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Joy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Joy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Joy Neal Kidney
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in Dexter, Iowa, The United States
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Books that tackle tough subjects
Until I became a mom, I didn’t read much fiction. That’s when I learned that stories like C. S. Lewis’s and Roald Dahl’s can bring home lessons and things to ponder in a way that a mom’s words can’t.
Recently I’ve read grown-up books that do the same thing, calling attention to tough subjects like the humans who were affected by the closing of poor farms, aftermath of egregious decisions during the
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| Zach Amstead, as an adult, tells his growing-up stories to his adult daughter, who regularly makes comments or asks questions. Zach's best friend Billy is considered by most to be retarded, but his life was a "series of paradoxes," and it was easier ...more | |
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| This is an exceptional daily devotional. Each day's comments are related to a portion of Scripture, working through the entire Bible, and each ends with a suggestion for further study and encouragement. ...more | |
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| Stephanie has a successful business but her marriage to Jason, a builder, has become boring. Another man in her office offers excitement. But Carter, an earth-bound angel, shows up, hoping to make a difference. Little reminders and time shifts jog St ...more | |
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| When Derrick is orphaned in his late teens, he struggles to make ends meet as he works through college, wondering why God would let his mother die. He never knew his father. Hs aunt went through his mother's things and "got rid of them for him," but ...more | |
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| Sam, a handsome and very smart Collie, tells his own story from his early days and "milk on tap" meeting new humans and furry friends. When he met the bedraggled and toothless feral cat Henry, Sam commented that he had a "lifetime of smells on him, a ...more | |
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| Best friends fall in love with the same woman, Maggie. She falls in love with one of them. They remain a threesome, but the one who lost honors their marriage, and Maggie tries to do some matchmaking for him. If you enjoy football you'll appreciate t ...more | |
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| Celebrating Poetry by a wellness therapist is an collection of encouragements grouped into four chapters: Trusting Your Path, From Darkness to Light, Ignite Insight, and Celebrate. I especially enjoyed "Enjoy the Music of Silence" and "Say Goodbye to ...more | |
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| "A man never really knows how strong he is until he's lost something. Until he's alone." This is the grief journey of Chase Kincaid and his 8-year-old son Clay, after losing their wife and mother so suddenly. Chase also lost his mother when he was a ...more | |
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| Tanka is a specific type of poem, with different types defined in the introduction. Poets from around the world participate in Colleen Chesebro's Tanka Tuesday on the internet--to celebrate the art of syllabic poetry, so this collection of poems from ...more | |
“To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.”
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“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
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“I have seen great beauty of spirit in some who were great sufferers. I have seen men, for the most part, grow better not worse with advancing years, and I have seen the last illness produce treasures of fortitude and meekness from most unpromising subjects.”
― The Problem of Pain
― The Problem of Pain
“The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing — to reach the Mountain, to find the place where all the beauty came from — my country, the place where I ought to have been born. Do you think it all meant nothing, all the longing? The longing for home? For indeed it now feels not like going, but like going back.”
― Till We Have Faces
― Till We Have Faces
“Free will, though it makes evil possible, also makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.”
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Breaking into the world of writing through the self-publishing gateway can be daunting and overwhelming. This is a support group where indie and aspir ...more
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Indie Voices: Authors & Books is a community for writers and readers who believe stories don’t need a big publisher to matter. This group is for: In ...more
