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I have now completed my transition to the new server.  Unfortunately there was an error and I lost 10 days of posts.  I have reposted the book reviews.  (And unfortunately that means email subscribers have just received a number of old posts.) I will not repost free or sale posts for the last week so … Read more

What Wives Wish their Husbands Knew about Sex: A Guide for Christian Men

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What Wives Wish their Husbands Knew about Sex: A Guide for Christian Men

Takeaway: Most sex books are either Puritan or Pornographic.  This book tries to show the Christian view is neither.

In general I am not a fan of Christian sex books.  Most books either hold people to an impossibly high (and usually non-biblical) standard (a man should be able to train himself to never look at a woman or all dating is wrong, etc.) or promise a ‘mind-blowing’ sex if you just follow the book’s directions.  While this book occasionally veers into the ‘mind blowing sex’ territory, I think it is good at trying to understand the biblical standards and then leave everything else open.  (By the way, I picked this up free from Amazon on kindle.  When I first bought it that it was the James Dobson book “What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew about Women” and almost did not get it.  It is not that book.  It was published in 2007 and is very current in language and references.)

Honestly, there is not much new info here.  While authors are all psychologists that specialize in couple’s therapy, the advice is fairly run of the mill (woo your wife all day, she is more turned on by cleaning the house than roses, etc).  There is a short section on biology but most of the book is on relationships.  The advice does not really need to be new (and probably is more helpful because it is not new).  Sometimes we just need a reminder.

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5 Free From Audible.com

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Audible.com often has free shorts or prequels and occationally longer books.  Here are three that I have run across lately.  (I have not listened to any of them.)
A Little Princess

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

257 pages or 8 hrs and 9 mins, 66 of 77 reviews are 4 or 5-star

Bookwi.se Note: You must purchase the free kindle book first and then the audiobook will also be available for free.

10-year-old Sarah Crue lives life like a princess until tragedy strikes, taking away her fine clothes and privileges. Without her velvet and silk and French maids, she’s no longer the envy of all the girls at Miss Minchin’s London boarding school, and even has to live in the school’s attic, working for the students who were once her friends. Will Sarah’s spirit remain unbowed? Follow her through her trials and triumphs in this unforgettable tale beloved by children the world over.

Free: Shark Tank Jump Start Your Business: How to Launch and Grow a Business from Concept to Cash | [Michael Parrish DuDell, Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, John Daymond, Kevin O'Leary]

Jump Start Your Business

6 hrs and 5 mins, 49 of 82 reviews are 4 or 5-star

From the ABC hit show “Shark Tank,” this book – filled with practical advice and introductions from the Sharks themselves – will be the ultimate resource for anyone thinking about starting a business or growing the one they have. Full of tips for navigating the confusing world of entrepreneurship, the book will intersperse words of wisdom with inspirational stories from the show.

The Jester by Michael Sullivan

54 minutes pages, 53 of 66 reviews are 4 or 5-stars

WHO WILL HAVE THE LAST LAUGH?

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January Most Read Reviews

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Discovering Your Heart with the Flag Page Test by Mark Gungor Beautiful Ruins:  A Novel  by Jess Walter Packing Light: Thoughts On Living Life With Less Baggage by Allison Vesterfelt Timebound by Rysa Walker Monk Habits for Everyday People: Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants by Dennis Okholm Divergent by Veronica Roth

The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort

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The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan BelfortThe Wolf of Wall Street is a memoir written by the wolf, himself, Jordan Belfort.  The book is about how Jordan got his start in the stockbroker business, how he made as much as 23 million dollars in one day, how he got wrapped-up into drugs and sex, and how it all came crashing down. A movie with the same title was released in December of 2013 and has garnished some major notoriety, good and bad.

Belfort writes in his introduction that his memoir is “œa true story based on his best recollection of events” that happened in his life and that he used the real names of people in the book, unless indicated otherwise.  He also states that some of the events have been compressed for the sake of the narrative and that some dialogue was recreated to best match the exchanges between people in the book.  In the prologue, after relaying his meeting with Mark Hanna, the man said to be his mentor, he states that this memoir is a “œsatirical reconstruction of the insanity” that took place. He explains that he primarily hopes that his story will serve as a cautionary tale to the rich and the poor, “œto anyone living with a silver spoon on their nose and a bunch of pills in their stomach sack and to any person who is considering taking a God given gift and misusing it.”  Having said all that and knowing that he spent much of his time being high, I have some major doubts about what actually did happen (although I am not sure how relevant that is).  Essentially, here is an expert snake oil salesman selling his own story.  You do the math.

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