What a wonderful list of recommendations! I want to read them all! Heading over to my public library website right now to see which ones they have in the collection...
I am really excited for you to read The Dean's Watch. Let us know how you like it! Maybe I'll reread it this Advent, too.
I love The Reed of God! And On the Incarnation is high on my TBR list. I've been reading Church history this fall, and let's just say St. Athanasius is a BALLER.
My Advent list has Shadow & Light, of course! As well as Watch For the Light from Plough, The Circle of Seasons by K.C. Ireton, and dear Jody Collins' book Living the Season Well. I'm also dipping into Hannah Anderson's book Heaven & Nature Sing, for the first time! And very much looking forward to an upcoming Advent book by Lanier. :)
I also cannot recommend enough the book All Creation Waits by Gayle Boss. Especially if you have kids that enjoy nature study. It's a beautiful, short daily reading on different animals and their winter practices, with a spiritual and contemplative undertone that really captures the essence of Advent.
I agree with you. For a few years I enjoyed sharing All Creation Waits with my students when I taught at a Catholic school. Sadly, I'd never get through the whole book. I learned a lot from it and still pick it up even though I'm no longer in the classroom.
A wonderful list. Anything by Elizabeth Goudge is a delight, you're going to love The Dean's Watch, Tsh.
I'm eager to get started with it!
What a wonderful list of recommendations! I want to read them all! Heading over to my public library website right now to see which ones they have in the collection...
I am really excited for you to read The Dean's Watch. Let us know how you like it! Maybe I'll reread it this Advent, too.
Also, a recommendation for families with young children: The Yule Tomte and the Little Rabbits. 24 short chapters, one for each day of December, and although it is not religious, there's an appearance by St. Lucia! https://www.amazon.com/Yule-Tomte-Little-Rabbits-Christmas/dp/1782501363
Thanks for the rec for those with littles! There are plenty of those parents here.
Ohhhh gosh I love all Tomte books for this time of year! Astrid Lindgren's The Tomten, as well as the Tomten and the Fox, are some of our FAVES.
Lindgren's The Tomte's Christmas Porridge is one of our Advent favorites!!
Wait, no, that's not Lindgren -- it's by Sven Nordquist. Very Lindgren-like, though! https://www.amazon.com/Tomtes-Christmas-Porridge-Sven-Nordqvist/dp/0863158242/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+tomten+christmas+porridge&s=books&sr=1-2
My Advent reading plan:
- A Christmas Carol
- Dean’s Watch (also ordered after hearing Autumn talk about it)
- Shadow & Light
- A Foxfire Christmas (read it every year, love it so much)
- Lots of beautiful picture books with my 4 year old! We’re doing A Connected Christmas from Treehouse Schoolhouse this year.
Happy New Year! 😉
Sounds lovely!
What a fun list!!
I’m reading through the Elliot Family books by Elizabeth Goudge now! Enjoying the first one 🙂
A Christmas Carol with my book club
The Reed of God by Caryll Houselander
On The Incarnation by St Athanasius
And of course, Shadow and Light 🙂
Jean, you will love the Christmas in Pilgrim's Inn/Herb of Grace when you get to it!
Ohhhh I'm intrigued!
Oh, Kristin, if you read Pilgrim's Inn or the Dean's Watch, I would so love to hear your thoughts!
I love The Reed of God! And On the Incarnation is high on my TBR list. I've been reading Church history this fall, and let's just say St. Athanasius is a BALLER.
This is the first time I have seen Athanasius referred to as a "baller." Har!
Don't miss Babettte's Feast as an Adventy read. Man is it good.
Great idea!
Yeeesss! More books!
Tsh, how often do you think we're wearing the same outfit or eating the same lunch?
Ha! Probably quite often.
OHHHH the Chesterton book. Adding to my list now!
My Advent list has Shadow & Light, of course! As well as Watch For the Light from Plough, The Circle of Seasons by K.C. Ireton, and dear Jody Collins' book Living the Season Well. I'm also dipping into Hannah Anderson's book Heaven & Nature Sing, for the first time! And very much looking forward to an upcoming Advent book by Lanier. :)
We've been adventing for a little while here (Eastern Orthodox) but I just got Shadow and Light and am excited to dig into it soon!
I also cannot recommend enough the book All Creation Waits by Gayle Boss. Especially if you have kids that enjoy nature study. It's a beautiful, short daily reading on different animals and their winter practices, with a spiritual and contemplative undertone that really captures the essence of Advent.
I agree with you. For a few years I enjoyed sharing All Creation Waits with my students when I taught at a Catholic school. Sadly, I'd never get through the whole book. I learned a lot from it and still pick it up even though I'm no longer in the classroom.