{"id":6091,"date":"2024-12-31T18:38:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T18:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/?p=6091"},"modified":"2024-12-31T18:38:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T18:38:29","slug":"my-5-star-reads-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/31\/my-5-star-reads-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"My 5-star Reads in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I read a lot of 4-star books this year. They were good and I enjoyed them. I only read a handful that I considered to be exceptional. Here they are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that Amazon affiliate links are used for qualifying purchases. You don’t pay more, but I may benefit if you use these links. Thanks.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner<\/h2>\n\n\n
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What a beautiful story! I will read anything Susan Meissner writes. I’m fortunate to know this author personally and she’s blessed me in many ways, but her writing is exquisite. If you’d like to read my review, visit Novel PASTimes here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tailbone Pain Relief Now! by Patrick M. Foye, M.D.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A totally different book here, so brace yourself. I have suffered from tailbone pain since my youngest son was born. If you or anyone you know also has chronic tailbone pain, I highly recommend this book.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life by Jame Martin, SJ<\/h2>\n\n\n
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I loved this book and since it’s a NYT bestseller, I’m not alone! I’m not Catholic but as you can tell from some of my novels, I’m interested in saints. I enjoy a devotional app called The Sacred Space that is the work of the Jesuits in Dublin, Ireland. From Amazon: Inspired by the life and teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, this book will help you realize the Ignatian goal of \u201cfinding God in all things.\u201d Filled with relatable examples, humorous stories, and anecdotes from the heroic and inspiring lives of Jesuit saints and average priests and brothers, The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything will enrich your everyday life with spiritual guidance and history.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting back to fiction…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Like Susan Meissner I’m apt to read any new book by Lisa Wingate. They are two of my favorite authors. I love stories about families and how complicated that can be and also how diverse as the characters sometimes create their own families. Read my review of Shelterwood <\/em><\/strong>here on Novel PASTimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Interested to know what else I read? Here’s my list on Goodreads<\/a>. You’ll notice my reading tastes are all over the place, lol!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I read a lot of 4-star books this year. They were good and I enjoyed them. I only read a handful that I considered to be exceptional. Here they are: Note that Amazon affiliate links are used for qualifying purchases. You don’t pay more, but I may benefit if you use these links. Thanks. Only…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6096,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6091\/revisions\/6096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}