Book Review, not important

I received the book Prize of my Heart by Lisa Norato for free to review.  Here's my review.  While I am not an English major, nor do I make claims to be an expert on the English language (science majors, Texas elementary grammar), I still do know how to read.  This book was horrible.  I stopped myself from finishing it, actually my husband had to stop me from reading it due to the constant complaints I would yell out to the room after reading this hogwash!!  I believe that if you're going to test out a book you should give it a good 20%.  If the book can't grab you within 20% then you can feel justified in putting it down.

With this book, I could feel justified in putting it down, stomping all over it, putting it through a shredder and burning it.  No, wait!  I'll put the shredded pieces in my garden as compost, then grow a feast.  COMPOST, that's about the best value this pile of paper has.  <------- That sentence is probably better than the quality of writing you will find in this book.

First of all, when I come across the two words "close proximity" in proximity with one another it makes me cringe.  I lose respect for the author or person who utters those words in union.  It's redundant!!  Lisa Norato must have some knowledge of the English language, at least enough to use a thesaurus.  I'm assuming she didn't check the word proximity when she was researching all the other synonyms for "look," "stand," "yellow," and "speak."  Which leads me to my second complaint.  This book is full of horrible run on sentences with ridiculous prepositional phrases describing scenes with......oh, I can't do it!  I can't even pretend to write a sentence as horrible as this book!

Let me give you an example:  "Shoulders as broad and square as a doorframe, he towered above her, his boots planted in a wide stance that looked for all the world like even the strongest northeaster couldn't shake his timbers."     *mggglluh*  Oh, sorry, I just threw up in my mouth a little by having to retype that.  He's big, huh?  We get it.

Within the first 15 pages, I likened this book to reading a Disney cartoon.  The descriptions are very cartoonish.  Normally, when reading a book, I can picture the characters as people.  With this book, I actually started seeing them as a cartoon.  "He uncrossed burly arms from over a thick barrel of a chest and stepped forward into a pool of warm sunlight slanting in from the open window."  Now you tell me, cartoon or reality??  It continues, "He smelled of the sea, and in the glaring brightness his coarse head of coppery curls and bushy side whiskers came ablaze with glowing tints of orange and gilt."  Please!  All the has to do is describe the talking crab hanging out in his shirt pocket to complete the image.

The story seems like it could have had promise, a father searching for his little boy who is being raised by a family who has a young, pretty girl.  Whatdya know?  He's going to have to decide between the girl and his boy.  So sorry that I didn't finish it to find out what happens.  I. couldn't. take. any. more.

An eighth grader could have written this book.  An eighth grader being paid by the adjective who recently learned how to use the comma could have written this book.  It's horrible.  Don't waste your time or money.  If you don't want to have to think, or you're suffering from hypothyroidism, or otherwise in the hospital and only need something to pass the time but you're going to forget what you read and you don't care about following a plot, then read this book.  I'm really hoping my next free book is a bit better than this one.

Easter 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George's Baptism

These are the best of the pictures that I have.  Apparently, my battery died very early in the baptism so I don't have water pictures.  I'll have to get those from someone else.

Super pretty with Aunt Ellen!!

Getting Blessed.  Thanks Deacon Reed for being so accomodating!!

The non-cracked cake, Thanks to Auntie Claire!  For shame, HEB bakers!  I will be sending crack-cake pictures to Cake Wrecks.

Yeah!  Parents & Godparents.

Great-Mammah holding "Gorgeous George" for the first time!

"Oh! He's even prettier in person!"

Cousins and foods!

George with his new "clinging cross."  Probably not meant for babies, but he loved it!

With new Godparents.  Cousin (to mommy) Melissa and Kenneth.

mmmmm......so comfy

Jane, oh Jane

Here's a cute video of Jane eating her oatmeal. The more utensils, the better!! At first she was smiling because she thought I was going to take a picture.

 

 This is another story..... Now, my kids aren't always their best after naps, but they usually warm up OK if you leave them on their own. Jane can be left in their room after a diaper change and be just fine playing with toys or "reading" books. However, this particular day, she started crying by herself. It was a very hurt cry, like someone hurt her feelings. I walked in to find her crying because she couldn't carry all the toys that she wanted! Observe....

 


 Here, I thought I could help her....well, you'll see.

 

My little musician

Michael loves music.  Anything music.  I showed him his xylophone this day and a few minutes later he asked "May I please have Animusic numma 2?" We have both. by the way (1 & 2) and he knows which he wants.

He played xylophone to another piece but i missed filming it.  But this one was great.

Oh the fun

various video's from early 2012

I made the classic mistake of laying down on the floor, placing myself at the mercy of my children.  The following ensued.



Jane's classic "MMMMMMah!" is in this sandbox clip:



Papa and George from a while ago.  Might have been January.