Let's Talk TTYL

I appreciate the heads up as I have not read this book, and I appreciate the reminder of such important things even though I haven't read the book. And the reminder to pray--so often our first thoughts are thoughts of judgment not prayer and that's not what God wants. I love how you guys take things that are real and now and talk about them (music, books, etc.) I love that it's a Christian influence. Thank you so much.

I've read that book......but i never really thought of it that way. thanks for opening my eyes.

I have never read that book and don't plan on reading it, plus this is my first time hearing about it. What does ttyl mean?

This book is part of a three-part series. The girls eventually start discussing their sexual activity, in fairly vulgar terms and discuss relationships with teachers as well. The books look innocent but border on pornography, in my opinion.

Not only have I read the book, I own it. I was in Barnes & Noble looking at the best-sellers and that one caught my eye. Once I started reading it though, two thoughts came to mind; "Put the Book Down" and "Keep Reading." It was hard not to stop reading because it had that sort of story line that makes you want to know what happens next, but it was also digusting and vulgar, and I can't believe I let that trash into my mind. Once I was done, I let my friend read it, which I thought was a mistake but it turned out to open a door. Because once my friend was done reading, she gave the book back to me and said "It's like this book was wrote about me." I felt like God wanted me to give her the book so she could tell me that, so I could pray for her. Needless to say, my friend is doing so much better thatnks to the Lord, and those books; I'll never waste my time again.

i read like half of this book but then i got bored, i do kno that a couple of my friends did read it though.

I am i library research assistant at my school and i saw this book and decided that i would check it out as soon as i finished the other book i was reading, that was 2 days ago, i checked it out yesterday, but haven't read it yet and was already questioning on whether i should read it or not, i deleted my hold for the 2nd book ttfn, and was going to return the ttyl book tomorrow, and getting this email....for some reason it was marked as junk because the email wasn't recognized.....it had a review on it and i know that was God's way of saying, don't put this in your head, and i'm so glad you guys sent this to me, please send me more things like this.
Thanks

WOW. Thank you for letting meknow this, I haven't read it, but going in to local book stores like Borders, or Barnes and Noble, have seen that it is a best seller, and was curious to read something in ALL text messages, but your article tells my gut instinct, that seeing that cover in the book store should make me thankful that I am not going to read that book, and stay true to Christ.

u r so right! i think i picked up the book and then i had to put it down it was soooo bad. Being a avid reader...its hard to find books that glorify god!

This is so true. I read it. I wish I hadn't. I think I resold it. Good riddance.

i honestly never heard of this book in my life but im really happy you guys wrote about it...infact it would be rly great if you guys did more reviews about books, moovies, etc... i think that many of us would really appreciate it simply because we would know about the stuff we plan on reading watching, etc... so PLEASE if it isn't too much to ask (cuz i know u guys do a lot for us already)it would be really great if more reviews were posted!!!

Yeah, thanks for really looking into stuff like this for all us girls that don't even realize...
I haven't read this book, but i saw it at a book store and wanted to know what the fus was about, and THANKFULLY, i saw a few thing i didn't think sounded quite right. i picked a differant book, and i'm glade i did. thanks for all you do,
-Emily

Did you even read the book? This book shows what happens to those who give themselves away. SPOILER: the girl who exposed herself at the end was faced with humiliation and isolation. Although this was certainly not a Christian book, it shows that jumping into a life of debauchery is not worth it if you lose your friends. The moral was not sex, boys, and lust.

Sasha,
I did read the book and I honestly believe that it does more harm than good. The only good thing i saw in the book was that the 3 remained friends in the end. What the books doesn't show is that jumping into a life of debauchery isn't worth it no matter how it ends with your friends. It slowly destroys your soul and moves you farther and farther from the only One who truly loves you. My hope is that people will start creating characters that raise the bar and challenge us all to be better people instead of encouraging us in our downward spiral.

A lot of my friends read those kinds of books but dont really care about the bad stuff. Im glad u guys are talking about it because its encouraging me to put movies,shows,etc. like that down.

Yeah thanks for the heads up because i was going to read that book because my moms the librarian at our school so I read a lot of books.

Thanks so much for writing this article. I havent read this book and I won't now but I might have if I didn't read this article. I do have a question though that's a little off- subject. What do you think about the Twilight Series written by Stephenie Meyers?

Jenna - It's funny you would ask that. I just read the first book and was thinking about doing a write up on it. Have you read it?

Ok...i completely understand wat you are saying...but why can't you read books like that to see what it's like to be a non Christian? Im just wondering....not saying your wrong at all!!! Im just thinking aren't those the kind of people that Jesus would be hanging out with anyway...just a thought

Jamie,

I enjoyed your evaluation on the book. I had seen it displayed at various places but never knew anything about it so thanks for the heads up. I was wondering if you had ever read any of Ellen Hopkin's books. It was recommened to me by one of my friends. I just wanted another person's feed back before i started reading it. Thanks again for the review!

Sorry it took so long for me to reply. Yes, I have read the first one and started the second one. I enjoyed the first book but it seems as the series continues, the content of the books gets worse and worse so I stopped reading them for at least a while because I dont think its a very good thing to be putting into my mind. But it would be great to get your input on the series.

Hannah - That's such a good question. Jesus definitely hung out with the people that most of us write off. I guess it's really a question of motives since God is watching our hearts. Like are you reading it in order to understand non-Christians better so you can actually reach out to them? Because gathering knowledge is a dangerous thing if we don't do anything with what we learn. That's one of the biggest problems in the church today. People hear sermon after sermon and go every Sunday without fail, but never apply what they're learning. And that's pointless. There's also the issue of purity and being set apart. Can I read these books and still please God? Maybe I'll hit this in a featured article because it deserves a better answer than what I can do here. Holler back if you have any thoughts on that. I like the way you're thinking.

Jamie- That is a very good point about the intents of our hearts. Cause we may tell ourselves "Hey, it's fine. I'm just reading it so I can see what non-Christians live like and reach out to them." But, deep down... in our hearts we may be reading the book because it is sin-pleasing. And I also like what you said about gathering knowledge, but not doing with it. Nicely said.

Very good points, everyone.

I saw this book once and thought it looked cool! So I did what anyone else would do I read the back of it. Nothing there that was great. So I asked my mom and she said that she didnt know about it either. One night when my mom was checking her emails she one from ya'll and it had said something about this book. Momma took me back into her room and talked to me about it and I totally understanded why I wasn't going to read it. God has shown alot through you guys thanks so much for all the heads up on these things! You guys rock!

Thx...well I personally believe strongly enough in my faith that I can read this and not go against GOd in my doings. I for very much life as trying to bring those who aren't art of God's kingdom to him. I just think maybe things like this that most Christians automatically look down on things (music, books, movies...etc.) that aren't "Christian." Im just saying that its ok to read things like that to realate with ppl like that and actually be able to help them. I just wanted to put that idea out there that Jesus did not descriminate against nonfollowers so we maybe we should go to the bookstore where someone will be looking at that book in hopes to buy it. Instead of judging them we could see it as an opportunity to change a life..Im saying that because I have personally see this happen. Just trying to put my thoughts out there...Plez don't think im saying anyone is wrong!

Jamie,
Ok, I know I'm so behind... sorry, but i wanted to write a response to the Twilight question. I have read all 4 of the books and they are insanely addicting- for all the wrong reasons. And it is true that they get worse and worse as the series progresses. I read the last 3 all together over thanksgiving break and i have to tell you that they messed up my mindset pretty bad. I don't know about anybody else, but it really left me wanting a guy like that more than anything else. And it wasn't so much a sexual desire but an emotional- that i think was more damaging to me than anything else. i had to run some serious damage control.

Wow, I've actually thought about reading this book several times. So I'm really glad I saw this before I decided to.