My Rating Guide

I have decided to do something a little different. With rating whatever I am reviewing at that time I will use my Tea Cup System. Here is a generality of how I will rate each

5 cups- This means I absolutely love it and would read it again and use it as a point of reference for my writing.

4 cups- I like it a lot, there seems to be something missing from it, but with more development is could be brilliant. Still enjoyable.

3 cups- It's good, nothing too special about it. Needs more develop and focus. A Pleasant Read

2 cups- Disappointed, there was great potential and it was wasted. Barely any development and sense of plot was all over the place.

1 cup- Don't buy it. If you are curious, just borrow it from the library, but do not have high expectations. All over the place and the little that is good is barely discussed. Just not worth it. An insult to literature.

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year everyone. It is now 2011 and the 1st day of the new year is coming to a close. I will not go back and reflect everything that has occurred this past year. There has been a lot of changes both good and bad. But this year holds great promise.

I am very excited and looking forward to this year. I can really feel the spirit and the hope that this New Year brings. In the past I liked the idea of the New Year, but never really felt the potential, the excitement of what the New Year can bring. I feel it this year.

I, of course like the many people out there have come up with a list of resolutions for this coming year that I want to and will keep. But I planned it a little differently, I will try to accomplish each thing in stages, instead of trying it all at once like I used to do in the past. Now I will just take it one day at a time, starting tomorrow.

My New Year Resolutions

1. Write every day, even if it is only a page
2. Get one piece of work published
3. Get better at keeping in touch with family and friends
4. Learn how to sew
5. Learn how to knit and crochet
6. Draw more
7. Keep my room clean
8. Make A's
9. Exercise
10. Participate in a race
11. Get a job
12. Pray more
13. Learn more about how business works
14. Accomplish everything on this list

I hope and pray that this year, is a wonderful one. Let this wonderful year begin!

Merry Christmas!!

I will be taking a few days to break from posting on here, I know I was away before and did not post, but I want to relax for the holidays. If I do post I will be surprised but nevertheless

I wish all of you a Merry Christmas!!!

Any Girl Can Get What She Wants

Another amazing book that I have read within the past few months is The Go-Getter Girl's Guide. This book is a must read for anyone that wants to succeed and look amazing at the same time. I got this book over a year ago and just read and finished it a few months.

Title: The Go-Getter Girl's Guide

Author: Debra Shigley

Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Genre: Self-Help

Rating: 4 1/2 out of 5

"Combining the practical career wisdom of What Color Is Your Parachute? with the savvy fashion guidance of The Little Black Book of Style, this dynamite guide is sure to bring out the Go-Getter in generations of women to come."

This little blurb is what sums up what this book is all about. I have not read either of the books that are mentioned above (a few more added to my, What I have to read before I die list). I was so glad I got this book.

This book is written by Debra Shigley who has written numerous books, multiple national television shows, is a journalists who is a senior editor for the magazine Atlanta, and has appeared many more.

In this book it teaches and inspires women in all professions, whether they are in the field already or they are just college students. You learn how to deal with office politics, how to negotiate to get what you want, get mentors, get ahead even though you may not have the qualifications just yet, and how to take care of yourself and look fabulous all at the same time.

For me I thought it was great that someone wrote this book for Women cause it is necessary. This book is not the kind that once you have read it you are done. I not only recommend this book to everyone, I recommend that you reread it over and over again until you have everything burned into your mind.

With how the economy is so bad right now everyone needs all the help they can get to make sure they succeed at life.

My favorite chapters are

* The Best Education is Self-Education

and

*Learn the Art of Negotiation

Both are great chapters I will reread again and again. The only reason why I gave it a 4 1/2 out of 5 instead of a 5 out of 5 is because I believe that she could have written more.

This book is for every woman.

Back from Florida

Last night, around 3 in the morning to be exact we got back from Florida. We left really late from Florida. The reason I was still in Downtown Disney trying to trade the last of the pins that I did not want.

It was fun though I had a lot of fun. Here is the schedule of the trip and boy we did a lot. It was rough though, thanks to the fact that all of us are not in the best shape. I have tendonitis in both of my knees, more so in my on knee than the other. Then we are dealing with my brother who has autism, and my other family members are not in the best of health either.

Nevertheless it was fun though. I had a great time.

I will be talking about it over the next weeks all the while I will be relaxing and enjoying my break from classes.

Here is the order of vacation:

Friday- left school, packed bags and left house. Arrived in Florida late around 9:00pm at Hotel.

Saturday- Islands of Adventures: Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Sunday- Disney Hollywood Studies

Monday- Islands of Adventure

Tuesday- Disney Magic Kingdom

Wednesaday- packed, left hotel, Downtown Disney, went back to Tennessee

I had an amazing time. It was great. I will talk all about the trip within the next week or so. It will take me time because I still have a great amount of things to do.

Stephen King Challenge!

I am very excited! Over on Book Chick City's blog I saw a challenge. I love challenges.

The challenge is that for the all of 2011 the person who is participating has to read 6-12 books written by the scare master Stephen King. I have always wanted to read Stephen King so this makes me very happy.

I will probably start off with 6 books just because I have classes and have never read anything of his before (I am embarrassed to say). I will begin reading literally January 1, 2011 while I have no classes and when I finish a book I will do a review of it on here. I would like to get to 12, but I will see how it goes.

I am very excited and anyone who has always wanted a good motivation to read his books, this is definitely a great one.

If anyone wants to join here is the link:

Please do join it will be a lot of fun and you can feel good knowing that somewhere out there there is a person like you reading Stephen King.

Three Hearts Desire to be Free

Once again I have decided to read an Inspirational Romance novel. To be perfectly honest, I have read this one before and really fell in love with it. So I wanted to write a book review for it, but I decided to reread it because it had been over a year since I read it. Well here is one of my favorite books.

Title: Brides of the Empire

Author: Darlene Mindrup

Mass Market Paperback: 359 pages

Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.

Genre: Christian Romance/ Fiction

Rating: 5 out of 5

Brides of the Empire takes place during the time of the Roman Empire, when being Christian was worse then being Jewish. There are 3 stories in this book, they are all separate from the other. The first one is called The Eagle and the Lamb, the next one is Edge of Destiny (definitely a romance book title right there) and finally My Enemy, My Love (even a better romance title).

The Eagle and the Lamb

An hunting accident causes the paths of a Jewish girl, Sara and the wealthy tribune, Antonius to cross. Through fate Antonius helps Sara's family out of a terrible situation but at a price. Sara becomes a slave to his sister Diana. Over time as they are in the same household they learn more about the other. Sara with her forthright attitude and not afraid of hiding who she is and what she believes astonishes and inspires Antonius. Diana, Antonius, and there friends undergo a change within themselves for the better.

Edge of Desinty

Decimus, the boy that fell in love with Sara is now a man and on his own. One day he sees a bunch of slaves being sold and one caught his eye. The reason, all the others were staring at her and he was feeling concerned and afraid for her; knowing how men though. Chara is the woman that he bought so that she could be saved. Unfortunately things got worse for the Christians in Rome and Chara just fell into the middle of the mess with Decimus being one. There are two obstacles (1) Can Chara trust Decimus? and (2) Will Decimus get over Sara?

My Enemy, My Love

In a world where Christians are hated more then Jews and hated by both Jews and Romans, it definitely is an obstacle for Anna and with being a Samaritan, it does not make things any easier. . She crosses paths one day with a Jewish man, Barak, who strongly hates and distrusts Christians and Samaritans. He saves her from being run down by a chariot and soon after they keep running into each other. He discovers soon that Anna's bethrothed to an Arab businessman will cause her to become in great danger and Barak is the only one that is able to help her and is the only one that she could trust. The Enemy of my enemy, is my friend. Along the way they both get to know each other better, and change how people so different can really have so much in common. So is the enemy of my enemy, is my friend and my love?