Pendragon: The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale

Pendragon is a young adult series and book one is The Merchant of Death. The book is imaginative, fun and exciting but there was too much excitement for me. The story line develops too slowly because there are so many adventures/conflicts/obstacles to escape from. Bobby is so busy trying to stay alive, that I felt anxious and exhausted as I read the book. This maybe why young adults love it because they are not trying to get to the end, they just want to enjoy Bobby’s adventures.

Bobby, a “normal” fourteen-year-old boy who lives in Stony Brook, Connecticut has a mysterious uncle named Press who visits him from time to time. Bobby soon discovers that the world and the cosmos are completely different then what he’s known all his life. He is taken away by his uncle to a different world called Denduron and told that he has to save the world.

Wishes Fulfilled by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

I don’t know exactly what to write about this book because it has so many different ideas. I was expecting the book to concentrate and focus on manifesting your desires but there is a major concentration on spirits, the spirit world and God. I’ve also learned a new word Orb. I had to read certain paragraphs twice and I’m a bit resistant to the idea of spirits that are around me all the time. But I have an open mind and I am willing to investigate and not shut it out. So here are a few things that stayed with me.

The book concentrates on the words God spoke to Moses “I AM That I AM”. Dyer repeats throughout the book how God is in us, God is us and how we can grow that spark of God in us to manifest the things we want. I was surprised that the theme had such a strong biblical base.

Dyer wants us to focus on the fact that I AM is God’s name and that we should therefore use these words very carefully when we describe ourselves. When we say I AM, we are invoking the spark of God that is us. So putting any negative adjectives behind the words I AM is using God’s name in vain. For example never: I AM weak, I AM stupid, I AM not successful; instead it should be: I AM smart, I AM successful, I AM love, I AM well, I AM healthy.

Dyer says imagination is very important; always imagine yourself as you want to be. It is also important to fall asleep thinking positive thoughts because they are recorded in our subconscious and has a major effect in our everyday lives.