My dear college friend Amy read a challenging book every year to prevent her brain from turning to mush. I love her brilliant idea and try to follow her example, but life gets in the way. Amy went [ Read More ]
MY READING LIFE NEEDS… A LIBRARIAN’S NOTE Christmas is nearly upon us—can you believe it?!? Seems like we just took the decorations down a few weeks ago . . . I’m guessing you, like so [ Read More ]
Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written. John 21:25 (NIV) How fun to [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Kelly Goshorn
I have a secret… I read very few books these days. I’ll pause now for your collective gasp. Before I’m kicked off BRRC forever, let me amend that statement by telling you that I’m nearl [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Thomas Goodman
I imagine normal people buy one book at a time, read it, and then shelve it before buying another. Not me. My book collection is like Galadriel’s mirror in The Lord of the Rings. It contains “t [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Jeff Kennon
A young man asked me recently about why I love to read. I think the reason he was asking such a question was because he was looking for a magical formula to begin a reading life for himself. I told [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Lori Altebaumer
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” George R.R. Martin Those are the words that best sum up my reading life. I’ve rescued a hobbit, marri [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Edie Melson
By Edie Melson @EdieMelson I’ve been a voracious reader for as long as I can remember. I came by the trait honestly. I grew up in a house that was covered up in full bookshelves and stacks of boo [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Heather Kreke
by Heather Kreke @HKreke I don’t know about you, but I find myself re-reading the same books over and over again. When I pick up Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Narnia, and a few others [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Bess Kercher pt1
The alert flashed across my phone: Emergency: Armed, dangerous person on or near campus. Go inside now; avoid windows. Hands shaking, I texted my son, a freshman at UNC as of two weeks ago. Relief [ Read More ]