Category Archives: Book Review

Past Lives

Posted on November 18, 2023 by Ann C. Averill

A week ago, I was on a plane watching a Korean movie called Past Lives. The movie begins with three people, two men and a woman, sitting at a bar. You hear the voiceover of other customers wondering what their … Continue reading →

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Their Eyes Were Watching God

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Ann C. Averill

Forty-six years ago, my husband and I were married on Columbus Day, now called Indigenous Peoples’ Day. A few nights prior to our anniversary, I finished Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, and was struck by the … Continue reading →

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Do You Live in a Shack?

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Ann C. Averill

A few nights after New Year’s, I watched the movie version of the novel, The Shack by William Paul Young. I read it years ago while it was a bestseller and frankly wasn’t impressed, but then maybe I wasn’t ready … Continue reading →

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Masterpieces

Posted on May 27, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

I recently reread Mary Karr’s Liar’s Club, and a few nights ago, finished Annie Dillard’s An American Childhood. Both are memoirs. Both are masterpieces, yet so different in so many ways. Karr’s story is set in the stuffocating heat of … Continue reading →

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Right Between the Eyes

Posted on February 16, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

PERFECTIONISM AND THE CREATIVE MINDSET REQUIRED TO FINISH A BOOK. During the Olympics, there’s always lots of talk about sports psychology. The Apostle Paul also talks about what it takes to finish the race. In Philippians 3:13-14 he advocates leaving … Continue reading →

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A Taste of Paradise

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

 This week, I stumbled upon a documentary on Prime called Three Identical Strangers about male triplets separated at birth by adoption. Turns out they were unknowingly part of a psychological study and purposely placed in homes at three different levels … Continue reading →

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Our Eyes Are On You

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

Funny how books, sermons, and personal stories come into your life at just the right moment. Just in the nick of time! Just when God knows you need it! **************************************************************************************** How often I submit to my fears instead of submitting … Continue reading →

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