A friend of mine gave me a book to read yesterday because she wanted to know my opinion of it. I knew she had some concerns, but I wanted to try and read it without any bias. So, I sat down and began to read. I read some and skimmed some. I started to notice some commonalities in the way the author wrote about different topics. I found that I had some concerns, but I couldn't quite put my finger on what they were. I read a passage to my husband and he thought it was fine. Still, something didn't seem quite right. So, this morning I called my mother in law and explained that I wanted to talk through something with her. I apologized beforehand and explained that it might not all make sense the first time it came out of my mouth. She was fine with this. Then, I told her what the book was about. It was about teenage girls and inward beauty. She said she really wanted to talk through this with me. So, we bega...