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As a marketing consultant, copy editor, and proofreader, C.G.Koens has been working professionally with individuals, corporations, and non-profits for over a decade to ensure their core messages are clearly communicated to the intended audience, whatever the medium.

Married to a fellow INTJ, she's also an adoptive (homeschooling) mom of five, loves a good skinny, decaf, caramel macchiato, and is a fan of BBC mystery shows, Indian curry, Parisian cafes, and her passport. A "work in progress" Jesus-follower, she embraces a lifestyle of thankfulness, simplicity, stewardship, and personal growth.

Favorite Genres/Authors: Food/travel, historical non-fiction/biographies, cozy British mysteries, Agatha Christie, Alexander McCall Smith, Miss Read, J
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What's On My Nightstand (January)

January is the month of restarts. Refocusing on our goals (simple or complex), refocusing on our health, refocusing on what we want to change by the time December rolls around again. Our houses get a refresh as we remove all the tinsel and trappings and put away the sparkle for the next eleven months. Our Instagram feeds are full of inspiration and ways to renovate ourselves this year, with a heal

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Three and a half stars

Not really a four-star book but a decided improvement on the previous book in the series. So the four stars makes up for my two-star rating last time. There were still some repetitive phrases and women with "hair pulled back int
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Repetitive and Predictable

When I started reading this series in book #1, I loved the unpredictable nature of the author's writing. Book #2 was a little more predictable, but still different enough to make it enjoyable. By book #3 the plot was obviou
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Jim Elliot
“Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.”
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Jane Austen
“Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.”
Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another What! You
“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

William Nicholson
“I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time- waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God- it changes me.”
William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play

Ravi Zacharias
“What you applaud you encourage, but beware what you celebrate...”
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