A Bookish Sarah

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Welcome, friend! Relax & rest awhile, if you please. I am an ordinary gal, a follower of Christ, mama to Gabriel, Heidi, & Aidan; and wife to Evan. Here on this little blog, I share all manner of bookish things, including full content reviews, writerly snippets, encouragement for everyday life, and a whole collection of names & their meanings.

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Rated, Not Reviewed

Hello, y'all.  :]  How is your Wednesday?  Mine has been rather sluggish and long, but otherwise pretty good.  
I'm not sure as to my blogging schedule, but today I have some rated, but not reviewed books to share with you.  To explain, these are books that I've read but not posted a […
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Book Review | The Beautiful Pretender

The Beautiful Pretender
A Medieval Fairytale (#2) Melanie Dickerson
Publisher:  Thomas Nelson Genre:  Christian, Medieval, Historical Fiction Released:  May 10th, 2016
{GoodReads} What happens when a margrave realizes he’s fallen in love with a servant?

The Margrave of Thornbeck has to find a bride, fast…
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What's in a Name?

Woohoo!  It's back!  
Welcome, my lovelies, to the latest post of Names.  
Be ye a writer or simply one fascinated by names and their meanings, then these posts should be an awesome resource for you.  I had regrettably gotten out of the habit of posting these, but I'm hoping to start again…
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Book Review!

The Forgotten Princess of Elmetia Rachel A. JamesPublisher:  Prism Book Group Genre:  Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Medieval FantasyReleased:  October 22nd, 2014 {Goodreads}It is 616AD, and one fatal night the ancient Kingdom of Elmetia falls. Saxons kill the Elmetian King, and capture Pr…
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Book Review | Resistance

ResistanceThe Ilyon Chronicles #1Jaye L. Knight
Publisher:  Living Sword PublishingGenre:  Christian Fantasy, Clean New Adult, Released:  May 20th, 2014
{Goodreads}“Don’t you know? Animals like you have no soul.”

Could God ever love a half-blood all of society looks upon with such fear and disdain? J…
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What's in a Name? | More Medieval-ness

Aaaaand this post comes merely a day late.  :]  That's not bad, seeing as I helped with the removal of brush and tree limbs yester-morn and then it was the evening shift at LifeWay. 
Anywho, mah dears, here's another set of Medieval names!

DunstanGender:  MasculineUsage:  English (rare), An…
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What's in a Name? | Medieval Edition

Here's a set of Medieval-ty for you.  :]  Hope you enjoy these, dearies! ElricGender:  MasculineUsage:  Medieval EnglishPronunciation:  ELL-rick
Meaning & History Medieval form of either ÆLFRIC, from the Old English elements for "elf" and "power, rule"; or ÆÐELRIC, which …
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Beautiful Books | A Link-Up

Wow.  I just stumbled upon this thanks to my blogger friend, Jameson C. Smith, and her Lovely Whatsoevers.  Pop on over and give her little blog a look-see.  Her story ideas are amazing! AND she's a fan of Middle Earth.  :]  Of course, that's not all (though it should be enough to make you…
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What's in a Name?

Excuses, excuses.  I know.  I have missed yet another A + A Friday.  I hope this won't become a habit. . . But I do feel like I had a good reason!
I had the A + A post saved in drafts and nearly ready to publish on Friday, but somehow it wasn't.  Obviously.  Anyways, that night we went to …
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What's in a Name?

Anna requested a set of Swiss names!  Thank you, Anna!

I actually had to research a couple different websites in order to find these.  I am quite happy with my finds. =]  Most of these names are similarly connected to other countries' names like Sweden, Germany, Norway, etc.  Just as people m…
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What's in a Name?

Aras Gender:  Masculine Usage:  Lithuanian Pronunciation:  AY-ris, AY-ras, AIR-ris
Meaning & History Means "eagle" in Lithuanian.








Nadezhda
Gender:  Feminine
Usage:  Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Pronunciation:  nah-DYEZH-dah (Russian)

Meaning & History
Means "hope" in Russian, B…
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February Snippets!
Here are some Snippets from last month.  These hail from my WIP Safia and another project I'm …
Name Reveal!
Happy November! I don't know about you, but as I sit & type up this little post, I have the …
Book Review | The Goblin Crown
Hello, lovelies!  Just now attempting to get back into the swing of things here in the blog world. …
Book Review | When Mountains Move
Well, no worries, my lovelies!  This review will be rather short.  Simply because. . . I didn'…