As I was choosing books for my 5x5 categories, I wanted to read several books by Christian African American authors I respected. I had gotten Unashamed as a monthly freebie from Christian Audio, Carved in Ebony on sale from ChristianAudio for Black history month, and Gay Girl, Good God was available from the Houston Public…
2023 5×5 Challenge
Someday I'll come up with catchy, clever, or alliterative titles for my 5x5 sections, but I'm not going to let lack of creativity hinder my reading life. I've been on a roll reading nonfiction since Christmas, so I'm optimistic about increasing my nonfiction to fiction ratio this year. I'm not aiming for 1 to 1,…
2022 5×5 Challenge
I've read more non-fiction this year than since I graduated from university! The key was reading with others. Between Scholé Sisters, Cindy Rollins' membership, The Literary Life Podcast, and my students (both at KOR and home), I persevered through books I would have put down--and probably misplaced and forgotten--this year. This is not to say…
The Literary Life Bingo
For several years, I've enjoyed looking at The Literary Life's reading challenges. I might have even printed one off and then lost track of it. I know I bought one of their nifty commonplace books (the fairy cover) but haven't added much to it. This is all odd because I read every book and listen…
5×5 Challenge
The Scholé Sisters 5×5 Challenge has an open-ended format: five books in five categories. I made more progress on non-fiction last year than I would have without the challenge, but it was a struggle to keep picking up non-fiction. Even "moderate" mother culture books felt like stiff books this year. I obviously flopped on the homemaker category,…
Schole Sisters 5×5 Challenge
The Scholé Sisters 5x5 Challenge has an open-ended format: five books in five categories. Because I have fiction covered well with the Back to the Classics Challenge and The Literary Life's 20for2020 Challenge, I decided to pick five non-fiction books that aligned with my vocations. Since I read only one non-fiction book in all of 2019,…
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