by Sam Harrelson | Jul 28, 2015 | Book Review, what I'm reading
by Merianna Harrelson I tried to drag the last fifty pages of The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd out because I simply didn’t want the book to end. I wanted to continue to follow the stories of Sarah and Handful as they wrestle with two types of slavery: one...
by Sam Harrelson | Jul 24, 2015 | Book Review
by Molly McConnell I remember the media adoration and critical love when The Goldfinch was released (Donna Tartt’s latest novel and Pulitzer Prize Winner). I passed on the chance to read it, instead sticking to my Amazon list – you can’t tell I’m goal-oriented,...
by Sam Harrelson | Jul 14, 2015 | Book Review
by Molly McConnell This is not a book I would have picked up or known about had I not been reading through Amazon’s 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime- a stellar list. Different stories are woven together into a single narrative, each chapter chronicling a different...
by Sam Harrelson | Jul 6, 2015 | Book Review, what I'm reading
by Molly McConnell I read this book in May of this year after becoming fascinated with the world of nonfiction literature. Creative nonfiction, the genre of memoir and literary journalism, is ripe with stories of people – real people and their lives. My dad read...
by Sam Harrelson | Feb 10, 2015 | Being Called Chaplain, New Book
Excerpt from Being Called Chaplain Around 3:00 a.m., I finally make my way out of the darkened room, not forgetting to squeeze some of that awful hospital sanitizer into my hands. I rub them together, letting the alcohol do its work and evaporate, knowing that it will...
