Finally made my way to the birth place of the one and only Mike and Kari relationship, Family Christian stores. I’ve been wanting to at least see the place that they met for some reason. Completely different than what I had pictured in my head for the stories. But I went in there to see if they could help me put back together my bible. You see, my bible is seven years old and has been everywhere with me. I still know what page shampoo somehow leaked on in my pack on my trip to Thailand. I have pressed flowers in there from Hungry. A pound from England a friend gave me that I use as a book mark in proverbs. A photo taken in the 50′s by my grandparents of Yosemite. Along with a few photos of my Jr Highers from a couple years ago. This bible has many memories for me if you cant tell. Even the front has a name tag of mine that’s from when I helped with 6th grade. My bible is in their hands for two weeks as they see how much it will cost me to put my precious book back together.

Now, the next thing I did was just a big mistake. I knew I should of just stuck to the original plan of dropping off my bible and walk out. But no, I had to walk around and see all the Christian retail items I know so well (Christian bookstores are really all the same). I wondered over to the Christian fiction section to see if Kristin’s new book had been released yet. No dice. But I did see another book by an author who I will not name, who I have ranted before about. This author should not be writing chick-lit. Write a novel or whatever kind of fiction book you’d like but do not market it as a chick-lit! Which she (or her publisher) is doing because the cover, I actually liked but knew better to be fooled! Even the tag line wasn’t something that should be on a chick-lit book! Just because chick-lit is “in” right now doesn’t mean you should write it! If you don’t have the chick voice or understand a chick-lit basic story line then please stay away! So many exclamations because it just drives me crazy to market a book something that is not. Then I also made the mistake of seeing what is out in the Christian music world. Before I got more worked up I left the store, stomping my feet just a little.