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Paula’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Paula’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Paula Vince
Goodreads Author
Born
in Adelaide, Australia
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Influences
L.M.Montgomery, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Emily Bronte, Jane Austen, Harpe
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Member Since
July 2012
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Best Forgotten
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2011
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4 editions
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Imogen's Chance
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2014
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2 editions
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Picking Up the Pieces (Adelaide Hills #2)
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2010
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2 editions
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The Prophecies (Quenarden, #1)
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2002
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3 editions
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The Risky Way Home
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2012
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4 editions
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A Design of Gold
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2009
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3 editions
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The Dark Secret (Quenarden, #3)
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2004
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The Castle of Light (Quenarden, #2)
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2003
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Picking Up the Pieces
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Imogen's Chance
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'The Penderwicks at Last' by Jeanne Birdsall
Summary: Nine years, five older siblings, a few beloved dogs, and an endless array of adventures--these are the things that have shaped Lydia's journey since readers first met her in The Penderwicks in Spring. Bursting with heart and brimming with charm, this is a joyful, hilarious ode to the family we love best. And oh my MOPS - Meeting of Penderwick Siblings - does Jeanne Birdsall's The Pend Read more of this blog post »
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| To me this finale is the strongest and finest of all. The wonder of classic kids' series is how they transform simple and ordinary pleasures and events into something fun and magical. I found the first two books in the series lacked that elusive qual ...more | |
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The recent Binge series starring Ella Bruccoleri was delightful so I followed it up with a re-read of this hefty novel, which I bought back in 2020 when it was first published. It focuses on poor, nerdy, lonely Mary, the middle Bennet girl. Of course ...more |
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This is the first time I've ever read this spiritual classic through from cover to cover, although I've dipped into it here and there over the years. But I decided this year would be the year. It is an epistolary novel. We all know humans are said to ...more |
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| The first three books in this series cover a fairly short time span, but this fourth skips ahead six years, which I welcomed because of the potentially changed dynamics. Batty, now 11 years old, takes center stage. She's the same age as her elder sis ...more | |
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| Essentially, Margaret Simon, our 11-year-old protagonist, moves from New York City to New Jersey with her parents. She makes new friends, conscientiously tackles school assignments, grapples with a crush on the boy who mows their lawns, and tries to ...more | |
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| This isn't a sequel so much as a complementary story. In Gilead, we have Reverend John Ames' written account of what happens when his namesake, Jack Boughton, returns home after an absence of twenty years. This book shines a light on what takes place ...more | |
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21-year-old Gwenda Reed purchases a quaint home to live in with her new hubby, Giles. 'Hillside' is a small, white Victorian villa in the seaside town of Dillmouth. Gwenda claims it as hers in an instinctive, emotional way. It's love at first sight. H ...more |
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"I have always had issues with this book, and wanted to read it again to see if I felt the same - I did.
First, I can understand the idea behind the story, however I don't feel the execution works. The rainbow fish is beautiful and admired. When a littl" Read more of this review » |
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"This is a wonderful book demonstrating Sanford's healing ministry full of examples of how she used her gift to serve as a healing vessel for the work of Holy Spirit.
It's written in the 1940s so it's a little formal but it's inspiring to read Sanford'" Read more of this review » |
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Paula Vince
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Dale Harcombe’s review
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Between a Book and a Hard Place (Devereaux's Dime Store Mystery)
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The cover is lovely and appealing, but doesn't indicate all you've described. I think I'll give this one a miss :)
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“Reader's Bill of Rights
1. The right to not read
2. The right to skip pages
3. The right to not finish
4. The right to reread
5. The right to read anything
6. The right to escapism
7. The right to read anywhere
8. The right to browse
9. The right to read out loud
10. The right to not defend your tastes”
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1. The right to not read
2. The right to skip pages
3. The right to not finish
4. The right to reread
5. The right to read anything
6. The right to escapism
7. The right to read anywhere
8. The right to browse
9. The right to read out loud
10. The right to not defend your tastes”
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“The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.”
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“I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”
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“My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am.”
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“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.”
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Australian Christian Book Club
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Read books from some of the best Australian and New Zealand authors. Read, share and discuss* with hundreds of book-club friends each month – or as of ...more
2015 Reading Challenge
— 249 members
— last activity Feb 04, 2016 09:30AM
Challenge: - Book w/ 500+ pages - Classic romance - Book that became a movie - Book published this year (2015) - Book w/ a number in the title - Book ...more
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Paula wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "Dear Paula,I'm not certain if my message got to you yesterday, so here I go again. Sally from Wombat Books has asked me to write my press release for Green Heart of the Forest a..."
Hi Elizabeth, sure, please feel free to use any of my quotes for your press release. Have fun putting it together.
Blessings,
Paula V
Elizabeth wrote: "Dear Paula,I'm not certain if my message got to you yesterday, so here I go again. Sally from Wombat Books has asked me to write my press release for Green Heart of the Forest and because you wro..."
Elizabeth wrote: "Dear Paula,
I'm not certain if my message got to you yesterday, so here I go again. Sally from Wombat Books has asked me to write my press release for Green Heart of the Forest and because you wro..."
Dear Paula,I'm not certain if my message got to you yesterday, so here I go again. Sally from Wombat Books has asked me to write my press release for Green Heart of the Forest and because you wrote my appraisal in the Caleb Ms competition, I was wondering if i could use some of your quotes please. Thanks and God bless.
Elizabeth Klein
