Angel is the best baker in Kigali. All kinds of people—wives, limo drivers, former child soldiers, teachers, parents, volunteers—come to her for her colorful, buttery cakes and cupcakes, as well as her faith, understanding, and friendship. Kigali is a city of refugees, of survivors and diplomats and those seeking to help or be helped. It…
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Liebster Award
Imagine how excited I was to receive the Liebster Award from Buried Beneath All the Lies! This award is meant to be awarded specifically to great but possibly under-appreciated blogs (fewer than 200 followers). Award winners must: List 11 random facts about themselves Answer the questions that were asked of them (by the blogger who…
Review: Eragon
(I read this book as part of the Pay it Sideways Challenge. Join in anytime, we’d love to have you!) Eragon has spent his first 15 years in the village of Carvahall, farming with Garrow, the man who raised him when his mother vanished, and hunting in the Spine, a mysterious and dangerous mountain range….
Review: Hurt Go Happy
Thirteen year-old Joey is used to being left out of conversations. She’s been deaf since the age of six, but her mother’s refusal to let her learn sign language has forced her to rely on lip-reading — a practice that any deaf person will tell you is always difficult, and sometimes impossible. But an accidental…
2012 Reading Challenge: Pay It Sideways
“So for the past few days I hopped, greedily perusing Top Ten list after Top Ten list, gathering book after stellar book from bloggers’ 2011 favorites and adding them to my ever mounting virtual TBR pile for 2012. Then a lightning bolt struck: What a perfect 2012 challenge to knit our book blogger community closer…