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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.
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Sue Fairhead
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January 2008
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https://www.goodreads.com/sueincyprus
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Home Education - What? Why? How?: A Guide for Beginners
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The secret beach (by Veronica Henry)
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I’ve liked all the books I’ve read by Veronica Henry. So when I saw her novel ‘The secret beach’ at a church bookstall a few months ago, it was an easy decision to buy it. I’ve just spent the last few days reading it. The main protagonist is a woman called Nikki, who is in her early forties. We first meet her in a prologue set twenty years before the main story, where she’s Read more of this blog post »
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The first sequel to 'Anne of Green Gables'. Anne is now 16 and begins teaching at the local school. she meets new people, affects lives positively and learns more about herself. Very moving in places, surprisingly modern in outlook for a book that's ...more "
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| This is a seaside/village novel that's character-based, with mostly very likeable people. Nikki, the main protagonist, has a secret from twenty years earlier, and there are occasional flashbacks (including a prologue) that let us know, rather slowly, ...more | |
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| Second in the 'shopaholic' series... which I enjoy a great deal more than I expected to. Becky Bloomwood is a wonderful creation. Despite being appalling with money and constantly in debt, she is friendly, kind and extremely generous. It's ironic tha ...more | |
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Excellent! Adrian Plass in his more serious writing style, with light anecdotes and a friendly way of putting things. The book looks at what it really means to follow Jesus, without religious jargon or pretence. It’s divided into three sections, so t ...more |
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| I thought this started well. Rose, the narrator, is a likeable person, whom we first meet when she's about to turn nine. She has an unusual talent, and it's introduced well, showing us her confusion and feelings, and introducing a likeable boy called ...more | |
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Historical fiction, set in the United States, four years after the battle of Waterloo The exciting story of Juliet, who has recently been left destitute by the loss of her father. She takes her cousin's place as wife to Hyde Purchis, when Josephine t ...more |
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| One of the handful that doesn’t feature life in the Chalet School at all; instead it’s mostly set in Austria, where the Maynard family regularly take their summer holidays. I quite like the family-oriented books, more so than I did when I was younger ...more | |
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Tessa and Maddy are peacefully drinking coffee, when a chance remark turns Tessa's world upside-down. But she's not one to react emotionally, and she doesn't want to jeopardise their friendship. The book follows Tessa's thoughts as she decides what t ...more |
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| The book is beautifully written, with three-dimensional characters and a well-researched historical background, set in the UK in 1893. The novel takes place over the course of almost a year. It's a blend of character-driven explorations with the unde ...more | |
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This is a collection of articles and transcripts of talks by the late American Christian writer Dallas Willard. The theme is that of discipleship, and how it was the real focus of what we know as the 'Great commission', rather than just conversion. T ...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
