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FIVE-STAR | STRAY KIDS

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One Day by David Nicholls | ★★★★★

I read this book about a year ago, wrote a review right after I finished it because the book meant so much to me, and then never got around to posting. I read over the review, a year later, and it still spoke to me so I thought I’d finally share it with my loyal followers.

Check out my blog for the full review! Happy reading!

But the same Jesus who gave heaven a five-star rating also described an otherworldly chamber of horrors. And he made clear that Satan doesn’t top the list of people to be feared. For the determined evildoer, God is the one to shudder at. “[Hell] has long been prepared; it has been made ready…Its fire pit has been made deep and wide, with an abundance of fire and wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze” (Isaiah 30:33). Have we really grasped the fact that God runs hell? We tend to think of that lower world as Satan’s neighborhood—he’s the tough guy who prowls the streets and calls the shots. But Satan will be yesterday’s news in hell—the once-feared bully who’s been thrashed and sent to his room by a strapping big Dad you don’t want to mess with. His screaming and wailing will be heard from outside his window for blocks. “And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur.…[He] will be tormented day and night for ever and ever” (Revelation 20:10). God, not Satan, will send ripples of fear through everyone there. “They called to the mountains and the rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne’” (Revelation 6:16).

“Recipe for Love” is the 24th book in the Cat’s Paw Cove series—and the first I’ve ever read. Most definitely not the last! Devon, a showrunner deep in debt, is desperately searching for a hit to cover his overdue rent. By chance, he stumbles upon a wonderfully quirky “magical” cooking show online and immediately knows it’s going to be a hit. Little does he realize that the magic is real—and…

Vilkasss, Pixabay This year I’ll be doing a new Reading Challenge where I plan to prioritize 24 books I predict will be 5 stars for me. This list will include books by already established favorite authors of mine, but also books by authors I’ve read one five or four star book the years before, and which have a high probability of another five stars in their backlist. Without much further ado,…