Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Rick & Bubba's Big Honkin' Book of Grub by Rick Burgess and Bill "Bubba" Bussey


At first glance, I thought this book to be a recipe book. Its not. This book is all about how the authors, hosts of a radio show, feel about dieting. They also talk about their favorite foods, and how or how not to eat said foods. I really found absolutely no point to this book, except to poke fun at 'diets' and/or healthy eating habits. The book was anything but helpful to people in today's society, and it is the perfect book for you if you want a book that has a 'quitting' attitude on eating right. 
As you can probably guess, this book did not get too high of a rating for me. There were two things that I kind of took offense to: The way that it almost seemed to mock healthy eating, and the way it took the Bible SO FAR out of context. The book addressed Scripture many times, but seemed to take it out of context, even changing words from passages at times. The twisted the Word to make it fit their way of thinking about food. I also feel like this book was almost worshipping food. The authors tended to give food a personality, like had feeling and emotion. As someone who has struggled with eating healthy and keeping my body a 'temple' for Christ, this book was not a good one. I really would not recommend this book to ANYBODY that wants encouragement on losing weight, maintaining your weight, or trying to eat healthy. 

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Kaleidoscope by Patsy Clairmont


The book Kaleidoscope by Patsy Clairmont is a book made up of many small, devotion-type entries meant to encourage women in their daily lives. Though many things were good within the book, it was not a devotional that I would refer back to or give any advice to anybody from.

While Clairmont uses her life to help women more fully understand the meaning of some of the Proverbs within the Bible, I was often asking myself where the lesson was within the text. It tended to be more of a story about the things that have happened in the author's life rather than a devotional. While I found these stories interesting, and could relate with a few of them, I just felt like I wasn't getting all that I should have been getting from the book -- I wasn't growing from it. I wanted more from the book than it actually gave me.

I really enjoyed the cover of the book, because I love colors and patterns and such, but the book is not one that I would recommend to a friend who was looking for guidance in understanding the book of Proverbs. I found that the stories didn't really fit with the Proverb being explained, and that many of the analogies never seemed to go back to the main point. I give this book a 1 of 5 stars.