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  • 8 Great Books For Summer Beach Reading

    As an English major, I spend the majority of my time in college with my nose in a book. Over the past year I've read 18th-century British literature, novels about madmen and mental institutions, and the entirety of August Wilson's collection of plays, among a million other works. Despite how inter…

  • In which I muse

    Context: I just read this. And yes, I read part of it as an ebook before going out and buying a paper copy. I'd strongly recommend reading at least the first chapter to just about anyone; the rest of the book is optional. Charlie Stross makes me insane; he keeps writing books that I think I want…

  • 5 Things That Cheer Me Up When I'm Sad

    Sometimes I get in a bad mood, and it seems that there's nothing that will cheer me up. Since I've been in a continuous bad mood for awhile now, I've decided to try out new things to see what works to make me happy and what doesn't. Keep reading to see what works for me. Maybe it will work for you…

  • Are You A Speed Reader? Take This Test To Find Out

    The national speed-reading champion averages about 4700 words per minute, and it's long, long before that when my brain would just fritz and burn out on me. When I took this test on the Staples website, I found that I read comfortably about 332 words per minute, and I'm not a particularly fast read…

  • Notecards: How I Spend Time With the Bible

    About four months ago or so, I started writing down any Bible verses that particularly stuck out to me in a sermon, personal devotion, small group study, or whatever. I have accumulated a neat little stack, and it’s become my go-to for just about every situation I find myself in lately. I don&…

  • Hold my hand and I'll walk with you dear...

    Somedays I can't even trust myself... Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, damned if you don't. I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision. If someone betrays you once it's thier fault; if…

  • A Book and a Chat with Steve Berry

    I recently read a quote about the author on today’s “A Book and a Chat” that “If Ian Fleming and Doris Kearns Goodwin had a lovechild, it would be Steve Berry”, my guest on today’s show. It is always a pleasure to have not just such a famous author on the show but also as Steve makes the so show en…

  • What Are You Reading? #1

    I've been sitting here for awhile trying to figure out what to blog about and an idea came to me - I can start doing 'What Are You Reading?' posts every so often. I know there are other readers on Xanga besides me and it'll be interesting to see what you all are reading.I'm currently reading Grandmo…

  • 5 Books I Want To Read This Summer

    I finished my semester last week, so I am officially on summer break. I finally get some time to relax, and I plan to read some good books. I used to hate reading so this may come as shock. But this summer, I really want to curl up with a good book. I really enjoy books that are written well, have…

  • Reading

    We did something fun tonight-- Our whole family piled into the living room each reading their own books. It was a Grisham re-read for Steve, The Mood Cure for me (fascinating and helpful both), and I had pulled a stack of books for each of the boys. We all lay on our bellies facing each other in…