I love this book, as well as Foster. Claire Keegan’s writing is so tight…not one word wasted. I was looking forward to reading her new book, but have only seen negative reviews. Such a bummer!
Nov 15, 2023·edited Nov 15, 2023Liked by Abigail Murrish
Jane Eyre was the book my mom made me read when I was in a period of being totally over reading novels (like junior high or something) -- and it ending up changing my reading life. It enveloped me and I was like "why aren't other books this good!?"
Read Hannah Anderson's Heaven and Nature Sing last Christmas and will probably go through it again this year. Accompanied by beautifully simple sketches by her artist husband too.
This year I'll also be picking up The Advent of Glory by R.C. Sproul. And I plan to try O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, a daily liturgy for Advent by Jonathan Gibson, if I can handle it! And, not a Christmas book but my book club is tackling A Tree Grows in Brooklyn over our Christmas break and I really can't wait to dive in.
In years past I've enjoyed Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, a compilation of essays edited by Nancy Guthrie.
I feel like a kid in a candy store with this book in hand, a warm quilt, a mug of tea. Filled with soothing, personal, Christ-centered devotional readings, favorite Scripture, and stunning wintertime photography, this is a gorgeous book.
Wonder in the Waiting
- Angela Burtis
A unique devotional memoir written by my crazy-about-Christmas & deeply-in-love-with-Jesus friend.
She’s living proof that yes, you can embrace both at the same time. We chatted about her labor of love just a few days ago on my site.
My favorite Christmas read is Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher. It’s the story of 5 people who inadvertently end up spending Christmas together on the coast of Scotland. I listen to it on audio every December and it makes my heart happy.
Abigail, you are the second person in the last several months who has recommended this book. Thank you for the reminder.
What do I like to read at Christmas? "Mr. Dickens and His Carol" by Samantha Silva--a fictionalized imagining of the way Dickens came to write his Christmas Carol. So good.
I've also just ordered a new collection of reflections edited by Leslie Leyland Fields of work from poets and essayists in the Chrysostom Society...."A Radiant Birth: Advent Readings for a Bright Seasons."
(also kinda like my own small ebook of 11 poems "Emmanuel Poems: Verses for the Holidays." :-)
Wondering how I have lived this long without hearing of this book...!
I love this book, as well as Foster. Claire Keegan’s writing is so tight…not one word wasted. I was looking forward to reading her new book, but have only seen negative reviews. Such a bummer!
Jane Eyre was the book my mom made me read when I was in a period of being totally over reading novels (like junior high or something) -- and it ending up changing my reading life. It enveloped me and I was like "why aren't other books this good!?"
Read Hannah Anderson's Heaven and Nature Sing last Christmas and will probably go through it again this year. Accompanied by beautifully simple sketches by her artist husband too.
This year I'll also be picking up The Advent of Glory by R.C. Sproul. And I plan to try O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, a daily liturgy for Advent by Jonathan Gibson, if I can handle it! And, not a Christmas book but my book club is tackling A Tree Grows in Brooklyn over our Christmas break and I really can't wait to dive in.
In years past I've enjoyed Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, a compilation of essays edited by Nancy Guthrie.
Jesus Calling For Christmas
- Sarah Young
I feel like a kid in a candy store with this book in hand, a warm quilt, a mug of tea. Filled with soothing, personal, Christ-centered devotional readings, favorite Scripture, and stunning wintertime photography, this is a gorgeous book.
Wonder in the Waiting
- Angela Burtis
A unique devotional memoir written by my crazy-about-Christmas & deeply-in-love-with-Jesus friend.
She’s living proof that yes, you can embrace both at the same time. We chatted about her labor of love just a few days ago on my site.
My favorite Christmas read is Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher. It’s the story of 5 people who inadvertently end up spending Christmas together on the coast of Scotland. I listen to it on audio every December and it makes my heart happy.
Abigail, you are the second person in the last several months who has recommended this book. Thank you for the reminder.
What do I like to read at Christmas? "Mr. Dickens and His Carol" by Samantha Silva--a fictionalized imagining of the way Dickens came to write his Christmas Carol. So good.
I've also just ordered a new collection of reflections edited by Leslie Leyland Fields of work from poets and essayists in the Chrysostom Society...."A Radiant Birth: Advent Readings for a Bright Seasons."
(also kinda like my own small ebook of 11 poems "Emmanuel Poems: Verses for the Holidays." :-)
((thanks for asking.))