Title: Delirium
Author: Lauren Oliver
Category: Young Adult
Publisher: HarperCollins, February 2011
Starred Review: 5 out of 5 stars

I got my reading copy from Around the World ARC Tours.

I absolutely adored this book.
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I’ve been living in NYC since September, and one of the hardest things for me to do is find a church. It took me over a year living in California before I found a comfortable church. There are several things that make me comfortable on Sunday mornings for worship.

• One is belief and agreement with a church’s mission, theology, and doctrine.
• Two is a liturgical setting. I grew up Lutheran, and the way service runs, with the creed and the lessons and the gospel and the Lutheran liturgy and Communion and such — this is comfortable for me. This is the way I get the most out of my church time with God.
• And three is a pastor who preaches well. I don’t like churches where the sermon is just a regurgitation of the Gospel, or an interpretation of the Gospel, because that’s what I do on my own in my studies of God’s Word. What I yearn for when it comes to a Sunday morning Sermon is a preacher who digs deeper, goes further, really expounds on God’s messages and Jesus’s teachings.

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Word Bit! is hosted by The Grammarian’s Reviews.

I used this word in a brainstorming session yesterday with two of my colleagues, and one of them said, hey, that’s a great word. And you know what? (Tooting my own horn, here) It is a great word. Enjoy!

correlation

noun

1. mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc.
2. the act of correlating or state of being correlated.
3. Statistics . the degree to which two or more attributes or measurements on the same group of elements show a tendency to vary together.
4. Physiology . the interdependence or reciprocal relations of organs or functions.
5. Geology . the demonstrable equivalence, in age or lithology, of two or more stratigraphic units, as formations or members of such.

I’ve been following Joy’s blog for a while now, probably since I started here with my blog. She’s the one who introduced me to the wonderful Christian romance author Deeanne Gist, whose books I am gobbling up. She graciously allowed me to ask her some questions, and here they are. I hope if you don’t know her, you’ll drop by her blog and give her a hello. A very, very big thank you to Joy for doing this. Thanks again!

Name: Joy Tamsin David
Blog: Edgy Inspirational Romance
When did you start blogging? May 2010
Her favorite blog post to date: What is Edgy Christian Romance?
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All right, I’ll be honest: I’m a fan of Biblical names. Hannah, Rebecca, Rachel, Joshua, Jacob, Nathan, Elijah, Ezekiel … so I figure for this Top Ten Tuesday, I’ll go with names I’d name my kids if I didn’t think I was pretty set on Biblical names. Ha.
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