My Big Bottom Blessing

 

Subtitled: How Hating My Body Led to Loving my Life
Nonfiction by Teasi Cannon.

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Okay, I'll admit I totally picked this book because of the title. I mean, who could resist, right? But it turned out to be really good.

Here's a confession: I have major body image issues. By which I mean, I hate how I look. Really, really hate it. The symptoms of this disorder are mirror avoidance,  a tendency to scream please-don't-take-my-picture, and a general air of apology for the amount of space I have to take up while offending the eyes of all.

Apparently, Teasi Cannon, the author of this book used to feel the same way. Her descriptions of how she felt looking in the mirror was spot-on with my own experience. It was amazing to see someone else with the same problem. Maybe I'm not crazy after all?

Anyways, the book is about how she overcame this problem by realizing that God loves her the way she is. Because He made her! She learned to see herself the way God sees her.

Well, I'm still working on that. I will probably need to read the book again.

In the meantime, don't take my picture, okay?

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The Love Wife

Fiction by Gish Jen.

 
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In this novel about an interracial family, a Chinese American man marries a white woman his mother disapproves of, and keeps disapproving of, even from her grave.

It's an interesting exploration of relationships.

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Too Small to Ignore

Subtitled: Why the Least of These Matters Most.
Nonfiction by Wess Stafford


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This is written by the man who is head of Compassion International. He gives a really interesting history of his own life and why he cares so much about children's causes.

Really good book.

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Footprints in the Sand

Fiction by Mary Jane Clark.


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Interesting whodunit-type mystery.

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When Godly People Do UnGodly Things

Subtitled: Arming Yourself in the Age of Seduction.
Nonfiction by Beth Moore.


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My book club book for this month. Really thought-provoking.

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The Wrap-up List

Young Adult Fiction by Steven Arntson.


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Yeah, I'm on a YA kick. So sue me.

This was an interesting book, of the alternate-universe variety. In a world where one percent of deaths are called "departures," a process in which the Grim Reaper gives you notice by letter of your upcoming demise... things can get weird.

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Crash

Young Adult fiction by Lisa McMann.


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Teen book in the slightly supernatural genre. (By which I mean, there are no monsters or alternate universes, but strange things happen.)

It was interesting and exciting.

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Any Place I Hang My Hat

Fiction by Susan Isaacs.


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A story about a woman's search for the mother who abandoned her as an infant. It was thought-provoking; I enjoyed it.

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The Sittaford Mystery

Fiction by Agatha Christie.
Audiobook narrated by Hugh Fraser.



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Fabulous audiobook. Of course.

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Nick of Time

Fiction by Tim Downs.


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Good book. Funny with an exciting plot.

Still, since the main character is a forensic entomologist --meaning he studies the bugs who feed on dead bodies, ewww--, it's not for the squeamish...

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One Breath Away

Fiction by Heather Gudenkauf.


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Great book. Very suspenseful, with a surprise ending.

Double recommend it!

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