It’s Day 4 in my Countdown to Christmas Reading Journal. Today I’m sharing my electronic journal entry for Potato Flake Christmas by Cathe Swanson. My book recommendation for Potato Flake Christmas can be found at the following link: https://www.narelleatkins.com/book-recommendation-potato-flake-christmas-by-cathe-swanson/
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Book Recommendation – The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh
Book Description: She’s out to prove that there’s no such thing as choosing happiness. Isadora Bentley follows the rules. Isadora Bentley likes things just so. Isadora Bentley believes that happiness is something that flat-out doesn’t exist in her life—and never will. As a university researcher, Isadora keeps to herself as much as possible. She avoids …
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Book Recommendation – The Shell Collector by Nancy Naigle
Book Description: Two years after her husband’s death, Amanda Whittier has two children to raise alone, an abandoned dream of starting a business, and a fixer-upper cottage by the sea. She has no room in her life for anything else and little interest in moving on after losing the man she loved. Paul Grant is …
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Book Recommendation – A Quilt for Christmas by Melody Carlson
Book Description: Christmas should be celebrated with family. But for Vera Swanson, that’s not an option this year. Widowed and recently relocated, she is lonely in her condo-for-one–until little Fiona Albright knocks on her door needing help. With her mother seriously ill and her father out of town, Fiona enlists Vera’s help, and when she …
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Book Recommendation – Miramar Bay by Davis Bunn
Book Description: When Connor Larkin boards a late-night bus in downtown L.A., he’s not sure where he’s going or what he’s looking for. Putting his acting career—and his fiancée—on hold, he’s searching for a part of himself he lost on the road to success. Now, with his wedding day approaching, Connor finds himself stepping into …
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Book Recommendation – Under the Magnolias by T. I. Lowe
Book Description: This night not only marked the end to the drought, but also the end to the long-held secret we’d kept hidden under the magnolias. Magnolia, South Carolina, 1980 Austin Foster is barely a teenager when her mama dies giving birth to twins, leaving her to pick up the pieces while holding her six …
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First Line Friday | Grace in the Shadows by Christine Dillon
Today I’m joining in the fun by sharing a book for First Line Friday. The deal is we pick up the nearest book (or in my case, the nearest device with an ebook in it) and quote the first line. Congratulations to Christine! Grace in the Shadows won the CALEB Award General Fiction category at …
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Book Recommendation ~ Grace in the Shadows by Christine Dillon
I laughed and I cried and I couldn’t put this book down. A brilliant story with a strong gospel message that makes this book a keeper. Book Description: Physiotherapist Esther has survived cancer, but wounds within her family remain unhealed. Is her revived faith the reason for the rift or could a simmering secret be …
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First Line Friday | Grace in Deep Waters by Christine Dillon
Today I’m joining in the fun by sharing a book for First Line Friday. The deal is we pick up the nearest book (or in my case, the nearest device with an ebook in it) and quote the first line. I’m sharing the first line from Grace in Deep Waters by Christine Dillon. I’ve included …
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First Line Friday | When Mountains Sing by Stacy Monson
Today I’m joining in the fun by sharing a book for First Line Friday. The deal is we pick up the nearest book (or in my case, the nearest device with an ebook in it) and quote the first line. I’m sharing the first line from When Mountains Sing by Stacy Monson. I’ve included the …
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