~Have a New Husband by Friday-Dr. Kevin Leman~

I received the following book for free from Revell publishers, to read and review on my blog.

Available October 2009 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group. Amazon price: $12.23
About the book:

Have a new husband by Friday? Is that even possible? Dr. Kevin Leman says it is. The New York Times bestselling author and self-help guru shows even the most frustrated wife how she can have a new husband by Friday. Leman reminds any wife that if what she's doing to get better behavior out of her husband isn't working now, it never will. So it's time for a change. That means it's time to change her own patterns of behavior.

Here's how Leman suggests she handle it day to day: Monday: Secrets Revealed: Cracking the Male Code
Yes, you're different species, but you can work together in harmony. Tuesday: Creatures from Another Planet . . . or Creatures of Habit? To understand men, you have to track 'em to their den. Wednesday: Think about What You Want to Say, Then Divide It by Ten How to talk so your guy will really listen . . . and listen so your guy will really talk. Thursday: Think of Him as a Seal Waiting for a Three-Pound Fish Why making love to your man is a key to who he is and how satisfied he'll be, and what's in it for you. Friday: It Takes a Real Woman to Make a Man Feel like a Real Man How to open your man's heart, revolutionize your love life, and turn him into the knight you've always dreamed of.

About the author:

A well-known media personality, speaker and columnist, Dr. Kevin Leman has appeared on programs including Oprah, CNN, Good Morning America, CBS’ THE Eearly Show, LIVE with Regis and Kelly, Today and The View. He is a charter faculty member of iQuestions, an online resource where experts provide answers to life’s toughest questions, and the founder and president of Couples of Promise, an organization he created to help couples remain happily married.
Dr. Kevin Leman’s books on parenting, marriage, family and relationships are a must-have.
Dr. Leman, whose professional affiliations include the American Psychological Association, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, National Register of Health Services Providers in Psychology, and the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology, earned his Doctorate degree in psychology from the University of Arizona. He lives in Tucson, Arizona, with his wife, Sande, and they have five children.
Dr. Leman is the author of more than 30 books and a dozen audio and DVD video titles. His bestsellers include: The Firstborn Advantage; The Birth Order Book: Why You Are The Way You Are; Have a New Kid by Friday; What Your Childhood Memories Say About You; Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours; Single Parenting That Works!; First Time Mom; What a Difference a Daddy Makes.

My Thoughts:

Not being a huge fan of Christian self-help books, I attempted to enter reading "Have a New Husband by Friday" with an open mind. I began reading and enjoyed the first few chapters. But then Dr. Leman began to encourage strategies that to me are manipulative and dangerous. To get my leaky faucet fixed, I should be able to lovingly ask my husband and I wait patiently. I should not use sex as a tool to get what I need. Encouraging women to do certain behaviors in order to get desired results to me seems wrong. I can not give my stamp of approval on a book that to me seems contrary to the Biblical teachings of Titus 2 and 1 Peter 3. Christian wives should desire to please their husbands and seek out to serve them, because of the Biblical teachings and not to get something out of there husbands.

The Christmas Glass

This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
The Christmas Glass
GuidepostsBooks (October 1, 2009)
by
Marci Alborghetti


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:


Marci Alborghetti has been writing only slightly longer than she's been reading. In seventh grade she received her first writing prize for a zany Halloween story. The prize? A five dollar gift certificate to a local bookstore. She was hooked. The Christmas Glass is her fourteenth book, and she is currently at work on a sequel as well as a non-fiction book about service. Some of her other books include: Prayer Power: How to Pray When You Think You Can’t, A Season in the South and Twelve Strong Women of God.

She and her husband, Charlie Duffy, live in New London, Connecticut and the San Francisco Bay area. While in New London she facilitates the Saint James Literary Club.



ABOUT THE BOOK

In the tradition of The Christmas Shoes and A Christmas on Jane Street, the heartwarming story of The Christmas Glass shows how, today as always, the Christmas miracle works its wonders in the human heart.

In the early days of World War II in Italy, Anna, a young widow who runs a small orphanage, carefully wraps her most cherished possessions -- a dozen hand-blown, German-made, Christmas ornaments, handed down by her mother -- and sends them to a cousin she hasn't seen in years.

Anna is distressed to part with her only tangible reminder of her mother, but she worries that the ornaments will be lost or destroyed in the war, especially now that her orphanage has begun to secretly shelter Jewish children. Anna's young cousin Filomena is married with two-year-old twins when she receives the box of precious Christmas glass.

After the war, Filomena emigrates to America, where the precious ornaments are passed down through the generations. After more than forty years, twelve people come to possess a piece of Christmas glass, some intimately connected by family bonds, some connected only through the history of the ornaments.

As Christmas Day approaches, readers join each character in a journey of laughter and tears, fractures and healings, as Filomena, now an eighty-four-year-old great-grandmother, brings them all to what will be either a wondrous reunion or a disaster that may shatter them all like the precious glass they cherish.

If you would like to read the first chapter of The Christmas Glass, go HERE

~Treasured by Leigh McLeroy~

This was book was provided for review by WaterBrook Multnomah.

Treasured

by Leigh McLeroy

Published by WaterBrook Press

Cost: $14.99 at Water Brook Press, click here to purchase.

Author Bio.

Leigh McLeroy writes and speaks with a passion for God and a keen eye for his presence in everyday life. As an author, blogger, conference speaker and Bible teacher, Leigh fully engages in the moment - and tells the truth, but "tells it slant" - sharing the reality of God's love and grace a way that beckons, woos, resonates and compels.
A former corporate marketing executive and mega-church staffer, Leigh now devotes the majority of her time to writing, speaking and collaborating on various creative projects. "I want to be available to go where God calls, and to do what God wants done. The assignment will look a little different for me every day - but I celebrate the beautiful uncertainty of this Christ-following journey called life."
From her home base in Houston, Texas, Leigh can be found teaching in her inner-city church, City of Refuge Evangelical Presbyterian, traveling to various women's conferences and other events as a keynote speaker, working on one of her books, or writing Wednesday words - a weekly e-devotional she launched six years ago that she says "has taken on a life of its own."
Her books include Moments for Singles (NavPress 2004), The Beautiful Ache (Revell, 2007), The Sacred Ordinary (Revell, 2008) and Treasured (WaterBrook, 2009). She may be reached at http://www.leighmcleroy.com/, and http://www.wednesdaywords.com/.

About the book "Treasured", from the back cover:

Every treasure tells a story. And this story has your name on every line.

Cigar boxes. Refrigerator doors. Scrapbooks and sock drawers and top shelves. These are the places we store our treasurers-the keepsakes that tell the story of whom and what we've loved, how we've lived and what matters most to us.

God is a collector, too, whose treasures are tucked securely into the pages of His book: a golden bell here, an olive leaf there, a scarlet thread, a blood-stained cloth, a few grains of barley. Each of these saved artifacts reveals a facet of His heart and tells the story of a Father whose most precious possession is us.

In "Treasured", Leigh McLeroy considers tangible reminders of God's active presence and guides us in discovering evidence in our own lives of His attentive love.

My Thoughts:

Sometimes it's nice to pick up a book that warms our hearts and minds to the truths of God's word. We are treasured by Him and we treasure Him. This was that for me, as I read through, "Treasured" I was connected again with some treausred Biblical passages and remembered what a treasure I am to Him. I highly recommend this book as a gift for those dear to you on your Christmas list. It will be a warmly welcomed read for them.

~Fit for My King~ by Sheri Rose Shepherd

Fit for My King

by Sheri Rose Shepherd

Published By: Revell Publishers

Cost: $14.99/ $10.19 @ Amazon purchase here.

About the Author:

Sheri Rose has a very refreshing way of bringing the Word of God to life. She knows how to renew the Eternal Hope in our hearts. Her speaking style is humorous, heartwarming and inspires every one to make their life count for eternity.

Sheri Rose is a woman who can relate to almost any woman's battle. This former Mrs. United States grew up in a dysfunctional home and was severely overweight as a teen. As a young woman, she battled depression and an eating disorder. She understands the pain that comes from a broken home and she knows what it means to fight for freedom from your past.

In spite of an English teacher telling her she was "born to lose" and a learning disorder--Dyslexia--Sheri Rose has (in God's strength) written best-selling books, founded His Princess Ministries and speaks to tens of thousands each year at churches and women's conferences like the Extraordinary Women Tour.

Her Joy for the Lord, humorous heart-warming stories mixed with truth and transparency renews our Faith by reminding us how much we are truly loved and adored by our Father in heaven. Once you heard Sheri Rose speak you will never again doubt that you are..."God's Chosen Princess"... here for a divine purpose!

She lives in Southern California with her husband of 22 years and their daughter.

From the back of the book:

Discover the best health and weight-loss secrets found in God's Word!

In this 30 Day Journey, the bestseling author of His Princess shares how God healed her from an eating disorder, helped her conquer chronic fatigue, and gave her the strength and wisdom to lose over sixty pounds and keep it off. Today, at nearly 50 years old, Sheri Rose is healthy and free. More than half a million women have been set free through this life-changing teaching.

You can win this diet war once and for all! Sheri Rose Shepherd walks through each day with you, supporting you with 30 days of life-changing devotionals, heartwarming stories, creative cooking and a daily dose of Scripture to keep you on track. The treasurers of truth found in these pages will transform the way you see yourself forever.

It's time to become the best of version of you! God loves you and will be with you every step of the way.

My Thoughts:

"Fit for My King" is a diet plan and devotional that is Biblically based and follows a diet plan that is strict but effective. Sheri Rose Shepherd starts the book with a transparent accounting of the history of her life. She then shares where the Lord has taken her and what she has learned to be the best way to care for her "temple". She instructs her readers to than start a thirty-day fast from all white sugar products, including all sugar substitutes. To most Americans this is a shocking idea, but Mrs. Shepherd follows this with daily devotions and notes of encouragement that aid the reader in drawing on the Lord's strength. Mrs. Shepherd shares in the back of the book a few recipes to aid the reader in fasting throughout the thirty days. I appreciated the biblically based devotions and Mrs. Shepherd's no nonsense approach, the devotionals are great and the journalling prompts helpful.