The spellbinders gift B-1

Emily Murdock
B-1
The spellbinders gift
Og Mandino
[no longer have the book]
Rating: *** [Liked it]

This book would be great for somebody who already likes to read. The reason for this is that it's considerably hard to really get into, but it makes great points and teaches you a few things. People who don't already enjoy reading shouldn't read this book for one reason: it's not exciting.


The main character in this book is an elderly man named Bart Manning. Bart is retired, but used to have his own complany which was an agency for talented motivational speakers. His wife and him are going on cruises, vacations, and pretty much doing whatever they feel like being retired. However, Bart is unhappy with doing nothing at all, and one day while jogging a man started screaming, "this is your day!!". Bart turned to avoid the man, and ended up going straight to his old office. He decided to start working again, and went to a speakers convention to find someone to book. A man named Patrick Donne won best motivational speaker in the world at the convention, and deserved it. Patrick decided to work with Bart, and they do exceedingly well dispite several strange things that people are beginning to see in Patrick Donne.

The book is rated three stars because it's not 1, and it's not 5. Meaning, the book isn't great, but it isn't bad either. It's not bad because it makes good points. You are literally shown several things to do in order to have an extremely successful life, which should be useful to everybody! However, it's not great because the book is extremely hard to get into. I must admit that the only reason I kept reading was for credit, and although I'm glad I did, it wasn't an exciting book at all.


"Someone once told me that life is like playing chess with god. You each take turns...", and later in the book, "I made my move, now it's god's turn". Bart Manning said each of these phrases, and I really like the whole concept of this, because I can apply it to life [because god may not be appropriate for school]. We all make choices, and consequences are handed back to us. We then make choices based on the previous consequences, and so on and so forth.