Christianish.

as the tagline says "what if we're not really following Jesus at all?" that caught my attention. I mean what if I'm not following what God wants from me? It's obviously a daunting concept to even think about. This book is fairly indepth in a sense that it covers some strong points that are hard to grasp. The format of the book itself is of normal standard, meaning it follows a narrative, his message which goes context with the narrative and a summary of the important points and questions. By the title "Christianish", Mark Steele demonstrates what it means to be just Christian-ish. He questions you, 'if you taken that step with Christ, where are you at now?' and 'are you being christainish?' Sure, it's a lot to consider, but this book does it all. Separated in eleven chapters, Steele provides you a way from being Christianish to becoming a Christian! It's read book for any individual wanting to do personal reflection. As mentioned before, at the end of every chapter, he provides reflection by devoting a couple of pages worth full of self-evalution questions. There are even pictures :O! This book takes a little longer than others since it is one that requires reflection, so it's also one that can be shared amongst others if you're ever thinking to do a book session together (it'd be better that way, in my opinion).

i am not but i know I AM.

Aha, the second Giglio I've read. What can I say? This guy is amazing, in a sense that I feel like he's talking directly to me, in an audience at one of his conferences. Once again, another read that takes you all over the world. The book focuses on you and God, how you're insignificant in comparison to his strength and how He's willingness overrides all. It's definitely one that sets reality straight, specifically what is means to have a relationship with God . Giglio also comes up with a clever way to change your usual method of bible study. When I was reading it, yeah, there were moments where he reiterates some of his points on his 'Indescribable' tour, but who the hell cares? It only made much more sense after hearing and reading it a second, third time and putting it all into the context of our lives and God's presence within it. One point that stood out: if you're doubting and confused about where you are in this world and where God fits into all, then yeah, this book is for you. It's worth the read.

The Air I Breathe.

So this is the first book I've read out of the library. I'm using my twinge as a medium for reviews, I won't be explicit in what I say because that's for you discover. It's totally an opinionated stance, a small window if you don't know where to begin and you what you're getting into. Obviously, I'm not going to get around all of the books. So if you read something, and would like to put in your two-pennies worth, just email your thoughts or interests to me.

So I have to say that I was pretty excited getting my hands on this one. If you don't know, the author is Louie Giglio (the guy from the Indescribable series) and I really wanted to know what he had to say in his book. There's no mistaking it: this book really opens your eyes to another perspective. The book focuses primarily on life and it revolving around worship. An aspect that people would normally think and stick to the tendencies of a typical sunday service. Giglio does an excellent job of covering all the aspects your journey with God and how it should be celebrated. I know, you may think that that's a lot of ground to cover. But surprising, what I like about all of his books, is that they are the EASIEST reads for anyone. His message is one that isn't complicated because life in God's eyes wasn't intended to be. So if you're wondering what it means to breathe air then pick it up. And also for all of you who aren't so much readers then this is a great start.

four times the fun.

yeha, it's been a while but here I am doing the same junk ever since started this thing. I've read a lot during this time and I'm actually wondering where the hell did I get the time. Anyway, I'll do short reviews of the following, going from the most interesting to the least.

so Spells by Aprilynne Pike - I'm completely hooked and hyped for the series. The story continues with your beloved characters and introduces the unknown world of Avalon. Turns out to be like an alternate world in itself (imagine the wizarding world of HP) only with LoTR scenery. The story is descriptive, giving the fundamental basics of how everything runs and that makes it exciting! Of course, the book also continues the obvious love triangle and all the evil villains etc. I'm crazed about it, so much I'm contemplating on taking it with me over the summer holidays. I mean, why the hell not?!

next up: the intertwined series. There's only two novels so far in the series. I picked up the first book earlier on in the year and was half interested by it. It was one of those books where it's like 'yeah, this book's good. wait, what the hell just happened? dude, this book's awesome!' and I can say the same for the second installment without the bore factor. Anyway, it's tada surprise surprise a vampire novel. I know, that's one of the main reasons why I wasn't interested in the book. But it follows a boy who was born with four souls in his head. That's the thing I liked. The souls are an intrusion for Aden (the main character), they can talk, zone out, can't hear Aden's thoughts themselves (so most of time Aden looks like he's talking to himself) and they all possess a power. Aden can switch then on and off by letting the souls take over. One soul can time travel, one has the ability to possess other people's bodies, another can predict the future and the last one brings the dead back to life. It's great coz the first scene in the series starts off in a near cemetry. I never really heard of a story that took that kind of spin to it. So yeah, a worth a read for sure.

Gone is a sci-fi is that takes place in a world where everyone fifteen and over are... gone, like literally disappeared in a blink. So the story followings certain characters and their fight for suvival as the world they know begins to crumble. The book is like the Lost series, where it's very fragmented and you really don't know what's going on at times. People are poppin out with powers every so often that it's hard to follow. But when it's that intensive, it's all the more interesting. I'm not banging the series (I mean I like sci-fi and alternate worlds) but come on, kids ruling the world, I'm so over it.