Nora Roberts - Three Sisters Island Trilogy

I've been reading Nora Roberts for a long time now. I love her stories and think she has an incredible ability to make words come to life on the page. This was the fourth time I've read the Three Sisters Island trilogy. Dance Upon the Air, Heaven and Earth and Face the Fire, bring the reader into a world of magic, love and friendship. This is one of my favorite trilogies. I know the characters well, yet every time I read the books I find that they bring out new and unexpected emotions. I tend to come back to this trilogy when I'm a little down, or want to find comfort in the familiar. Nora has an uncanny ability to make her characters come to life. To make the reader feel like he/she is actually in the story. When the book is put down, the lives of the characters seem to go on without you. It always amazes me that I feel the need to rush back to one of her books because I feel like I'm missing something.

Nell, Ripley, Mia, Zack, Mac, Sam and Lulu, along with a host of other characters in these books gives the reader a glimpse of Three Sisters, a little island off the coast of Massachusetts. The Island was made through the magic of the chosen Three. Mia, the strongest, Ripley, the reluctant witch, and Nell, the neophyte, are decendents of the Three. They are challenged by a dark magic that takes the form of Evan Remington (Nell's abusive ex-husband) in Dance Upon the Air, then as a reporter in Heaven and Earth, and in Face the Fire it is all magic with no human form to hold it. Not only does the magical aspect of the books appeal to the reader, but so do the complicated relationships of the main characters. There's strong emotion, physical desire, sadness and fear for the Sister's to face.

Each time I read them, I still root for the Three to win. It's standard good vs. evil, mix in humanity in all its flaws, and you get three fine stories. Nora Roberts is an incredible author, and every time I finish one of her books I think how much I'd like to thank her for sharing her incredible gift with the world.

The Truth About Hillary

If you are at all interested in the 2008 presidential election, or have heard any news regarding said election, then you know that Hillary Clinton will most likely be the Democratic nominee for President. If, like me, this concerns you, reading The Truth About Hillary will not make you feel any better, but it will give you an enlightened look into the true colors of Hillary. And I suggest everyone be made aware of this, and who we are actually dealing with. Hillary is not, by any means, your average woman. The phrase, "keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer" is epitomized in her. That is how she lives her life. What needs to be understood is that Hillary sees herself as above reproach. Edward Klein gives terrific examples of this in The Truth About Hillary. The reader is given a comprehensive, inside look at Hillary; the woman, the wife, the mother and most importantly, the politician. Her priorities are not those of a normal woman either. She is completely asexual, she has no materal instinct to speak of, and her ability to lie while looking a person in the eye is uncanny. One has to keep in mind, when discussing Hillary Clinton, that politics, power and prestige come first.

She is power-hungry, to the extent that she stayed with a man whose infidelities were strewn across newspapers and magazines as well as directly in front of her face, a man who was accused of raping at least one woman in his lifetime (not to mention his own wife). Not only did Hillary know about these extramarital excursions, but she recieved updates and standard reports of Bill Clinton's philandering. She kept the "safe" girls in the White House by giving them jobs and she made sure that any other girls who could be bought by the media or those she thought would talk, be kept away from Bill. She wasn't affected by his cheating on any emotional level, she was only worried that it might effect her political ambitions.

You might not like her, I definitely don't, but she is incredibly smart and cunning. She knows how to play hardball politics, and if we're not careful, this Country could have her for a leader.
Edward Klein goes deeper into her political background and record, which is a very detailed description of the type of person, and the type of politician, she truly is. I recommend this book be read by anyone interested in the future of this country and what direction it should be taken.

Men in Black: How the Supreme Court is Destroying America

Mark Levin is a constitutional lawyer who also has a talk radio show. I believe he's written a couple of other books, but I haven't read them. However, this book couldn't have come out at a more appropriate time. With Sandra Day O'Connor retired and President Bush having a chance to appoint a judge to the Supreme Court, this book gives the American public information that is incredibly important to the way this country will be run in the future. I didn't realize how much control and power the judiciary had before I began this book. It's scary. Everyday they are hearing cases that could change the constitutional rights of the citizens of the USA. Activist judges are bringing their own personal ideals and political agendas to the bench; instead of adhearing to the Founder's principles, they are legislating. The McCain-Feigngold Campaign Finance Reform, which is blatantly unconstitutional, is just one example of this behavior. The basic right of Freedom of Speech is jeapordized through this bill. The Supreme Court is the only branch of the United States government that doesn't have a check and balance.
They have limitless power. They are appointed to the highest court in the country to be the protectors of the constitution, of the people. Without restraint they could ruin this country, and they are slowly on their way to doing so. This is definitely an important book to read, and above that it is interesting and smartly written.

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