Tag: Non-Fiction

The Courage to Change by Joyce..

Posted 06/29/2026 by Charli in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

I’ve said before that I am a fan of Joyce Meyer’s books and that I don’t feel that she preaches prosperity gospel – at least not as we generally know it. And The Courage to Change provides more proof of that fact. In The Courage to Change, Mrs. Meyer tackles the thing that the greater majority of the people I know hate, which is change. She gives sound biblical reasoning for how to handle the various types of change in your life from changes in jobs to changes in relationships. She quotes often from Scripture and gives both the references and the quotes. She doesn’t sugar-coat the fact that if we live outside of God’s will, our lives aren’t going to be great. We aren’t going to react well when changes come up. She talks about controlling our anger and worry, how to overcome our fear. And she talks about […]

The Joy of an Uncluttered Life..

Posted 06/15/2026 by Charli in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Despite the fact that most people on the Internet consider Joyce Meyer to be one of the “prosperity gospel” preachers, I don’t see her in quite the same light. While I do see how some might consider her to be part of the prosperity gospel group, I also note that she does things differently. For one, she doesn’t tell you that if you do what she says, pray for all the good things, and send all the money, you’ll have a prosperous life, a good life, and never have bad things happen to you. She acknowledges that bad things happen. She also, unlike many of the prosperity gospel group, gives you the actual Scripture references. She doesn’t just say the Bible says or Scripture says, spout something off, and never tell you where it said it. Which brings me to The Joy of an Uncluttered Life – because as always, Mrs. Meyer […]

5 Habits of a Woman Who Doesn&..

Posted 02/28/2020 by Charli in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Nicki Koziarz wrote 5 Habits of a Woman Who Doesn’t Quit for me. I have a horrible habit of quitting the things I commit to doing. I’ve quit going to my offline book clubs. I’ve quit doing things with my online book clubs. I haven’t been doing things with my blogging groups. About the only thing I have not quit is going to school. So yes, Nicki Koziarz wrote 5 Habits of a Woman Who Doesn’t Quit for me. She wrote this book for you too. After all, I’m pretty sure you quit things as well. Nicki Koziarz writes a book about Ruth and how she doesn’t quit. She details the 5 habits Ruth exhibits that means she doesn’t quit when the times get tough. Using Ruth’s story makes the habits Nicki is trying to tell us about easier to understand. As a result, the concepts outlined in this book […]

Single, Gay, Christian by Greg..

Posted 04/24/2019 by Charli in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

This book wasn’t written for me. It probably wasn’t written for you either. Unless, of course, you happen to be LGBTQ, Christian, and single/celibate by choice. Gregory Coles did not write this book for straight Christians to teach them how to treat their LGBTQ sisters and brothers in Christ. He wrote this book to help those brothers and sisters in Christ who are LGBTQ understand they are not alone in their struggles. I’m not saying straight Christians can’t learn something from this book. I absolutely believe they can. They can learn what struggles a person who identifies with a sexual minority feels in the Church. How they cope. How scared, frustrated, and even how lonely they may feel. This book is a 5 star representation everyone should read, but any LGBTQ Christian needs to read.

Edgar Allan Poe: The Ambiguity..

Posted 07/28/2018 by Charli in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

I put this book as a rating of Abandoned because I abandoned it, but honestly, the book was horrible. The book reads like a grade school essay. It’s disjointed, disconnected, and nearly impossible to make sense of. I requested to read this book because I love Edgar Allan Poe. I thought this was supposed to be some sort of biography of Edgar Allan Poe. Instead what I got was a mishmash of nonsense that related to his life but made no sense. The author jumps around from person to person who supposedly knew Poe, trying to gather pieces of his life in what I assume is an attempt to make a timeline of his life and possibly to figure out why he wrote what he did. The problem is, none of it makes a bit of sense. While this may be due in part to the book having been translated […]