Book Review: Remarkable Advent by Shauna Letellier

 

A moving look at the Christmas story through the eyes and minds of the ordinary people who lived through it can be found in Remarkable Advent by Shauna Letellier. 

Each year, I like to discover a new devotional to read during Advent. Back in October, I discovered this as a free offering. It is currently listed at a price of $2.99 for a Kindle version.

This devotional includes stories, rich in historical detail, of Zechariah, Elizabeth, Mary, Joseph and the miraculous events that we cherish, woven into their daily lives. It gets into the heads of these historical figures and makes them living, breathing people no different than you or I.

Each day opens with Scripture, then Letellier uses Scripture and other historical details to create that day’s devotional, and each day ends with a prayer. As you can imagine, the reader moves chronologically through the Christmas story, starting with the angel’s announcement of Elizabeth’s pregnancy to Zachariah.

In her introduction, Letellier encourages the reader to experience this book as if hearing the Christmas story for the first time. Imagine how amazing this somewhat overly familiar story is when you focus on just how remarkable what happened is. 

This is a beautifully written devotional. I highly recommend it. 

Publisher: ‎ Shauna Letellier (October 23, 2019)

Language: ‎ English

Paperback: 200 pages

ISBN-10: ‎ 1734137401

ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1734137408

This review contains my honest opinions, which I have not been compensated for in any way.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? - Oct 19

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's a great post to organize yourself. It's an opportunity to visit and comment, and er... add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date.

Welcome back to Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. Ours was good, but I didn't accomplish everything I wanted to. I did, however, make some great chicken stock. 

Last week, I posted my review of this cute picture book at my children's book blog.

I am reading these next two right now. Not that I'm surprised, but I'm really loving The Christmas Spirits of Tradd Street. I'll be so bummed when Karen White releases the last book in the series next year.

There are up next because they are promised reviews. 

I would also like to read this one before Christmas.

What are you reading right now? Is there something I should be adding to my list?

Bargain Seasonal Non-Fiction: Christmas on Jane Street by Billy Romp & Wanda Urbanska

The warm, wonderful, real-life tale of the family that brings the Christmas spirit to life on a street corner in Manhattan.

Every holiday season for nearly twenty years, Billy Romp, his wife, and their three children have spent nearly a month living in a tiny camper and selling Christmas trees on Jane Street in New York City. They arrive from Vermont the day after Thanksgiving and leave just in time to make it home for Christmas morning—and for a few weeks they transform a corner of the Big Apple into a Frank Capra-esque small town alive with heartwarming holiday spirit.

Christmas on Jane Street is about the transformative power of love—love of parent and child, of merchant and customer, of stranger and neighbor. The ideal Christmas story, it is about the lasting and profound difference that one person can make to a family and one family can make to a community.

A lovely, lovingly illustrated little gem of a book, this delightful tenth anniversary edition of a beloved Christmas classic tells the poignant, inspiring story of an unforgettable family and the warm, wide circle of friends who have welcomed them to the neighborhood.

File Size: 717 KB
Print Length: 168 pages
Publisher: William Morrow; Reprint edition (May 21, 2013)
Publication Date: May 21, 2013
Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
Language: English
ASIN: B00CD36164


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