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02 March 2010
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Have you seen the Weird Book Room at Abe Books
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bbdeanna,
Published on
12 February 2010
I just stumbled upon this page on the Abe Books site. I’ve been on this website many times in the past, but I guess just never noticed this. With 116 title, you can find something to catch your interest. My personal favorite? Anybody Can Be Cool… But Awesome Takes Practice by Lorraine Peterson.
Between Me and the River by Carrie Host
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bbdeanna,
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08 December 2009
Carrie Host’s book Between Me and the River is a moving memoir that chronicles her journey and struggles to survive an incurable form of cancer. In the
book, Carrie shares all the pain, physical and emotional, she went through after her diagnosis. She also relates the guilt she felt and anger at her
new life. But more than that, she provides a story of hope, love and self-awareness that many of us have never felt in our lives.
Host compares her trial in dealing with cancer to falling in a river. Whether sinking into the deep water, rushing toward a waterfall, or resting in an
eddy, it’s easy to identify with her as she explains where in the river she feels on any particular day. Being a mother of five, it is heartwrenching to
read of her account of how she delivered the news of her fate to her children, to follow along as she struggles to do the simplest tasks a mother must do,
and to see her relationship with her husband flourish under the strain of what they have to deal with.
I applaud Carrie for having to courage to write so openly and honestly about her disease. Reading this book has changed my life in a profoud way. It has
made me more patient and loving with my children and more thankful of my husband. While Host’s book at first is a heavy read, as you turn more pages you start to see the positive impact this devastation has on her family, her friends and
her own consciousness.
Carrie Host’s book Between Me and the River is a moving memoir that chronicles her journey and struggles to survive an incurable form of cancer. In the book, Carrie shares all the pain, physical and emotional, she went through after her diagnosis. She also relates the guilt she felt and anger at her new life. But more than that, she provides a story of hope, love and self-awareness that many of us have never felt in our lives.
Host compares her trial in dealing with cancer to falling in a river. Whether sinking into the deep water, rushing toward a waterfall, or resting in an eddy, it’s easy to identify with her as she explains where in the river she feels on any particular day. Being a mother of five, it is heartwrenching to read of her account of how she delivered the news of her fate to her children, to follow along as she struggles to do the simplest tasks a mother must do,and to see her relationship with her husband flourish under the strain of what they have to deal with.
I applaud Carrie for having the courage to write so openly and honestly about her disease. Reading this book has changed my life in a profoud way. It has made me more patient and loving with my children and more thankful of my husband. While Host’s book at first is a heavy read, as you turn more pages you start to see the positive impact this devastation has on her family, her friends
and her own consciousness. Overall I found this book very easy to read, though I had to put it down at times to wipe the tears away. I would definitely keep a tissue handy.
The Dewey Tree – Donate Your Books Today!
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bbdeanna,
Published on
03 December 2009
The Dewey Tree
In the spirit of the season, we are joining up with Lisa Roe of OnlinePublicist.com in a special project. You can read about the project here on Lisa’s blog. The project is named after a blogger who passed away at this time last year. Dewey was dedicated to books and reading. So in honor of Dewey, we are cleaning up our bookshelves and donating our gently used books to the Denver Public Library.
Christmas is a great time of year to be charitable and there is no better gift than the gift of literacy. It’s a gift that keeps on giving. It opens the door to knowledge and success and whole new worlds. Feel free to participate by going to Lisa’s blog and checking it out.
It doesn’t matter where you donate the books, but here are a few ideas:
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The Salvation Army - Visit their site and check for donation centers near you.
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BetterWorldBooks.com - BetterWorldBooks is a for profit social venture. Monies from the sales of their books go to a variety of organizations.
Til the Next Chapter,
Deanna