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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A + A Friday!

AWKWARD Home alone AND in the shower when you hear hard knocking. . . (Turns out it's only your hubby and bro-in-law wanting a chocolate cookie bite and he forgot his house key.  Haha!  You can laugh now, but it was almost scary then.)  Jeans that have No. POCKETS.  What is this???  Useless.Watc…
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A + A Friday!

It's Friday, y'all!  How was your week? AWKWARD When a stranger comes to your door asking about renting the other side of the duplex--you fumble your words and point to the realtor's phone number on the sign in the front yard, apologize, and seem (and feel!) rather dumb and then they ap…
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A+A Friday!

AWKWARD Don't forget to grab the bananas out of your cooler.  Otherwise the bag of pretzels you also left in there might possibly taste like them. . . (the bananas, I mean.) O_oStanding outside while locking up and you hear what sounds like a chicken clucking loudly. . . Turns out it was a woma…
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A+A Friday!

AWKWARD Watching old home videos in which you are performing in children's plays from church and you're all knobbly-kneed and sound like a little Southern country girl. . .When you pour what you think is just one more swallow left in your glass, but it turns out to be far more than you anti…
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A+A Friday!

Welcome, welcome!  I can't believe it's already time for another A+A post. . . These Fridays keep flying by! AWKWARD Leaving Walmart and walking through the parking lot to your car when you pass by a guy sitting in his own car picking his nose AND eating it too!  O_O Then your husband says,…
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Returning. . .

Awkward and Awesome posts are back for good!  (hopefully. . .)  :D We'll see.  It may be hit and run regarding whether or not they'll be on each Friday.

We're still in the process of finishing Operation Overland (which I hope to have more pictures soon! we're soooo close!!!), the …
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A + A Friday!

AWKWARDWhen your sister is playing with a pair of drum sticks and acting like she's a praying mantis. . . O_o

Trying to pick up running again. . . *pant pant* "Hang on! *HACK* I think I left my lungs back there. . . Need. . . oxygen.  Why do my legs feel like NOODLES."When it's a …
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A + A Friday!

I've had this in the drafts for WEEKS.  And at last!  It's finally here!!
AWKWARDWhen a distant cousin of yours, that you rarely see, looks like a gnome. . . O_o What? Because of his beard! Yodeling rappers.  Never heard of 'em??  Yeah, well, me neither.  It just popped up in a deep di…
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A + A Friday!

Heheheh.  This has been in the drafts for a few weeks.  Or so.  -_-
Enjoy!

AWKWARDWhen you unintentionally call a hoodie hood and "lid."  O_oAttempting to say "no" whilst nodding, and "yes" whilst shaking your head. Just because.  Go on, try it.  xDUsing the trunk spa…
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A + A Friday!

This A+A is about three to four weeks in the making. . . Heheheh, sorry, guys.  I tried! But it'll serve to give y'all a sort of update of what's been going on, I suppose.  :]
Happy Friday!
Enjoy!
AWKWARDWhen your assistant manager asks if you can drive, and you get the impression that…
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After many moons of negligence, I'm attempting to revive said A+A posts.  :]   Are you ready?? The following awkwards and awesomenesses have been gathered over the last few months. . . Well, whenever I remembered to jot them down somewhere.  In reality, there pr…
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A + A Friday!

AWKWARDWhen you're bored enough at work that you an a coworker start playing with tiny paper airplanes. . . Exercising with a sister and friend and talking about food nearly the entire time.AHAHAHA!!! This.
Getting a snack at Starbucks and asking the worker what the rewards consisted of.  But be…
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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'…