Fitness Friday: Update #4

What I've been doing:
Good question. What have I been doing? Not losing weight that's for sure! I've stayed at the current weight for almost 2 weeks now and am getting frustrated!

To add to that I've been experiencing some major sciatic nerve issues that have really interfered with my ability to function this past week. I'm currently going to the chiropractor and that has helped. On Tuesday my pain was at a 9 out of 10 and today I'm at a 3-4. I'm not allowed to exercise right now and I can't mow the lawn! I love mowing my lawn so that is a sad thing for me!!! Also, I splurged on Friday with 2 margaritas, french fries, and then on Sunday had Chinese! That didn't help me at all. As soon as I'm put back together I intend on getting serious again with my walking.



  Weight Watchers and Me:
Still loving WW, but I really blew my points over the weekend. Trying to get it back under control and working at spicing up my diet just a bit! I did get a Companion Food Guide today which has been very enlightening...did you know that a Snickers candy bar is 5 points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's a dinner!!!!

Starting weight: 171
3/19/10: 168
4/1/10: 166
4/16/10: 164
4/23/10: 162
5/14/10: 161
Goal weight: 140-145

Review: Indivisible

Title: Indivisible
Author: Kristen Heitzmann
Pages: 320
Published: May 4th 2010 by WaterBrook Press
Genre: Christian Suspense that was very well done!
This was book was provided for review by WaterBrook Multnomah.

I usually give you some sort of synopsis of the story and then tell you what I thought about the book. Well, I'd like to do things a bit differently today and urge you to watch the trailer for this book. The video does an excellent job of getting you into the mood and may just put you a bit on edge!!!

Are you little bit scared??? I know that I was, yet I also knew that I just had to read this book. Heitzmann is a new to me author so I wasn't sure what to expect going in, but let me tell you that there was not a  slow spot in this book. The author weaves a very intricate story between the past and the present, giving you little glimpses into how past actions of so-called upstanding people can damage and reshape innocent lives. The characters are very real and I felt that they came off as very authentic, especially Jonah battling his demons with alcohol. I always enjoy reading stories that are set in  rustic towns which have deep connections with the wildlife and the forests that surround them. As I was reading this book it felt like I was peeling an onion with many ,many layers! I found myself stopping at the end of each chapter and thinking to myself....o.k. now what would make this person do that? What clues have I just read that would get me one step closer to the identity of this sadist person? I raced through this book in less than two days because I HAD to know the WHO and the WHY.  Please, don't let the genre interfere with you picking this book up or not....if I didn't know going into this book tour that it was a Christian Suspense novel I would never have thought it was so when I was finished. All I know is that this is a solid piece of suspense writing with a very ominous tone that runs just beneath the pages...and keeps you turning the pages until the very end.


Highly recommended!!

Waiting on Wednesday Pick!- I am so EXCITED!!!!!!

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Breaking the Spine

 

US Pub. Date: June 22, 2010
ISBN-13: 9780385341974
ISBN: 0385341970

When the body of a young woman is discovered deep beneath the icy waters of Lake Grant, a note left under a rock by the shore points to suicide. But within minutes, it becomes clear that this is no suicide. It's a brutal, cold-blooded murder. All too soon former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton - home for Thanksgiving after a long absence -- finds herself unwittingly drawn into the case. The chief suspect is desperate to see her but when she arrives at the local police station she is met with a horrifying sight -- he lies dead in his cell, the words 'Not me' scrawled across the walls. Something about his confession doesn't add up and deeply suspicious of the detective in charge, Lena Adams, Sara immediately calls the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Shortly afterwards, Special Agent Will Trent is brought in from his vacation to investigate. But he is immediately confronted with a wall of silence. Grant County is a close-knit community with loyalties and ties that run deep. And the only person who can tell the truth about what really happened is dead. 

I love Slaughter! She's never let me down and I'm sure this one will be a great read!! I'm #7 on the hold list!! Can not wait to get my hands on this one!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

Review: The Girls From Ames

Author: Jeffrey Zaslow
Pages: 352
Genre: Biographical ?
Source: TLC Book Tours
Synopsis from TLC:
As children, they formed a special bond, growing up in the small town of Ames, Iowa. As young women, they moved to eighth different states, yet they managed to maintain an extraordinary friendship that would carry them through college and careers, marriage and motherhood, dating and divorce, the death of a child, and the mysterious death of the eleventh member of their group. Capturing their remarkable story, The Girls from Ames is a testament to the enduring, deep bonds of women as they experience life’s challenges, and the power of friendship to overcome even the most daunting odds.

My Thoughts:
I truly wanted to like this book...it has everything I enjoy...friendships, the late 70's and early 80's, real stories about real women. Sounds fantastic right? I think it could've been if each chapter had been written by one of the Ames Girls. For me this was much like reading a newspaper article or even worse, a book report. I felt no connection whatsoever to any of the women and I really wanted to! I think if the story was written in first-person than I would have had a very different experience. The writing felt choppy and stilted...and unfortunately it really left me wishing for so much more. Please make sure you visit the other tour stops and get many different perspectives on this one. Just because it didn't work for me, doesn't mean you won't like it!

Thank you to TLC for asking me to be a part of this book tour.
Check out the other tour stops HERE.

Mailbox Monday and It's Monday...What Are You Reading?

Mailbox Monday

is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page.
We share what books that we found 

in our mailboxes last week.

Life, In Spite of Me: Finding Extraordinary Hope After Making a Fatal Choice- Kristin Jane Anderson
Multnomah Tour book

Whiter Than Now- Sandra Dallas
From The Book Report Network for review

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Hosted by Sheila
One Persons Journey Through a World of Books
Weekly meme where we discuss the books you've read
and those you plan to read in the coming week.

Books reviewed this past week:

The Shepherd's Granddaughter- Anne Laurel Carter (this book is being censored and removed from schools in Canada) 4/5 especially high for content and generation of great discussions!

On Folly Beach- 4.75/5

Six Sentence Saturday Books:

The Hunger Games- Suzanne Collins 5/5

Darklight- Book 2 in a series about faeries 4/5

The Walk- Richard Paul Evans 3/5

Reviews coming up this week:

The Girls From Ames- TLC Tour Stop 5/11/10

Indivisible- 5/13/10

Six Sentence Saturday Books

The Telling- Beverly Lewis

Out of My Mind- Sharon Draper

Books on deck:

Winners of On Folly Beach

NISE AND LILLY

Emails have been sent! Thanks to everyone for stopping 

by reading my review and leaving me comments!

I appreciate you!

Winners of Cougar Club!

So sorry...forgot about this one! I swear I'd be late to my own party!!!

Emails have been sent! Thanks everyone for entering and stopping by to read my review!!!