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Sue’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Sue’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Sue Fairhead’s Followers (40)
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Sue Fairhead
Goodreads Author
Born
The United Kingdom
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January 2008
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/sueincyprus
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Home Education - What? Why? How?: A Guide for Beginners
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Soul keeping (by John Ortberg)
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I have very much appreciated the books by John Ortberg which I have acquired over the years. He is an American pastor with a sense of humour, and (in my view) an excellent balance in his beliefs. There are some of his books which I read quite a while ago, so I’m now - gradually - rereading them. It had been over eight years since I read ‘Soul keeping’, so I’ve just reread i
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Set at the end of the 19th century, this is about Rebecca, whose in-laws disapprove of her. It's a family type novel, with ongoing situations rather than a clear plot, and several rather caricatured people. However I liked Rebecca, and it was overall
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| Unfortunately, despite some blurb that implies a good character-based book, this isn't one of the most exciting Chalet School books. There are lengthy explanations of lacrosse, about cleaning the chapel candles, and about the new uniforms which are t ...more | |
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| A character-based novel taking place over one summer. Liz is godmother to the half-sisters Clare and Skye, who are very different and have never got along. They're all going to be together, along with Clare's baby, Ivy, while Liz tries to restart her ...more | |
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| I thought this excellent, the first time I read it. And indeed, it's a refreshing view of the Christian life, and the importance of being 'real'. So many of us hide behind masks, most of all in church circles. This book encourages us to trust God, to ...more | |
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| The story is about a young woman called Poppy who is engaged to a rather geeky guy called Magnus. She’s been given a family heirloom engagement ring… and it’s vanished. Then Poppy’s phone is snatched. Searching through a rubbish bin in the hope of lo ...more | |
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Emily's father is dying, and she has to go and live with one of her dead mother's relatives after he's died. None of them really want her - she's outspoken, honest and confident, rather than a typical well-behaved Victorian child. It's a nice book by ...more |
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| A basic outline for new Christian believers, in a 1980s style which was very popular in that era. Advice about temptation, following our consciences, handling money and more. Possibly useful for teens and young adults at the time, although it feels v ...more | |
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| Kendra is the narrator of this book. She's a young woman recently returned from Australia to the UK, after a romantic problem. She has found a quiet studio apartment and hopes to be anonymous for a while... but finds herself rapidly embroiled in the ...more | |
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“We draw people to Christ not by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are, but by showing them a light that is so lovely that they want with all their hearts to know the source of it.”
― Madeleine L'Engle Herself: Reflections on a Writing Life
― Madeleine L'Engle Herself: Reflections on a Writing Life
Radiant, Ravishing Starbridge
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A group to discuss Susan Howatch's Starbridge series, the St. Benet's series, or any of her other books! ...more
