A Surprisingly Unintentional Reading Theme 🐳 Porch #209

A warm beanie with an in your face message. My wintery seaside realization. And dozens of Kindle deals (in which you get to ferret out some wonderful new to you authors.)

Yay! We’re back together again!

The middle of a month has never held such promise. Thank You, Lord! Winter is waning! The days are getting longer! And this weekend, it’s time for us to indulge in a whole lot of Literary Chatter.

🐳 THE HAT

First of all this Book Lovers Beanie, right? I just loved it as soon as I set eyes on it. If ever it was chilly, if ever we were reading, it’d be right about now. And at $9.99, it was cheap enough to allow me to indulge in a bit of retail therapy.

This baby fits like a glove and is my new best friend.

Grab one for yourself and another for your best reading buddy. Tell your book club people. And Christmas is coming in nine ten months. Just sayin’.

Too fun.

🐳 THE BOOKS

It wasn’t ‘til I had finished one book a few weeks ago that I suddenly realized that there was a completely unintentional, wintery seaside theme going on in the random pile on my desk.

The Heart of Winter.

The Winter Sea.

The Gift of the Sea.

You can’t make this stuff up.

Weird. Maybe serendipitous is the best word.

The Heart of Winter: A Novel
Jonathan Evison
Poignant . Bittersweet . Powerful
’In this bighearted and profound portrait of a marriage … seventy years of big moments … in subtle ways, elegantly braiding the Winters’ turbulent history with their present-day battles, showing us how the oddly paired college kids became parents, fell apart and back together.’

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The Winter Sea
Susanna Kearsley
Captivating . Well Researched . Romantic
’A hauntingly beautiful tale of love that transcends time: an American writer travels to Scotland to craft a novel about the Jacobite Rebellion, only to discover her own ancestral memories of that torrid moment in Scottish history.’

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The Gift of the Sea: 70th Anniversary Edition
Anne Morrow Lindburgh
Introspective . Reflective . Inspiring
‘With meditations on youth and age, love and marriage, peace, solitude, and contentment, here is an inimitable classic that guides us to find a space for contemplation and creativity in our own lives.’

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Courage for the Unknown Season: Navigating What’s Next With Confidence & Hope
Jan Silvious
Christ-Centered . Forward Looking . A Resilience Companion
’We all face seasonal changes. The passing years take us on journeys of change―whether we want it or not … A wise guide for those who find themselves in new seasons of life, offering perspective and practical insights to encourage the soul and offer hope.’

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The Emotionally Destructive Relationship: Seeing It, Stopping It, Surviving It
Leslie Vernick
Highly Recommend . Compassionate . Wise Straight Talk
’An empathetic approach to recognizing an emotionally destructive relationship. Addresses the symptoms and the damage with biblical tools. Readers will understand how to: Reveal behaviors that are meant to control, punish, and hurt. Confront and speak truth when the timing is right. Determine when to keep trying, when to get out. Get safe and stay safe. Build an identity in Christ.’

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🐳 THE KINDLE DEALS
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Experiencing the Cross: Your Greatest Opportunity for Victory Over Sin
Henry Blackaby $5.99

Experiencing God: Knowing & Doing the Will of God
Henry Blackaby $4.99

Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!: Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens
Kate Bowler $4.99

The Good Earth Trilogy: The Good Earth, Sons, & A House Divided
Pearl Buck $5.99

The 30-Day Love Language Minute Devotional Volume 1
Gary Chapman $1.99

Loving Your Spouse When You Feel Like Walking Away: Real Help for Desperate Hearts in Difficult Marriages
Gary Chapman $3.99

What Are the 5 Love Languages?: The Official Abridged Book Summary
Gary Chapman $3.99

The Quilter’s Apprentice
Jennifer Chiaverini $1.99

And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie $1.99

9 Things a Leader Must Do: How to Go to the Next Level -- & Take Others With You
Henry Cloud $1.99

Trust: Knowing When to Give It, When to Withhold It, How to Earn It, & How to Fix It When It Gets Broken
Henry Cloud $5.99

12 ‘Christian’ Beliefs That Can Drive You Crazy: Relief from False Assumptions
Henry Cloud & John Townsend $1.99

Understanding People: Why We Long for Relationship
Larry Crabb $2.99

Knowing the Heart of God: A Year of Devotional Readings to Help You Abide in Him
John Eldredge $1.99

Study Guide for “Celebration of Discipline”: Brief Essays that Clarify Key Issues & Encourage Practice of the Spiritual Disciplines
Richard Foster $5.99

Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy
Bob Goff $2.99

Wisdom for Each Day
Billy Graham $2.99

The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook
Annie Gray $2.99

The Things We Do for Love: A Novel
Kristin Hannah $2.99

31 Proverbs to Light Your Path
Liz Curtis Higgs $5.99

Les Misérables
Victor Hugo $5.99

Serving a Movement: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City
Timothy Keller $1.99

The Dark Tower: & Other Stories
C.S. Lewis $1.99

The Four Loves
C.S. Lewis $1.99

God in the Dock
C.S. Lewis $1.99

The Pilgrim’s Regress
C.S. Lewis $4.99

The Reading Life: The Joy of Seeing New Worlds Through Others’ Eyes
C.S. Lewis $1.99

Less Fret, More Faith: An 11-Week Action Plan to Overcome Anxiety
Max Lucado $1.99

The Importance of Being Foolish: How To Think Like Jesus
Brennan Manning $2.99

Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life
Shauna Niequist $1.99

Love, Henri: Letters on the Spiritual Life
Henri Nouwen $5.99

The Spiritual Life: Eight Essential Titles
Henri Nouwen $2.99

Love Talk: Speak Each Other’s Language Like You Never Have Before
Les & Leslie Parrott $1.99

If Only He Knew: A Valuable Guide to Knowing, Understanding, & Loving Your Wife
Gary Smalley $1.99

Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks $2.99

The Guardian
Nicholas Sparks $2.99

The Last Song
Nicholas Sparks $2.99

The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks $2.99

Hope: The Best of Things
Joni Eareckson Tada $3.99

The Purpose Driven Church: Growth Without Compromising Your Message & Mission
Rick Warren $1.99

Trusting in Christ (Jesus Calling Bible Studies Book 2)
Sarah Young $1.99

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Let’s talk about those titles stacked on your nightstand, patiently waiting their turn on your library request list, or safely tucked inside your beloved Kindle.

Serendipitously Yours,
Linda

If you missed last weekend’s PORCH, you can explore the work of The 5 Love Languages’ Dr. Gary Chapman here -

Are you loving well? 💝 Porch #208

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