We lost the battle

(Emily)

     Angela and I are both well educated English major types who adore reading. In our lifetimes we have come across very very few books which we haven't been able to trudge our way through, even if we didn't absolutely love them at the time. We've managed to make it through some of the worst and dullest literary minds of the past centuries. Each time we were able to buckle down and plow through, somehow pulling enough from each of these trials to write the end of the year paper -- or whatever the assignment was.
     This book, "Eat Pray Love" has actually proved to be something we have no interest in reading. We have dedicated massive amounts of time to reading this book and we're getting nowhere. We cannot manage to figure things out and get through this book for the same reasons we've both written about. We cannot manage to figure out a way to feel for the character in this book. So, for one of the few times in our lives we've decided to say screw it and not finish this book.

     On to one we'll get through -- hopefully. I've read it before but have long been wanting to read it again. Angela has never read it, and I hope that she finds the inspiration and hope she longed to find in "Eat Pray Love."
     We have chosen to read.. drumroll please...

 "The Shack" by William P. Young

     This is a fantastically inspiring book, and if you haven't read it. I emplore you to come on this journey with us and delve into the meaning of God and God's enteraction withint us and our lives. It is utterly lovely and I've enjoyed reading it so much I'm ready to do it again. The shack is about a man, Mack, who spends an entire week in the shack where his daughter was murdered... he doesn't spend the time alone, he spends the time with God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost. It is absolutely lovely. It answers a lot of questions that normal people seeking their faith ask of God. 

     It doesn't push an agenda, which I really like. I find it answers good, very good questions. So... we are beginning this journey, and have actually begun it. I cannot wait to see what we'll feel reading this book as opposed to reading the last!