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I always love hearing about goals and progress.

I'm so sorry you're down with an injury. I'm praying for your healing. That can definitely interfere with reading enjoyment!

I thought it was Lisa, too! I ended up 3.5 ⭐️ for Healer as well.

I did not know how old you are until now! 😆

Is Murder Before Christmas the one with the pregnant woman? Ouch! The tides... ugh. That will be a problem for me, too. I also liked that the letters in Yours Truly, Thomas created a sort of mystery. Yeah, romance is romance and I rolled my eyes at some of that. But I usually do. TLBW... did you question whether the other world even existed at any point? The author did a fabulous job of showing the depressed person's inability to see anything but her own pain. Because I wanted to shake Evelyn and point out how incredibly SELFISH she was about wanting her way etc. BUT... It's real. She did a GREAT job showing it. But though I didn't say anything in my review because I did really love seeing the reality of it, I HATED what it did to people. Her depression destroyed so many people. Tom was messed up (possibly for life) because of it. Phillipa was put through FAR too much in this book. She was a mom as a young teen! SHEESH. And poor Jamie! UGH. Oh, and she did a fabulous job showing why people hurting like this are attracted to self-harm. UGH. I am loving Thorofare. Didn't get to read tonight. Sigh. From Sally's book, it made me think of Edward Rowland Sill's The Fool's Prayer and this verse: The ill-timed truth we might have kept- Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung? The word we had not sense to say- Who knows how grandly it had rung? Still praying for your foot! Hmmm... I think that you should definitely count rereads if you haven't physically read that copy. I think that's only reasonable.

I'm excited to pick up Cities of Smoke and Starlight, too!

I don't think I realized The End of the Spear was a book. I knew it was a movie. I haven't settled entirely on what I want to read next. I am hoping to listen to Anne of Avonlea and Sense and Sensibility, I think. I have one to finish - Evelina - from this month. I also have a couple from the library to read. I'm just about finished the non-fiction I'm reading - For Mind and Heart, St Nektarios as Teacher, but I'm not sure where I'm going after that. Happy reading!

That little turtle in a teacup and the one with two birds are especially sweet. I got a puzzle, too, and a puzzleboard for my birthday last year, but I haven't used either yet.

Love seeing all the new books! I'm excited you're reading Healer!

That puzzle! 😍

The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady is so lovely. I don't own it . . . yet.

I'm with you on continuing the journal. I started a new one this year even though the old one wasn't finished but mostly because I wanted to swap out and try new stuff and style and knew it would bother me to have it all mixed up. But that's me being weird. I remember a friend who used to draw black and white things in her planner for everything. Very black and white but the way she did it really made it look sharp and special, so black pen, white page, and practicing a bit of doodling, and you could have a stunning journal without any need for anything else if you really wanted to. So I'm with yo on the "don't need a bunch of stuff." Do I have a bunch of stuff? Yep. But... not needed.

I keep mine simple, too. I think I would not keep doing it if they were more elaborate, much as I admire some fancier and more involved spreads. This suits me.

You have some really nice washi tape!

I use my journal more than one year if there's room, too. The ones I'm currently using are soft covered notebooks, which are not really big. 2023 and 2024 are in one, so this year it's a new one.

I love the sound of your bingo for the year!

Yay for more Christopher Morley, I need to read more from him!

All the Christmas reads! Adding many to my list. You had a great reading month, thanks for sharing!

Happy New Year! You read a lot more than I did in December. So many distractions! This year I am trying to write a summary at the end of every chapter, so it is going slower but I'm hoping I will remember more detail, especially names. I'm horrible with names.

I'm excited you're planning to read Healer! ❤

I'm starting my own channel for the purpose of showing all the books I'm reading for a year long bingo card provided by Book Zealots. I wanted to see how many of the prompts I could fulfill from our home library. There are too many to list on her page. 😂 Your challenge might be safer. Blessings,

Great goals! We have many in common!

Happy New Year!

Island of Stars sounds interesting! I love finding middle grade reads that don't push an agenda. ❤

A great selection!

I missed that Island of Stars has "the Fullerton" family. that's a family name for me! I need to pull mine out!

I have similar reading goals as you. I want to read a few books slowly. Probably finishing Abide in Christ, as well as reading Risk A Verse: A Year in Daily Sonnets. I definitely want to read something by Elisabeth Elliot. I am also planning two small group Bible Studies that will stretch a few months each.

I stopped reading Charles Dickens Christmas short stories when I felt at risk my memory would blur them together. That's fine, more for next year. I loved the Father Christmas book! I read Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson and thought it was pretty good. I've read all 4 of the "One and Only" books. They all have underlying "causes/agendas", but discussing with my 12 yr old, we agreed Bob's story was the best, though predictable. I listened to a nonfiction then fly in the mood to get back to some classics and picked up a Thomas Hardy. I haven't felt all that Christmassy this year. It may be all the rain; may also be we all have colds and haven't spent much time at church. Blessings to you and your family. Merry Christmas!

Great reading month so far!

That's so frustrating when you have to DNF a book but so nice to have room for more books you might love! 😆

NUTCRACKER VIBES??? Gotta grab it. Because there's the going to all the places in Nutcracker, so the travel fits, too. EEEP! I know what you mean. I can't tell you how many reviews for the same book have, "This book was too preachy. Way too much religious stuff." and then a few down the line would say, "I thought this was supposed to be Christian fiction. There's no gospel in here." Sigh. LOL I really enjoyed Murder Goes Caroling. It didn't have the "I'm so confused" moment that I got with the Glamping book (which I suspect happened because I had a kindle glitch or something.

It's always interesting to compare what someone (you) has chosen and what I would choose. I've only read one of the books mentioned here, so obviously there wouldn't be much overlap!

Great list! I loved the Color Theory series.

OOOH! You made me think of Kingdom of Ruins where nature is also part of the setting!!! Would I like "Snow"? Love, Mary Elizabeth is SOOOOOO GOOD! Must read Christie's book!

Great list for 2025! I love choosing a few books from my shelves that I just haven't picked up yet, too. ❤

I hope you enjoy Rooted in Wonder! ❤

That is a good mix! I have 10 of Charles Dickens books to read his novels to 0. I'm hoping to read 1 a month. I will be buddy reading The Idiot by Dostoevsky and Les Miserables by Victor Hugo in January and February. The last 8 years I read history and nonfiction. Now I'm going through a classics phase. My 12 yo is a very advanced reader but there are few challenging books appropriate for a 12 yo. Some classics are good options, but my husband or I need to read them first.

I loved Lady’s Guide…! It was so fun and whimsical, but it presented such a wonderful view of surrender to God’s plan over our desire for control.

Poison looks GOOD! The Morley book sounds a bit like Eight Cousins. I HATE that they gave you that total spoiler. For Whom the Sun Sings is GREAT but that tagline is awful. STill infuriates me. The Garden at the Edge of Beyond is kind of a fantasy devotional. Sort of. I've been anxious to read The Light between Worlds, too. It might be one of my "beauty" books. You have several on your list that I want to read! EEEP!

Phoebe is my favorite babysitter ever. To me she IS the book. Ahem. LOL Oh! I haven't read Homer Price in decades! At least two! Azkaban really hit me in a new way this year. I finally "got" why the dementors go after Harry. I mean... Horcrux. Duh! Can you imagine me in Denny's while people are eating around me, and this guy droning on and on about animal bladders? *shudders Not a huge fan of Mrs. Jeffries. I felt like it was so manipulative. And the "poor idiot" man attitude. Sigh. Can I just say I STILL wanna slap Ava. I think The Lion Killer is one of my least favorite of the series, but I do like it. I really need to read the Secrets of Oramdale series. The Lines Between Us isn't my favorite of hers. It's not BAD... just not as great as Things We Didn't Say. I keep meaning to get the Scottish Bakehouse series. I think I'd like it. Favorite for Nov--The Brothers Karamazov. Definitely.

Random Acts of Shyness sounds like something I need to add to my list!

More people need to be reading. I have a playlist of 65 videos of my giveway at work. I thrifted 532 books for 88 dollars and 75 dvds for 22 dollars for my book giveway at applebees ( 3701 Veterans Memorial Blvd, Metairie, LA 70002). I have given away 3200 books in 10 months to babies,kids,teens,and adults.❤😊. I go to red white and blue thrift store and buy grab bags.

Great haul. Your reference to Chautona.was hilarious! I like Chautona's channel, but have not tried for a free book. Thanks for the reminder!

Eeep! Morley! January? *whistles I LOVE that "regiment of Aunts." Genius. Three books going free on Friday. *whistles again. Pretty sure you have one of them. I need your "bog man" book! That sounds awesome. I LOVE A Place to Hang the Moon! I want to reread! I just reread Snow-Crossed myself. I have a HUGE stack of books that came in this month. OOPS!

Hi! I jumped over here from Chautona Havig mentioning your channel. What a fun selection in this theme!

I love that your state fossil is as awesome as a Mastadon. We're over here with Crinoids. 😂

OOOH! I need Dinosauria! That is awesome!