Illumination's Sing Little Golden Book

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Which is how I knew no matter how smart she sounded or how much she might know about science and wildlife, Delia Owens didn't bother to research squat about North Carolina. Or she did and then disregarded it for whatever reason. Maybe she thought the Outer Banks and Asheville as NC's top tourist destinations were the names she needed to drop to make her book sound authentic??? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I love the section in the first chapter that answers the oft-asked question, "What if I can't sing?" It is an excuse I often hear from fellow Christians that have no heart for singing. The Gettys answer this in several ways. Here are a few snippets from this section:

While our faith must be taught, it is also “caught” in our homes, through what our kids see and hear from us. And singing is catchy. So sing with your kids. You don’t need to be able to sing well. Our singing always remains more important than the sound it makes. I gathered from these scenes Owens is also unclear about travel times from the Greenville to the OBX. (Also I’m not sure if there ever was a Piedmont Hotel in Greenville, which is in the coastal plain and not the Piedmont. However, there IS one in Waynesville, which is also not in the Piedmont. Waynesville is in the mountains near.....guess where....Asheville.) Someone buy the woman a freakin’ map since she clearly doesn’t know what Google is. Importance of Vocal Warm-Ups in Children's Choir Rehearsals in Hungarian Music Primary Schools (Article)Then there was the part where Tate's mom went to ASHEVILLE for a bike because they didn't have it at the local store. Like WHAT??? She didn't try Wilmington? She drove past Greenville, Raleigh (the capitol), Durham, Chapel Hill, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, missed exits to CHARLOTTE (the largest city), to drive up a mountain for a bike? Literally no other city in NC had it? it takes SIX HOURS to drive from the Pamlico Sound to Asheville on a good traffic day in the year of our Lord 2019. Do you know how long it would've been in the 50s???

I actually took a screenshot and sent it to my husband who was born and lived his entire life "near Asheville". His response, "What in the world?" What in the world indeed. Except it was not. It became less interesting the longer I read. Because Kya doesn't act like a person who has been almost entirely isolated. She just acts like a regular loner. Sure, she may have some habits that fit with her strange upbringing, but she seems to understand people and language just like a regular person. I was nearly out of my head with frustration that the book had spent so long telling me how different she was only to have her be just the same as most people. (Deciding to never love again because everyone leaves you is a pretty regular-person thing to do when you're in your 20's, for example.) Among my Goodread friends, I sit in the camp of believing this was a superb book and a very easy 5 stars If you loved this book, I'm very happy for you. As a reader and also somebody who works in the publishing industry, I want all readers to like or love as many books as possible, so the fact that you love this book is, in my opinion, a good thing. If reading a review that does not agree with your opinion enrages you, don't read this review. I do not believe there are spoilers in my opinion, but a couple of commenters think there are. So if you have not yet read this book, you may not want to read my review. I read it quite a while ago and have moved on to many more books that I'm more interested in. So I won't be joining conversation in the comments. If you disliked this book, you may enjoy having some company in your opinion. --Betsy Robinson To the reader who appreciates nature’s effortless beauty honored in fiction; to those who seek a love story every bit true as it is tender; to the one who needs a tantalizing murder/mystery to spice things up, and for those who tend to root for the underdog in hopes she’ll someday sparkle like the gem she is—this one’s for you.Can anyone sing? No, simply because many may be interested, but not everyone has the true vocation that will make them persist. If you have a real desire to develop your singing voice, it would be a good start to take a look at our books to learn to sing.

Fleming, Mike Jr. (March 11, 2020). "Sony, Elizabeth Gabler & Reese Witherspoon Set Scribe For 'Where The Crawdads Sing': 'Beasts Of The Southern Wild's Lucy Alibar". Deadline. Archived from the original on April 21, 2020 . Retrieved May 3, 2020. What is it about? It's about singing. It's about congregational singing in local churches. It's about singing at home with our families. It's about individual and corporate singing. Chances are you haven't thought of singing as a spiritual discipline. Yet IT IS. So just as you'd read a book about how to pray or how to read the Bible, the Gettys have given us a book on how to sing. Btw, the authors narrate the audiobook I listened to, though she reads the book and he reads the bonus materials at the end. Hearing Irish narration was a joy. Well, get ready for an ambush. Everybody in town’s pretty riled up. Chase Andrew’s murder’s the biggest thing’s happened ’round here, maybe ever. Gossip’s goin’ up like smoke signals.”

Don't just read it! Sing it!

Why should you read it? God designed us to sing praises. Singing praise to the Lord is one of God's ultimate purposes for our lives. Singing is so intimately connected with joy; we are to delight in the Lord and find our satisfaction, our happiness IN HIM. Learn the basic principles of singing. Covers vocal tone, vocal control, breathing, posture, microphone technique, performance ideas etc. Introduces the basics of music reading and theory for singers. No previous musical knowledge or experience necessary. Suitable for all ages. Suitable for all types of voices. Easy to follow lesson by lesson format. Learn how to sing songs by ear. Learn the basic principals of vocal technique. Learn to read and understand music. Learn microphone technique and performance tips. Learn how to sing well known songs and how to improvise. Singing is one of the things that many people would like to do, however most people fall into the deception of “I can’t sing” (I include myself), which experts in the field say is a destructive and paralyzing thought, everyone without exception can learn how to sing! The Witherspoon-produced film version, directed by Olivia Newman from a script by Lucy Alibar (Beasts of the Southern Wild), faithfully preserves that fantasy for the big screen. Which is to say, a lot of this gutless, often silly, film’s issues are the book’s, beautifully realized and thus reified by trying to make what is essentially a mud-splattered, civil rights-era fairy tale into a lifelike story. Comprehensive Jazz techniques, harmony and improvising with examples and exercises plus an overview of Jazz as a singers artform, includes articles on singing and suggestions on how to find work.