Mixed Nuts: Book review #10

Quotes

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark." - Helen Keller
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
You may never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.- Unknown
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow' ~Helen Keller
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."- Dr. Seuss
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"God doesn't give children with disabilities to strong people: He gives them to ordinary, everyday people, then He helps the parents to grow stronger through the journey. Raising a child with special needs doesn't TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family."Author Unknown
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go – Abraham Lincoln
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein
The journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives you a fairy tale
Where there is great love, there are always miracles - Willa Cather
The Difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Don't tell God how big the storm is, tell the storm how big Your God is..........
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
Fall down seven times - get up eight - unknown
Despite our differences, we sink or swim together
Life may not be the party we expected, but while we are here, we might as well dance
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -Confucius

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Book review #10

Another one down. This book took awhile because it was 686 pages.

The book I just finished was called NOS4A2.

It fell under my Reading Challenge Category of A book with a number in the title.

This book was actually really good. I wasn't sure if I would like it. Joe Hill is Steven King's son, and that family has a history of strange - and scary - books. I read "Horns" by Joe Hill and found it quite disturbing, but mildly humorous, so I decided to give him another go.

I wasn't disappointed. I thought the book was well written and ended well. (A problem that his dad has with his books). The book is about a vampire names Charles Manx (although the vamp never really admits it) who kidnaps children who he thinks have an unhappy life and takes them to a place called "Christmas Land". He usually kills their parents, whom he thinks are unfit to be parents. He is, of course, a wacko and a serial killer. NOS4A2 is his license plate and it stands for Nosferatu, which is Romania for Vampire.

Along comes the main character, Vic. Her story starts when she is a young girl and she finds that when something is lost, a bridge appears, and she can cross it and find what is missing. The bridge will take her anywhere in the country the "lost" object is. And this is how she comes to cross paths with Charles Manx. Charles spends he life trying to track her down, and Vic spends her life trying to run from what she believes was a terrible hallucination (the bridge and the man).

Vic falls in love, has a child, and the story comes full circle. I do recommend it, if you can stand the books length. I don't think it was long winded. It truly needed all 686 pages to tell the story. Check it out.

Star rating 4 1/2.