Monday, February 22, 2010

Sea of Monsters By Rick Riordan



I am now a Percy Jackson junkie. Sea of Monsters. Crazy good sequel to Lightning Thief. Going to read a few then onto #3.

Can't tell you much except for... it involves the Bermuda Triangle (woo scary music), Lot's a cyclops stuff and Luke, that no good demi-god.

Going Rogue By Sarah Palin

While I must say I did enjoy this book. I like Sarah. She is awesome and this book; well this book is definately about her.

Which is OK I bought it on that premise, but I am sure the liberal media are having a hey day with it. But honestly, the liberal media- who even pays attend to them anymore. It's like the boy who cried wolf, a gazillion times.

The first part of the book- talking about her youth and such, was fun and interesting, the middle chapters, not so much. It is important to know where she came from, so you can appreciate the fact she was not in her element during the campaign. Ultimately leading her away from her usual spunk. I also liked to read about the campaign trial. It was good to hear her side of the stories that were flying. I stil think it was very wrong to attack her family, especially her children then and now. Such biased behavior. It was so double standard. I believe she has handled that situation alot better than most mothers would have. She has class.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Books Children Love By Elizabeth Wilson

A Guide to the Best Children's Literature



This would be a great book for a homeschooling family. The author lists title author, publisher etc. as well as a summary of the book. It is helpful how she also lists grade level.

The chapters include:

Animals
Art and Architecture
Bible and Moral Teaching
Biography
Celebration Days and Seasons
Crafts, Hobbies and Domestic Arts
Dance, Drama
Growing Plants Indoor and Outdoor
History and Geography
Humor
Language
Literature levels I, II, and III
Poetry and Rhymes
Mathematics
Misc.
Music
Nature, Science and Technology
Outdoor Activites
PE and Organized games
Reference, Research and Study skills
Special Needs

ISBN:1-58134-198-9

ObamaNation By Jerome Corsi


I read this book several months ago and have been putting off writing a review because it is a touchy subject but more so because it is so consuming that I could write a 10 page single spaced review on all the interesting things I learned about Barack Obama.

This book was written by a man who went through Obama books "Dreams of My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope". He looked up every person and background on the events that took place. Basically he researched everything Obama had written.

If you have any questions unanswered about Obama, this pretty much answers them. From his child hood. His father was not a goat herder. He was a government bureaucrat sent to Hawaii, then Harvard on scholarship. His father was an alcoholic who killed himself because he was driving drunk. He was also a polygamist, Remaining married to his first wife Kezia, in Africa, marrying Stanley Anne, then marrying even more women without getting a proper divorce from any one of them.
That's minor to other stuff that gets investigated.
Wonder what Chicago style politics is?
Wonder where he came from? It seems he was just dropped from the sky.
So many unanswered questions...
The things that interested me most about this was "Black Rage"
In the early 20's groups of educated black men congregated together and decided they didn't like America as it was- because paraphrasing "It was white men rules" meaning the Founding Fathers. They wanted to abolish the government and start over with a communist society ~so that everyone would be created equal~ what?. This is where the radicals come in- such as the Black Panthers, Louis Farrakan, Saul Alinsky.
Saul Alinsky was very interesting to me. Obama learned his community organizing skills from a a guy named Kellman who was a student of Alinksy. His sole goal was to destroy the American government and institute Communism. "The end justifies the means" Was the basic slogan of community organizing. Stir up the hurt in the less fortunate to make them rebel through the ballot box. Alinsky was the one who used the battle cry "change" as a code word for redistribution of wealth.
Want to know about, Bernardine Dohrn? Tony Rezko and his ties to Islam, Reverend Wright and Obamas conversion to Christianity? What about Obamas ties to Islam? It's all in there.
But believe me they aren't the most interesting parts.
The very most important thing I learned from this book is If you really listen to Obama you can hear what his is really saying.
Liberals have less than favorable reviews of this book but Mr. Corsi has all of the references
listed.
If you have any questions regarding Obama and his past. I highly encourage this read.

Oh and one more thing. No mean comments from liberals. This is my blog and no one asked you to read it.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

I Hate It When Exercise is the Answer By Emily Watts





As usual, Emily Watts is entertaining as she talks about mother/womanhood issues. This book is designed as a chapter/thought for the day.

Titles include FatBoys: an Exercise in Understanding Men, Motherguilt an Exercise in Letting Go, Late Again an Exercise in Suspending Judgement.

Altogether there are 31 Chapters or "Exercises". Each chapter is just a few pages that can be read in 5-10 minutes.

I like to mark up my books, and this one is no exception. However, if I still lived in Salt Lake County, I would just check it out from the library. Instead I will just pass it along to my friends and read it again down the road.

The Diet Selector By Judith Rodriguez

This is a nifty book. I picked it up at Smiths (Kroger). I feel it was well worth the money.
The purpose of this book to to review the diets out there. Nearly every diet is in this from "3 Apple-a-Day " to "You, On A Diet".

So in the beginning the author, Dr. Rodriguez talks about diet myths and about dieting today and how portions sizes have double and even tripled. Sound advice that pertains to any diet is given.
The bulk of this book an overview of diets which includes:
  • The origin/history

  • Diet claims and how it works

  • At a glance ratings which include long term plan, flexibility, being family friendly, cost, strength of science.

  • A sample menu to provide some ideas of what following the diet means in terms of everyday eating.

  • Useful resources for further info

  • Lists "treats" and "forbidden foods"

  • My favorite: the Pro's and Con's
There is also a section on diets for disease management such as DASH, GI, Gluten Free, Mayo etc.

A very good book to have as a reference.

Message In a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks

This book seemed really long to me. It took nearly a month for me to read. It was a lot like Nights in Rodanthe.

If you are a single woman, divorced, or in some way looking for that true love, Nicholas' books will knock you out of the water. If you are happily married, he brings a reverence to the love you have.

But with saying that, I am not a mushy romance novel addict. So enough is enough. The ending to this book is a real downer (for me). Honestly, I am reading Dear John (because the movie is coming out) and then calling it quits for a while with Mr. Sparks literature.

I rented the movie for this weekend while Lovie is at scout winter camp. just in case it's a cryfest.

A Walk to Remember is still my #1