters- I personally would never ever in a million years befriend these characters in real life. As a matter of fact, I might run and hide from these people. Their moral level is way low. And I think I've actually seen these people walk my own hometown streets.  Which is also a bummer about these characters. When I read a book I want to see people make decisions that I would have a hard time making. There were some hints of that here and there. 

Lesson learned- Don't do drugs and cursing after every other word isn't classy. 

Things worth mentioning:

Like I said before there was drug use and a whole lot of cursing. It just sort of set the tone for my likes and/or dislikes. I had trouble paying attention to the plot because of all the cursing and drug use. Not good people!!

Otherwise, without the useless junk thrown in their, it would have been a pretty typical "thriller" book.  

(I was given this ebook for free for reviewing purposes by the author. This review is my personal opinion. )

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This Is The World I Live In:

My mother just got an email from a friend with this article attached. Please, Don't Dress Your Girls Like Tramps (<--CLICK ME)

Push-up bras for 7 year olds? Is this where we have ended up? Really. I feel like the man from Brave New World; lost. Why is it that I find this disturbing and people who buy it find it cute?!? Or trendy? Or sweet? Or even...dare I say it...INNOCENT??? Not only push-up bras, but thongs and tight sweat pants with "juice" written on the backside.  Like the article said, this is not the fault of the producer. Someone has to be buying these things because they're still in the (I want to say horrible things) store! 

The plain and simple truth is that parents who dress their children up like this are not raising any kind of woman with character. They are raising prostitutes. The truth is hard to swallow, but sometimes it takes a mighty slap in the face to make them wake up and realize they are wrong.

Sometimes I read these article and think, the girl in the pew next to me in church dresses like that. And look at her daughter...

Why is it that I don't feel like I have to look like that?! What is so wrong with looking like I do? With dressing the way I do? Why is modesty so awkward to people? What are they afraid of? That they'll blend in? That no one will notice them? That no one will comment on how cute their ass is?

I'm pretty sure that's the point. 

Maybe it's just because you were home schooled that you feel this strongly about it. Is that what you want to say? Please don't.  I'll only want to argue with you. 

Yes, at times I feel insecure. But it's not because I feel like I'm missing something. Sometimes, I just do. Sometimes, there is no reason. I just am. 

I'm a girl.

I'm Savanah. 

I'm young and am not use to feeling insecure.

Life is hard.

Parents who think you're lacking physically...that's harder. 

Thank you dear God, for not giving me parents like that!

Oh but now I'm just like the pharisee praying in the temple, aren't I? 

I will say, that this only makes me feel more alone. Is there anyone at all (other than my own family) who thinks this just a little bit odd? Am I really the only one who wants to shake these people? I have so much to say. But if I say much more, I might just wake up ranting about it still. And I kind of want to just write about it here and let it go. 

God, please help me hold my tongue, 
help me to not want to call child services,
help me to remember to pray for my own heart,
please help me to remember that you love them too
often times I notice that when I get worked up in other people issues...I completely miss mine own. 

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This is not okay...

I was reading one of my favorite blogs today and found a link to a post that really shocked me. I'm not sure what to say now, but I think it's important to let any authors know that this is unacceptable behavior that I will not allow on my blog. Here's the link, but note that if you read enough comments you will find some explicit words. Just a word of warning.

The Greek Seaman//Jacqueline Howett

Not okay.

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The Awakening by Kate Chopin





I run away from the thoughts and ideas of feminists. And the fact is this book was written by a woman who was well on her way if not there. The ideas portrayed in this book steer young women away from biblical womanhood, and therefore away from God.

The plot was very well developed. Chopin knew what she was doing when she wrote this book. The main character's husband was abusive and she, as a woman, mother and wife was very under appreciated. And so an affair was developed between the woman and another man. (I won't spoil too much if you still wish to read it yourself).

The characters where very well developed as well. Each with their own distinct personality and many symbolized characteristics of the main character.

Over all if I was rating her on her writing skills I would probably give her 4 stars. But as I am not, I give her 2, for writing out of anger instead of encouragement to other women.

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