Amanda Harris

I am addicted to Never Shout Never. They don't need my vote or publicity but I just had to share anyways.  "Shine outward not inward. You've been a selfish little girl." -The Lousy Truth NSN. "I'm only as tall as my heart will let me be, I am only as small as the world will make me seem." The Bright Side NSN "Every thing you do is super f*#king cute and I can't stand it. " I can't stand it NSN "We got a hard day coming if can't work out all the pissy little problems we've been fighting about." Love is our Weapon NSN

Book Review: Twisted by Lauri Halse Anderson. I just finished reading Laurie Halse Anderson's Twisted . I sat down to read a few pages and then could not put it down. The main character, Tyler made me worry about him from the start and I had to keep reading to see him through. She writes about Mental Abuse in the most realistic way I have read. I love the book, and I am now a fan of Laurie Halse Anderson. I will be searching for more of her work. I would like to add though, that it states on the inside "Note: This is not a book for children." And I completely agree. I would not mind my sons reading it when they are 15 or older but there is no way I would give it to a ten year old. Bottom line: I loved the book and read it in an afternoon.

I just watched "Legend" with the kids. It had a pg rating and the description was "elves and a woodland boy save princess and unicorn from a land of darkness". Seems okay for kids right? Not so much... seesh what were the standards for pg rating in 1984? I am not saying it should be R but at least pg 13... Cannabilism... demons in hell... and Tom Cruise in daisy dukes... come on. These thing need to be rerated! Although I must admit I enjoyed it, I am not so sure about the kid friendlyness.

My first full length novel (Green Light) has just been made available on Amazon kindle. My novella (Silent Sentinel) is also published to Amazon.  The kindle app can be downloaded to Android, Apple, Windows, and Windows Mobile, as well as other reading devices. Hope you enjoy!

This  is a picture I found of my Grandparents. I find it interesting that my Grandma also labeled the dog in the picture. It makes me realize that there is a world of things I never knew about her. Now it is too late to really know how she felt about dogs, or Motherhood, or her husband, or even that old truck behind  her. We always talked about the small stuff. I wish I knew the questions to ask when she was alive.

Feel Free to Follow Me. I am looking forward to that very special day when I have a follower who I do not know. I love and appreciate each and everyone of my followers, but it should be noted that I know each of you.  :)  I am waiting for the day when one of you who come here through a google search or stumble upon me, or read my book, and decide that you like what you see enough to subscribe to new content. I know your out there...

So I  planned on taking the summer off of college to catch up on writing, reading, and to just catch my breath after a hard semester. (4.0 g.p.a.) but sense prevailed and now I am taking Religious Thought in The Old and New Testament. This will be worth six credits, and I feel it will make me finally get down and study my Bible because I always have a millions excuses not to, but how can I offer a valid testimony to my children or anyone without having read it?  So my dreams of a lazy summer are gone, but I think this will be a good thing.

Pack your bags, we are going on a trip!  A group of evangelical Christians have decided to disregard the part of the bible that says that no one knows the day the Lord will come, who knows why oh yeah, because the 2012 hoopla made some people some big cash but they have decided that on May 21 2011 judgment day will occur. So you heard it here people. Get your hearts right, you have only got a little over a week before  you meet your maker! Mark your calenders that is May 21, 2011. They say it will be an earthquake in the evening that everyone in the world will feel. Oh yeah and if you want to go ahead and change your will around and leave everything to me because your family will be called up, feel free. I mean as of May 21 you won't need your worldly goods anymore right?  Right.   

"Nothings gonna change my world"....   The kids all have a stomach bug, my husband is recovering from pleurisy and had to get four stitches in his chin today. They have all been home with me during spring break and now three days out of this school week and although I am extremely not  happy that they are in pain and sick, there is an undeniable sense of satisfaction going on right now for me. (wait, wait, put away the torches, let me finish) I am busy each day trying to distract them from their sickness, and up on and off through the nights with fevers, and this  week has made me realize how much they don't need me anymore. Although I look forward to this illness running it's course on out of my life, for the moment I will admit I am enjoying the extra snuggles, the extra time away from school, the excuse to baby them, cook their favorite foods, give them ice cream at five a.m., and just be the center of their universe again for just a moment. So as I sit here af

How are you tonight? A man who has negitively altered the course of history, is dead. Osama Bin Laden is Dead. He has met the maker in whose name he has done so much evil and I doubt he is happy with how it all turns out in the afterlife for him. I hope this is a time of turn around for our country. As I wait to hear our President speak I can't help but to think that I would like to hear Bush right now, somehow it seems fitting. No disrespect to Obama but I don't want to hear him tonight, I want Bush just for today I want to know how he feels, how the 9/11 victims feel, how the Mothers and Widows of the soldiers lost in this long war feel. How is America tonight?