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*I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*
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My prayer life has always kind of sucked, and I’ve tried many books to improve it. I am just not very good at just sitting down and talking with God for time on end. I tend to just talk to him throughout my day, thanking Him, petitioning Him for something, or reaching out to hear His voice about a situation. Prayer just always seemed something “prayer warriors” were always good at and I just wasn’t. I could do it in the moment, if needed, and I’m really good at praying for people publicly.
What I loved about this book is that it gave multiple, practical solutions to my problem. Fifteen minutes is something I can build to (I know, to those of you who can pray for hours on end I bet that seems so short!) but the author gave multiple ways to pray, so that depending on how I’m feeling on a given day, I’m able to find a way to pray.
I will say that I believe the writer was Catholic, however I didn’t find any gaps in theology being a Protestant. There were a few references to things that had different names but Google was my friend in this. Overall, I found this book really awesome for people who are super pressed for time and don’t know where to start in prayer. Or even people like myself who just feel behind and trying to catch up.
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My prayer life has always kind of sucked, and I’ve tried many books to improve it. I am just not very good at just sitting down and talking with God for time on end. I tend to just talk to him throughout my day, thanking Him, petitioning Him for something, or reaching out to hear His voice about a situation. Prayer just always seemed something “prayer warriors” were always good at and I just wasn’t. I could do it in the moment, if needed, and I’m really good at praying for people publicly.
What I loved about this book is that it gave multiple, practical solutions to my problem. Fifteen minutes is something I can build to (I know, to those of you who can pray for hours on end I bet that seems so short!) but the author gave multiple ways to pray, so that depending on how I’m feeling on a given day, I’m able to find a way to pray.
I will say that I believe the writer was Catholic, however I didn’t find any gaps in theology being a Protestant. There were a few references to things that had different names but Google was my friend in this. Overall, I found this book really awesome for people who are super pressed for time and don’t know where to start in prayer. Or even people like myself who just feel behind and trying to catch up.
*I received a DRC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*
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Wow, this book honestly blew me away. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, I’ve found so many YA novels just aren’t meeting my expectations anymore, which is sad because it’s absolutely one of my favorite genres. This one, however, blew me away.
I’ll be honest, I can’t remember the last time I read a book that I really loved with two male main characters. I read the first two books in the Maze Runner trilogy and then gave up because they frustrated me so much, but other than that, I tend to gravitate towards the book with female protagonists who are taking on the world. I’m a sucker for this. This, however, is one I am so glad I was approved for, and I devoured it.
This book wasn’t easy to read but in the same vein, it was. What does that mean? The content was not easy. It delves into some huge things like child abuse, foster care, and others, and at it times it gets really intense and hard to read. However, I think this makes it all the more important to read (if these things aren’t triggering for you). When I say it was easy to read, the Lexile level of this book isn’t difficult. The words are easy to understand, but again, that doesn’t make the contents of this book easily digestible.
This book is realistic in my opinion, some of the abuses that one of the characters goes through is extreme but believable, and the ending was really great. I could understand if people didn’t like it, or thought it was too much, but I felt really satisfied by it, and would highly recommend this book. I feel like this book is going to blow up, and it will absolutely be deserving of that.
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Wow, this book honestly blew me away. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, I’ve found so many YA novels just aren’t meeting my expectations anymore, which is sad because it’s absolutely one of my favorite genres. This one, however, blew me away.
I’ll be honest, I can’t remember the last time I read a book that I really loved with two male main characters. I read the first two books in the Maze Runner trilogy and then gave up because they frustrated me so much, but other than that, I tend to gravitate towards the book with female protagonists who are taking on the world. I’m a sucker for this. This, however, is one I am so glad I was approved for, and I devoured it.
This book wasn’t easy to read but in the same vein, it was. What does that mean? The content was not easy. It delves into some huge things like child abuse, foster care, and others, and at it times it gets really intense and hard to read. However, I think this makes it all the more important to read (if these things aren’t triggering for you). When I say it was easy to read, the Lexile level of this book isn’t difficult. The words are easy to understand, but again, that doesn’t make the contents of this book easily digestible.
This book is realistic in my opinion, some of the abuses that one of the characters goes through is extreme but believable, and the ending was really great. I could understand if people didn’t like it, or thought it was too much, but I felt really satisfied by it, and would highly recommend this book. I feel like this book is going to blow up, and it will absolutely be deserving of that.
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This book was a book that was heavily hyped on Litsy and that I’d heard about on a few podcasts. Everyone seemed to be talking about this book, and I was lucky enough to be granted an ARC from the publisher to read this amazing novel. This book deserved all of its hype and more.
The book opens with an abortion. Yes, there are obviously some things before that (and this isn’t a spoiler) but the big choice is an abortion. I actually used an Audible credit for this book and kind of regretted it, only because the way the description of Nadia’s mindset during her abortion was so hard to read. It wasn’t graphic, it wasn’t gory or pushing an agenda of any kind. It just reminded me how absolutely hard this decision is for anyone that makes it. Because of this, it made it really hard to listen to. I think if I had read it it would have been much easier.
Something really unique about this book is that while it stayed in a third-person narrator, it alternated between third-person limited (focusing on one of the three main characters) and a third person Greek chorus style narrator of the elder women of the church that connects all three of these characters, The Upper Room. I actually really enjoyed the church element of this novel. It’s not overwhelming, and wouldn’t feel preachy or anything like that to non-religious readers. However, to people who are familiar with church life, there’s a completely different level of understanding and humor in some of the things that occur because you know them all too well.
I think that the part of this book that people find so enthralling and honestly, so haunting, is that it feels very real. This is all stuff that could happen and does happen, and the reactions and emotions the characters feel are all very real and are all normal. It’s hard to watch people go through all of the things these characters do (it’s not a dreary novel, just a lot of things happen in their lives as do in our own. Ups and downs). But the beauty in this novel is the mastery in which Bennett writes raw human emotion and reaction and has left me hungry for more that she will create.
Thank you again to the publisher for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for a fair review. Also, this book was selected as a runner-up for “The Reading Women” podcast Fiction book of the year, so thanks to Kendra for sending me a sticker for my copy! If you haven’t checked out her podcast, you absolutely should. Find it wherever you get your podcasts, or by clicking here.
This book was a book that was heavily hyped on Litsy and that I’d heard about on a few podcasts. Everyone seemed to be talking about this book, and I was lucky enough to be granted an ARC from the publisher to read this amazing novel. This book deserved all of its hype and more.
The book opens with an abortion. Yes, there are obviously some things before that (and this isn’t a spoiler) but the big choice is an abortion. I actually used an Audible credit for this book and kind of regretted it, only because the way the description of Nadia’s mindset during her abortion was so hard to read. It wasn’t graphic, it wasn’t gory or pushing an agenda of any kind. It just reminded me how absolutely hard this decision is for anyone that makes it. Because of this, it made it really hard to listen to. I think if I had read it it would have been much easier.
Something really unique about this book is that while it stayed in a third-person narrator, it alternated between third-person limited (focusing on one of the three main characters) and a third person Greek chorus style narrator of the elder women of the church that connects all three of these characters, The Upper Room. I actually really enjoyed the church element of this novel. It’s not overwhelming, and wouldn’t feel preachy or anything like that to non-religious readers. However, to people who are familiar with church life, there’s a completely different level of understanding and humor in some of the things that occur because you know them all too well.
I think that the part of this book that people find so enthralling and honestly, so haunting, is that it feels very real. This is all stuff that could happen and does happen, and the reactions and emotions the characters feel are all very real and are all normal. It’s hard to watch people go through all of the things these characters do (it’s not a dreary novel, just a lot of things happen in their lives as do in our own. Ups and downs). But the beauty in this novel is the mastery in which Bennett writes raw human emotion and reaction and has left me hungry for more that she will create.
Thank you again to the publisher for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for a fair review. Also, this book was selected as a runner-up for “The Reading Women” podcast Fiction book of the year, so thanks to Kendra for sending me a sticker for my copy! If you haven’t checked out her podcast, you absolutely should. Find it wherever you get your podcasts, or by clicking here.
Well well well. I read this to see if Danny is as beige in the comics as he in the show and turns out HE IS. I will obviously watch defenders because I love jessica more than life as well as Luke and Matty but Danny is just blehhhh to me. UGHHHHHH. I wanted to like him but just couldn't bring myself to.