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The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove: A Novel by Susan Gregg Gilmore My rating: 4 of 5 stars A very good southern read. While it revisits some common themes found in southern fiction set in the 60's and at first I found myself thinking of The Divine Secret Of The Ya Ya Sisterhood, The Secret Life of Bees and Fannie Flagg, it surprised me by finding a voice and story all its' own. View all my reviews The Shack by William P. Young My rating: 1 of 5 stars I can appreciate the loss and re-discovery of faith after suffering a life altering tragedy. I can appreciate what the shack represents. I appreciate the idea of the book as a whole. What I don't appreciate is the writing, which I didn't like and found the tone be at times patronizing/condescending and even insulting. Overall, the story didn't work for me. The fact that “interest in making it into a move” is mentioned at least twice in the last pages at the back of the book as well as on the bo...

Wordless Wednesday

My first Crocus! :-) Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

If These Don't Make You Smile... (1 of 2)

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8:56am

Snow outlines roofs above and weeds below Smoke drifts from chimneys Fog lumbers about slowly Cars line up at the traffic light to turn onto the highway Clocks tick Bluejays argue The tea kettle boils A Cardinal sings despite the cold, gray morning Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®