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Chocolate For A Woman's Blessings : 77 Heartwarming Tales Of Gratitude That Celebrate The Good Things In Life

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I remember driving home late one night and was listening to a radio station when the announcer started reading something. The story caught my attention and as he read it I wanted to hear more and more. The story was something similar to what I had experienced in my life and it just caught me by surprise. When he announced where he read this short story from I remember quickly jotting down the title of the book, but I knew I would remember being a true chocolate lover. I could not wait to read more. Each story was special in its own way. I promised a couple of my girlfriends I would lend them my book to borrow and read..instead I just purchased them as gifts (I could not part with mine). A basket full of some of my baked goods along with the book, it has been a hit as the perfect gift for many of my friends to enjoy. I do bake something with "chocolate" of course!

Chocolate contains theobromine,'food of the gods', and when we eat it we get a dose of the same compounds our bodies produce when we feel loved. You'll experience that same warm all over feeling whichever of these delicious little stories you open to. Kay Allenbaugh continues the success of her previous books in the Chocolate series with this collection of seventy-seven true vignettes from women of all ages and from all corners of this country. Dip in. As good as a box of chocolates, and you won't have to poke the bottoms to see what's in them.

I was expecting touching stories of the type of the "chicken soup" series. This one just wasn't emotionally moving or really all that inspiring. Most of the stories are read-able, but lack heart. Don't mistake it for Christian reading, either. In one of these "chocolates" they depict God in a manner that I didn't agree with, which did honestly earn them a lower score on the review. I appreciate the effort that was put into the book and the writer relaying the stories did use good grammer in her writing. The stories were just dry.

Once again Kay Allenbaugh has put together a collection of stories from women nation wide which share the daily creativity, love, strife, humor and humanity of womanhood. For anyone who needs a pick-me-up to quiet the mind and restore equilbrium, Chocolate for a Woman's Blessings is just the book. Blessings is a forum for every woman's story- a place in which each truth unfolds in a clear, strong voice. A Chocolate story often stays with me long after I put the book down. Of all my books, the Chocolate books are the books I go back to time and again.