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Judy’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Judy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Judy Shank Cyg
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Faster Than a Speeding Bullet
A dime at our neighborhood corner store created lessons in choice.
A nickel candy bar and penny candy? A bag of Squirrels (Squirrel Nut Zippers), Mary Janes, Bazooka bubble gum (with Bazooka Joe comic), and candy necklace? I’d consider options on our walk around the corner and up Squirrel Road.
My brother had no such quandary. Straight to the comic book spinner rack he went with his dime for a Supe Read more of this blog post »
A nickel candy bar and penny candy? A bag of Squirrels (Squirrel Nut Zippers), Mary Janes, Bazooka bubble gum (with Bazooka Joe comic), and candy necklace? I’d consider options on our walk around the corner and up Squirrel Road.
My brother had no such quandary. Straight to the comic book spinner rack he went with his dime for a Supe Read more of this blog post »
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Watership Down is my favorite book of all time. A surprising story of adventure and heroes and overcoming impossible odds by bonding together, told through the eyes and lives of rabbits. Hazel becomes the leader of this band of journeying rabbits, se ...more |
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"My father believed that, after the Nero Wolfe series, the world had no further need for new mystery novels. I tend to agree.
I enjoy the contemporary mysteries by Michael Connelly, Elizabeth George, Patricia Cornwell, Louise Penny and many others, but" Read more of this review » |
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[T]his book is part of a series on cultural impact. And the great question about Jesus must always be: Did he make a difference? Is our world--in the century that began with the Turkish genocide against the Armenians, reached its nadir with the "scie" Read more of this review » |
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Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus:
"I'm definitely a Thomas Cahill fan. He describes Jesus Christ and his teachings into the historical setting just prior to his birth and following his death. Gave me a better understanding of the scriptures and the early days of the first believers. D"
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| I nearly didn't read it because of the girl dying of cancer description, but so glad I did. And yes, I laughed out loud many times. There's something so real about Greg, his struggles to avoid fitting in and surviving high school, family, and life. L ...more | |
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| Stirring, inspirational, a heroic work. Mr. Frey explains what makes a story ring inside you, last and resurface, and how to accomplish that as a writer. Like Donald Maass' The Emotional Craft of Fiction, this book blows embers into flames that make ...more | |
“It is a Call to Life – a full, authentic life. It is a Call to rise from the half-sleep of our existence, and take up our part in the great unfolding of the world. To become a Voice of the Wells. We must answer the Call, or forever be lost in the Wasteland. For many women, that Call occurs at midlife. Dante expressed it perfectly, in the opening lines of The Divine Comedy: ‘Midway upon the journey of my life I found myself in a dark wood, where the right way was lost.’ Most women experience major change in these middle years: physical change or professional; social or psychological; changes in our family and our relationships. Our children leave home. We are overtaken by disillusionment and dissatisfaction. We find ourselves unhappy in our jobs, in our marriages. We develop physical illnesses, anxiety or depression. Rage and grief threaten to overwhelm us. We begin to contemplate our own mortality. We question who we are, who we might have been, who we might yet become. We question ou
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“EMILY: "Does anyone ever realize life while they live it...every, every minute?"
STAGE MANAGER: "No. Saints and poets maybe...they do some.”
― Our Town
STAGE MANAGER: "No. Saints and poets maybe...they do some.”
― Our Town
“One does not argue about The Wind in the Willows. The young man gives it to the girl with whom he is in love, and, if she does not like it, asks her to return his letters. The older man tries it on his nephew, and alters his will accordingly. The book is a test of character. We can't criticize it, because it is criticizing us. But I must give you one word of warning. When you sit down to it, don't be so ridiculous as to suppose that you are sitting in judgment on my taste, or on the art of Kenneth Grahame. You are merely sitting in judgment on yourself. You may be worthy: I don't know, But it is you who are on trial.”
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“It is a Call to Life – a full, authentic life. It is a Call to rise from the half-sleep of our existence, and take up our part in the great unfolding of the world. To become a Voice of the Wells. We must answer the Call, or forever be lost in the Wasteland. For many women, that Call occurs at midlife. Dante expressed it perfectly, in the opening lines of The Divine Comedy: ‘Midway upon the journey of my life I found myself in a dark wood, where the right way was lost.’ Most women experience major change in these middle years: physical change or professional; social or psychological; changes in our family and our relationships. Our children leave home. We are overtaken by disillusionment and dissatisfaction. We find ourselves unhappy in our jobs, in our marriages. We develop physical illnesses, anxiety or depression. Rage and grief threaten to overwhelm us. We begin to contemplate our own mortality. We question who we are, who we might have been, who we might yet become. We question our spiritual values and our material values. We begin to wonder what we are doing with our lives, what meaning we might find. We open our eyes a little wider, and take in the world beyond ourselves. For the first time, we see the Wasteland for what it is.”
― If Women Rose Rooted: A Journey to Authenticity and Belonging
― If Women Rose Rooted: A Journey to Authenticity and Belonging
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