Friday, September 17, 2010

Review of The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect by Andy Andrews is a small book that blew me away completely. I was expecting a cute story about how what you do affects the world with a sweet moral ending. What I ended up reading was a powerful historical story of how someone actually impacted the world. The first story was one I’d never heard and one that overwhelmed me in its significance. The other story and the events leading to changing the world made me think more of how each action on my part can have a huge significance in the scheme of things. I had heard the story of George Washington Carver before, but this put it in a whole new perspective. I let a friend read it and she also enjoyed the book. She said she read through it twice. Before I began reading it, I planned on passing it on as a gift to someone who likes butterflies. It was difficult to pass it on after reading it though. I highly recommend this book to anyone. It’s a small book, but will have a huge impact on your thoughts. I received the book from booksneeze.com. Everyone should read it as soon as possible.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Beyond Opinion Review

Beyond Opinion by Ravi Zachari is an excellent, although sometimes deep, book compiled of several essays from different people on topics relating to Christianity. Topics include teaching youth, atheism and the Muslim. The authors knew their subject. The depth of each essay is increased because each writer has experince with the topic raised. Some essays I found uninteresting, based on the topic and at least one was confusing to understand. I think this had more to do with my interest level than anything. I found many good points in each essay that I was willing to share with others in discussions. I did get distracted by another book, Radical, and returned to this one later. It was hard to restart in the middle. Sometimes I had problems getting into certain essays. I admit, I'm not too interested in Hinduism. I recommend it to anyone who wants to increase his or her level of knowledge of Christianity and topics relating to it. I enjoyed it.