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Review: Christmas in Idaho by Ray Downing

“A delightfully detailed Christmas story to treasure year after year.”

This book and audio CD were given to me by the author, Ray Downing, and I’m really glad he did. It’s rare these days to find someone who is willing to go as far as he did to create something so fine.

You all know by now how strange my reading habits can be. Over the years I’ve tried to find some thread that ties my favorite books together and the only thing I can come up with is that I love books that are useful (non-fiction I can read over and over again and get something new each time I do) and lavishly detailed beautiful books (meant for children or adults.)

This book is one of those beautiful and lavish treasures and it’s not aimed specifically at young children. I’d say this is more of a family discussion book. Or a family treasure book. A Christmas tradition book you can discuss with your family and enjoy year after year. 

Christmas in Idaho was designed to be a keepsake, not just some picture book you throw on the shelf in your child’s bedroom.  I’m not sure if all copies will be made so lavishly because of the production cost, but mine has a ribbon bookmark and color on every page. It has gilded edged pages thicker than any book you’ve ever laid your hands on. It’s been a very long time since I’ve seen a new book with illustrations as nice as these. Positively stunning illustrations. The snowflakes looked so real that…

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Monday Musings: New Releases, News, and More 10/18/21

Discussion Topic of the Week

Running this site over the years has allowed me to meet many interesting people and learn so many new things. I enjoy the authors’ backstories as much as their books sometimes. Because I’m finding a lot of interesting tidbits about the authors of these new release books I may decide to change Monday Musings into individual new release posts. (Opinions on this are welcome.)

I’ve been chatting with some of the newsletter subscribers lately about how to screen books for posting. It takes time to learn things about an author and when a book may only stay on sale for 24 hours it doesn’t leave much time to find out.

My question this week is: What information do you need about a new author before you decide to try their book? (And as a bonus: What questions would you want an author to answer in an interview style post?)

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Review - We’ll Laugh About This (Someday) by Anna Lind Thomas

How I came to read this book:

This is a book I found while looking for new Christian releases of the nonfiction variety. It’s published by Thomas Nelson, a Christian publisher. While I do offer affiliate links to the book, I wasn’t given the book for free and I haven’t had any contact with the author or publisher. 

Looking back at the description page I remember why I chose it. It had a reviewer that was surprised it had religious content in some of the essays. I’m the type who always looks at negative reviews first and when I find a book being persecuted for being Christian I know I’ve found the book for me.

I decided to rest my eyes a bit and listen to the audiobook version because it was narrated by the author herself and because I’ve always had these unrealistic images of myself doing all kinds of house work while listening to a book at the same time. (Sorry to say, no extra work got done over the few days I listened to this book.) It was 4 hours 39 minutes or if you’d rather the print version, 240 pages.

The book’s description:

A hilarious argument in favor of taking life a smidge less seriously

Popular humor writer Anna Lind Thomas had an epiphany after her essay about a humiliating fart went mega-viral: Everything’s funny . . .eventually. You’ll cry-laugh your way through the many grave offenses she’s endured, like

  • not getting credit for Lady Gaga’s career,

  • an epic financial crisis,

  • and exercising while her children dole out biting critiques about her dimpled thighs.

Anna’s wit, charm, and painful relatability will encourage you to remember that your most humiliating moment may be the best thing to ever happen to you—or at the very least, it’ll make for a really good story.

About the Author:

Anna Lind Thomas is a humor writer and popular online personality who founded …

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