Tune In by Sonia Choquette

I can't wait for this book to arrive. I am extremely excited to review it being that Sonia Choquette is one of my favorite authors. I will review it as soon as I am finished.

~Rose

How To Read Literature by Terry Eagleton

 How to Read Literature by Terry Eagleton explains different ways to use literary criticism in regards to openings, character, narrative, interpretation and value. It uses passages from many well known authors from Shakespeare to J.K. Rowling.

 The author shows us passages and then critics them on occasion with examples from other literary critics to show us how a certain passage can have many different meanings.

 I liked this book and appreciated that it went into depth on the different aspects of literature. This book is well written and opens our eyes to different ways to view how literature is written. This book is wonderful for both students new to reading literature and those who wish to enrich their reading of it.

 I learned many different ways to read the different aspects of a book and now see new ways to analyze literature. I would especially recommend this book to those new to the study of literature.

I acknowledge that I won this book through a Goodreads contest and this is my honest and unbiased opinion of the book.

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~Rose

The Legacy Letters by Carew Papritz

  The Legacy Letters: his Wife, His Children, His Final Gift; Carew Papritz's first novel shares profound down to earth wisdom on many things from books to money. The unknown narrator is dying of a terminal illness and is writing letters to his unborn children. He shares his personal wisdom, gained through life experience, to his children as his final gift to them.

 The way this book is written sounds like poetry at times. I love the way this book flows beautifully and gives you a picture of the narrators life.

 There is fundamental soundness in The Legacy Letters that will keep you reading it again and again.  One nugget of wisdom we are reminded of in this book is, " Time. We are only given so much of it." This book made me laugh and think about the world we live in. The Legacy Letters makes you take a second look at life.

 This book reminded me somewhat of Tuesday's with Morrie by Mitch Albom in that both books are filled with many gems of wisdom about life and how to truly live. I would recommend this book to fans of Tuesday's with Morrie.

 I acknowledge that I received this book free of charge from the author in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion of the book.

What little wisdom did you parents or grandparents leave you?

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The Heart of the Matter: A Simple Guide to Discovering Gifts in Strange Wrapping Paper by Dr. Darren R. Weissman and Cate Montana

 The Heart of the Matter: A Simple Guide to Discovering Gifts in Strange Wrapping Paper by Dr. Daren R. Weissman and Cate Montana, M.A., guides us through the See Hear Feel Challenge to live a more authentic life that is true to our heart's desire. This book enables us to live authentically and truly hear what our heart is telling us.

 The See Hear Feel Challenge presented in this book is so simple and easy to use, yet it will profoundly change your life to live more true to yourself. This challenge shows us that through truly acknowledging our emotions we can live our heart's desire and overcome our personal self-undoing patterns and negativity.

 I was profoundly moved by this book. The exercises found inside the book showed us how to use the See Hear Feel Challenge in every aspect of our lives from addictions to personal shame.

 In The Heart of the Matter we are shown that our emotions can either inhibit our lives or empower us and our lives. The one thing I loved most was that we are shown how to create a garden of self-love for ourselves.

 I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to overcome fearful emotions and live a more empowered life.

I acknowledge that I received this book free of charge from Hay House in exchange for my unbiased opinion of this book.

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Energetic Healing: Embracing the Life Force by Arnie Lade

 Energetic Healing: Embracing the Life Force by Arnie Lade is a book which shows us how eastern Chinese medicine and modern science compliment each other. This book speaks of the seven energy centers of our body known as chakras. Energetic Healing shows how the chakras and also meridians in our body can influence our health. We are shown how a meridian line in the toe can influence something that is wrong with our liver.

 My favorite chapter in the book is entitled, "Healing Concepts and Meditation." This chapter shows us how the use of meditation can help us heal ourselves. I also liked how at the end of each chapter there were exercises to integrate what was learned from that chapter, such as, "sensing the aura" and "cleansing with healing energy".

 There is a chapter regarding energy and the human embryo and anatomy. While I understand the authors' reasoning for speaking so much about this I personally felt that the writing became somewhat dry. However, despite that I did like how the author took the human embryo and anatomy and showed us how our energy effected it and how one was not independent of the other.

 I would recommend this book to those who wish to learn more about energetic healing and how it impact the human body.

I acknowledge that I received this book free of charge from Lotus Press in exchange for my unbiased opinion of the book.

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What are your thoughts on energy?

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~Rose

Writing for You: A Novelist's Guide to the Craft of Fiction by Victoria Grefer

 Writing For You: A Novelist's Guide to the Craft of Fiction by Victoria Grefer was a book I found helpful. That author shows us that we should write for ourselves. She tells us that writing is truly for the writer. Victoria, also shows us that we should respect our readers and not insult their intelligence through over explanation but also that we should not assume the reader knows everything by leaving out too much.

 I appreciated that there was a chapter on style, due to it being a good refresher for me. One of the chapters I liked was on "Social Media Marketing," because I personally only use a few main sites and I learned about other sites that I think would be of interest to authors and bloggers alike.

 One of my favorite lines from the book is when the author is speaking of our "inner editor", known as Eeyore by the author, and how to ignore it when we need to keep writing. When you need help to keep writing, "...picture Dory the fish from Finding Nemo slapping Eeyore across the nose with her tail fin while chanting, "Just keep writing, just keep writing, just keep writing, writing, writing." Seriously." I laughed out loud when I read it, and picturing Dory and Eeyore works.

 The only criticism that I have for this book is that throughout the book the author tells us again and again to read On Writing by Stephen King. Now, I'm sure On Writing is a good book, but for me I felt it was a tad much. However, I do no think that it was so much that I could not give this book five out of five stars, as it was well written and engaging for the reader.

 Overall, I thought this book was a great read and would be helpful to anyone to give them better writing. I believe this book would be good even for those who do not aspire to being novelists.

 I acknowledge that I received this book for free in a Goodreads giveaway and this is my unbiased opinion of the book.

What is your favorite thing to write? Poetry, fiction, articles, blogs?

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Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

 Tuesdays with Morrie: an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson by Mitch Albom is a heartwarming memoir about a student and his final class with his dying professor. This is a beautiful story about the wisdom of a professor, dying of ALS named Morrie Schwartz.

 Morrie, known as coach by the author Mitch Albom, is a wise, funny, and endearing professor. Morrie teaches us that in accepting death we learn to live. Morrie imparts wisdom regarding family, marriage, death, and society.

 I had heard about this book for awhile now and had never read it. I am glad that I finally picked it up the other day because it is as profound and as memorable as I had been told.

 Tuesdays with Morrie is a small little book that is filled with many nuggets of wisdom for everyone. Everyone could learn something from this book, the most important being to enjoy life and live in the moment because no one knows how long they have left. I am extremely glad that I have added this wonderful book to my collection.

 Tuesdays with Morrie will make you smile. It will make you laugh. It might also make you cry. It is a wonderful book.

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The Power of Your Spirit: A Guide to Joyful Living by Sonia Choquette

 The Power of Your Spirit: A Guide to Joyful Living By Sonia Choquette is a book that shows us in an easy straightforward way how to get past our ego and let our spirit lead our lives. Through the four stages of transformation we learn that we can live as a fully empowered spiritual being.

 Through the four stages of transformation we learn to awaken our spirit, discover our spirit, surrender to our spirit, and finally to flow with our spirit. We learn that through a consistent daily practice we invite spirit into our lives.

 The impact that this book has is hard to put into words. I it will enlighten and transform your life. Through each of the four stages we learn to live our spirit more and transform our lives to live in flow with the universe. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to not just read about spirit bu actually start living their spirit. This book is one of the best books I have read in the past few months. You can use this book as a reference and read it again if you need inspiration. I absolutely love this book, it is one of Sonia's best.

 I acknowledge that I received this book free of charge from Hay House in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion of this book.

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~Rose

The Miracles of Archangel Gabriel by Doreen Virtue

 The Miracles of Archangel Gabriel by Doreen Virtue is a wonderfully inspiring work on the help and insight that Archangel Gabriel can bring if we only ask. Archangel Gabriel is the "chief messenger" angel. Gabriel helps us will all areas of communication from speaking to writing. Gabriel also helps pregnant women, women in labor, parents, and children.

 This book is wonderfully illustrated throughout with wonderful pictures of Archangel Gabriel. I was wonderfully surprised to find that if one calls upon Archangel Gabriel that Gabriel will help one with writing and if writing a manuscript will help until one is finished. I was happy to find that Gabriel would help one pursue a career in writing.

 Also, being that I have young children myself, I was happy to find that Gabriel would help co-parent our children and help watch over them.

 I highly recommend this book to both parents and writers to help them learn how Gabriel can help them in their lives. This is an absolutely wonderful book with exquisite illustrations. It is a short read and will show you how to have Archangel Gabriel help you in your life. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn more about Archangel Gabriel.

 I acknowledge that I recived this book free of charge from Hay House in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion of the book.

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~Rose