What I'm Reading - November 13, 2017

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This weekly reading list meme is hosted at Book Date. Join in to see what others are reading and maybe get some ideas of what to read next!

I finished reading . . . 

Nothing completed last week, but I've got several books on the go right now.

I'm currently reading . . .

31 Proverbs to Light Your Path by Liz Curtis Higgs - Review for this devotional should be coming soon!

 


The Sound of Rain by Sarah Loudin Thomas - I'm about halfway through this one for an upcoming review, and I love it. Seriously, I've loved every one of her books.




Isaiah's Daughter: A Novel of Prophets and Kings by Mesu Andrews - back into this ARC and it's such a treat!




India Black (A Madam of Espionage Mystery) by Carol K. Carr - got started on this and it's hooked me from the first line!




Next on the stack... 

French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure by Mireille Guiliano
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself by Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert
An Awakened Heart (Orphan Train): An Orphan Train Novella - Jody Hedlund (this novella is currently free for Kindle)

   

   

On my blogs recently . . .

Here on Just A Second:

Scripture and a Snapshot - Harvest
Wordless Wednesday - Snowman
Teaser Tuesday/First Chapter First Paragraph - The Sound of Rain

And on my homeschool blog, Homeschool Coffee Break:

Homeschool Highlights - Week Ten: Remembrance Day
Exploring History with Notgrass (Blogging Through the Alphabet)
Thinking Like an Architect from Innovators Tribe (A Homeschool Coffee Break Review)
Virtual Refrigerator - Snowplace Like Home
Creativity with Kwik Stix (A Homeschool Coffee Break Review and Giveaway)

What are you reading?

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Scripture and a Snapshot - Harvest

And he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."

~Luke 10:2~

Scripture & a Snapshot is hosted by A Glimpse of Our Life.

Sunday Scripture Blessings is hosted by Peabea Scribble Pad.

Glimpses is hosted by Embracing Every Day, a lifestyle blog by Barbie Swihart.

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Wordless Wednesday - Snowman

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My daughter created this snowman art using Thin Stix tempera paints for a review on my homeschool blog. I'm also hosting a giveaway of a set of the paints. Check it out: Creativity With Kwik Stix (A Homeschool Coffee Break Review and Giveaway)

This post is linked at Wordless Wednesday, hosted by Life at Rossmont; and at Pictorial Tuesday, hosted by Peabea's Scribble Pad.

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Teaser Tuesday/First Chapter First Paragraph - The Sound of Rain

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker. To play along, just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• Be careful not to include spoilers!
• Share the title and author, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers! 

He walked away, not even caring if his limp showed. He didn't need anyone's pity or help. Least of all a pampered Southern girl who didn't even know the half of his story or the story of his people back home in poor, backwards West Virginia.

~The Sound of Rain by Sarah Loudin Thomas, Loc 379 on Kindle

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First Chapter/First Paragraph/Tuesday Intros is a weekly link-up hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea. To participate, share the first paragraph (or two) of a book you're reading, or thinking about reading.

BETHEL, WEST VIRGINIA

APRIL 1954

Judd wanted to take a deep breath more than anything. But the weight on his chest, combined with the dust-laden air, made it impossible. He closed his eyes and opened them again, finding it made no difference. Either he was blind or the cave-in had erased any hint of light. He coughed and spit.

Darkness pressed against him almost as hard as the silence. There should have been the hum of machinery, the clink of pickaxes against coal, the sensation of ten fingers brushing against rough stone. He couldn't move much, but at least he knew he was alive.

Here's the blurb:

Judd Markley is a hardworking coal miner who rarely thinks much past tomorrow until he loses his brother -- and nearly his own life -- in a mine cave-in. Vowing never to enter the darkness of a mine again, he leaves all he knows in West Virginia to escape to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It's 1954, the seaside community is thriving, and Judd soon hires on with a timber company.

Larkin Heyward's life in Myrtle Beach is uncomplicated, mostly doing volunteer work and dancing at the Pavilion. But she dreams of one day doing more -- maybe moving to the hollers of Kentucky to help the poor children of Appalachia. But she's never even met someone who's lived there -- until she encounters Judd, the newest employee at her father's timber company.

Drawn together in the wake of a devastating hurricane, Judd and Larkin each seek answers to what tomorrow will bring. As opposition rises against following their divergent dreams, they realize that it may take a miracle for them to be together.

What do you think? Would you continue reading?

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What I'm Reading - November 6, 2017

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This weekly reading list meme is hosted at Book Date. Join in to see what others are reading and maybe get some ideas of what to read next!

I finished reading . . . 

A Dangerous Legacy by Elizabeth Camden - Lucy and Colin work for rival news agencies, but come together to foil an assassination plot and to help Lucy and her brother win a legal battle for their rightful inheritance. (Read my full review HERE.)

 

I'm currently reading . . .

31 Proverbs to Light Your Path by Liz Curtis Higgs - A wonderfully practical devotional that I'm working through. Review coming soon!

 


The Sound of Rain by Sarah Loudin Thomas - got started on the latest from a favorite author. This is for an upcoming review.




Isaiah's Daughter: A Novel of Prophets and Kings by Mesu Andrews - picked up this ARC again after forcing myself to take a little break.




Next on the stack... 

India Black (A Madam of Espionage Mystery) by Carol K. Carr
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself by Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert
An Awakened Heart (Orphan Train): An Orphan Train Novella - Jody Hedlund (this novella is currently free for Kindle)

  

   

On my blogs recently . . .

Here on Just A Second:

Recent Reads - A Dangerous Legacy
Scripture and a Snapshot - Undivided Heart
Book Blogger Hop - November 3, 2017
Wordless Wednesday - Halloween Fun
Bookshelf Review - October 2017

And on my homeschool blog, Homeschool Coffee Break:

Homeschool Highlights - Week Nine
Drafting and Design (Blogging Through the Alphabet)
Virtual Refrigerator - Costumes and Face Paint
A Sampler Pack of Gospel Tracts (A Homeschool Coffee Break Review)
Reformation Day Resources from SchoolhouseTeachers.com

What are you reading?

©2008-2017 Just A Second. All rights reserved. All text, photographs, artwork, and other content may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the written consent of the author. http://justasecondblog.blogspot.com/