The Cafe Scholar

Y’all know I love to read, and I jump genres quite a bit.  I guess I’m not your typical reader! But I’m not a hardcore fantasy reader.  I’ve read some here and there that I enjoyed.  Artemis Fowl comes to mind, George MacDonald’s The Wise Woman (he’s the guy that inspired C.S. Lewis), and of course The Chronicles of Narnia.  I’ll admit,…
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I’ve spent a lot of hours reading in the last few days.  I’ve noticed that, which is strange for me.  Usually, when I’m reading, I completely lose track of time, stay up way too late, and eagerly await my next lunch break to get back into the book.  This week, that wasn’t the case.  I wasn’t devouring pages to find out what would…
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My mom was an MK (missionary kid), and I grew up on missionary stories.  The miracle stories you find in books, yes, but also the down-to-earth, “this is what it was like growing up under a microscope” stories.  And some really good karaoke impressions too.  I love a good missionary story.  Fiction or non-fiction.  Janette Oke’s The Calling of Emily…
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I have to admit – I was disappointed by the book I read this week.  Don’t freak out, Allison.  At first, when I picked up this book, I thought it was part of the same series as Finding Amor.  It isn’t – it was actually released before.  Guess I’ll have to wait for that one.  The only thing wrong with…
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