Book Report

This came in the mail after I'd finished my summer reading.

It didn't help my state of mind.

It didn't help because all this summer/early fall, I was reading young adult dystopian or apocolyptic novels.

And they made me nervous.

It all started with

and then of course, I had to read

and then I needed to know how it ended. So I read

(Images from here.)

And, just to let you know, when I read, I tend to really empathize with the characters.

I kept asking myself, "what would I do? what would I do?"

And I didn't know the answer to that question.

I was bothered at how close to our society some things in this made up world came.

I do know a very young lady who totally could be the main character.

She rocks.

I'm totally counting on her if times like these ever come around.

Then, because I hadn't stressed myself out enough in the genre (because for me, I lump the two genres together), I read two more books.

Photo from the author's blog.

The first two shown.

I am too freaked out to read the last one.

All I have to say is we all need to get prepared.

We need to have a plan for food, shelter, warmth & safety.

And this is why I freaked out & gave my friend a lecture when I saw they took their wood stove out.

They now have a new one.

I am glad.

I will never look at the moon again without thinking "what if?"

I do not know when I will read the last book.

Probably after I bolster our food storage and have a plan to heat this house without using our modern ammenities.

(We will never own another house without a wood burning fireplace, my mr. Agreed?

If you don't agree- I'm making you read these books.)

And now you understand why the flyer we got in the mail got to me.

Needless to say, I was thankful for the invitation, but I did not attend those services that were advertized.

Here's what I washed my brain out with.

It is one of  my go tos after I've read something I want out of my head.

You can find it here.

I save it for when I really need it.

Because if the end of the world comes, it will be good to be studied in compassion.

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So I've read a lot of other books since I last posted about books.

These are just a few.

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I do have to apologize, because once I said, "let's do a book club." And I didn't follow through.

So, as I will probably never do that post on a discussion on "The Help,"

I will ask the question here.

If you read it, how'd it make you feel?

Have you had Help?

After reading it, did your feelings about having Help change?