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Ruth’s 2025 Year in Books
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Go for a walk. Journal. Be kind to myself. Talk with my writing buddies. Pray. Juggle all the other things in my life until the time is right.
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"I laughed so much at the beginning of this book, and then I found it became more thoughtful and emotional. The characters of Grandpa, Agnes and Andrew were definite highlights"
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"Totally did not see that ending coming...
The story is written like it's Rob who's trying to rewrite his diary to an autobiography. When we get to know him and his story better we learn the reason behind his shyness. But there is also a disclosure tha" Read more of this review » |
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This enjoyable teen novella will surely achieve the goal to encourage reluctant readers for it's easy reading, absorbed in a day. Denim Davies arrives at yet another new school, Driftwood Heights High, a caravan kid wearing faded hand-me-down uniform ...more |
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As social media is foremost in teen eyes and minds, this engaging book is timely and important especially as its short length is ideal for reluctant readers addicted to digital screens. It would make an excellent addition to school libraries. Fifteen- ...more |
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"‘Like, Comment, Subscribe?’ by Kat Ost is a timely and thoughtful look at social media and teen identity. Told in first person, I loved how Becca’s story of balancing her online persona and her own shifting sense of self was approached in this novel."
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“Strive for excellence, rather than perfection, and the audience may so enjoy your beautiful, expressive tone that they will readily forgive a few stray notes.”
― Confident Music Performance
― Confident Music Performance
“A few mistakes do not a fiasco make. Professionals throw them off casually but file them away to reinvent as an endearing anecdote in later presentations. Make them part of the performance! Put them behind you and keep going whatever happens.”
― Speak Out - Don't Freak Out
― Speak Out - Don't Freak Out
“A first recorded instance of “presentation anxiety” occurred around 1300BC when God commissioned Moses to urge Pharaoh to free the Hebrew slaves. “Please send someone else!” pleaded Moses to God. “I'm a nobody. I'm not eloquent. I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.” Perhaps he stuttered.
Poor Moses. As well as having to argue with God and Pharaoh – and convince the Hebrews they should follow him to the Promised Land – he had to overcome his insecurity as a speaker.
Moses’ story reveals an important truth – the more we speak in public, the less our fears intrude and the more we grow in confidence. If Moses, the self-confessed “nobody”, could surmount his fears, so too can we.”
― Speak Out - Don't Freak Out
Poor Moses. As well as having to argue with God and Pharaoh – and convince the Hebrews they should follow him to the Promised Land – he had to overcome his insecurity as a speaker.
Moses’ story reveals an important truth – the more we speak in public, the less our fears intrude and the more we grow in confidence. If Moses, the self-confessed “nobody”, could surmount his fears, so too can we.”
― Speak Out - Don't Freak Out
“To gain your own voice, forget about having it heard. Become a saint of your own province and your own consciousness.”
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“Take a good long look at The Lord’s Prayer. It’s all ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’. There is no ‘me’, ‘I’ or ‘mine’ anywhere.”
― God's Poetry: The Identity and Destiny Encoded In Your Name
― God's Poetry: The Identity and Destiny Encoded In Your Name
“Throughout the ancient world, naming was a sacred act. It was the word by which a child was called into his calling. It was the voice of destiny, summoning the child into his future with all its glorious promise.”
― God's Panoply: The Armour of God and the Kiss of Heaven
― God's Panoply: The Armour of God and the Kiss of Heaven
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