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	Fallen Pastor: Finding Restoration In A Broken World 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not Alone: Stories Of Living With Depression by Alise Wright, Ray Carroll (Goodreads Author), Joy Wilson 3.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fallen Pastor Crisis Manual: Help for All Those Affected by a Minister's Fall it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Where All Those Mornings Went: A Birmingham Gothic Short Story 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Needle Drop 2027: A Year in Rock, One Day at a Time 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Benediction (Plainsong, #3)

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Butcher & Blackbird is a well-conceived novel that ultimately falls short in its execution. The premise is unique, the audiobook narration is fantastic, and there are moments of genuinely witty dialogue. There’s even the promise of a compelling love ...more
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⭐ 1/5 — Black Licorice 🖤 Their Zandian Mate was a disappointing experience from beginning to end. What could have been an interesting science fiction romance instead became an uncomfortable exercise in power and control. The central female character is ...more
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🍮 5 Stars — Crème Brûlée Kent Haruf doesn’t just write about Holt, Colorado. He makes you feel like you’ve lived there your entire life. His books have a remarkable, lived-in quality, as though you’re simply observing people you’ve known for years. Yo ...more
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⭐ 2.75/5 — Carrot Cake 🥕🍰 I have a bit of a complicated relationship with this book. Almost immediately, I recognized the premise of Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train, based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel. And while I certainly don’t mind an autho ...more
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What a magnificent book. Hildy Good is one of the most wonderfully written characters I’ve encountered in a long time. She’s intelligent, funny, judgmental, perceptive, and profoundly incapable of seeing herself with the same clarity with which she se ...more
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3.25 Stars ⭐ — Carrot Cake 🥕🍰 Another solid, entertaining John Grisham novel that kept me turning the pages but never quite delivered the emotional punch I was hoping for. The story was engaging, and it was enjoyable returning to Jake Brigance and the ...more
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