“Deconstructing INFACTUATION” by Merce Cardus

“Deconstructing INFATUATION” by Merce Cardus was good.  Helen, whose boyfriend travels 350 days out of the year, needs a roommate.  Her current roommate, Marleen, is getting married to her boyfriend so she needs to feel the vacancy.  Tiziano comes and checks the room, and they pick him.  Helen is not sure how to feel about him at first…actually she just doesn’t plain like him, but soon they start spending time together, and she finds herself starting to like him.  Maybe have feelings for him.
Tiziano is so different from what she’s used to.  He’s daring, romantic, passionate and actually wants to be around her.  He also teaches her about herself, what she likes and what she’s possibly missing.  Little does she realize, Helen is starting to fall for Tiziano.  She believes it’s love, but really it’s only infatuation.  He came into her life and woke her up, so to speak.  Showed her what she really wanted and how she was inside.  It goes so deep that, after the month that he is only renting, she wants to go back to Italy with him, leaving everything behind.  Helen’s friend, Emily, tries to tell her that this will pass, but Helen doesn’t believe it until Tiziano doesn’t come back at all.
I did enjoy reading “Deconstructing INFATUATION.”  Ms. Cardus helped shed light on the fact that someone new can come into your life when you least expect it and practically “force” you to realize what you’ve been missing and actually wanted in your life all along.  Personally, I was able to relate to this story.  I think we’ve all been infatuated with someone at some point in our lives.
I give it 3 stars.

“Deconstructing INFATUATION” by Merce Cardus was provided courtesy of Great Romance Promotions in exchange for an honest review.

Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers, single or married, young and old.  Take this day out for yourselves, pamper yourself even if you have to do it yourself.  We spend so much time taking care of everybody else…seems like, when we get around to us, the day’s almost over, and we can barely keep our eyes open.  So, somewhere in the MIDDLE of today, take care of you.

Again, Happy Mother’s Day!

P.S.  The picture posted is my daughter, Layla.  She’s 4-years old and a handful!  She’s the best Mother’s Day present!

“Fixing Cupid” by Cristian YoungMiller

“Fixing Cupid” by Cristian YoungMiller was okay.  It was about Ben needing to find the love of his life and his best friend, Carey, helps him find a way to do this.  By rooming with Jack, he soon finds the love of his life, Anna, but deals with some crazy, wild antics along the way.
The story was really hard to follow at times and tended to jump around a lot.  And, the main idea of the story that Jack was cupid and this is how his roommates find love was a great one, but the story just needed to be more down-to-earth.
I give it 2 stars.

“Froggy’s Best Babysitter” by Jonathan London

Froggy’s Best Babysitter by Jonathan London
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

“Froggy’s Best Babysitter” by Jonathan London was awesome. My daughter really loved the book. She followed along with me all the way through until the end and even helped me out with some of the words. She really liked the pictures that accompanied the text too…they were so bright and colorful. It was really easy for her to follow along with the story.
As a parent, I enjoyed “Froggy’s Best Babysitter as well. I think it really kept my daughter engaged which, to me, is very important as she approaches the age where she will be learning to read.
I give it 5 stars.

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“The Berenstain Bears and the Jump Rope Contest” by Stan & Jan Berenstain

The Berenstain Bears and the Jump Rope Contest by Stan Berenstain

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

“The Berenstain Bears and the Jump Rope Contest” was entertaining…like all of the Berenstain books, it was a great reading resource for my daughter and Sister in her jump rope contest was hilarious.
I was very happy that my daughter enjoyed it.
I give it 4 stars.

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“Your Story Matters: Introducing the Pleasures of Personal Writing” by Susan Paul

Your Story Matters: Introducing the Pleasures of Personal Writing by Susan Paul
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Susan Paul has written a wonderful, inspiring writing resource in “Your
Story Matters: Introducing the Pleasures of Personal Writing.” She instills within writers or soon to be writers that what they want to write and document on paper matters, their stories are worth telling. And, this just doesn’t mean in writing a book, but also in journaling, keeping a diary, something that your family will be able to look back and know about your life.
Moreover, Mrs. Paul also emphasizes the importance of keeping up with your personal writing among friends and family through memos and old-fashioned snail mail. She brings back that feeling of how it felt to get your very first letter in the mail and why it’s important to keep up this lost art, even through the age of email and internet where your words can be sent to your recipient in a matter of minutes.
In my opinion, “Your Story Matters: Introducing the Pleasures of Personal Writing” is an awesome resource for writers, whether they just want to take their own journey in personal writing or take it a step further.
I give it 4 stars.

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“My Great Comforter”

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can
comfort those in any trouble with the comfort
we ourselves receive from God.” 

2 Corinthians 1:  3-4 (NIV)

Everyday, as humans, we are all presented with a multitude of issues.  Starting from the time our eyelids flicker open wide ’till the time they fall shut locking us into darkness at night.  None of us are exempt from the day-to-day problems that seem to smack us right in the face once we leave out that door, but, thank God, we have a Savior, our Lord Jesus Christ, who serves as our great comforter.  He’s there for us always, providing us a way to communicate with him continually through prayer.  He provides us our daily needs, constantly letting us know that He is everything and will be everything to us if we just let Him.  Moreover, it’s because He provides this comfort to us, that we are able to comfort others.  It’s so easy for us to get in our own pity party and think that we are just in the worst situation.  Nobody has it as bad as we do.  Right?  Wrong?!  As a matter of fact, one of the best known ways to forget about your own problems is to jump right into somebody else’s.  One of my co-workers was even telling me about another friend that he has and how she will, more often than not, text or message him about her day and what she’s going through.  He told me that listening to her problems, he doesn’t feel like he’s going through anything, but, despite her telling of her problems, he’s still able to listen and provide her with sound advice to help her situation.  I’m vice-versa with him.  I’m able to listen, provide my opinion and offer him some advice that will help him on his way, and it’s all because God is such a great comfort to me.  Because he provides such compassion, understanding and mercy to me.  Thank you God for being my great comforter when I need you to be.

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