{"id":1223,"date":"2004-10-09T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-09T13:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2004\/10\/changing-seasons.html"},"modified":"2004-10-09T13:11:00","modified_gmt":"2004-10-09T13:11:00","slug":"changing-seasons_09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2004\/10\/changing-seasons_09\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing Seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/RaN9EFVaNwI\/AAAAAAAAAD8\/4oBeI5m7IPo\/s1600-h\/leaves.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/RaN9EFVaNwI\/AAAAAAAAAD8\/4oBeI5m7IPo\/s400\/leaves.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017991918925788930\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hi, All! The weather is changing and the leaves are turning into brilliant colors as they fall from the trees. Fall is such a wonderful time of the year! Whenever I think of autumn, I think of hot apple cider with a cinnamon stick, apples being harvested and bright orange pumpkins for sale at the grocery store.<\/p>\n<p>During this change of season, I&#8217;m working on my author alterations for my book being released in February 2005! This is the last time I&#8217;ll be able to review the book before it is released, so I&#8217;m making sure everything flows as smoothly as possible!I&#8217;ve also been taking time out of my busy schedule to read some interesting Christian books.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thinking of writing a Christian chick lit\/mom lit story, so, I decided to read a few of the Christian chick lit and mom lit titles. The first title I read was the Yada Yada Prayer Group. This was a light enjoyable read, which teaches you a few things about faith, and trusting God when things hit an all-time low in marriage, and in life in general. A group of women meet at a Christian women&#8217;s conference and are placed into a prayer group together. They continue the prayer group after the conference, and they form strong friendships based on their faith in the Lord. I&#8217;d highly recommend this book to readers of Christian women&#8217;s fiction.<\/p>\n<p>Two other titles I read are the Sisterchick books by Robin Jones Gunn: Sisterchicks on the Loose and Sisterchicks do the Hula. Both of the books take place in foreign(well Hawaii is not foreign, but it&#8217;s faraway!) settings. These books were fun, enjoyable, and show how women form bonding, long-lasting friendships! Kudos to Robin for developing such wonderful stories for our entertainment!The last two chick lit books I&#8217;ve read are by Kristen Billerbeck: What A Girl Wants and She&#8217;s Out of Control. Ashley is a thirty-something single girl, who discovers that finding the right guy is, oh, so hard! I don&#8217;t want to spoil the stories for those wishing to read them, but, let&#8217;s just say that Ms. Billerbeck has a definite talent for humor! These books are hilarious, plus, they show how we should always keep God in the center of our lives! She displays the heroine&#8217;s faith wonderfully, and I was so entertained when I read both of these books!<\/p>\n<p>Well, that&#8217;s all I have to say until next time! Feel free to drop me a line if you read any of these books and let me know what you thought about them!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, All! The weather is changing and the leaves are turning into brilliant colors as they fall from the trees. Fall is such a wonderful time of the year! 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