DOES THIS CHURCH MAKE ME LOOK FAT? by Rhoda Janzen, published by Grand Central Publishing, October 2012.
This is a book not only about religion, but also relationships with each other, God, and cancer. As a cancer survivor and finding my strength through prayer, God and the people around me I loved this book. The humor is spot on, I remember my days of chemo, surgeries and radiation and feeling the warmth of God descending on my shoulders in those troublesome times. My family, friends and church family rallied around me, and through it all there were definitely humor. You have to laugh, or you cry.
Back to the book and enough about me. I loved the descriptions of the people, especially her boyfriend/husband and his family. The recalling of why she moved away from faith and the embracing of faith with the right person. I think it makes all the difference in the world if you have someone to share your questions and thoughts with, without fear of rejection. The world is full of God instances, you just have to be open to them, for instance, as I was reading this book I was also preparing a Sunday School lesson for adults. I had put down my lesson, and picked up my copy of this book and started reading, my lesson was about the Gifts of the Spirit and chapter 7 in DOES THIS CHURCH MAKE ME LOOK FAT? is about Mitch and Rhoda doing a questionnaire called "Know Your Spiritual Gifts". I thought it worked perfectly with my lesson, so I talked about the book during my lesson.
A good eye-opening book about the fact that you can go back to church, you can survive cancer and you can change your life with just a little faith.
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Calling Invisible Women-review
CALLING INVISIBLE WOMEN, by Jeanne Ray B\D\W\Y Broadway Books, New York, Random House copyright 2012 by Rosedog, LLC.
I thought I might just make this blank so that you would think the writing was invisible, to bad you cannot mimic the lemon water trick on the computer.
I suggested this book for book club back in January or February of 2014, I was feeling quite invisible when I read the first few pages I was hooked. But I did not read the book until October so that would be fresh in my mind for book club. The other lesser reason I picked the book is that I host book club right before Halloween, and who want a book about invisible women close to Halloween. I think both reasons paid off, because I finished the book and I think it works perfectly.
So the question is how would you feel if you became invisible in your household and nobody notices? While I was reading this book I had to laugh several times because it is so true. At breakfast my husband puts his head either into his paper or his computer before he goes to work, he will talk but seldom looks up, so would he notice? Also, there are many times, I am quietly reading or working and my husband or children will walk right past me calling for me, so did I become invisible?
I thought it was thought provoking which is one of my criteria for a book.
I also like some of the quotes:
From Irene the mother-in-law, "Invisibility can be an impediment or a power depending on what you decide to do with it." (pg. 89-90 on my I-pad)
I liked this because I thought what would I do if I were invisible, would I stay locked up in the house or would I go on an adventure? I would hope to be adventurous, finding problems and correcting them.
One of the things I would have done, if I had the power to be invisible in the book, would have been to remove the products that would have caused me to be invisible off the pharmacy shelves and not wait for the company to do it. That would have certainly made the reps sit up and take notice.
If you are feeling invisible and want a fun book that makes you think pick up this book.
I thought I might just make this blank so that you would think the writing was invisible, to bad you cannot mimic the lemon water trick on the computer.
I suggested this book for book club back in January or February of 2014, I was feeling quite invisible when I read the first few pages I was hooked. But I did not read the book until October so that would be fresh in my mind for book club. The other lesser reason I picked the book is that I host book club right before Halloween, and who want a book about invisible women close to Halloween. I think both reasons paid off, because I finished the book and I think it works perfectly.
So the question is how would you feel if you became invisible in your household and nobody notices? While I was reading this book I had to laugh several times because it is so true. At breakfast my husband puts his head either into his paper or his computer before he goes to work, he will talk but seldom looks up, so would he notice? Also, there are many times, I am quietly reading or working and my husband or children will walk right past me calling for me, so did I become invisible?
I thought it was thought provoking which is one of my criteria for a book.
I also like some of the quotes:
From Irene the mother-in-law, "Invisibility can be an impediment or a power depending on what you decide to do with it." (pg. 89-90 on my I-pad)
I liked this because I thought what would I do if I were invisible, would I stay locked up in the house or would I go on an adventure? I would hope to be adventurous, finding problems and correcting them.
One of the things I would have done, if I had the power to be invisible in the book, would have been to remove the products that would have caused me to be invisible off the pharmacy shelves and not wait for the company to do it. That would have certainly made the reps sit up and take notice.
If you are feeling invisible and want a fun book that makes you think pick up this book.
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