Saturday, December 20, 2014

Book Review: You Can, You Will: 8 Undeniable Qualities of a Winner

You Can, You Will Joel Osteen Book Review

This is a short and a really easy-to-read book from America's most popular Christian preacher, Joel Osteen.  This book is quite similar to his previous book in terms of context and preaching principles.  To those of us who already read Joel's previous books before and who watch his sermons often, this book may contain a lot of repetition.  For those who had never read Joel Osteen's books before and who had not watched his sermons, this book is an inspiring and uplifting guide to living a better life and the messages are easy to remember.  We love Joel and we listen to his sermons over and over again so this book presents no new material to us.  We would like to listen to this book on tape though. It's because listening to his preaching repetitively can help us reinforce the positive thinking that Joel has instilled on us. We highly recommend young people to read this book.  The earlier one starts reading, the longer one can lead a happier life. We just wish our parents could teach what this book taught us when we were teenagers.

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Sunday, November 16, 2014

Book Review: Diary of a Mad Diva

book review Joan Rivers

This diary started with Joan's 2013 New Year vacation in Mexico and  ended on December 2013, with Joan watching the ball drop in NYC on the TV in her hotel room in Mexico. On Joan's last entry in her diary, she talked about how she would like to host New York's ball dropping event and new year countdown to 2015.  It's hard to believe that 2014 was her last new year countdown.  She was so funny throughout her book and she was always so full of life and energy.  While she made fun of  her  death  many times in her diary, I don't think she actually anticipated that she would not live to see 2015.  After reading the entire book and having a lot of good laugh, I'm now feeling a little sad for the loss of a really funny and entertaining comedian.  There was no one who cracked jokes like Joan Rivers and there won't be anyone like her.  She isn't afraid of offending anyone and therefore her jokes are so funny and are of no limit.  I find this book very hilarious and I truly enjoy her humor.  But for those who are politically correct and are sensitive, or those who are always serious about every topics,  this isn't a book for you.  This is a book about jokes and this is a book that makes fun of everything and everybody. So read it as is with a sense of humor and crack yourself up from the first diary entry to the last.

Monday, October 27, 2014

Book Review: The Wreath Recipe Book


This book is not just about making beautiful wreaths.  This book presents lots of how-to instructions of various floral decorations and arrangements for every season.  Each project is presented like the format of  a cookbook recipe, which is more action friendly for readers to work through.  The book is full of beautiful and inspiring photos.  The style of the arrangements is contemporary minimalist, which focuses on using simple techniques and simple materials with minimal handling.  Most of the plants and floral used in the book are easily available and they require minimal trimming.  The book is full of inspiring ideas on how to make the fullest and best use of the floral materials in season that would otherwise have gone into the waste basket, if the traditional elaborate arrangement techniques were used. The inspiring simple designs of the projects show how floral and plants can become absolutely stunning decorations when we focus on showcasing their most natural forms instead of relying on over elaborating and complicated techniques.