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And so the ache was healed. “In Bethlehem, in Israel, this blessed babe was born.” This was “Israel’s strength and consolation,” He was the “dear desire of every nation.” “Now He shines, the long expected,” and “glories stream from heaven
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“At the core, being a writer means feeling things at a deeper level than everyone else and knowing how to communicate those depths, helping readers to see reality in a way they never have before.”
― The Librarian of Saint-Malo: A WWII Novel
― The Librarian of Saint-Malo: A WWII Novel
“Were the wise men placing Jesus and Mary in their debt with these very expensive gifts? Or were they showing their indebtedness? When our federal government today cuts a check, are they exercising authority or showing submission? This is not a hard question.”
― God Rest Ye Merry: Why Christmas is the Foundation for Everything
― God Rest Ye Merry: Why Christmas is the Foundation for Everything
“Nina wondered, for a moment, how one became like that. What did it take? To say exactly what you meant? To feel comfortable in the middle of causing discomfort? To not feel—so intrinsically as to be as vital to yourself as your blood—that it was your responsibility to make things smooth and pleasant for everyone?”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“That was the torment of it, of art, and the perpetual idolatry of its creation. For every sensation Regan could conjure, there was an artist who had beautifully suffered the same.”
― Alone with You in the Ether
― Alone with You in the Ether
“In our world,’ said Eustace, ‘a star is a huge ball of flaming gas.’ ‘Even in your world, my son, that is not what a star is but only what a star is made of.’”1 Think for a moment about what a bizarre place the universe actually is, and how we moderns have tried to use our powers of imagination to tame it, instead of using our imaginations for the purpose that God gave them to us—to enable us to see it.”
― God Rest Ye Merry: Why Christmas is the Foundation for Everything
― God Rest Ye Merry: Why Christmas is the Foundation for Everything
Brooke’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Brooke’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,151 books
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70 friends
1,671 books
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18 friends
386 books
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208 friends
167 books
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46 friends
210 books
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20 friends
344 books
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24 friends
228 books
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14 friends
314 books
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49 friends
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Favorite Genres
Christian, Classics, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Non-fiction, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, and Young-adult
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