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Christine is Currently Reading

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The Cloverton Charade (The Houses of Yorkshire, #3)

by Sarah E. Ladd (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: christian-fiction, historical-fiction, regency, series, 2026-challenges, 2026-finish-the-series-challenge, 2026-19th-century-reading-challenge, 2026-genre-match-challenge, ill-state-catalog, currently-reading

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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)

by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: fantasy, library-has, library-kindle, library-paper, currently-reading

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Life Is Hard, God Is Good, Let's Dance: Experiencing Real Joy in a World Gone Mad

by Brant Hansen

bookshelves: christian-living, humor, library-has, library-paper, currently-reading

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Christine’s Notes & Highlights

A Bound Heart by Laura Frantz

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As the sun set and the gulls circled the last day of July,

The Ringmaster's Wife

by Kristy Cambron

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Christine’s Quotes

“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
― L.M. Montgomery

tags: beginnings, fresh-start, inspirational, mistake, mistakes, new-day, start-over, tomorrow

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“When we are set free from the bondage of pleasing others, when we are free from currying others'approval-then no one will be able to make us miserable or dissatisfied. And then, if we know we have pleased God, contentment will be our consolation.”
― Kay Arthur

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“America was founded on prayer. Therefore, the removal of prayer from its public life was a central part of its fall from God. A nation that turns away from prayer will ultimately find itself in desperate need of it.”
― Jonathan Cahn, The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery That Holds the Secret of America's Future

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“The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.”
― Brother David Steindl-Rast

tags: joy

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“That's absurd," I said with a little laugh. "Nobody can read too much. That's like saying someone breathes too much.”
― Lynn Austin, Wonderland Creek

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