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By Kristy Cambron | December 29, 2018

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Ah, Friday!! I’ve hit a couple of writing project deadlines this week so my treat = finishing your next great read of 2020 from @bethkvogt — THE BEST WE’VE BEEN!!
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I might be in the minority, but I love rainy-chilly-gray days. (Must be that British blood running in this gal’s veins!) It’ll be my pleasure to grab a fav book tote + cozy scarf + beat the gloomy weather in a perfect little small town coffee shop to finish up this beautiful read in the first tucked-away corner I find! .
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Mark your calendars for May 5, 2020 — you do NOT want to miss this beautiful conclusion to the Thatcher sisters’ story! ❤️
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Thanks to friends at @tyndalehouse for the holiday reading! And because we #booknerdigans are always looking for those perfect bookish gifts:
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🧣: @jcrewfactory 👜: @obviousstate .
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#comingsoon2020 #newbooks #arc #advancereaderscopy #bethkvogt #favoriteauthors #christianfictionbooks #christianfiction #readingfriday #booksharks #happyholidayreading #coffeeshopcorner #authorsofinstagram #authorlife #authorssupportingauthors #authorslovetoread

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What are y’all up to today? ❤️📖 This writer-gal has research book + Paris history + ☕️ + @daelmans_stroopwafels = happy book nerd afternoon! Let’s do this novel-crafting thing. .
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#researchbook #thursdayvibe #amwriting #historicalnonfiction #WWIIParis #letsdothis #notglutenfree #sneakinganyways #blueflatlay #booksnack #bookstagram #americansinparis #stroopwafels #happyauthor

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🕯❤️🎄📖👉 If you’re looking for a fast, fun read + gathering for Christmas—look no further than the classics! Join authors @katherinereay @sarahladdauthor and moi in #whatthedickensbookclub as we chat about our December selection—LIVE, on all things Scrooge and Tiny Tim! .
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🕯 WHAT: A CHRISTMAS CAROL book chat with What the Dickens Book Club
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🕯 WHEN: Friday, 12/6 at 8pm ET
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🕯 WHERE: Facebook Group (search for book club name and you’re in!) .
🕯 WHY: We ❤️ books, and we love Christmas—enough said! This is a #BYOS (bring your own snacks...) event that you can attend in your buffalo plaid flannel jammies. (And we hope you do!) We’ll announce our January selection too, so make sure you stick around for the fun. We just may have a few surprises up our Santa sleeves!!! .
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See you Friday, dear Dickensons— and God bless us every one! 🎄🎩 .
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P.S. If you’re Christmas shopping... 🧣 from @storiarts; ☕️ from @magnoliatable; 📖 from @barnesandnoble 🍽 vintage @potterybarn .
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#whatthedickens #classicbooks #classicsbookclub #facebookreadinggroup #achristmascarol #achristmascarolbook #flatlaychristmas #flatlaydecember #flatlayholiday #flatlaybookstagram #amreading #bookclubofinstagram #bookclubofig #booksofig

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🎂🎁 🎉👉 Our December baby is 7 years old today!! .
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For our “Little Chef”—the guy who from the time he could talk declares he’s going to open his own restaurant and cook for you... .
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For our lost-tooth smile maker...
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For our wave-runner, and big life-liver, and amazing moment-maker, and always fun-taker...
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For all the times you’ve made us laugh, prayed for others, loved on everyone around you... .
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For giving us the privilege of being your family... our gift today is YOU.
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COLT— we ❤️ you B-I-G, Buddy. Enjoy 7 like you tackled the first six before it. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! .
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#littlechef #happybirthday #decemberbaby #happydecemberbirthday #sevenyearsold

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🎁🎄👉 Hey Booknerdigans! Who is that special someone on your list not easy to buy for? (That’s code for: HELP!)
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I need some gift recommendations for my guy, y’all. I’ve got a few good ones (listed below), but I could sure use some advice. He’s not on Insta so no chance he’ll see this... He likes family, faith, and football. (I actually think I have a tee with that on it somewhere! 😉) We have Notre Dame blood in our veins. Star Wars is something our happy nerd family enjoys. And he’s selfless—never thinks of himself when he can think of others, so he never has a “list” for Santa. I’d love to surprise him with something fun and unique this year, just to see him smile. ❤️
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Ideas? Any tags or links... I’ll take them! Gratefully! .
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Past wins:
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🎁 Flannel from @americaneagle — We love their jeans, and flannel is a for sure favorite. .
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🎁 Mugs: How cute is this 2019 holiday mug from @magnolia?! It’s not even waiting for unwrapping; we’re using it now! ❤️
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🎁 Books: We love #ThePurposeofChristmas from @pastorrickwarren. My husband isn’t a book nerd like I am (he’s on the book-cool-guy side 😎) but he does love having our family focus on Jesus first this time of year. And he’ll always pick up a book I gift him and highly recommend. Any idea on new ones? .
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Thanks, friends! Let the hopeful shopping (and wrapping) begin... 🎄🎁❤️
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#holidaygifts #holidaygiftguide #holidayshoppingmadeeasy #purposeofchristmas #rickwarren #rickwarrenbook #christmasmug #magnolia #mymagnolia #magnolia2019 #redandwhite #redbook #redbooks #bookstagram #booksofinsta #booksandchristmas

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🎄📖⭐️👉 Here’s a #CyberMonday reminder that books make the BEST gifts! (And in case you’d like some for yourself —check out mega-author #12DaysofChristmasGIVEAWAY link in bio!)
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They may be little under the tree, but they pack a punch like few things can. I was once gifted this perfect Jane Austen book (a volume of every Austen book in miniature! 😍) by a dear friend and all these years later, it still has a special (tiny) space on my bookshelf. (Merci, Jen A.!) But here’s why I loved it so much... more than pretty covers or even compelling words, books can remind us that we are known. ❤️ My friend knew my heart so completely, that she made me feel special with the one gift that was perfectly ME.
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Buy a book. Let them know they’re special. Let them know they’re known and loved. (And while you’re at it—remind them they’re known as a part of YOUR story too!) .
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P.S. Complete honesty... No. the tree is not up in our house yet. Not even close. I’d almost rather this homemade Charlie Brown version to having to dig out the real thing from storage! 😁🎄
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#booksasgifts #bookgiftsarethebestgifts #buybooks #giftafriend #janeausten #booksmyfriendgaveme #booksforchristmas #janeaustenfan #janeaustenchristmas #jane_austen #12daysofchristmas #12daysofchristmasgiveaway2019 #merrychristmas #happychristmas

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🥾❤️ Monday morning = Find some hard ground beneath your boots and DIG IN, dream-chaser. .
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I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions. Haven’t for years because they’d never stick. Instead, I decided to opt for life-change when it’s smack-dab in front of my path—whether that’s working on a habit in autumn and carrying it through the holiday months or finding a random Tuesday in March that needs a little jolt of some soul-searching... I always start off-cycle from the calendar hype because then I know it’s just me and God doing this thing—quietly, behind the scenes, rolling up our sleeves and getting to the hard, in-the-trenches work that needs to get done together. .
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Today starts a new journey for me. A new writing adventure! And I’m up for it. Tried and true boots are on, coffee in hand, shoulders back, standing tall—and heart electrified to get started!
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Be brave, dear hearts. Find the hard ground that feeds your soul like nothing else and... DIG IN! If you see a change that needs to be made, start today—your future self will cheer you on (way past January) into the life God has waiting! .
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#authorsofinstagram #authorlife #JESUSchasers #dreamchasing #liveyourbestlife #dontwaitfornewyears #youcandoit #digyourbootsin #dontbeafraid #mondaymorningmotivation #newbeginnings #newchapterinlife #newchapterbegins #soulsearchers

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📚☕️🚘👉 Ever wondered about the old stereotype: The traveling-writer-and-cabin-in-the-woods-thing? 🤣
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Author escapes to cottage in woods. Lakeside. Maybe in France. (Remember Colin Firth in #LoveActually?!) Pecks away on typewriter day and night, only stopping to brew fresh coffee and add birch logs to roaring fire on hearth. Writer stares at calendar with deadline circled in red. Procrastinates. Taps pencil eraser against blank notes page. Paces. Types. Deletes everything. Stalls uber-patient editor who has to keep calling to check status. Types again. Deletes again. Stares at ‘Chapter One’ blank page for hours. Days. An entire week, maybe. The clock ticks. Writer goes a little mad at said cottage—words! Those elusive foes! They must be conquered!—but eventually emerges triumphant in the end. Success! A book is born at the 11th hour. Author wrangled the beast of a story into submission and prays, prays, prays it’s enough.
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To be honest, I’ve never known an author friend who rented that imaginary cabin in the woods. It’s the funniest thing because it’s SO not reality! (Sorry, Colin.) But I think we all could be fascinated by the stories behind the storytellers themselves (like of the book in this photo); writing rhythms intertwine with life for weeks and months and maybe, even years as a project takes shape.
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The last year (and saying goodbye to my 30s) has left me profoundly changed—I wonder... how will this affect my writing? How will the journey be different from those of years past? I’m taking a break from some things in the next several months so I can invest uninterrupted time in this story with an almost cabin-in-the-woods kind of dedication. And I hope, after the pacing and typewriter pecking and coffee and pencil-tapping, to have explored something that will help me understand the rhythm behind the story of my present season. .
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Here’s to the writer-cabin-escape journey and anticipating all God will use it for! ❤️
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#authorlife #authorsofinstagram #amwriting #havecoffeewilltravel #ahobbitawardrobeandagreatwar

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❄️📖☕️👉 Coffee brewing. Chilly night. Cozy house. A few pretties in TBR pile... Let’s do this! .
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#amreading #christianfiction #jnellciesielski #thesocialite #newbooks2020 #comingsoon #christmastimereading #holidayweekend

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📖✍️☕️📅👉 Bonjour, brave #blackfriday shoppers! What are your family traditions on this day?
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While the weekend looks like no shopping again for us (Yay! No venturing out in crowds for this introvert 😊) we’re definitely planning ahead (double Yay!) for the adventure of a new year that will be here before we know it. That includes perennial holiday favs for me:
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☕️ Peppermint Bark coffee
📅 Mapping out new year in #TheSimplifiedPlanner from @emilyley .
✍️ Penning holiday greetings—aka living in the now!—while plotting writing schedule for the next few months. .
📺 @hallmarkchannel Christmas movies on TV in the background, to keep everything festive in the hustle!
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If you’re out and about today, ENJOY! May you have mega-big bargains, frequent #indiebookshop stops, and cranberry-turkey sandwiches in your immediate future! There’s still time to plan, thank goodness... In the meantime— #shoplocal and support strong. (Psst! We’ll see you soon, 2020!) ❤️
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#blackfridayweekend #noshoppingchallenge #flatlayforever #2020planning #lookingaheadtothenewyear #brightfutureahead #colorfulnewyear #emilyley #emilyleysimplifiedplanner #newyearnewyou #newyearnewyou2019 #holidayhustle2019 #holidayhustle #shoplocalholiday #simplified

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“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.” —William Blake Happy harvest, and hopeful future, friends. Remembering seasons. Loved ones. And lost ones. Best blessings and burden-lifting. May you make new memories. Seek new opportunities. Find new stories to explore, find beauty, and gather together in.
Wishing a happy, warm, blessed Thanksgiving to you and yours! 🍁🦃🥧

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