Farm Fresh Southern Cooking by Algood

From the publisher, "Is there anything better than a kitchen countertop spread with the spoils of a Saturday morning at the farmers’ market? Every trip yields some new assortment of old favorites and newfound treasures. One week, you’re tempted by the sun-warmed heirloom tomatoes and the Mason jars brimming with orange blossom honey. Another week, it’s the slabs of milky Havarti cheese and the Red Haven peaches heavy with juice, enticing you to spend just a little more than you planned. Kentucky pole beans, silky ears of sweet corn, and sacks of stone-ground buckwheat flour may find their way into your basket on another visit.

Whether you shop with a list or purely on impulse, you’ll always find the truest taste of home at the local farms, roadside stands, and produce markets in your community. These are the places that offer up the native flavors of the South and all its seasons. They are your portal to the fields, the waters, and the vines where your food is cultivated. Get to know the origins of what you eat and the people who produce it. Tammy Algood’s Farm Fresh Southern Cooking celebrates this experience with delicious recipes that will enhance the natural flavors of your latest market haul and stories of the South’s most dedicated growers and culinary producers."

I think this is a great cookbook but not because its a cookbook. As a cookbook, its average with good pictures. But as a guide to the South and a map to several wonderful farming assets we have to offer this book is golden.
If you have ever had a fever for the South, you need this book.
If you have a Kindle, this would really make a great kitchen book. I have thought about gettting a Kindle just to keep cookbooks but I wont because Im just not that into technology. I like the feel of a real book in my hands. This book was sent to me free as a review copy from Thomas Nelson Publisher. I have seldom held one of their books that I did not enjoy. This was one of the many that I did enjoy. If you enjoy Southern cooking or studying the South you will enjoy this book. The pictures are good, quality shots and the info on the farms is great.

Spirit Wars by Kris Vallotton

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a review. If you think getting a free copy affects my review I encourage you to read on because this was not one of my favorite books.
If you enjoy ghost movies, and the occult in general; such as Harry Potter or The Exorcist you will definately love this book.

The book has a lot of potential to help a lot of troubled people, thats why I gave it 4 stars.

He said a few things that I felt like were Spirit filled and memorable like: 'something powerful happens when we verbilize what God thinks and says about us'....'when someone believes in you before you deserve it, it transforms you'...'the world is looking for something worth dying for to have something worth living for'.
He also says somethings I cant really get behind, like when he says he saw red eyes at the foot of his bed; or the times he claims to have cast out demons and the physically impossible things some people did while possessed.

He also tells people the important safety protocols for casting out demons. If you want to be an exorcist, this would be a great book for you.

Constantly Craving by Marily Meberg

I agreed to read this book for Booksneeze in exchange for a review. An old co-worker stopped by one of the motels I work at last night and the conversation turned soon enough to books and recent readings. She had this book on her Kindle Fire, and was disappointed with it. She offered me her Fire and I must say, I am also disappointed. If you want to read a good self healp book on addictions and addictive behavior, I reccommend Steven Arterburn. Any of his books will help you. But this Constantly Craving book: no way would I reccommend it to anyone. She asserts that people have cravings because they are living outside of the light of God. Well, thats just nonsense. God says Hisself that He works through our weaknesses to bring Glory to Him and His greatness. We are humans, not gods. We have cravings for many reasons but to assert that cravings are brought about because of childhood issues and short comings is too far out on that nut-job limb for me to back her as a valid writer. I was especially displeased that she pulls Bible verses and tags them to support her opinions. Any part of the Bible can be taken out of context and ithink it is stupid and dangerous to try and make it look like God is backing your opinions!!! god is Master and Divine Creator: Lord above all : Father of all. The beginning and the end. And this is the end of my review: book was awful.

Great Day Everyday by Max Lucado

I was happy to read this book, as i am with ALL Lucado books; and once again, it was time well spent. My mind just stucks Lucado up like a straw.
This book is easy and fast to read; serious but not written in a way that stalls out or makes the reader pause for too long - a book written for the average Joe; the working reader who wants a good read but doesnt have 2 weeks to devote to one!
The focus of this book, to me, was for us to see every day as a gift and as an opportunity to serve. For us not tosee today as the last day we might have but to see it as the potential best day for us to serve God. By looking at everything that happens as coming from God, Lucado suggests we will better handle whatever comes our way. I think he means the average day, with traffic tickets and such, that is what I think he means.
The book is divided into 3 sectiions, basically challenging us to accept, and fill out minds and our days with looking for ways to praise God.
I have never not enjoyed a Lucado book. This one is no exception. A Gentle Thunder, is still his best book but this one, is great!