The Falling Away (Book Review)

T.L. Hines wrote The Falling Away. I wasn't sure about this book when reading the description and I was right. It's just like it says "Supernatural Thriller meets the Twilight Zone". Dylan Runs Ahead is the main character who is struggling with his past of loosing his sister. He blames himself for her disappearance and joins the army. While in Iraq he becomes injured and then has to deal with those injuries, which ultimately becomes too much for him. His life begins to spiral downwards as he is struggling to survive.
When Dylan Runs Ahead meets Quinn, things take an even weirder turn in the story. Quinn explains, he is the chosen one, which not only puzzles the reader, but Dylan Runs Ahead himself. He begins to try and figure out what this means, one step at at time, both inside his head and in life.
I am not a fan of far out ideas, so this was a difficult book for me to grasp onto, however, it was a good plot.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Same Kind of Different as Me

I did not expect myself to like this book. In fact, I read a few pages and put it down. However, I found myself thinking about the characters a few weeks later, so I picked it up again. Ron Hall & Denver Moore shared their moving stories in Same Kind of Different As Me. It's a book about two men who find themselves needing each other more than they know. It provides you with life lessons from a modern-day slave and an international art dealer. I suggest you pick up a box of tissues, which I didn't think I would need, but found myself using half a box. There's so much inside of this book to inspire an army with faith, friendship, love and compassion. You'll be taken through both of their lives, experiencing hardships and ultimately finding life changing friendship. Pick the book up, you won't be upset that you did.

What's In A Word?

It's just as the title says What's In A Word? Fascinating stories of more than 350 everyday words and phrases. If you've ever questioned where a word came from, Webb Garrison has conveniently structured this book into chapters of different types of words. Garrison provides you with background knowledge of each of the words and a brief example.
It is in the form of a dictionary, making it easy for you to look up a word or phrase with the flip of a couple of pages. It's a great book to have on the coffee table, or beside the toilet for easy reading or a conversation starter. Garrison makes it easy to enjoy, with adding in a few witty comments, keeping it a fun read.
Pick it up and start learning about where words and phrases such as wedlock, floppies and in the groove originated from.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Sneezes

I was reading through The Fierce Beagle's Blog when I stumbled across BookSneeze. It's a website that will mail you books for free. The catch you ask? Well you have to write a review of the book on your blog and a consumers website such as Amazon.com. I'm thinking about it. I don't have much free time already, but I do like to read so it's tempting. I have a feeling I'll do it anyways. It can't hurt any. I just don't want it to seem like it's homework doing book reviews. If it does come across as that, screw it, I'm done. 

Valentine's day seems to be sneaky up around the corner. It will be a month away tomorrow. Chancho and I decided only small gifts and they need to be homemade. My gears are turning already in my head. I have a feeling that it will have something to do with pictures. Last year I made him a book it was called Chancho A to Z. It obviously began with A and I chose a word that described him starting with the letter of the alphabet and then I wrote why I chose that word. In between letters I pasted a picture of us. So it was every other page, letter, picture, letter. I loved it, I'm not so sure he did though. I think it was more of a girly gift than anything. My gift from him was 2 dozen roses and a visit from 8 hours away. I was at school at the time so he mailed me a dozen roses and then he showed up at my door step with a dozen roses. Hopefully this year I'll come up with something better. I'll have to brainstorm later.

Sleep is in order as I need to be up at 430am to drive a coworker to the airport. A thank you drive since she drives me home from work when I'm too lazy to walk home.