We got ourselves a challenge within a challenge folks!!! Oh yeah, I will totally accept Sis, for two reasons: 1)Â Cause you made it…so to not…
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Blogs by either Haddi or Hannah containing multiple books and recommendations
Reading Challenge #1: September 2019
As I am sitting at my computer reviewing my course syllabus for the coming fall semester, I am once again amazed at how quickly the…
One star review
In general I believe I’m a pretty generous reviewer of the books I read. I can usually find something positive to focus on which helps…
Poetry Again?
Yep! Poetry again. Here’s the deal, I’m going to keep blogging about poetry until I feel like I have adequately explained the power, potency and…
Wait just a minute…can I call for a foul?
As many of you know, Hannah was on silent retreat for 10 days this June. So basically, she went on retreat where she was not…
Time to Celebrate!!
I hit a huge milestone…I finished my 100th book since the beginning of The Book War!! I’ve been tracking the books I read on Goodreads…
Reading, writing (and arithmetic?…ok, no arithmetic)
As many of you know, in 2011 I and my Egyptology professor, Dr. Kelly-Anne Diamond, spent the month of June studying in Egypt. Our intention…
First Quarter Update
Three months into 2019 and Hannah and I are neck-to-neck in the Book War. As of this post, Hannah has read 23 books and I…
On Friends Becoming Authors
Let’s be clear… Emmy Kegler is my friend. Not an acquaintance. Not a woman I had a few classes with in seminary. Not one of…
Savor or Speed Read?
I finished A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi in less than 24 hours. I cannot tell you the last time I read a…