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This year (2025) finds me with 53 years of teaching “under my belt.” I have taught all levels from pre-K “(library lady” or “book lady”–volunteer) to juniors, seniors, and graduate students enrolled in my Advanced Writing class at the university where I have just completed 34 years. My first paying teaching job was junior high, and I spent 13 years with ages 12-13, the “difficult years.” I had some of the “funnest” experiences with this age group. When I was no longer the “young, fun teacher,” I taught in an elementary school setting before sixth graders went on to junior high, teaching language arts blocs, an assignment that was a “dream-fit” for me. After completing graduate school in my 40s, I went on to community college, then university teaching. This past fall I accepted a part-time teaching job at Apogee Gulf Coast Schools in its first year at the Alvin campus. After my Better Half died n 2022, I achieved a lifelong dream: opening a bookstore of my own, Rae’s Reads. A year later, I sold the house we had lived in for 47 years and moved into the bookstore. My goal is to circulate and repurpose books. Just as teaching is “in my blood,” so is a passion for reading, writing, libraries, and everything bookish. This blog will be open to anyone who loves books, promotes literacy and wants to “come out and play.”
A fun meme to participate in

I haven’t attempted one of these in a very long time, but I’m in the mood to do so today. The meme asks the blogger/reader to share WHAT they have finished reading, WHAT they are reading now, and WHAT they are going to, or wanting to, read next.

Here’s my WWW Wednesday for February 9, 2022:

A former popular televangelist who held healing services all over the U.S. and had a huge ministries organization wrote this book about the promises in the Bible, from Genesis to the New Testament promised healing for those who ask.

Benny Hinn was an Israeli-born, Greek-ethnicity, televangelist whom many Christians supported financially. His healing services, shown on religious TV stations were supposedly faked, but still many people traveled great distances to be healed. This book was probably a give-away with a donation of a certain amount to his ministries, which I received from a friend whose mother followed Hinn on TV back in the 70s. Although his ministry damaged the “Christian Cause” more than helped it, the book itself is a gold mine of scriptures assuring Christians that God promises in His Word physical healing. And, I could sure use some healing at this point. The book is divided into daily meditations, which I read, ignored the disgraced author who wrote them, and allowed the meditations to guide my prayer life until I finished the book. Isn’t it great how we can take and use ideas/things from a book and be helped by them without accepting the entire premise of that book?

A quick-read novel about surviving the loss of a spouse

DEELIGHTFUL, true story

I started this once before, and I am trying it again.

I have misplaced this book and may have to get a library copy to finish it!

This is the 2020 version. I am reading the 1997 edition.

This was another hand-me-down from the same friend’s mother who sent me Benny Hinn’s book. It has the month and day, so I am able to apply its reading to this year easily, and all the devotional are new to me. LOL Seriously, it is often just what I need for a particular day.

Something I really WANT to read and finish

I really MUST set aside about three hours to get further involved in this book. Reading it in bits and pieces, dribs and drabs, setting it aside for days at a time does not do it justice! The writing is experiential and wonderful. I need to immerse myself in the experience of reading it–soon! Maybe a Readathon is called for here!

I hope this week is a good reading week for you. I know we all have busy schedules, (yes, I’m back in school) but SET ASIDE SOME TIME TO READ.

HAPPY READING!

Thanks, Evin, for the sign off.
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  1. Rae Longest Avatar
    Rae Longest

    Reblogged this on blogging807.

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  2. Davida Chazan Avatar
    Davida Chazan

    The Paris Library was good, but I could have done without all the 1980s bits – totally unnecessary, if you ask me.

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    Carla

    Any book that highlights scripture is a good one. I have seen Dewey around and do want to read it. Enjoy all these books Rae.

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  4. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz Avatar
    Deb Nance at Readerbuzz

    I wonder how you ran across The City We Became.

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    1. Rae Longest Avatar
      Rae Longest

      Brazos Bookstore had a virtual interview with the author (whom I had read before and liked), and for the price of a ticket, you received by mail the book and a signed bookplate.

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