MusicNHarmony
I enjoyed this book for the most part, but I am not a fan of Joel Osteen, so I did not enjoy his part of the book. I also disagree with the new-age teachings in the book by Suzette Faith-Foster. And I thought it was odd that Brian Wilson was included in this book but he did not even mention “I Hope You Dance”, which is supposed to be the song this book is about. But I still enjoyed reading about the song and how it's touched so many people's lives.
Very good. I highlighted so much in this book. I particularly liked that the author went over part of the racist history of the Democrat party and that he pointed out that the late Democrat Senator Robert Byrd was a grand cyclops in the KKK (and was also a recruiter for the KKK too). He also pointed out that Byrd filibustered the 1964 Civil Rights Act. This is so often overlooked and downplayed. Joe Biden has called Byrd a ‘mentor'. Byrd was also one of Hillary Clinton's mentors, yet she was never accused of being a racist during the 2016 campaign. And Byrd was leader of the Senate for decades and the Democrats had no problem with it. I wish someone would write an entire book on Byrd and the KKK. It needs to be talked about, especially since Democrats are always slandering others as racists. We would never have heard the end of it if Byrd had been a Republican. The author also points out the results Donald Trump has delivered for the black community since he's been in office, things Obama never did. Overall a very good book.
Disappointing. There was a joke in this book that I absolutely don't think should have been included in a Christian book. Then there was foul language that had some of the letters blocked out but you could still tell what the words were. I also thought that didn't belong in a Christian book. And the words “Follow your heart” were also in this book more than once and sometimes said by Christian characters. I am so sick of the message “Follow your heart” in so many books, movies, TV shows, and music these days. It's horrible advice and not biblical. So I also thought that didn't belong in a Christian book. I'll have to decide on whether to give the second book a chance and hope it gets better or not.
I'm not going to rate this book. This book was interesting when it was just about music and sounds. But then it started promoting shamanism & new age practices.
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I'm not going to rate this book. This book was interesting when it was just about music and sounds. But then it started promoting shamanism & new age practices.
