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author: Dannah Gresh
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.55
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at: 2017/10/11
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]]> 54357806 143 Dannah Gresh 0825468337 Adriana 3 4.44 2011
author: Dannah Gresh
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2021/08/13
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En el corazón de Italia, el catedrático de Simbología de Harvard Robert Langdon se ve arrastrado a un mundo terrorífico centrado en una de las obras maestras de la Literatura más imperecederas y misteriosas de la Historia: el Infierno de Dante.

Con este telón de fondo, Langdon se enfrenta a un adversario escalofriante y lidia con un acertijo ingenioso en un escenario de arte clásico, pasadizos secretos y ciencia futurista. Apoyándose en el oscuro poema épico de Dante, Langdon, en una carrera contrarreloj, busca respuestas y personas de confianza antes de que el mundo cambie irrevocablemente.]]> 565 Dan Brown 6070716434 Adriana 0 to-read 4.02 2013
author: Dan Brown
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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But she soon finds herself intrigued by Nina, a young mother on the beach, eventually striking up a conversation with her. After Nina confides a dark secret, one seemingly trivial occurrence leads to events that could destroy Nina’s family.]]> 140 Elena Ferrante 1933372427 Adriana 0 to-read 3.70 2006
author: Elena Ferrante
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> 25076795 197 Ben Young Adriana 3 2020 4.24 1999
author: Ben Young
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1999
rating: 3
read at: 2020/03/23
date added: 2024/07/13
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]]> 61215372
The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime Video, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

The Two Towers is the second part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure The Lord of the Rings.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs. Now they continue the journey alone down the great River Anduin—alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.]]> 448 J.R.R. Tolkien Adriana 0 currently-reading 4.60 1954
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.60
book published: 1954
rating: 0
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Un viaje a través de la historia del siglo XX de la mano de unos personajes inolvidables que descubrirán que en una sola vida caben muchas vidas y que, a veces, lo difícil no es huir sino volver.]]> 375 Isabel Allende Adriana 5 2024, best-books 4.28 2019
author: Isabel Allende
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2024/07/10
date added: 2024/07/10
shelves: 2024, best-books
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Este es oficialmente uno de mis libros favoritos de todos los tiempos, aunque quizás no lo sea para otros. Amé el aspecto histórico, las interacciones entre los personajes y la fabulosa manera en que la autora describe la transición del tiempo. Se suma además el gran número de enseñanzas de vida y lo real que sentí cuando los personajes llegaron a la vejez. Me sentí 100% dentro de la historia, como si yo misma la estuviera viviendo. ¡Excelente trabajo!
]]> 13787629
La meta de cualquier tipo de traducción de la Biblia es compartir con los lectores contemporáneos, tan precisamente como sea posible, el significado y el contenido de los textos antiguos en hebreo, arameo y griego. El desafío para nuestros traductores, lingüistas y teólogos fue crear un texto contemporáneo que comunicara el mensaje a los lectores de hoy con la misma claridad, y causara el mismo impacto que los textos originales comunicaron y causaron a los lectores y oyentes de los tiempos bíblicos. En fin, esta traducción es de fácil lectura y comprensión, y al mismo tiempo comunica con precisión el significado y el contenido de los textos bíblicos originales. La NTV es una traducción ideal para el estudio, para la lectura devocional y para la alabanza.

Creemos que la Nueva Traducción Viviente —que utiliza la erudición más actualizada con un estilo claro y dinámico�� comunicará poderosamente la Palabra de Dios a todos los que la lean. Publicamos la NTV pidiendo a Dios en oración que la use para transmitir de una manera impactante su verdad eterna a la iglesia y al mundo.

La NTV es una traducción excepcional de la Biblia, redactada en un español fácil de comprender, y fiel a los idiomas originales. La NTV es el fruto del trabajo de un equipo de más de cincuenta destacados eruditos de la Biblia. La erudición y la claridad de la NTV le dan vida aun a los pasajes más difíciles de comprender. Por eso la llamamos «La verdad con claridad»]]> 1010 Anonymous 0789918439 Adriana 5 2021, 2023 4.70
author: Anonymous
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.70
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2024/01/02
date added: 2024/01/02
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]]> 61215351 One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.

In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.]]> 432 J.R.R. Tolkien Adriana 3 2023 4.52 1954
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.52
book published: 1954
rating: 3
read at: 2023/08/13
date added: 2023/08/13
shelves: 2023
review:
Sad to admit I very much liked The Hobbit instead of this first installment but I am still looking forward to the rest of the series.
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In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. That’s why they’re banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive.

Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life—a society that doesn’t pit friend against friend or woman against woman, but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that it’s not just the brutal elements they must fear. It’s not even the poachers in the woods, men who are waiting for a chance to grab one of the girls in order to make a fortune on the black market. Their greatest threat may very well be each other.

With sharp prose and gritty realism, The Grace Year examines the complex and sometimes twisted relationships between girls, the women they eventually become, and the difficult decisions they make in-between.]]> 416 Kim Liggett 1250145449 Adriana 4 2023
Also, we need a movie about this book! ]]> 4.11 2019
author: Kim Liggett
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2023/07/17
date added: 2023/07/17
shelves: 2023
review:
I am sure my opinion of this book will eventually change but as of right now, I definitely enjoyed it. The plot, twists and turns surprised me, maybe because I haven’t read all those books others found similar to this one. At first, I felt the story was quite silly but somehow the author found ways to connect so many elements and bring about a decent conclusion to the story. Something else I can add was the emotions the story was able bring out in me, which hadn’t happened in a while.

Also, we need a movie about this book!
]]> 5907 Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent. The text in this 372-page paperback edition is based on that first published in Great Britain by Collins Modern Classics (1998), and includes a note on the text by Douglas A. Anderson (2001).]]> 366 J.R.R. Tolkien Adriana 4 2013, 2023 4.29 1937
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1937
rating: 4
read at: 2023/07/10
date added: 2023/07/17
shelves: 2013, 2023
review:
Not much to say that has not been said before. Apparently I had read this book in the past and forgot all about it. I am glad I re-read it because it was so enjoyable and quickly devoured it. Excited to continue with the rest of the series.
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Additional notes for each story penned by Professor Albus Dumbledore will be enjoyed by Muggles and wizards alike, as the Professor muses on the morals illuminated by the tales, and reveals snippets of information about life at Hogwarts.

A uniquely magical volume, with illustrations by the author, J. K. Rowling, that will be treasured for years to come.]]> 105 J.K. Rowling 0747599874 Adriana 3 2023 4.03 2008
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2008
rating: 3
read at: 2023/07/10
date added: 2023/07/10
shelves: 2023
review:
The book brings back feelings from the Harry Potter series, being written by the same person, but are quite a different story. I do wonder what was the main goal of writing this book since it is quite short. I did like the stories.
]]> 33574273 It was a dark and stormy night.

Out of this wild night, a strange visitor comes to the Murry house and beckons Meg, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe on a most dangerous and extraordinary adventure—one that will threaten their lives and our universe.

Winner of the 1963 Newbery Medal, A Wrinkle in Time is the first book in Madeleine L'Engle's classic Time Quintet.]]> 218 Madeleine L'Engle 1250153271 Adriana 1 2023, i-did-not-like 3.91 1962
author: Madeleine L'Engle
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1962
rating: 1
read at: 2023/07/05
date added: 2023/07/05
shelves: 2023, i-did-not-like
review:
I very rarely give one star reviews but I had to with this one. I agree with someone else who posted a review in here: the first chapters were good but the story fell through. There is nothing about this book I liked. The only reason why I finished it was because I dislike unfinished business. Maybe I just didn’t get the point of the story. Too bad.
]]> 7009326
El monje que vendió su Ferrari es una historia irresistible. Escrito con ternura, ingenio e inspiración por el aclamado Robin S. Sharma, este libro le ofrece claves para hacer realidad sus sueños y alcanzar su propio destino. Julian Mantle muestra al lector ese sendero a través del cual se manifesta al máximo la capacidad de la persona y se vive con pasión, determinación y paz.]]> 216 Robin Sharma 0553061151 Adriana 4 2023, best-books
He perdido el hábito de lectura y por eso tarde tanto en terminarlo, pero lo disfrute mucho. Me sorprende pensar que muchas de sus verdades son repetidas en la actualidad en diferentes palabras, pero el mensaje sigue siendo el mismo: invierte en las cosas importantes de la vida para poder vivir de forma significativa.

Definitivamente es un libro digno de tener en tu librero y releer durante toda la vida. ]]> 3.87 1996
author: Robin Sharma
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1996
rating: 4
read at: 2023/04/16
date added: 2023/04/16
shelves: 2023, best-books
review:
Segunda vez que leo este libro y puedo confirmar que es una de las joyas modernas más significativas.

He perdido el hábito de lectura y por eso tarde tanto en terminarlo, pero lo disfrute mucho. Me sorprende pensar que muchas de sus verdades son repetidas en la actualidad en diferentes palabras, pero el mensaje sigue siendo el mismo: invierte en las cosas importantes de la vida para poder vivir de forma significativa.

Definitivamente es un libro digno de tener en tu librero y releer durante toda la vida.
]]> 62134310 Meet Vincent van Gogh, you will meet an expert in inventing new kinds of art. Who better to teach you about bright colors and curvy lines than Vincent van Gogh? Can you trace his swoops and curls? Then, you can mix colors and make your own doodles!

Travel through time as you flip each page. Visit artwork from the greatest names in history.

Meet the Artist is Read With You’s introduction to the world of art. This series weaves interesting facts with gorgeous art as the artists themselves engagingly introduce their masterpieces. On each colorful page, the artist points out significant details and personal touches in pieces that have captured the world with their beauty. Young readers will practice their reading skills and challenge themselves to examine art like an expert, while soaking up world-famous artwork. Parents and teachers will love the creative questions and activities that encourage readers to apply the concepts they’ve learned and test new techniques.]]> 0 Adriana 0 2022 4.33
author: Read With You Center for Excellence in STEAM Education
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.33
book published:
rating: 0
read at: 2022/12/31
date added: 2022/12/31
shelves: 2022
review:

]]> 44901877
Some stories refuse to stay bottled up...

When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her halmoni's Korean folktales arrives, prompting Lily to unravel a secret family history. Long, long ago, Halmoni stole something from the tigers. Now they want it back. And when one of the tigers approaches Lily with a deal--return what her grandmother stole in exchange for Halmoni's health--Lily is tempted to agree. But deals with tigers are never what they seem! With the help of her sister and her new friend Ricky, Lily must find her voice...and the courage to face a tiger.]]> 297 Tae Keller 1524715700 Adriana 2 2022, i-did-not-like
My main issue was with the dialogues, they were a bit immature and cheesy. The story per say has a good narrative but it lacked profundity. It is worth reading and maybe you would see it from another perspective, but as for me, this wasn't the right book to read at the moment. ]]> 4.12 2020
author: Tae Keller
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2020
rating: 2
read at: 2022/12/31
date added: 2022/12/31
shelves: 2022, i-did-not-like
review:
I was very enthusiastic, and maybe I was predisposed too but I did not enjoy this book. I truly wanted to because the premise is great, and knowing the author took her own story as a reference made me want to enjoy it.

My main issue was with the dialogues, they were a bit immature and cheesy. The story per say has a good narrative but it lacked profundity. It is worth reading and maybe you would see it from another perspective, but as for me, this wasn't the right book to read at the moment.
]]> 3190068 280 Valéria Piassa Polizzi 850808742X Adriana 4 2022
Somehow, I started liking the narrator and truly diving into the story. I'm at a point where I'm even considering buying the book in the original language (I read it in Spanish, and I have this issue with translations). Anyways, I ended up loving the book, the story, the settings and the characters. Sounds silly but I only discovered the narrator was actually telling her own story while reading the epilogue. I kinda wish I had paid more attention throughout the book so I could give this review its proper care. ]]> 3.85 1997
author: Valéria Piassa Polizzi
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1997
rating: 4
read at: 2022/12/04
date added: 2022/12/04
shelves: 2022
review:
I experimented a change of perspective while reading this story. The book was recommended to me and at first, I thought it was the most hideous book ever and I was just rushing to get it done, in order to give it back to the person. A bit before the middle of the story, I thought to myself: if I'm gonna read this, I should at least enjoy the process. Sounds simple, but it worked.

Somehow, I started liking the narrator and truly diving into the story. I'm at a point where I'm even considering buying the book in the original language (I read it in Spanish, and I have this issue with translations). Anyways, I ended up loving the book, the story, the settings and the characters. Sounds silly but I only discovered the narrator was actually telling her own story while reading the epilogue. I kinda wish I had paid more attention throughout the book so I could give this review its proper care.
]]> 37502596
���������� Now, in this life-changing book, handcrafted by the author over a rigorous four-year period, you will discover the early-rising habit that has helped so many accomplish epic results while upgrading their happiness, helpfulness and feelings of aliveness.

���������� Through an enchanting—and often amusing—story about two struggling strangers who meet an eccentric tycoon who becomes their secret mentor, The 5am Club will walk you through:


How great geniuses, business titans and the world’s wisest people start their mornings to produce astonishing achievements
A��little-known formula you can use instantly to wake up early feeling inspired, focused and flooded with a fiery drive to get the most out of each day
A step-by-step method to protect the quietest hours of daybreak so you have time for exercise, self-renewal and personal growth
A neuroscience-based practice proven to help make it easy to rise while most people are sleeping, giving you precious time for yourself to think, express your creativity and begin the day peacefully instead of being rushed
“Insider-only�� tactics to defend your gifts, talents and dreams against digital distraction and trivial diversions so you enjoy fortune, influence and a magnificent impact on the world
Part manifesto for mastery, part playbook for genius-grade productivity and part companion for a life lived beautifully, The 5am Club is a work that will transform your life. Forever.]]> 336 Robin Sharma 1443456632 Adriana 0 to-read 3.76 2018
author: Robin Sharma
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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She looks under the rug, under the sofa, under the cat. She shouts at Ian and baby William, she cries, she stomps...all to no avail. Then, one dark and stormy night, Olivia hears a noise...Clutching a candelabra, she creeps bravely into her bedroom, and sees a huge menacing shadow on the wall. Who is this monster, and what's that hanging from his jaws?]]> 42 Ian Falconer 0689837372 Adriana 4 2022 4.14 2003
author: Ian Falconer
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/14
date added: 2022/11/14
shelves: 2022
review:
In love with Olivia's personality! The illustrations are amazing too. My students never get tired of reading it in class.
]]> 43853210 A powerful, vibrantly illustrated story about the first day of school–and two sisters on one’s first day of hijab–by Olympic medalist and social justice activist Ibtihaj Muhammad.

With her new backpack and light-up shoes, Faizah knows the first day of school is going to be special. It’s the start of a brand new year and, best of all, it’s her older sister Asiya’s first day of hijab–a hijab of beautiful blue fabric, like the ocean waving to the sky. But not everyone sees hijab as beautiful, and in the face of hurtful, confusing words, Faizah will find new ways to be strong.

Paired with Hatem Aly’s beautiful, whimsical art, Olympic medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad and Morris Award finalist S.K. Ali bring readers an uplifting, universal story of new experiences, the unbreakable bond between siblings, and of being proud of who you are.]]> 36 Ibtihaj Muhammad 0316519006 Adriana 3 2022 4.55 2019
author: Ibtihaj Muhammad
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.55
book published: 2019
rating: 3
read at: 2022/11/14
date added: 2022/11/14
shelves: 2022
review:
Nice book and beautiful illustrations. I feel like the story could be deeper. I expected a bit more, but agai, it is a short book.
]]> 16101018 Poor Duncan just wants to color. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: We quit!

Beige is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown. Blue needs a break from coloring all that water, while Pink just wants to be used. Green has no complaints, but Black wants to be used for more than just outlining. And Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking—each believes he is the true color of the sun.

What can Duncan possibly do to appease all of the crayons and get them back to doing what they do best?

Debut author Drew Daywalt and New York Times bestseller Oliver Jeffers create a colorful solution in this playful, imaginative story that will have children laughing and playing with their crayons in a whole new way. Join in on the fun and games. Find out why the crayons are mad and how Duncan takes care of this dilemma!

Age Range: 3-6+ / Lexile Score AD730L
Edition MSRP: US $17⁹⁹ (ISBN 978-0-399-25537-3)
Manufactured in China]]> 30 Drew Daywalt 0399255370 Adriana 4 2022 4.42 2013
author: Drew Daywalt
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/14
date added: 2022/11/14
shelves: 2022
review:
Excellent children's book! Quite a creative perspective having crayons as the main characters of a story, and such funny dialogues too! This is a great read aloud option and it also invites to great discussions with the listeners. Very much recommended!
]]> 25784872 27 Patricia Cleveland-Peck Adriana 4 2022 4.03 2015
author: Patricia Cleveland-Peck
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/14
date added: 2022/11/14
shelves: 2022
review:
Very nice and short book to read aloud to the kids. I read it with my 3rd grade class and I felt like there was so much we could discuss about it. The illustrations are great and the story is funny, interesting and unique. Great book!
]]> 30684816 YOU, you... God thinks about you.
God was thinking of you long before your debut.

From early on, children are looking to discover their place in the world and longing to understand how their personalities, traits, and talents fit in. The assurance that they are deeply loved and a unique creation in our big universe is certain to help them spread their wings and fly.

Through playful, charming rhyme and vivid, fantastical illustrations, When God Made You inspires young readers to learn about their own special gifts and how they fit into God's divine plan as they grow, explore, and begin to create for themselves.

'Cause when God made YOU, somehow God knew
That the world needed someone exactly like you!]]> 48 Matthew Paul Turner 1601429185 Adriana 5 2022 4.61 2017
author: Matthew Paul Turner
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.61
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2022/11/14
date added: 2022/11/14
shelves: 2022
review:
One of the best kids book I have ever read. I love reading it aloud to my students and discussing it with them. The book is so profound and interest, with gorgeous illustrations. Even though it is short, I feel like it stays with you and transports you to such deep places within you. 10/10
]]> 7445 THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family.

The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.

The Glass Castle is truly astonishing--a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.]]> 288 Jeannette Walls 074324754X Adriana 4 2022, meaningful-books
About the book... it's a very powerful story of redemption and the battles every person goes through. I experienced this first hand after becoming an adult and finally reaching some sort of understand of the motives behind everything my parents did for me. As kids, we blame them for every wrong. But just as in this book, you also reach a point in which you empathize with their stories.

What I liked the most about this book was probably the parents of the author, their unreleting positive outlook in life. There were actually moments when I wondered if it was really possible for someone to look at the bright side on a regular basis, in the middle of huge crises. It's a very heavy book and I needed to pause constantly to soak in the reality of what I was reading, so sad, hopeless and hard to read. ]]> 4.32 2005
author: Jeannette Walls
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/13
date added: 2022/11/14
shelves: 2022, meaningful-books
review:
First and foremost, I had watched the film before reading the book. I don't feel like it spoiled the experience for me, instead, it helped me picture the scenes and characters better. Would love to re-watch the film too.

About the book... it's a very powerful story of redemption and the battles every person goes through. I experienced this first hand after becoming an adult and finally reaching some sort of understand of the motives behind everything my parents did for me. As kids, we blame them for every wrong. But just as in this book, you also reach a point in which you empathize with their stories.

What I liked the most about this book was probably the parents of the author, their unreleting positive outlook in life. There were actually moments when I wondered if it was really possible for someone to look at the bright side on a regular basis, in the middle of huge crises. It's a very heavy book and I needed to pause constantly to soak in the reality of what I was reading, so sad, hopeless and hard to read.
]]> 23156040 418 Elena Ferrante Adriana 5 2022
The aspect that makes this book so real for me is how hard to understand each of the characters.. They are complex, annoying, genuine, vulnerable, and real.

Even though the book is going by many years in the lives of the characters, it almost feels as if I were living them with them. It’s easy to find lousy writers, but finding the good ones is extremely hard. To me, Elena Ferrante is an excellent one.

The last chapters had me screaming at the top of my lungs because I didn’t see any of the last events coming. So frustrating, yet exciting. Scary, and also disappointing.

Looking forward to book 4!]]> 4.38 2013
author: Elena Ferrante
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2022/08/22
date added: 2022/11/14
shelves: 2022
review:
The only thing I regret about this being the 3rd book in the series is that now I will start the 4th and last�� It’s just that good.

The aspect that makes this book so real for me is how hard to understand each of the characters.. They are complex, annoying, genuine, vulnerable, and real.

Even though the book is going by many years in the lives of the characters, it almost feels as if I were living them with them. It’s easy to find lousy writers, but finding the good ones is extremely hard. To me, Elena Ferrante is an excellent one.

The last chapters had me screaming at the top of my lungs because I didn’t see any of the last events coming. So frustrating, yet exciting. Scary, and also disappointing.

Looking forward to book 4!
]]> 25242224 The Guardian about the Neapolitan novels in 2014. Against the backdrop of a Naples that is as seductive as it is perilous and a world undergoing epochal change, Elena Ferrante tells the story of a lifelong friendship between two women with unmatched honesty and brilliance.

The Story of the Lost Child is the concluding volume in the dazzling saga of two women �� the brilliant, bookish Elena, and the fiery, uncontainable Lila. Both are now adults, with husbands, lovers, aging parents, and children. Their friendship has been the gravitational center of their lives. Both women fought to escape the neighborhood in which they grew up �� a prison of conformity, violence, and inviolable taboos. Elena married, moved to Florence, started a family, and published several well-received books. In this final novel she has returned to Naples, drawn back as if responding to the city's obscure magnetism. Lila, on the other hand, could never free herself from the city of her birth. She has become a successful entrepreneur, but her success draws her into closer proximity with the nepotism, chauvinism, and criminal violence that infect the neighborhood. Proximity to the world she has always rejected only brings her role as its unacknowledged leader into relief. For Lila is unstoppable, unmanageable, unforgettable.

The four volumes in this series constitute a long remarkable story that readers will return to again and again, and each return will bring with it new revelations.]]> 473 Elena Ferrante 1609452860 Adriana 4 2022
There is no way to explain how great this author is. She truly knows how to transport you to the story and make you scream and mourn with the characters. It left me waiting until the end to find out more about them, but at the same time I understand the story had to end this way. Congrats on such amazing writing and style. ]]> 4.47 2014
author: Elena Ferrante
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2022/10/27
date added: 2022/11/14
shelves: 2022
review:
The end of this long series! This final book left me feeling so nostalgic for the unanswered questions and the many things that left me guessing and double thinking.

There is no way to explain how great this author is. She truly knows how to transport you to the story and make you scream and mourn with the characters. It left me waiting until the end to find out more about them, but at the same time I understand the story had to end this way. Congrats on such amazing writing and style.
]]> 30
19 CDs. 17 hrs 30 mins.]]> 1728 J.R.R. Tolkien 0345538374 Adriana 0 to-read 4.61 1954
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.61
book published: 1954
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2022/10/09
shelves: to-read
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]]> 396094 This is an alternative cover edition for ISBN 9780141182636

Young, handsome and fabulously rich, Jay Gatsby is the bright star of the Jazz Age, but as writer Nick Carraway is drawn into the decadent orbit of his Long Island mansion, where the party never seems to end, he finds himself faced by the mystery of Gatsby's origins and desires. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life, Gatsby is hiding a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled. And soon, this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.

In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald brilliantly captures both the disillusionment of post-war America and the moral failure of a society obsessed with wealth and status. But he does more than render the essence of a particular time and place, for in chronicling Gatsby's tragic pursuit of his dream, Fitzgerald re-creates the universal conflict between illusion and reality.]]> 177 F. Scott Fitzgerald Adriana 4 2016, best-books
The Great Gatsby is whimsical, nonsensical at times and one of my favorite American classics.

UPDATE: The movie with Leo DiCaprio is a joke. Why would anybody make a satirical version of it is beyond my understanding. ]]> 3.88 1925
author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1925
rating: 4
read at: 2016/06/05
date added: 2022/09/01
shelves: 2016, best-books
review:
Second round with this book and I enjoyed it even more than the first time. I had forgotten most of the facts, so that was cool because it felt like I was reading it for the first time. What I like the most is the sort of melancholic feel of the story and the characters full of flaws.

The Great Gatsby is whimsical, nonsensical at times and one of my favorite American classics.

UPDATE: The movie with Leo DiCaprio is a joke. Why would anybody make a satirical version of it is beyond my understanding.
]]> 6334
Within the grounds of Hailsham, Kathy grows from schoolgirl to young woman, but it’s only when she and her friends Ruth and Tommy leave the safe grounds of the school (as they always knew they would) that they realize the full truth of what Hailsham is.

Never Let Me Go breaks through the boundaries of the literary novel. It is a gripping mystery, a beautiful love story, and also a scathing critique of human arrogance and a moral examination of how we treat the vulnerable and different in our society. In exploring the themes of memory and the impact of the past, Ishiguro takes on the idea of a possible future to create his most moving and powerful book to date.]]> 288 Kazuo Ishiguro 1400078776 Adriana 0 2014 3.85 2005
author: Kazuo Ishiguro
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2005
rating: 0
read at: 2014/08/18
date added: 2022/07/30
shelves: 2014
review:

]]> 58408100 Rey Matos Adriana 4 2021, 2022 2.50
author: Rey Matos
name: Adriana
average rating: 2.50
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2022/05/03
date added: 2022/05/03
shelves: 2021, 2022
review:

]]> 36809135
But Kya is not what they say. A born naturalist with just one day of school, she takes life's lessons from the land, learning the real ways of the world from the dishonest signals of fireflies. But while she has the skills to live in solitude forever, the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. Drawn to two young men from town, who are each intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world—until the unthinkable happens.

In Where the Crawdads Sing, Owens juxtaposes an exquisite ode to the natural world against a profound coming of age story and haunting mystery. Thought-provoking, wise, and deeply moving, Owens’s debut novel reminds us that we are forever shaped by the child within us, while also subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.

The story asks how isolation influences the behavior of a young woman, who like all of us, has the genetic propensity to belong to a group. The clues to the mystery are brushed into the lush habitat and natural histories of its wild creatures.]]> 384 Delia Owens 0735219117 Adriana 5
The story is so easy to read and also, so complex at the same time. It’s filled with beautiful descriptions, poems, nature, birds and trees. At the same time, the plot is so mysterious and enchanting. I am usually not a fan of the writing style that goes back and forth in the story, but I didn’t mind it in this one.

A man named Jumpin is my favorite character in the entire book, because of his kindness and how genuine he is.

The end.. that was one of the best parts! So different from the usual endings.. So worth the wait too! ]]> 4.35 2018
author: Delia Owens
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2022/04/26
date added: 2022/04/26
shelves:
review:
Finally, a good book. They are hard to find these days.

The story is so easy to read and also, so complex at the same time. It’s filled with beautiful descriptions, poems, nature, birds and trees. At the same time, the plot is so mysterious and enchanting. I am usually not a fan of the writing style that goes back and forth in the story, but I didn’t mind it in this one.

A man named Jumpin is my favorite character in the entire book, because of his kindness and how genuine he is.

The end.. that was one of the best parts! So different from the usual endings.. So worth the wait too!
]]> 28923
Christopher Banks, an English boy born in early-twentieth-century Shanghai, is orphaned at age nine when his mother and father both vanish under suspicious circumstances. Sent to live in England, he grows up to become a renowned detective and, more than twenty years later, returns to Shanghai, where the Sino-Japanese War is raging, to solve the mystery of the disappearances.

The story is straightforward. Its telling is remarkable. Christopher's voice is controlled, detailed, and detached, its precision unsurprising in someone who has devoted his life to the examination of details and the rigors of objective thought. But within the layers of his narrative is slowly revealed what he can't, or won't, see: that his memory, despite what he wants to believe, is not unaffected by his childhood tragedies; that his powers of perception, the heralded clarity of his vision, can be blinding as well as enlightening; and that the simplest desires--a child's for his parents, a man's for understanding--may give rise to the most complicated truths.

A masterful combination of narrative control and soaring imagination, When We Were Orphans is Kazuo Ishiguro at his best.]]> 320 Kazuo Ishiguro 0571225403 Adriana 0 to-read 3.53 2000
author: Kazuo Ishiguro
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2000
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2022/01/10
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 55010757
Obsesionado por demostrarle a su padre que ya es todo un hombre, Amir se propone ganar la competición anual de cometas de la forma que sea, incluso a costa de su inseparable Hassan, un hazara de clase inferior que ha sido su sirviente y compañero de juegos desde la más tierna infancia. A pesar del fuerte vínculo que los une, después de tantos años de haberse defendido mutuamente de todos los peligros imaginables, Amir se aprovecha de la fidelidad sin límites de su amigo y comete una traición que los separará de forma definitiva. Así, con apenas doce años, el joven Amir recordará durante toda su vida aquellos días en los que perdió uno de los tesoros más preciados del hombre: la amistad.

Sobre el telón de fondo de un Afganistán respetuoso de sus ricas tradiciones ancestrales, la vida en Kabul durante el invierno de 1975 se desarrolla con toda la intensidad, la pujanza y el colorido de una ciudad confiada en su futuro e ignorante de que se avecina uno de los periodos más cruentos y tenebrosos que han padecido los milenarios pueblos que la habitan.]]> 0 Khaled Hosseini 8415629176 Adriana 5 2021 4.52 2011
author: Khaled Hosseini
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2021/12/28
date added: 2021/12/28
shelves: 2021
review:
Increible, maravillosa y dolorosa! Las ilustraciones son hermosas y leer esta novela grafica luego de haber leido el libro es magico!
]]> 48812 192 Brennan Manning 1576833348 Adriana 5
I plan on re-reading it. It is too deep not to do so. In love! ]]> 4.29 1994
author: Brennan Manning
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1994
rating: 5
read at: 2021/12/28
date added: 2021/12/28
shelves: 2021, best-books, god, meaningful-books
review:
This book is so profound and enchanting! It is hard to describe what it is about but all I can say is that the author writes beautifully and his sole goal while writing this was drawing us closer to God's heart.

I plan on re-reading it. It is too deep not to do so. In love!
]]> 32930470 176 Jennifer Smith 0986366757 Adriana 5
It helps you think about aspects of your “special one�� that you might not have thought of. While reading this book, I also listened to the authors�� podcast which gave me enough background about them as a couple to understand fully what they wrote in these prayers. Highly recommend doing both: reading and listening to them. Not at the same time of course. ]]> 4.49
author: Jennifer Smith
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.49
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2021/12/21
date added: 2021/12/21
shelves:
review:
I truly enjoyed this book and I believe it is one of those you would want to read over and over because the prayers are very detailed and beautiful! There is also space for you to write your own prayers!

It helps you think about aspects of your “special one�� that you might not have thought of. While reading this book, I also listened to the authors�� podcast which gave me enough background about them as a couple to understand fully what they wrote in these prayers. Highly recommend doing both: reading and listening to them. Not at the same time of course.
]]> 17383917 The Screwtape Letters is the most engaging and humorous account of temptation—and triumph over it—ever written.

Now, for the first time, The Screwtape Letters is presented with its full text alongside helpful annotations provided by Lewis enthusiast and dramatist Paul McCusker. The notes include literary, theological, and biographical information to enhance Lewis's core themes and demystify complex ideas. McCusker also guides readers to concepts and references from the beloved author's other treasured volumes to deepen and enrich this timeless classic. The annotated edition is the ultimate guide for understanding the heavenly truths buried in these epistles from below.]]> 223 C.S. Lewis 0062023179 Adriana 3 2020, god 4.25 1942
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1942
rating: 3
read at: 2021/10/19
date added: 2021/10/19
shelves: 2020, god
review:

]]> 55994372
Now, over the next twenty-four hours, Elle will have to decide between the life she has made with her genuinely beloved husband, Peter, and the life she always imagined she would have had with her childhood love, Jonas, if a tragic event hadn't forever changed the course of their lives.

As Heller colors in the experiences that have led Elle to this day, we arrive at her ultimate decision with all its complexity. Tender yet devastating, The Paper Palace considers the tensions between desire and dignity, the legacies of abuse, and the crimes and misdemeanors of families.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593329825.]]> 400 Miranda Cowley Heller Adriana 0 to-read 3.73 2021
author: Miranda Cowley Heller
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2021/09/08
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 17465515 My Brilliant Friend introduced readers to the unforgettable Elena and Lila, whose lifelong friendship provides the backbone for the Neapolitan Novels. The Story of a New Name is the second book in this series. With these books, which the New Yorker's James Wood described as "large, captivating, amiably peopled ... a beautiful and delicate tale of confluence and reversal," Ferrante proves herself to be one of Italy's most accomplished storytellers. She writes vividly about a specific neighborhood of Naples from the late-1950s through to the current day and about two remarkable young women who are very much the products of that place and time. Yet in doing so she has created a world in which readers will recognize themselves and has drawn a marvelously nuanced portrait of friendship.

In The Story of a New Name, Lila has recently married and made her entrée into the family business; Elena, meanwhile, continues her studies and her exploration of the world beyond the neighborhood that she so often finds stifling. Love, jealousy, family, freedom, commitment, and above all friendship: these are signs under which both women live out this phase in their stories. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila, and the pressure to excel is at times too much for Elena. Yet the two young women share a complex and evolving bond that is central to their emotional lives and is a source of strength in the face of life's challenges. In these Neapolitan Novels, Elena Ferrante, the acclaimed author of The Days of Abandonment, gives readers a poignant and universal story about friendship and belonging.]]> 471 Elena Ferrante Adriana 5
Friends would occasionally ask me what the book was about, but how could I explain this book is fury, love, passion, grief, excitement and so much more?

It’s in essence the story of two childhood friends and the ugly and happy turns in their lives but it is way more than that because the author is an EXCELLENT WRITER who captivated me right from the beginning. I don’t remember the last time I was so enthralled and fascinated by a book. In love!]]> 4.47 2012
author: Elena Ferrante
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2021/08/31
date added: 2021/08/31
shelves:
review:
Absolutely no way to describe the feelings this book produced in me, so full of life and profound understanding of the human nature.

Friends would occasionally ask me what the book was about, but how could I explain this book is fury, love, passion, grief, excitement and so much more?

It’s in essence the story of two childhood friends and the ugly and happy turns in their lives but it is way more than that because the author is an EXCELLENT WRITER who captivated me right from the beginning. I don’t remember the last time I was so enthralled and fascinated by a book. In love!
]]> 6555085 128 Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth 0825411858 Adriana 4 2021
If I could sum up this book in three words it would be: pride, humility and brokeness. ]]> 4.61 2002
author: Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.61
book published: 2002
rating: 4
read at: 2021/06/29
date added: 2021/06/29
shelves: 2021
review:
I will start off by saying this book is short but concise and precise. My favorite part was a section of the book in which the author explains the difference between a proud person and a humble person. She gave 35 examples, and made me stop and ponder for quite a while, plus see myself in the mirror of her words.

If I could sum up this book in three words it would be: pride, humility and brokeness.
]]> 29890847 112 Tony Evans 0825456754 Adriana 4 2021 4.50 2015
author: Tony Evans
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2021/06/23
date added: 2021/06/23
shelves: 2021
review:
This is a short devocional about forgiveness. It's quite practical and simple to understand. It took me longer than the designated 30 days to finish it because it was very profound and I decided to spend extra time pondering on its teachings. I am glad I was able to read it.
]]> 40629898
From our earliest years, we develop an attachment style that follows us through life, replaying in our daily emotional landscape, our relationships, and how we feel about ourselves. And in the wake of a traumatic event―such as a car accident, severe illness, loss of a loved one, or experience of abuse―that attachment style can deeply influence what happens next.

In The Power of Attachment , Dr. Diane Poole Heller, a pioneer in attachment theory and trauma resolution, shows how overwhelming experiences can disrupt our most important connections�� with the parts of ourselves within, with the physical world around us, and with others.

The good news is that we can restore and reconnect at all levels, regardless of our past.

Here, you’ll learn key insights and practices to help

�� Restore the broken connections caused by trauma
�� Get embodied and grounded in your body
�� Integrate the parts of yourself that feel wounded and fragmented
�� Emerge from grief, fear, and powerlessness to regain strength, joy, and resiliency
�� Reclaim access to your inner resources and spiritual nature

"We are fundamentally designed to heal," teaches Dr. Heller. "Even if our childhood is less than ideal, our secure attachment system is biologically programmed in us, and our job is to simply find out what’s interfering with it―and learn what we can do to make those secure tendencies more dominant."

With expertise drawn from Dr. Heller’s research, clinical work, and training programs, this book invites you to begin that journey back to wholeness.]]> 224 Diane Poole Heller 1622038258 Adriana 4 2021
I recommend this book to people who are trying to understand themselves, heal from deep rooted wounds caused during childhood and learn how to form healthy relationships with other humans. I loved how the author kept constantly affirming our attachment styles (or ways we relate to others) can change due to neuroplasticity, but it is actually hard for a person in the midst of unhealthy secure attachment to see the light at the end of the tunnel. We’ve been trained for war and not safety. Great book! Great read and quite complex, so don’t be fooled thinking it will be easy to swallow. ]]> 4.28 2019
author: Diane Poole Heller
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2021/05/22
date added: 2021/05/22
shelves: 2021
review:
I honestly did not want to finish this book. I felt like every page was packed with vital information and we all know our brains forget most of the information we receive, partially to keep us sane.

I recommend this book to people who are trying to understand themselves, heal from deep rooted wounds caused during childhood and learn how to form healthy relationships with other humans. I loved how the author kept constantly affirming our attachment styles (or ways we relate to others) can change due to neuroplasticity, but it is actually hard for a person in the midst of unhealthy secure attachment to see the light at the end of the tunnel. We’ve been trained for war and not safety. Great book! Great read and quite complex, so don’t be fooled thinking it will be easy to swallow.
]]> 25734172 All the beauty of modern physics in fewer than a hundred pages.

This is a book about the joy of discovery. A playful, entertaining, and mind-bending introduction to modern physics, it's already a major bestseller in Italy and the United Kingdom. Carlo Rovelli offers surprising—and surprisingly easy to grasp—explanations of general relativity, quantum mechanics, elementary particles, gravity, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, and the role humans play in this weird and wonderful world. He takes us to the frontiers of our knowledge: to the most minute reaches of the fabric of space, back to��the origins of the cosmos, and into the workings of our minds. “Here, on the edge of what we know, in contact with the ocean of the unknown, shines the mystery and the beauty of the world,�� Rovelli writes. “And it’s breathtaking.”]]> 81 Carlo Rovelli 0399184414 Adriana 4 2017, 2021 3.97 2014
author: Carlo Rovelli
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2020/12/18
date added: 2021/05/12
shelves: 2017, 2021
review:

]]> 40711952 **Please note that this will work best on a color device and will appear in a horizontal format**The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed responds to the heartbreak of the current refugee crisis with this deeply moving, beautifully illustrated short work of fiction for people of all ages, all over the world. "Intensely moving. . .Powerfully evocative of the plight in which displaced populations find themselves."�� Kirkus, STARRED Review��"Hosseini's story, aimed at readers of all ages, does not dwell on nightmarish fates; instead, its emotional power flows from the love of a father for his son."�� Publishers Weekly, STARRED BOX ReviewA short, powerful, illustrated book written by beloved novelist Khaled Hosseini in response to the current refugee crisis, Sea Prayer is composed in the form of a letter, from a father to his son, on the eve of their journey. Watching over his sleeping son, the father reflects on the dangerous sea-crossing that lies before them. It is also a vivid portrait of their life in Homs, Syria, before the war, and of that city's swift transformation from a home into a deadly war zone. Impelled to write this story by the haunting image of young Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy whose body washed upon the beach in Turkey in September 2015, Hosseini hopes to pay tribute to the millions of families, like Kurdi's, who have been splintered and forced from home by war and persecution, and he will donate author proceeds from this book to the UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) and The Khaled Hosseini Foundation to help fund lifesaving relief efforts to help refugees around the globe. Khaled Hosseini is one of the most widely read writers in the world, with more than fifty-five million copies of his novels sold worldwide in more than seventy countries. Hosseini is also a Goodwill Envoy to the UNHCR, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit that provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.]]> 48 Khaled Hosseini 0525541284 Adriana 4 2021
The illustrations! They are extremely good and could be stared at for quite a long time trying to find hidden details inside it. As of for the story itself... I guess you would have to read it because it speaks in different ways to everybody. ]]> 4.28 2018
author: Khaled Hosseini
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2021/01/04
date added: 2021/05/12
shelves: 2021
review:
I was confused about how short this story is... but oh well! I guess I am too used to Khaled's long books.

The illustrations! They are extremely good and could be stared at for quite a long time trying to find hidden details inside it. As of for the story itself... I guess you would have to read it because it speaks in different ways to everybody.
]]> 19380222 A New York Times best-selling marriage book with more than one million copies sold!

Based on over three decades of counseling, as well as scientific and biblical��research, Dr. Emerson Eggerichs and his wife, Sarah, have already taken the��Love��& Respect��message across America and are changing the way couples talk to, think��about, and treat each other. What do you want for your marriage? Want some��peace? Want to feel close? Want to feel valued? Want to experience marriage the��way God intended? Then why not try some Love and Respect.

A wife has one driving need?to feel loved. When that need is met, she is happy.��A husband has one driving need?to feel respected. When that need is met, he is happy.��When either of these needs isn’t met, things get crazy.��Love & Respect��reveals why spouses react negatively to each other, and how they can deal with��such conflict quickly, easily, and biblically.

What readers say about Love & Respect


“I’ve been married 35 years and have not heard this taught.��
“This is the key that I have been missing.��
“You connected all the dots for me.��
“As a counselor, I have never been so excited about any material.��
“You’re on to something huge here.��
Partner Love & Respect with the Love & Respect Workbook for Couples, Individuals, and Groups for an added experience. Love & Respect is also available in Spanish, Amor y Respeto.]]> 321 Emerson Eggerichs Adriana 4 2020, god, 2021
I see how to some people, the book might seem offensive but I believe they are probably looking too much in between the lines. I don't think he hates women and I do believe he has a genuine desire to help people have a better marriage.

If I had to change anything about the book, I would honestly eliminate most of the "testimonies" just because they ended up being too many. I would have chosen a few to include. My favorite part of the book was the last chapter that talks about how our behavior towards others should ultimately be a love act toward God and not as a result of other people's actions towards us. ]]> 4.38 2004
author: Emerson Eggerichs
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 2021/01/04
date added: 2021/05/12
shelves: 2020, god, 2021
review:
A lot of thoughts came to my mind while reading this book. It has a lot of hidden gems inside it, meaning it contains a lot of truth and insight into the psyche of the opposite sex.

I see how to some people, the book might seem offensive but I believe they are probably looking too much in between the lines. I don't think he hates women and I do believe he has a genuine desire to help people have a better marriage.

If I had to change anything about the book, I would honestly eliminate most of the "testimonies" just because they ended up being too many. I would have chosen a few to include. My favorite part of the book was the last chapter that talks about how our behavior towards others should ultimately be a love act toward God and not as a result of other people's actions towards us.
]]> 28000153 Aviva nuestros corazones y el movimiento Mujer verdadera han trabajado en equipo para desarrollar “el libro que debe leer toda mujer cristiana��. Bajo la orientación y la dirección editorial de Laura González y Nancy Leigh Demoss, las colaboradoras han procurado abordar las cuestiones esenciales de cada etapa en la vida de una mujer, para ayudarla a vivir de manera consagrada y llegar a ser una mujer verdadera independientemente de sus actuales circunstancias.

The women from Aviva nuestros corazones (Revive Our Hearts) and the Mujer Verdadera (True Woman) movement have come together to develop “the one book every Christian woman should read.�� Under the guidance and editorial hand of Laura Gonzalez and Nancy Leigh Demoss, contribuitors have sought out to address the primary issues in every stage of a woman’s life. Helping her live a godly life and be a True Woman, regardsless of her life’s current circumstances.]]> 320 Laura Gonzalez de Chavez 1433692317 Adriana 4 2020, 2021 4.79
author: Laura Gonzalez de Chavez
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.79
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2021/05/12
date added: 2021/05/12
shelves: 2020, 2021
review:

]]> 65605
Narnia... a land where the woods are thick and cold, where Talking Beasts come to life—an entirely new world where adventure begins.

One cold, wet summer in London, Digory and Polly meet and become fast friends. Their lives take a sudden turn when Digory’s Uncle Andrew, who fancies himself a magician, sends them hurtling to... somewhere else. They arrive in Narnia, just as it is born from the song of the great Lion, Aslan. Along the way, they encounter the evil sorceress Jadis, whose dark magic threatens everything. After a whirlwind adventure, they finally find their way back home.]]> 221 C.S. Lewis 0060764902 Adriana 4
It is a very profound story and quite entertaining. ]]> 4.06 1955
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1955
rating: 4
read at: 2021/05/12
date added: 2021/05/12
shelves: i-did-not-like, 2014, 2020, 2021
review:
Read this book a few years and I am not really sure why I marked it as "did not like". Just finished re-reading it with my kids and fell in love with the story.

It is a very profound story and quite entertaining.
]]> 25919872 Preocupación, duda, depresión, enojo y sentimientos de condenació todos ellos son ataques a la mente. Si los lectores sufren de pensamientos negativos, ¡pueden tomar aliento!Joyce Meyer ha ayudado a millones de personas a ganar estas batallas tan importantes. En su éxito de ventas más popular, la querida escritora y ministro muestra a los lectores cómo cambiar sus vidas cambiando sus mentes.Ella enseña cómo manejar los miles de pensamientos que las personas piensan cada día, y cómo enfocar la mente del modo en que Dios piensa. Y comparte las pruebas, tragedias y victorias finales su propio matrimonio, familia y ministerio que le llevaron a una verdad maravillosa y transformadora; y revela sus pensamientos y sentimientos a cada paso del camino.]]> 250 Joyce Meyer Adriana 5 2018 4.25 1995
author: Joyce Meyer
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1995
rating: 5
read at: 2018/09/10
date added: 2021/04/30
shelves: 2018
review:

]]> 35629031 154 David W. Gooding 8482671499 Adriana 4 2018 4.00 1997
author: David W. Gooding
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1997
rating: 4
read at: 2018/12/02
date added: 2021/03/28
shelves: 2018
review:

]]> 29780253
Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents�� indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa’s tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle.

Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life.]]> 289 Trevor Noah 0385689225 Adriana 4 2021
It was my first audiobook, which was not easy. I believed I was a good listener but keeping my focus on the flow of the story was a struggle. Needlesss to say, the book was narrated by Trevor himself which made it super exciting.

I fell in love with him, with his mother, the stories about their lives, the struggles of their country, the rest of the characters and everything else. This man knows how to tell stories and keep people entertained in the process. The only reason why I did not give it 5 stars was because of the whole audiobook issue.

In sum, the story is about a boy/young man growing up in the politically divided South Africa, his struggles at school and fitting in. Totally recommended! ]]> 4.48 2016
author: Trevor Noah
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2021/02/06
date added: 2021/02/06
shelves: 2021
review:
So many feelings with this book!!!

It was my first audiobook, which was not easy. I believed I was a good listener but keeping my focus on the flow of the story was a struggle. Needlesss to say, the book was narrated by Trevor himself which made it super exciting.

I fell in love with him, with his mother, the stories about their lives, the struggles of their country, the rest of the characters and everything else. This man knows how to tell stories and keep people entertained in the process. The only reason why I did not give it 5 stars was because of the whole audiobook issue.

In sum, the story is about a boy/young man growing up in the politically divided South Africa, his struggles at school and fitting in. Totally recommended!
]]> 455931 An important spiritual law was revealed by Jesus in Luke 11:21��22 and Matthew 12:29, “How can one enter into a strongman’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strongman? And then he will spoil his house.��
Now, instead of “binding�� symptoms, we can attack the sixteen strongmen or demonic spirits mentioned by name in the Bible! If God names them, they are real, and He has given us dominion over them through the Name of Jesus!
In easy to understand language this book�� �� Strongman's His Name...What's His Game offers a scriptural, balanced, and uplifting approach to present-day spiritual warfare.
��]]> 180 Jerry Robeson 0883686015 Adriana 4 2019 4.49 1971
author: Jerry Robeson
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.49
book published: 1971
rating: 4
read at: 2020/05/08
date added: 2021/01/02
shelves: 2019
review:

]]> 28284636 Everything you need to know about modern physics, the universe and our place in the world in seven enlightening lessons

'Here, on the edge of what we know, in contact with the ocean of the unknown, shines the mystery and the beauty of the world. And it's breathtaking'

These seven short lessons guide us, with simplicity and clarity, through the scientific revolution that shook physics in the twentieth century and still continues to shake us today. In this mind-bending introduction to modern physics, Carlo Rovelli explains Einstein's theory of general relativity, quantum mechanics, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, elementary particles, gravity, and the nature of the mind. Not since Richard Feynman's celebrated Six Easy Pieces has physics been so vividly, intelligently and entertainingly revealed.]]> 83 Carlo Rovelli 0141981725 Adriana 3 2020, 2017 3.98 2014
author: Carlo Rovelli
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at: 2020/12/18
date added: 2021/01/02
shelves: 2020, 2017
review:

]]> 95204 130 Scott Alexander 9686334238 Adriana 5 2020, best-books 3.57 1980
author: Scott Alexander
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.57
book published: 1980
rating: 5
read at: 2020/11/27
date added: 2021/01/02
shelves: 2020, best-books
review:
Uno de los mejores libros que he leido en mi vida. Es muy simple y sencillo pero el mensaje principal era justo lo que yo necesitaba leer en esta etapa de mi vida. Trata sobre la motivacion pero sin llegar al punto de lo cursi. Me encantaron las comparaciones con animales, especialmente las vacas. Planeo comprarlo en inglés porque pienso que es un libro digno de tener y releer cuantas veces sean necesarias. 5/5
]]> 1664315 1504 Anonymous 9704100000 Adriana 5 2020 4.74 2007
author: Anonymous
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.74
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 2020/11/24
date added: 2020/11/24
shelves: 2020
review:

]]> 52967873 129 Santi Y Laurita Franco Adriana 4 2020 4.77
author: Santi Y Laurita Franco
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.77
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2020/11/24
date added: 2020/11/24
shelves: 2020
review:

]]> 34959452 162 Shaunti Feldhahn 0789922975 Adriana 2 2020, god 4.14 2004
author: Shaunti Feldhahn
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2004
rating: 2
read at: 2020/08/03
date added: 2020/08/03
shelves: 2020, god
review:
Es un libro sencillo pero bien documentado sobre la mente del hombre y las formas para mejorar el trato entre la esposa y el esposo. La razón por la que sólo le di 2 estrellas es porque quizás fue demasiado simple para mi gusto y yo esperaba más contenido, y menos conversaciones sobre encuestas y porcentajes.
]]> 1311513 308 Myer Pearlman 0829713727 Adriana 5 god, 2020, best-books
En mi opinión comparte información vital para hablar a otros sobre la historia de redención que Dios ha planeado para nosotros sus hijos. Es interesante, relevante y bíblico, a diferencia de otra literatura motivacional y subjetiva que ha estado tomando el lugar de la Palabra de Dios en el último siglo. Sé con certeza que volveré a el de vez en vez cuando sienta dudas sobre los temas tratados. ]]> 4.25 1992
author: Myer Pearlman
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1992
rating: 5
read at: 2020/07/21
date added: 2020/07/21
shelves: god, 2020, best-books
review:
Pienso que este es el libro cristiano más completo que he leído hasta el momento a parte de la Biblia. Contiene todo tipo de información sobre ángeles y demonios, Jesús, la Trinidad, la Iglesia y el Espíritu Santo.

En mi opinión comparte información vital para hablar a otros sobre la historia de redención que Dios ha planeado para nosotros sus hijos. Es interesante, relevante y bíblico, a diferencia de otra literatura motivacional y subjetiva que ha estado tomando el lugar de la Palabra de Dios en el último siglo. Sé con certeza que volveré a el de vez en vez cuando sienta dudas sobre los temas tratados.
]]> 13586707 331 Elena Ferrante Adriana 5 2020
Wow! This book was such a ride! I must say I fell in love with Elena's writing. She uses language to her favor in a way that makes you feel so smart just by reading her. Her characters were so well detailed and engrossing. The plot was also superb. Yes, it is basically the story of two girls and their friendship, but it is way more than that. It's an exploration of how our families, the culture, the neighborhood, the teachers, lovers, enemies, etc, shape us.

Very small details and maybe even one sentence said by somebody significant can affect our lives tremendously. My favorite character was Lino of course, but not for the very obvious reasons, but because of the underlying suppression that this girl carries around. I believe there is so much more to learn about her and the fears and the demons hiding under her bed in the rest of this series. There is something in her quite disturbing and appealing... Just for the sake of discovering what it is, I am excited to continue with the next book. ]]> 3.91 2011
author: Elena Ferrante
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2020/06/30
date added: 2020/06/30
shelves: 2020
review:
DON'T BE DECEIVED BY THE CRAPPY COVER.

Wow! This book was such a ride! I must say I fell in love with Elena's writing. She uses language to her favor in a way that makes you feel so smart just by reading her. Her characters were so well detailed and engrossing. The plot was also superb. Yes, it is basically the story of two girls and their friendship, but it is way more than that. It's an exploration of how our families, the culture, the neighborhood, the teachers, lovers, enemies, etc, shape us.

Very small details and maybe even one sentence said by somebody significant can affect our lives tremendously. My favorite character was Lino of course, but not for the very obvious reasons, but because of the underlying suppression that this girl carries around. I believe there is so much more to learn about her and the fears and the demons hiding under her bed in the rest of this series. There is something in her quite disturbing and appealing... Just for the sake of discovering what it is, I am excited to continue with the next book.
]]> 154098 221 Robert Morris 0830736352 Adriana 2 2020, god
I recognize I must continue meditating and truly recognizing what are my beliefs according to money, giving and the church. As of right now, I'd say this book is very well done and researched. It contains quite a lot of biblically backed up information. Robert does have a long trajectory at the front of his church organization, etc.

My problem was that I felt like somebody was trying to sell an idea to me in a very pushy way. To be honest,I don't believe that every time you give with a correct heart, God will immediately or as soon as possible "reward" you. I think, in many instances, our reward will be in heaven and not here. Robert disagrees and most of the basis for the ideas he put in this book are backed up and evidenced by immediate supernatural response to a generous heart.

I do like many of his other books and I think this one is worth the try for the simple fact that it might bring to the surface an issue in your heart regarding to finances, just like it did with me. ]]> 4.27 2002
author: Robert Morris
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2002
rating: 2
read at: 2020/06/09
date added: 2020/06/09
shelves: 2020, god
review:
I had conflicted feelings about this book. I confess I started reading it by suggestion and was already full of prejudice by the first page. Finances is a sensitive topic, specially in a world where it is so easy to get scammed and companies/individuals seek the most deceiving ways to make people purchase their products and pay for just about everything.

I recognize I must continue meditating and truly recognizing what are my beliefs according to money, giving and the church. As of right now, I'd say this book is very well done and researched. It contains quite a lot of biblically backed up information. Robert does have a long trajectory at the front of his church organization, etc.

My problem was that I felt like somebody was trying to sell an idea to me in a very pushy way. To be honest,I don't believe that every time you give with a correct heart, God will immediately or as soon as possible "reward" you. I think, in many instances, our reward will be in heaven and not here. Robert disagrees and most of the basis for the ideas he put in this book are backed up and evidenced by immediate supernatural response to a generous heart.

I do like many of his other books and I think this one is worth the try for the simple fact that it might bring to the surface an issue in your heart regarding to finances, just like it did with me.
]]> 35605477
A successful LA artist, Roman Velasco appears to have everything he could possibly want―money, women, fame. Only Grace Moore, his reluctant, newly hired personal assistant, knows how little he truly has. The demons of Roman’s past seem to echo through the halls of his empty mansion and out across his breathtaking Topanga Canyon view. But Grace doesn’t know how her boss secretly wrestles with those demons: by tagging buildings as the Bird, a notorious but unidentified graffiti artist―an alter ego that could destroy his career and land him in prison.

Like Roman, Grace is wrestling with ghosts and secrets of her own. After a disastrous marriage threw her life completely off course, she vowed never to let love steal her dreams again. But as she gets to know the enigmatic man behind the reputation, it’s as if the jagged pieces of both of their pasts slowly begin to fit together . . . until something so unexpected happens that it changes the course of their relationship―and both their lives―forever.]]> 496 Francine Rivers 1496407903 Adriana 4 2020, god
I liked the book but there were also plenty of things I didn't appreciate about it. For example, how the author created this main character as a sort of idyllic/dream come true man. I mean, she knows what women like and seek for in a man. Then, she dumped it all on her character, Roman. I must admit, it was kind of cringy to me. I don't appreciate that in writing. I very much prefer diversity and unexpectedness.

Also, it was cheesy. Not much to say about that but the romance was truly cheesy and predictable, at least at first.

I did like the way both of the main characters redeemed their story in the end.

*KIND OF SPOILER ALERT*
The part when the lady told her baby: this man wants to be your dad... I lost it! Soooo cheesy and ridiculous... Anyways, enough ranting! xD
]]> 4.24 2018
author: Francine Rivers
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2020/05/01
date added: 2020/05/15
shelves: 2020, god
review:
The Masterpiece captivated my attention for a full weekend. I just couldn't put it down because I needed to know what was going to happen.

I liked the book but there were also plenty of things I didn't appreciate about it. For example, how the author created this main character as a sort of idyllic/dream come true man. I mean, she knows what women like and seek for in a man. Then, she dumped it all on her character, Roman. I must admit, it was kind of cringy to me. I don't appreciate that in writing. I very much prefer diversity and unexpectedness.

Also, it was cheesy. Not much to say about that but the romance was truly cheesy and predictable, at least at first.

I did like the way both of the main characters redeemed their story in the end.

*KIND OF SPOILER ALERT*
The part when the lady told her baby: this man wants to be your dad... I lost it! Soooo cheesy and ridiculous... Anyways, enough ranting! xD

]]> 7750169 The Little Prince has captured the hearts and minds of its readers. The whimsical story with a fairy tale touch has sold over 80 million copies in 230 languages. This exciting graphic adaptation features beautiful, new artwork by Joann Sfar. Hand-chosen by Saint-Exupéry's French publishers for his literary style and sensitivity to the original, Sfar has endeavored to recreate this beloved story, both honoring the original and stretching it to new heights. A��vibrant, visual��gift for longtime fans and those experiencing the story for the first time.]]> 110 Joann Sfar 0547338023 Adriana 5 2020, best-books
I am too in love with this book. It is so ingenious, peculiar and wonderful. I've read the short version to my students several times but this year was the first time I actually read the entire book. (Actually, that is a lie because I read it in Spanish when I was about 12 and didn't understand a thing).

The prince goes on a journey to discover new places while thinking that he can leave his past behind but the more places he visits, the more he discovers how the very thing he is running away from is the one he truly loves. The Little Prince is a book about priorities, redemption, love, forgiveness, tolerance and so much more.

Don't be deceived because it has always been marketed as a children's classic but it is so much more. Actually, the full beauty and message of this book can rarely be understood by a kid. ♥]]> 3.95 2008
author: Joann Sfar
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 2020/05/13
date added: 2020/05/15
shelves: 2020, best-books
review:
FAVORITE FOREVER.

I am too in love with this book. It is so ingenious, peculiar and wonderful. I've read the short version to my students several times but this year was the first time I actually read the entire book. (Actually, that is a lie because I read it in Spanish when I was about 12 and didn't understand a thing).

The prince goes on a journey to discover new places while thinking that he can leave his past behind but the more places he visits, the more he discovers how the very thing he is running away from is the one he truly loves. The Little Prince is a book about priorities, redemption, love, forgiveness, tolerance and so much more.

Don't be deceived because it has always been marketed as a children's classic but it is so much more. Actually, the full beauty and message of this book can rarely be understood by a kid. ��
]]> 36066435 Counter the lies that keep you from abundant living.

Satan is the master deceiver and his lies are endless. And the lies Christian women believe are at the root of most of their struggles.

"Many women live under a cloud of personal guilt and condemnation," says Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth. "Many are in bondage to their past. Others are gripped by fear of rejection and a longing for approval. Still others are emotional prisoners."

In best selling Lies Women Believe, Nancy exposes those areas of deception most commonly believed by Christian women—lies about God, sin, priorities, marriage and family, emotions, and more. She then sheds light on how we can be delivered from bondage and set free to walk in God's grace, forgiveness, and abundant life. Nancy offers the most effective weapon to ounter and overcome Satan's deceptions: God's truth!]]> 320 Nancy Leigh DeMoss 0802418368 Adriana 4 2020, god Anyways, I ended up enjoying it and savoring the truth in it. My favorite chapters were the ones about marriage, sexuality and children. I feel like this book is one I can go back to often in the future because it dives deep into several topics.

I wish more women (including myself) could be more aware and prepared of the lies planted in our minds and hearts. They determine many of our wrong attitudes, behaviors and outbursts.

One thing I really appreciated about the book were the introductions to each chapter with a retelling of the story of Adam and Eve. I thought they were truly creative. ]]> 4.04 2000
author: Nancy Leigh DeMoss
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2000
rating: 4
read at: 2020/05/14
date added: 2020/05/15
shelves: 2020, god
review:
It took me so long to finally get into this book! It was exhausting at first...
Anyways, I ended up enjoying it and savoring the truth in it. My favorite chapters were the ones about marriage, sexuality and children. I feel like this book is one I can go back to often in the future because it dives deep into several topics.

I wish more women (including myself) could be more aware and prepared of the lies planted in our minds and hearts. They determine many of our wrong attitudes, behaviors and outbursts.

One thing I really appreciated about the book were the introductions to each chapter with a retelling of the story of Adam and Eve. I thought they were truly creative.
]]> 39975223 If God had it His way, what would your church look like?
��
The New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Love challenges readers to be the Church as God intends.
��
Do you want more from your church experience?
Does the pure gospel put you in a place of awe?
Are you ready to rethink church as you know it?
��
Sit with Pastor Francis Chan and be reminded that you are a part of something much bigger than yourself, something sacred.
��
In his most powerful book yet, Chan digs deep into biblical truth, reflects on his own failures and dreams, and shares stories of ordinary people God is using to change the world.
��
Chan says, “We’ve strayed so far from what God calls Church. We all know it. We know that what we’re experiencing is radically different from the Church in Scripture. For decades, church leaders like myself have lost sight of the inherent mystery of the Church. We have trained people sitting in the pews to become addicted to lesser things. It’s time for that to change.��
��
When Jesus returns, will He find us caring for His Bride—even more than for our own lives? Letters to the Church reminds us of how powerful, how glorious the Church once was �� and calls us to once again be the Church God intended us to be.]]> 224 Francis Chan 0830776583 Adriana 5 2020 4.26 2018
author: Francis Chan
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2020/03/23
date added: 2020/03/23
shelves: 2020
review:

]]> 51294236
Por años hemos visto sucumbir líderes llenos de fe, apasionados por la obra de Dios, pero que se casaron y abandonaron el arado. Son poco los líderes que se levantaron con gran entusiasmo y todavía perseveran disfrutando del llamado y dando frutos, tanto ellos como sus generaciones. La pregunta obligada ¿Qué les pasó? ¿Porqué toda la pasión no fue suficiente?

En su nuevo libro, Rey Matos vuelca la sabiduría y la experiencia vivida en cuarenta y seis años de pastorado y revela aspectos muy importantes a la hora de evaluar el liderazgo en general. Mediante una perspectiva bíblica y la aplicación en sus propias experiencias, el autor ayuda a identificar las situaciones de peligro en el camino del líder, de modo que puedas reconocerlas, a fin de que termines siendo un líder de trascendencia y éxito hasta el final.



"What the leader is in the privacy of his home, that is the reality, not what church members see."

For years we have seen faith-filled leaders succumb, passionate about God's work, but who got married and abandoned the plow. There are few leaders who rose up with great enthusiasm and still persevere, enjoying their calling and bearing fruit, both they and their generations. The question What happened to them, why all the passion was not enough?

In his new book, Rey Matos pours out the wisdom and experience of forty-six years of pastoring and reveals very important aspects when it comes to evaluating leadership in general. Through a biblical perspective and the application of his own experiences, the author helps to identify the dangerous situations in the leader's path, so that you can recognize them, so that you end up being a leader of transcendence and success until the end.]]> 172 Rey Matos 0789924935 Adriana 4 2019 4.57
author: Rey Matos
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.57
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2019/12/31
date added: 2020/02/15
shelves: 2019
review:

]]> 27581511 El Padre ama a sus hijas explora el amor paternal que Dios tiene por sus hijas. ��Ofrece sanidad a las mujeres y le brinda aliento a los hombres para impartir el poder del amor en las vidas de sus hijas. ��Si su corazón se alegra cando ve a un padre abazando a su hija, y empieza a extrañar al padre que no tuvo...anímese. ��Su Padre celestial le está llamando a sentarse en el regazo de su amor.]]> 161 T.D. Jakes 1621364321 Adriana 5 2019 4.71 1996
author: T.D. Jakes
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.71
book published: 1996
rating: 5
read at: 2019/05/07
date added: 2020/02/06
shelves: 2019
review:

]]> 500531 Henry Cloud 0829735577 Adriana 0 2020 4.43 1999
author: Henry Cloud
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.43
book published: 1999
rating: 0
read at: 2020/02/02
date added: 2020/02/02
shelves: 2020
review:

]]> 34660
“A new way to live is available to us,�� writes widely respected author and counselor Larry Crabb, “a way that leads to a joy-filled encounter with Christ, to a life-arousing community with others, and to a powerful transformation of our interior worlds that makes us more like Jesus.��
You’ll see how God moves you from shattered dreams to better dreams to the highest dream�� and the joy that comes from dreaming it.

This is a book that will...
draw you to your closest Friend,
help you discover your deepest
spiritual desires,
point you to your greatest hope,
help you face your deepest pain,
and invite you to your highest joy.

Join Larry Crabb on a life-changing adventure of encountering God in the midst of life’s most difficult times. And learn to live beyond your Shattered Dreams.]]> 224 Larry Crabb 1578565065 Adriana 5 2018 4.20 2001
author: Larry Crabb
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2001
rating: 5
read at: 2019/01/01
date added: 2019/12/30
shelves: 2018
review:

]]> 1059557 178 Sam Storms 0830733922 Adriana 2 2018 3.99 2002
author: Sam Storms
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2002
rating: 2
read at: 2019/01/01
date added: 2019/12/30
shelves: 2018
review:

]]> 859315 240 Max Lucado 0849917859 Adriana 3 2019 4.28 1998
author: Max Lucado
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1998
rating: 3
read at: 2019/03/04
date added: 2019/12/30
shelves: 2019
review:

]]> 152344 256 Neil T. Anderson 0830725644 Adriana 4 2019 4.18 1990
author: Neil T. Anderson
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1990
rating: 4
read at: 2019/03/18
date added: 2019/12/30
shelves: 2019
review:

]]> 27248060
El Padre con brazos abiertos siempre lo espera...

El�� corazón pródigo es aquel que regresa arrepentido con el deseo de rendir toda su vida a Dios sin limitaciones.

En c orazón pródigo ��descubrirás cómo Christine logró superar la muerte de su padre, el mudarse a otro país, los sentimientos de coraje, falta de perdón, pérdida y rechazo, el haber sido acosada��sexualmente y hasta fue liberada de vivir una doble vida siendo líder en la iglesia. ��Ella retó a Dios y Él le respondió con su amor sanador. ��Christine comparte su historia y el gozo de rendirse completamente a Dios. ��Hoy día vive pródigamente, es decir, vive sin restricción por la gloria de DIos, para el servicio de su pueblo y no para sí. ��]]> 208 Christine D'Clario 1621369471 Adriana 5 2019 4.43
author: Christine D'Clario
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.43
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2019/05/07
date added: 2019/12/30
shelves: 2019
review:

]]> 30688435
Exit West follows these characters as they emerge into an alien and uncertain future, struggling to hold on to each other, to their past, to the very sense of who they are. Profoundly intimate and powerfully inventive, it tells an unforgettable story of love, loyalty, and courage that is both completely of our time and for all time.]]> 231 Mohsin Hamid 0735212171 Adriana 5 2019 3.74 2017
author: Mohsin Hamid
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2019/12/27
date added: 2019/12/27
shelves: 2019
review:

]]> 40771665
Las raíces volverán a ser más importante que los frutos artificiales de laboratorio.
La verdad será más deseada que la apariencia.
El amor, que nunca pasa de moda, pondrá en evidencia las maquinaciones del egoísmo.
Esta generación valorará lo eterno, lo que no se ve. Para SER como Él es, y HACER la voluntad de Su corazón.

"Y que el mismo Dios de paz los santifique por completo; y que todo su ser, espíritu, alma y cuerpo, sea preservado irreprensible para la venida de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. Fiel es Aquél que los llama, el cual también lo hará." 1 Tesalonicenses 5:23-24

SER
Este libro está en tus manos para que puedas hacer una pausa a todo lo urgente y replantear algunas cosas importantes acerca de tus raíces, tus convicciones, el conjunto de tus creencias que forman la esencia de tu ser. Es cosa de sabios entender el momento de parar con los frutos visibles para concentrar la fuerza en la esencia de lo que no se ve, y es lo que sostiene todo lo que vendrá.

HACER
Que todo lo que hagamos esté alineado a quienes somos de verdad.
- Lo que cuenta para la eternidad
- Casa de oración a las naciones
- Multiplicar lo que tenemos y lo que somos
- Justicia en la ciudad
- Administradores fieles

No tenemos el derecho de desperdiciar el tiempo. Necesitamos alinear nuestro ser y nuestro hacer para preparar el camino del Señor y ser parte de la restauración de todas las cosas.

D-TOX integral es una transformación en todas las áreas de nuestra vida para SER y HACER conforme al diseño original.]]> 171 Marcos Brunet Adriana 4 2019 4.54
author: Marcos Brunet
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.54
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2019/12/27
date added: 2019/12/27
shelves: 2019
review:

]]> 930470 2057 Anonymous 0842384898 Adriana 5 2019 4.55 1996
author: Anonymous
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.55
book published: 1996
rating: 5
read at: 2019/12/27
date added: 2019/12/27
shelves: 2019
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]]> 18608081 208 Andrés Corson 0829763236 Adriana 4 2018, 2019 4.36 2013
author: Andrés Corson
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2019/05/07
date added: 2019/12/27
shelves: 2018, 2019
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]]> 36855096
Sexual abuse, sex addiction, gender confusion, brokenness, and shame plague today's world, and people are seeking clarity and hope. By contesting long-held cultural paradigms, this book equips you to see how sexuality is rooted in the broader context of God's heart and His work for us on earth. It provides a framework from which to understand the big picture of sexual challenges and wholeness, and helps you recognize that every sexual question is ultimately a spiritual one. It shifts the paradigm from combating sexual problems to confidently proclaiming and modeling the road to sacred sexuality.
Instead of arguing with the world about what's right and wrong about sexual choices, this practical resource equips you to share the love and grace of Jesus as you encounter the pain of sexual brokenness--your own or someone else's.]]> 224 Juli Slattery 0735291470 Adriana 5 2019 4.39
author: Juli Slattery
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.39
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2019/12/27
date added: 2019/12/27
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]]> 21847867 192 Rey F. Matos Adriana 4 2017, best-books, 2019 4.29 2006
author: Rey F. Matos
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 2019/12/27
date added: 2019/12/27
shelves: 2017, best-books, 2019
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]]> 36408887 "I used to be a lesbian."

In Gay Girl, Good God , author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, offering practical tools that helped her in the process of finding wholeness. Jackie grew up fatherless, experienced gender confusion, and embraced both masculinity and homosexuality with every fiber of her being. She knew that Christians had a lot to say about all of the above. But was she supposed to change herself? How was she supposed to stop loving women, when homosexuality felt more natural to her than heterosexuality ever could?

At age nineteen, Jackie came face-to-face with what it meant to be made new. And not in a church, or through contact��with Christians. God broke in and turned her heart toward Him right in her own bedroom in light of His gospel.

Read in order to understand. Read in order to hope. Or read in order, like Jackie, to be made new.]]> 193 Jackie Hill Perry 1462751229 Adriana 5 2019 4.35 2018
author: Jackie Hill Perry
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2019/10/10
date added: 2019/10/10
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This edition is part of the Penguin Gothic Horror series designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.]]> 201 H.P. Lovecraft 0141038764 Adriana 1 2014, i-did-not-like 4.03 1929
author: H.P. Lovecraft
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1929
rating: 1
read at: 2014/03/04
date added: 2019/10/04
shelves: 2014, i-did-not-like
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It was a very interesting story and it has unique characters. I was expecting a better ending and possibly more surprises. Also, at the beginning I thought the dynamic of the story was going to be bigger and involving a lot more, that's why I gave it a 3. I liked the book tho, but it wasn't extraordinary.
]]> 11413
Most women think they have to settle for a life of efficiency and duty, striving to be the women they "ought" to be but often feeling they have failed. Sadly, too many messages for Christian women add to the pressure. "Do these ten things, and you will be a godly woman." The effect has not been good on the feminine soul.

The message of "Captivating" is this: Your heart matters more than anything else in all creation. The desires you had as a little girl and the longings you still feel are telling you of the life God created you to live. He offers to rescue your heart and release you to live as a fully alive and feminine woman. A woman who is truly captivating.]]> 243 John Eldredge 0785264698 Adriana 5 2019 3.94 2004
author: John Eldredge
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2004
rating: 5
read at: 2019/07/26
date added: 2019/07/26
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]]> 17309 Ephesians 6:12

Ashton is just a typical small town. But when a skeptical reporter and a prayerful, hardworking pastor begin to investigate mysterious events, they suddenly find themselves caught up in a hideous New Age plot to enslave the townspeople, and eventually the entire human race. The physical world meets the spiritual realm as the battle rages between forces of good and evil.

This Present Darkness is a gripping story that brings keen insight into spiritual warfare and the necessity of prayer. Since its original publication more than 2.7 million copies have been sold. The companion volume, Piercing the Darkness, continues the story of the battle between spiritual forces.]]> 376 Frank E. Peretti 1581345283 Adriana 4 2019 4.24 1986
author: Frank E. Peretti
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1986
rating: 4
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date added: 2019/07/26
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]]> 29332912
Good and Angry, a groundbreaking new book from David Powlison, contends that anger is more than a problem to solve. Anger is our complex human response to things we perceive as wrong in a complex world, thus we must learn how to fruitfully and honestly deal with it. Powlison undertakes an in-depth exploration of the roots of anger, moral judgment, and righteous response by looking in a surprising place: God’s own anger.

Powlison reminds us that God gets angry too. He sees things in this world that aren’t right and he wants justice too. But God’s anger doesn’t devolve into manipulation or trying to control others to get his own way. Instead his anger is good and redemptive. It causes him to step into our world to make wrongs right, sending his own Son to die so that we can be reconciled. He is both our model for change and our power to change.

Good and Angry sets readers on a path toward a faithful and fruitful expression of anger, in which we return good for evil and redeem wrongs. Powlison offers practical help for people who struggle with irritation, complaining, or bitterness and gives guidance for how to respond constructively when life goes wrong. You, your family, and your friends will all be glad that you read this book.]]> 256 David A. Powlison 1942572972 Adriana 5 2018, 2019 4.42 2016
author: David A. Powlison
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2019/07/04
date added: 2019/07/04
shelves: 2018, 2019
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]]> 1549086 0 Edward M. Smith 0830736840 Adriana 3 2019 4.15 2002
author: Edward M. Smith
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2002
rating: 3
read at: 2019/04/17
date added: 2019/04/17
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]]> 36408919 Discover why words matter in a noisy world

Technology has made it easier than ever before to share just about everything: pictures, ideas, even the ups and downs of your morning errand run. Yet all our talking doesn’t seem to be connecting us the way it promised to. That’s because we don’t need to talk more, we need to talk better.��

Redeeming How We Talk explores what the Bible has to say about that central aspect of life and relationships—conversation. The Scriptures show us that words have remarkable power—to create, to bless, to encourage, to forgive. Imagine how we, as Christians, could spark change in our families, churches, and communities if we learned to use words like Jesus did. By weaving together theology, history, and philosophy, Ken Wystsma and A. J. Swoboda help us reclaim the holiness of human speech and the relevance of meaningful conversation in our culture today.]]> 224 Ken Wytsma 0802416179 Adriana 5 2018, 2019 3.92
author: Ken Wytsma
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.92
book published:
rating: 5
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date added: 2019/01/25
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]]> 3425605 192 Priscilla Shirer 0805466665 Adriana 4 2018 4.75 2006
author: Priscilla Shirer
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.75
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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shelves: 2018
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]]> 18249725 Otros están cerca pero solo buscan analizar y criticar.

Pero hay algunos que se identifican con Su pasión y renuncian a lo que sea para vivir en función de Él. Es gente que no se conforma con tener o ser, está dispuesta a conformar esa legión de anónimos en la tierra pero famosos en el cielo y temidos en el infierno. Simplemente quieren hacerle sonreír a Dios. A esos Jesús llama...¡Sus íntimos!]]> 195 Marcos Brunet Adriana 5 2018 4.15 2012
author: Marcos Brunet
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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date added: 2018/09/10
shelves: 2018
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]]> 2679987 145 Yiye Avila 1560636335 Adriana 4 4.53 1994
author: Yiye Avila
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.53
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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]]> 40968252 Andres Bisonni Adriana 5 2018 4.60
author: Andres Bisonni
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.60
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2018/09/10
date added: 2018/09/10
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]]> 919777 Lawrence Brother 0883680122 Adriana 5 2018 4.38 1997
author: Lawrence Brother
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1997
rating: 5
read at: 2018/08/03
date added: 2018/08/03
shelves: 2018
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]]> 30152529 92 Yiye Avila 0789922657 Adriana 5 2018 4.78 1994
author: Yiye Avila
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.78
book published: 1994
rating: 5
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]]> 40968245 Luz Méndez de Rosado Adriana 4 2018 4.00
author: Luz Méndez de Rosado
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 4
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]]> 18466646 256 John Bevere 193318583X Adriana 0 4.45 2013
author: John Bevere
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at: 2018/02/11
date added: 2018/07/03
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]]> 26371000 Hearing God is not something you do. Hearing God is someone you are.

As believers in Jesus Christ, we naturally want to know how we can hear God's voice. Does God speak? Is He speaking to me? The good news is, yes, He is speaking. And like a radio host broadcasting His voice into the airwaves, God speaks all the time. The question is, are we tuned into the right frequency?

In Frequency, Robert Morris reveals a groundbreaking, Bible-based teaching about hearing God's voice. God communicates with us in multiple ways, whether through the Bible, through circumstances, or even through a whisper. Robert Morris demonstrates how we can mature from hearing His voice as sheep to hearing it as His friend to even hearing it as a prophet. When we begin to understand the general and specific ways God speaks to us, then we can begin to cultivate a life of deeper connection with our Creator.

In Frequency, readers will...

Gain a better understanding of how to recognize God's voice Value the voice of the Lord Discern the general voice of God from the specific voice of God Grow in their relationship with the Lord by developing consistent time with His Word Enjoy drawing closer to their Creator Is it possible to tune into the frequency of heaven and hear the voice of God? Robert Morris believes so. When we face critical decisions in our lives, we long to hear from God. Yet during those moments, if we've not spent regular time with God and His word, we will struggle to hear His voice. However, if we place a high value on hearing God, by setting a specific time to meet with Him each day, then we will not only learn how He has spoken to others in times past but also discover the ways He speaks to us.

Frequency will demystify the process of hearing God and take you to a new level in your faith. God is speaking. Are you listening?

"He who has an ear to hear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."

--Revelation 2:7]]> 240 Robert Morris 0718001435 Adriana 4 2018 4.37 2016
author: Robert Morris
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2018/07/03
date added: 2018/07/03
shelves: 2018
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]]> 15798308 ��
Discover how to get so lost in God that a guy has to seek Him to find you.
��
Dannah Gresh traces God’s language of love through Scripture to help you pursue your heart’s deepest desires and seek love the way God designed it to be. Because once you identify your true longings and let God answer them, you’ll know just how to respond when romantic love comes along.
��
With a guided ten-day Love Feast Challenge, Get Lost will help you see for yourself how getting lost in God opens the door to lifelong fulfillment.]]> 224 Dannah Gresh 0307730638 Adriana 5 2018 4.25 2013
author: Dannah Gresh
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2018/07/03
date added: 2018/07/03
shelves: 2018
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]]> 10870389
Many people find the Holy Spirit mysterious, confounding—even controversial. Why is the third person in the Godhead—the one Jesus said would be the believer’s ultimate source of truth and comfort—the source of such confusion?
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In The God I Never Knew , Robert Morris clearly explains that the Holy Spirit’s chief desire is for relationship--to offer us the encouragement and guidance of a trusted friend. This insightful and biblically-based book moves beyond theological jargon, religious tradition, and cultural misconceptions to clarify what the Holy Spirit promises to do in your ��
·��Dwell within you
·��Be your helper
·��Guide you into all truth
·��Comfort you
·��Pray for you
·��Show you things to come
·��Never leave you

It’s time to experience the Holy Spirit in a fresh, new way—to meet the God you may have never known.��

Includes a small group study guide!]]> 224 Robert Morris 0307729702 Adriana 5 2018 4.33 2011
author: Robert Morris
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2018/07/03
date added: 2018/07/03
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]]> 2667927 224 Sergio Scataglini 0884198685 Adriana 4 2018 4.57 1999
author: Sergio Scataglini
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.57
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at: 2018/07/03
date added: 2018/07/03
shelves: 2018
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]]> 22574676 240 Robert Morris 0718011104 Adriana 4 2018 4.46 2015
author: Robert Morris
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2018/04/10
date added: 2018/04/10
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]]> 10380323 Modern-day Christians often bring their own presuppositions and assumptions to the reading of the Bible, not realizing how deeply their understanding of Christ's life and teachings is affected by a 21st-century worldview. In UNDERSTANDING JESUS, author Joe Amaral delves deep into Jewish history, societal mores, and cultural traditions, closing the gap created by geographical distance and over two thousand years of history. Using a chronological approach to the life of Christ, he guides the reader through significant events such as Jesus' birth, baptism, and crucifixion, pointing out illuminating details that that the Western mind would normally miss.
Amaral's premise is that to understand Jesus, we must understand the time and place in which he was born, the background from which he drew his illustrations, and the audience he spoke to. Throughout the book he explores specific terms, places, and events for their significance and shows how they add richness and meaning to the text. Topics include the connection between Jesus and John the Baptist, the annual Feasts and why they are important to modern Christianity, Jewish customs such as foot-washing, clean and unclean foods, paying tribute to political governments, and the significance of various miracles.
In UNDERSTANDING JESUS, Amaral draws back the curtain on a way of life that existed during the reign of the Caesars, and in doing so, reveals truths about the way we live more than two thousand years later, half a world away.

]]> 208 Joe Amaral 0446584762 Adriana 4 4.20 2011
author: Joe Amaral
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> 272781 256 Jerusha Clark 1576838684 Adriana 5 2017 4.13 2006
author: Jerusha Clark
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 2018/02/12
date added: 2018/02/12
shelves: 2017
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]]> 23878688 Over 20 million copies sold!

A perennial New York Times bestseller for over a decade!

Falling in love is easy. Staying in love—that’s the challenge. How can you keep your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands, conflicts, and just plain boredom of everyday life?

In the #1 New York Times international bestseller The 5 Love Languages®, you’ll discover the secret that has transformed millions of relationships worldwide. Whether your relationship is flourishing or failing, Dr. Gary Chapman’s proven approach to showing and receiving love will help you experience deeper and richer levels of intimacy with your partner—starting today.

The 5 Love Languages® is as practical as it is insightful. Updated to reflect the complexities of relationships today, this new edition reveals intrinsic truths and applies relevant, actionable wisdom in ways that work.

Includes the Love Language assessment so you can discover your love language and that of your loved one.]]> 232 Gary Chapman 0802492401 Adriana 4 2018 4.32 1990
author: Gary Chapman
name: Adriana
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1990
rating: 4
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date added: 2018/02/12
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]]> 132708
The world you live in promotes sex as the answer to just about everything. The pressure to go along with the crowd is greater than ever before, and it’s easy to compromise in little ways that are a lot more harmful than they seem. You and your friends may become caught up in destructive relationships or sexual activities without even knowing how you got there. You just want to be normal–to fit in, to be liked, to look attractive to the opposite sex. But are you paying too high a price?
This counterpart to the award-winning Every Young Man’s Battle can help you:

· learn how the sexual battle begins in your heart and mind
· understand your hunger for attention from guys
· recognize and avoid the potential pitfalls awaiting young women on the journey toward adulthood and possibly marriage
· find out how the media, novels, fashion, internet chat rooms, and body and beauty obsessions influence your sexual choices–and what you can do about it
· guard your mind, heart, and body against sexual and emotional compromise
· develop a deeper, more satisfying level of intimacy with God

Whether you have so far protected yourself emotionally and sexually, feel that you’ve been robbed of your purity, or have given in to temptation in some way, this book can help you achieve or reclaim sexual integrity. It can also guide you through the temptations and pressures of young adulthood while demonstrating how you can live your life to the fullest–without regrets.]]> 240 Shannon Ethridge 1578568560 Adriana 5 2017 3.93 2004
author: Shannon Ethridge
name: Adriana
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2004
rating: 5
read at: 2017/12/01
date added: 2017/12/01
shelves: 2017
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