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I thought I might try to read something else while I impatiently waited for the next four Lion books to arrive at the library…. Buuut I missed Emma, Pierce, Islington, and Hawkes too much and bought the audiobooks instead. 🫣
I am not an impulse spender at all, yet here we are.
This series feels like Austen and Montgomery and like it’s only a matter of time before there’s a BBC adaptation.

History reading with Elijah

“We introverts miss out on great blessings when we excuse ourselves from practicing hospitality because it exhausts us. I often find people exhausting. But over the years I have learned how to pace myself, how to prepare for the private time necessary to recharge, and how to grow in discomfort. Knowing your personality and your sensitivities does not excuse you from ministry.”

Oh.

New read aloud for the boys! I’m a little sad this is the last one in this set, but I think they’re books the boys will want to read over and over!

Current read-aloud

So this is basically a YA fantastical novel version of You’ve Got Mail

This month’s book club pick!

Fredrick Backman can always write such depressing stuff in such a heartwarming way.

Screwtape Letters, specifically for the modern female. Gross, gonna have to read this one twice, probably. Convicting.