WinterHaven Sleigh Tour!!! Event #3--Favorite Christmas Story--Day 2

Well well well, it's the very last event in the WinterHaven Sleigh Tour (bummer) and now I'm supposed to post my favorite Christmas story. Well, I know you have tons and tons and tons of Christmas stories but I think my favorite would have to be the birth of Jesus Christ. It gives me goosebumps every time I read it. And I want to share the magic of this story with you:

Matthew 1: 18-23

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. 
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

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WinterHaven Sleigh Tour!!! Event #2--Santa Wishlist

Hello again followers and readers! Today is my day on the WinterHaven Books Sleigh Tour! So what I have to do today is write a letter to Santa telling him which book I would like to see under the Christmas Tree for: moi! : ) So here it is......

Dear Santa,

This is like the very first letter I've ever written to you. (because I'm guessing you're not real and if you ever climb down my non-existent chimney I'll call the cops on you....) But I just wanted to tell you that if you could somehow persuade my parents to get me Reached by Ally Condie

 that would be stupendous.... :-D Because you see, I've already read and bought Matched and Crossed and I loved them! But I don't have Reached yet and I would really love to finish the series and find out what happens and who Cassia gets together with and what happens to the Society. So you know, if you could persuade them to get Reached for me I'd really appreciate it! : )
                                                             Sincerely,
                                   The Maniacal Bookworm

P.S.--If Reached doesn't work out then Lullaby by Amanda Hocking would be awesome :)

                              

WinterHaven Sleigh Tour!!! Event #1--Book Review and Giveaway

Well, it's December! Snow is falling or getting ready to fall or already has fell (depends on where you live), everyone's going Christmas shopping, and all the book lovers are curled up with a book and a cup of hot chocolate. Right? :-) And to kick off the month of December today is my turn for the very first Event for the WinterHaven Sleigh Tour! And what I have to do is post a book review with either Winter in the title, a Christmas book, or a winter setting. So I'm going to post a review about Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson. (yes, I know it's not a Christmas book but it does have winter in its title. :) 

If you would like to see who else is on this tour you can go to this super duper awesome blog: WinterHaven Books and check 'em out! : )
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Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Movie Rating: PG-13 for strong language
Book Rating: @@@
Swearing: multiple uses of S**t, H**; and D**n, and one use of the f-bomb
Inappropriate Scenes: None
# of Pages: 288 (paperback)
Genre: YA something. (i have no idea what)
Publisher: Speak
LLFTB: Your choice not only affects you it can affect others too

Back Blurb:

Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in fragile bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the thinnest. But then Cassie suffers the ultimate loss-her life-and Lia is left behind, haunted by her friend's memory and racked with guilt for not being able to help save her. In her most powerfully moving novel since Speak, award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson explores Lia's struggle, her painful path to recovery, and her desperate attempts to hold on to the most important thing of all: hope. 

My Review:

*MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS*

   First off let me say that this book is really super sad, but it has a good moral lesson. "If you make a choice that will hurt you it will also hurt others." That's the lesson I got out of this book. So it did have some good points. 
   It wasn't a horrible book but it was good either. I found the main character very annoying. She was so stupid. She couldn't tell that her mother loved her? That her step-mom loved her? That her dad loved her? That her step-sister loved her? That her whole family loved her and that's why they wanted her to get over her anorexia? I mean, come on now. 
   Also, when her family punished her for what she did to herself instead of facing everybody and saying she's sorry she decides to run away with a scum-bag?!? Seriously? Is she dumb? 
   And the writing was also really hard to follow sometimes. It didn't make any sense at all and I would re-read the same sentence over and over I would re-read the same sentence over and over I would re-read the sentence over and over and still be like, "WHAT?!?" But I really liked the calorie counts after the food mentioned in the book. That was just really interesting. 
   This book has a very good lesson that should not be missed. Anorexia is a horrible thing. And no one should feel worthless enough to starve themselves to be skinny. 

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