Hot Cocoa Hearts

Emery Mason hates the holidays. She’s so over tinsel, secret Santas, and excessive cheer. To make matters worse, her parents are forcing her to work as an elf in their Santa photo booth at the mall. Then she meets Alejandro Perez, who works at the hot cocoa shop next door. He’s so annoyingly full of the holiday spirit he should be the one wearing an elf get-up! But the more time Emery spends with Alex, the more she realizes she might not be the Grinch she thinks she is. When a Secret Santa surprise turns her world upside down, will Emery finally embrace the magic of the season? Or will she miss her chance to kiss the perfect boy under the mistletoe? This was really cute and I really enjoyed it. 

The Uncluttered Heart: Making Room for God During Advent and Christmas

It's a time when we prepare our lives hearts, minds, and spirits for the coming of the Christ child. We sweep out the corners of our hearts, cleaning up the clutter, to make space for God's hope, peace, joy, love, and presence. The Uncluttered Heart offers four weeks of guided reflection through the weeks of Advent on Epiphany. Each day provides a quotation, scripture passage, reflection, and prayer. I really enjoyed this book. 

The Wonder of Advent Devotional: Experiencing the Love and Glory of the Christmas Season

 After completing a week of short readings to prepare your heart for the Advent season, you'll journey through December with daily Scripture readings, prompts for reflection, and guided prayer to help you savor this remarkable divine story. With each day, The Wonder of Advent Devotional will reconnect you with what happened in Bethlehem long ago--and experience it anew in your life right now.

The Christian's Journey Through Grief: How to Walk Through the Valley With Hope

Don't Get Over It. Get Through It. This book will give you the tools to walk through the process of grief in a healthy way. Helps readers distinguish between normal and unhealthy grieving, and provides practical steps to maintain physical health, emotional health, and relationships while grieving, It also offers guidance for working through the crisis of faith grief and specific steps the grieving can take toward healing. The apostle Paul said Christians do not grieve in the same way as those who do not have hope (1 Thess. 4:13). But that doesn’t mean we don’t or shouldn’t grieve. In this book, she addresses: What to expect while grieving, what is normal and abnormal grief, how to deal with the physical, emotional, and mental aspects of grief, how grief affects one’s relationship with God, which steps the grieving person can take toward healing, and how the hope of eternity helps in the journey of grief.

Venus in Retirement

 This is a poetry book. I really liked it. 

Septimus Heap Magykal Papers

 I read this series as a kid and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This is an extra book to the series with a collection of previously unpublished papers. I recommend it to all who enjoyed this series.

Teacups in the Mud

This collection reflects the author's realization of what we hold on to, for whatever reasons, is not worth its weight; that the sooner we lighten the load, the freer and more content we become.

The Don't Sweat Guide to Your New Home: Settling In and Getting the Most from Where You Live

 This book was very helpful for moving. I really enjoyed all the information. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to have a less stressful experience moving.