No, Lisa, I definitely don’t think you’re being too hard. I know what you mean, and I really appreciated your honest review. I think when I read For the Love, I REALLY needed funny. Curious to see if this new one fits my current life/needs or not. 🙂

I loved that take-away, too, Susan. The quote started with this, which I think you’ll also appreciate:

“When being right is our highest aim, our most intimate bedfellows are academics, apologetics, and rigorous defense, and we have to use the tools of the world to secure our rank.”

I know I’ve used those tools far too often in my quest to convince people how loved they are—instead of just loving them.

“It is easy to believe God’s pleasure in us hinges on our aggressive defense of the kingdom, when, in fact, He told us repeatedly our chief identifier is how we love.”

That’s a great take-away!

I’m hoping that you will enjoy this book, Betsy. I am keeping it on my Kindle because one day I may want to return to it for the humorous parts, too. She is a great writer with great thoughts, so I hope I’m not being too harsh here. There is definitely lots of good in it!

Even though I didn’t like the mixed style of this book, there was definitely lots of great insights in it. I’m glad you enjoyed these ten things too, Betty. There was lots more but I couldn’t share it all.

Your approach is probably the healthier one, Jean—just stop reading. I’ve tried getting better at stopping a book instead of feeling compelled to finish, but it’s hard for me. 🙂

Sounds like we both like our books to be straightforward, Pam. One of the books I’ve disliked the most in the past few years was “Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl” – it felt like I was on one the whole time I was reading the book. Like this book, it did have some good insights, but it was a crazy ride to get to them. I get motion sickness too easy. 🙂

But I can totally understand what you’re saying. Now I’m curious to see if I like this book as much…

That is a really interesting thought, Michele, about a published Rough Draft!