The Blessed Life

This was a very good book about explaining what tithing is, and how to do it God's way. It was very easy to understand and had a lot of fun stories about Robert Morris' experiences with giving. He explains the principles of living the blessed life in all areas of your life. Giving is not just about money. When God changes your heart from selfish to selfless generosity every area of your life is affected. Once you understand the importance of tithing and start to give to God on a selfless level God will bless you in all things. Thoroughly enjoyed it and I am now reading the study guide that corresponds to the book.

The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories

This was an okay book. I liked the Gift of the Magi story. The rest of them were okay but I didn't like them as well. There was a story about a dying girl, a writer sobs over a menu, and a detective tracks a thief to an unexpected hideout to name a few. O'Henry 's writing style was interesting. I liked his use of eloquence and vocabulary in certain parts.

Food, Fitness, and Faith for Women: A 21 Day Journey to a New You

This was a book about how to honor God through losing weight. It was good.

God Has Never Failed Me: But He's Sure Scared Me to Death a Few Times

This was a good book about how to have God lessen the burden of anxiety and how to stay faithful to trust Him to help you through stuff. Some of it I didn't like and I thought it was too long. Some stuff I knew already with the help of my support groups but I did learn some things.

The Scorch Trials

This is the second book in the Maze Runner Series. Thomas and the other Gladers finally escaped from the Maze but life outside the maze isn't much better. Wicked forces them to go into the Scorch. They have two weeks to cross through the Scorch. The Scorch is the burned-out section of the world. Lots of weird stuff happen that doesn't make sense but more death. They make it to a city where they run into cranks. After fighting off some cranks they meet Jorge and Brenda. They make a deal with them to help get the cure if they will help them avoid the cranks. They go through some more battles before reaching the safe haven.

Psychic Children: Revealing the Intuitive Gifts and Hidden Abilities of Boys and Girls

This book was read for the purpose of research for my book. This book discussed the different psychic children and the gifts and abilities they have. It was very interesting a lot of it wasn't relevant to what I wanted so a lot of it I skipped but I did get some stuff out of it. She talked about how to talk to your children if they show psychic gifts. She wanted you to treat them kindly and are good, not evil. Sylvia also talked about her own personal experience. After her own psychic abilities were revealed at age three, her mother tolerated but never encouraged her startling talent. Browne’s own son would exhibit psychic abilities of his own as a toddler, which she fully embraced and supported. What Browne has learned over a lifetime is that psychic gifts are present at incredibly tender ages; they are, in her view, special blessings from God. Some children learn to develop them while others are pressed to ignore them. She illuminates the phenomenon, issuing a call to society for more understanding and acceptance of these remarkable children.

The Truth About Psychics What's Real What's Not and How to Tell the Difference

This book was very good! The first part talked about the history of spiritualism, religions views on spiritualism, and the types of healers. The second part talked about the tools of the trade of divination (ex. palm reading), divination devices (ex. ouija boards), important people in divination, the residents of the spirit world, and past lives. The third part talked about how the frauds do it and how to develop your spiritual gifts.
     I read this book for the purpose of research for my magic book. But I really enjoyed it and learned a lot about other things.