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Book challenge (2015)

Since I posted  this , I have gotten some awesome ideas on what I should read next.  I did a book challenge last year, but ended up adding more books than what were required!  I read The Hunger Games for the first time and that wasn't on my list; Divergent as well I added, and many others.  That says a lot about who I am, I guess. ;) So, with being inspired to read new and not-so-new books, I wanted your opinion.  What do you think? Here are some that I hope to tackle this year: Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott Camille by Alexandre Dumas The Hunchback of Notra Dame by Victor Hugo The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (I started reading this book but never finished) Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Replay by Ken Grimwood The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan  Crandford/Cousin Phillis  by Elisabeth Gaskell Wives and Daughters by Elzabeth Gaskell The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Larkrise

2015 The Literary Heroine Blog Party

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Good morning, blog family!  I am SO happy to share the questions to Kellie's  fun, and creative blog party!   I did this last year, and if you would like to read my answers, please  click here . <<<---Don't you just love this part in the movie?  I cry every time! :p I am composing/answering these questions with what read in 2014.  Next year it'll be with what I've read this year.  :)  Here are the questions and my answers. :)  Enjoy!   1. Introduce yourself! Divulge your life's vision, likes dislikes, aspirations, or something completely random! Well hello!  My name is Sarah and this is my second year attending Kellie's online party.  The first year  was SO much fun I just had to come back for more!  My life's vision is to honor and glorify my Savoir and King with everything that I say, think and do.  As I pray that part of God's will for me will include marriage and children, I am finding the grace and glory t

You're invited!

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You're all invited to the 3rd Annual Literary Heroine Blog Party!  You're hostess, Kellie has put together 21 questions for you!  Click  here  to visit her wonderful blog!

Seasoned with hope

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"Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken." Psalm 34:19-20 Coming off from a very tiring weekend, I had like no energy coming into today.  However, reading this this morning gave my dry and weary bones a much needed drink - even though physically I'm not feeling 100%.   "I have learned, in whatever state I am, therewith to be content."—Philippians 4:11. T HESE words show us that contentment is not a natural propensity of man. "Ill weeds grow apace." Covetousness, discontent, and murmuring are as natural to man as thorns are to the soil. We need not sow thistles and brambles; they come up naturally enough, because they are indigenous to earth: and so, we need not teach men to complain; they complain fast enough without any education. But the precious things of the earth must be cultivated. If we would have wheat, we must plough and sow; if we want flo

Lipstick for Sundays

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This post is about my grandparents.  Now that I think about it, I don't believe I've ever written about my grandparents, or talked about them on this blog for that matter.  That changes today! :) I had/have the some of the most wonderful grandparents ever - I'm sure most of you would say the same thing about your own grandma and grandpa! Google Images Grandpa and Grandma R (my father's parents) were off the boat Italian and I loved them dearly.  I loved the way they spoke in their thick Italian accents; the way both of them smelled, and the way they cooked!  Talk about amazing food!  I loved sitting in their laps and listening to them tell me stories, when in reality, I just loved being close to them.  Whenever my grandpa or grandma didn't know the English word for something, they would hold out their hand and ask, "What'd you call?"  To this day I still use that phrase when I can't seem to recall something and every time I use it I can'

Old Fashioned

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Someone on my Facebook news feed shared a link for this trailer.  I'd never heard of it before and it looked good, so I watched it. It comes out on the 14th of February.  What do you think?  Does it look good?   Tell me what ya'll think! Blessings, Sarah