The Hiding Place, originally published in 1984 and rereleased more recently as an audiobook, kept me hooked for the whole 10 hour run-time. It definitely put the “difficult” activities I was performing while listening (taping and painting a bedroom) into perspective. “Surely there is no more wretched sight that the human body unloved and uncared for.” Corrie ten Boom spent the first 50 years of her life pleasantly and quietly. Her father’s family owned a watch business in Haarlem, and she worked alongside him repairing […]
Playing end of the year catch up
Okay, I’m 25 reviews behind guys. I’m going to finish them here, and then be done with CBR I think. I absolutely love this community, and will probably keep logging on to read y’all’s awesome reviews, but trying to keep up with my own has felt increasingly like an obligation, not like a fun expansion of my love of reading. But I’ve read some great books this month, so here’s one last blast of recommendations… The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson (3 stars) […]
We take so much for granted
Manal al-Sharif grew up in Mecca, and through a combination of her family’s teachings and her time at school, spent most of her childhood and teen years as a religious fanatic. Then, in her 20s, she became a computer security engineer, working with a variety of people, and realized just how wrong the situation in her country really was. She began to rebel against the government by doing something that most of us bitch and moan about doing every day: daring to drive. Manal tells […]
Just so freaking adorable
Y’all, if you’re looking for some fun, cute YA, I’ve got it for you right here. I grabbed When Dimple Met Rishi (along with most of the books I’ve read in the last month) off Goodreads Reader Choice Awards, and it did not disappoint! Dimple, an aspiring web designer, has one thing on her mind: attending a good college, away from her mother — who’s hell-bent on finding Dimple an “Ideal Indian Husband”. Rishi, on the other hand, dreams of finding a wife that will be as […]