by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 18, 2012 | Reading, Waiting
The Christy Awards were named in honor of Catherine Marshall and her marvelous novel–Christy. The annual presentation of the Christy Awards recognize novels of excellence in Christian fiction. Kind of like the Oscars for Christian authors. You can learn mora...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 11, 2012 | Reading, Waiting
I recently read an article in Publishers Weekly by an author who opted NOT to read any of her book’s reviews for the first six months it was in print. At the end of six months she printed out 300 pages worth of reviews and read them ALL in one sitting. And what...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 6, 2012 | Reading
We were watching television last night and a commercial for a movie came on. As I watched it, I commented that the story was just a ripoff of Total Recall, a 1990 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Guess what? They’re remaking Total Recall. Now, I’m not...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 4, 2012 | Miracles, Reading, Waiting
I’ve been reading Washington’s Lady by Nancy Moser. Written from the first-person point of view of Martha Washington, it’s engaging, entertaining and not a little educational. And it’s giving me a new perspective on our country’s fight...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 2, 2012 | Poetry, Reading
I love lists. Top ten lists and favorite things lists and bucket lists and wish lists. THIS is a cool list. It’s not the best books–rather it’s the top 80 books written by Americans that have shaped the nation. There’s fiction and non-fiction....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jun 22, 2012 | Friends, Reading
I had been thinking recently about how very long it is until the next season of Downton Abbey. January 2013. Sigh. (Why do I hear my mother’s voice warning me not to wish my life away??) And then, as though reading my mind, my friend Lori sent me a link to this...
