Review: Not What I Expected
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 16, 2013
This book was not quite what I expected.  I got all of half-way through before I sort-of gave up for now.  It's not a bad book, though.  I was just anticipating a variety of tips and advice to help streamline the whole homeschool process, perhaps some anecdotes from the author's own experience, or of others she may have interviewed (if it's there, I didn't find it).The Pros for this book:*It is a very quick read.  I didn't waste any time reading it, because I had a few minutes to spare, and that's all it took.*There actually are a few gems buried in all the repetitive "fluff" (the author seems to really like that word, by the way).The Cons:*It is very repetitive.  In the space of about two paragraphs, you'll probably read the exact same thing 2-3 times, or more.*There are few actual pieces of advice for the homeschooling parent to help simplify your homeschool.*This entire book is very much about God, Jesus, the Bible, prayer and the "Word".  Which is fine and dandy, if you are the same brand of Christian as the author.  However, if you are not, or if you are of a different religion, you might find it distracting from the purpose of the book.  Except, that the author's whole message is that to simplify homeschool (or any other area of your life, for that matter) is to make your life more about Jesus.  Unless you share this mindset, you likely will not take much away from this book.I will probably keep this one around for awhile, so I can finish it and see if there are any other useful tidbits in the second half.  But, to be honest, I'm glad I found this for such a low price.