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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah About the Author – Kristin Hannah is an American author who published her first novel in 1991. Before pursuing her interest in writing (a result of encouragement from her late mother), she practiced law and worked in an advertising agency. It wasn’t until she was placed on bed rest during…
This evening, Jay and I are making the trek down to Virginia for our long weekend getaway in the Shenandoah Valley. I’m praying that it doesn’t rain ALL weekend, but I don’t think we’ll get that lucky… Before we head out, I’m sharing what I’ve been reading this past week and a few fun links…
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline About the Author – Ernest Cline is an author, screenwriter, and spoken word poet from Ohio. Ready Player One is his first novel. He also wrote Armada, another novel featuring a video game plot. After browsing his website, it’s fairly obvious that he derived the inspiration for the…
Join us in our book discussion of The Stand by Stephen King For my first guest post, Jay agreed to write up his thoughts after finishing Stephen King’s epic novel, The Stand. Many thanks to him for putting up with my blogging needs : ) Read on for his views on the book and add…
I’m excited to introduce a new series of posts that will appear on my blog…book discussions! I’ll feature books that I’m dying to talk about with other readers and write up a bit of background info and questions/answers that came to me while I was reading. Head on over to the Book Discussion page for…
Most years I find that the Lenten period sneaks up on me (does this happen to anyone else??) I always associate Easter with spring and sun and warmer weather, but completely forget that the beginning of this spiritual season starts in the dead cold of winter. Luckily, my church’s communication department does an excellent job reminding…
We’ve reached another Friday and I’m extra thankful because I have a great weekend coming up! Most of my weekend will be spent on a women’s retreat with my mom and a group of women from the church I grew up in. This is my first retreat, so I’m excited to see what God has in…
It seems like there are dozens of movies coming out in 2016 that are based on books! I always enjoy finding out there’s a book involved (which seems to be the case more and more often these days), since it gives me the chance to read it beforehand and compare. I picked out a few…
Happy Friday! Let’s talk about books! I finished up a few recently, so this week I was faced with the exciting/terrifying question “What should I read next?” I’m getting ready for the six hour flight to/from Vegas this weekend, so I’m trying to limit any new books I start to paperbacks or ebooks. I certainly…
Two months ago while we were in Disney, my mom mentioned that her book club was deciding on their next book and asked me for recommendations. I thought about a few ideas on the spot and have added some more since then. These are all books that I have personally read and loved. For each…
This has been a great week for reading! I absolutely fell head over heels for a new novel I picked up called Ready Player One, laughed along with Mindy Kaling’s new memoir and am finally making progress on In Cold Blood. Plus, there was a great book sale at my library (I’ll show off what we…
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