This I believe

I believe in books.  I believe in reading and always having something in your hand, car, purse, bedside table to be reading.  Magazine, books, kindles, blogs- you name it, if it has words it can take you places.  Books relax me.  Books helped me to escape and imagine and dream when I was growing up [...]

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Read and you will be free

What I know, is that reading is the key to the kingdom.  I love to read, I’ve loved to read since an early age, maybe four or five.  I would devour books like some people devour candy.  In a book I could live in a beautiful house with a family of mom and dad and [...]

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End of the 52 books

#47 The Lost Hours by Kate Morton.  Loved this book.  I was a little apprehensive because it is a very long book but it was a page turner.  Could not put it down.  Her writing is detailed and she is very gifted.  There was so much mystery and intrigue in this book.  9/17/11 #48 Postmistress [...]

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Summer Reads

continuing my list of 52 books in 52 weeks.  Summer reading how great an invention.  What’s better in the summer than a book you can’t put down?: 6/17/11 The Color Light- Thrilling & creepy.  Stayed up until 2am to finish this book.  I couldn’t put it down.  Kept me guessing and made me feel sad [...]

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Books for the year cont.

3/26 A Perfect Mess.  I loved Lisa Harper’s personal stories that started each chapter, I did not care for the diving into the Psalms though.  It found it long and hard to read and I worked on reading this book for several months, just to get through it.  It was not what I was expecting. [...]

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Books How I love thee

So this year I am going to read 52 books in 52 weeks.  I told my husband and he laughed, he said the only difference from this year and any other is that you are going to track them…. 1/2 Mennonite in a Little Black Dress.  This was funny. Lots of Mennonites where I am [...]

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