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I fell in love with books listening to my mother read—in our home, at the doctor’s office, in the middle of the night when I had the chicken pox! My grandmother was a children’s book author, my parents were both children’s reading specialists and teachers, so I guess you could say that I grew up in a world filled with books!

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  • “He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.” ― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Happy Monday, friends! Anna Karenina is one of my favorite novels. I first read it my senior year of high school over Christmas Break. It was an amazing experience. 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I love this movie version so much. Have you seen it? What did you think?? 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #annakarenina #keiraknightley #leotolstoy #annakareninamovie #russianliterature #bookstagram #perioddrama #perioddramas #costumes #periodcostumes #costuming #classiclit #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #tweetphoto
  • “God notices the most trivial act, accepts the poorest, most threadbare little service, listens to the coldest, feeblest petition, and gathers up with parental fondness all our fragmentary desires and attempts at good works. Oh, if we could only begin to conceive how He loves us, what different creatures we should be!” —Elizabeth Payson Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My pastor's wife introduced this beautiful book to me almost a decade ago. I identify with the main character so well. I'd call this is a coming-of-age faith journey from the perspective of a young girl as she grows into a woman, gets married, and has children. She seems so very real. It reads a lot like a memoir, but it's fiction. 🍃 This quote reminds me of how complicated we sometimes make following God. That faith in him is a relationship with One who loves us so completely, there's no earthly comparison. We can only conceive of a flawed, human love. But even the most beautiful human love cannot compare to God’s infinite love for his children. 🍃 This edition is so lovely. It just makes you want to pick it up and read it! Have you read it? 🍃 🍃 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #amreading #steppingheavenward #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #anneofgreengables #lmmontgomery #janeausten #austen #alcott #bronte #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagramfeature #tweetphoto
  • Ella: Your majesty, I am not a princess, I have no carriage, no parents, no dowry. I do not even know if that beautiful slipper will even fit. But, if it does, will you take me for who I am, an honest country girl who loves you. 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Kit: Of course I will. But only if you will take me for who I am, an apprentice still learning his trade.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Aren't we all apprentices learning our trade? I watched this movie again recently with my daughter. I'm just a tad obsessed with Lily James. She looks adorable here! 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Do you prefer the 1950s version of Cinderella or the new 2015 "live action" version? I actually like the play/musical versions the best, but I thought this version was really well done. 🍃 🍃 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #cinderella #disney #disneyprincess #readallthebooks #havecouragebekind #havecourage #bekind #amreading #cinderella2015 #lilyjames #waltdisney #fairytales #disneymovies #costumes #costuming #costumedesign #perioddrama #cinderellamovie
  • “You have more kindness in your little finger than most people possess in their whole body. And it has power. More than you know.” ―Brittany Candau, Have Courage, Be Kind: The Tale of Cinderella 🍃 I dearly love this volume and this quote. I must admit that I partly bought this book because it's so pretty. Some covers really disappoint, especially if they don't fit the story, but this one seems to match the movie/story perfectly. 🍃 Do you ever judge a book by its cover? 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #cinderella #disney #disneyprincess #readallthebooks #illustrations #illustrators #havecouragebekind #havecourage #bekind #amreading #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagramfeature #bookishfeature
  • “From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends." —Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Books became her friends and there was one for every mood. There was poetry for quiet companionship. There was adventure when she tired of quiet hours. There would be love stories when she came into adolescence and when she wanted to feel a closeness to someone she could read a biography. On that day when she first knew she could read, she made a vow to read one book a day as long as she lived.”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is one of my all-time favorite books. It's one of those books that takes your breath away. It leaves a mark on your heart and life, but even more, it leaves a mark on your mind's eye. I can always recall Francie's world, family, home, and neighborhood vividly whenever I think of the book.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it. It makes an especially great read over a summer holiday or school break. It's the kind of book you never forget. 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #bookquote #bookquotes #readingquotes #quoteoftheday #amreading #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagramfeature #bookishfeature #atreegrowsinbrooklyn #GreatReadPBS
  • "I am not a complete stranger to romance, Mrs. Hughes, if that's what you're implying." —Mr. Carson, Downton Abbey⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When do you think romantic feelings first stirred for these two? The relationship between Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes, through the entire series, is one of my MOST favorites in the show. Before any romance buds, their working relationship is fascinating an so touching. They don't exactly see eye-to-eye in certain things, but they always find common ground in the end.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As I rewatch, I notice the little foreshadows of romance SO much earlier than I did at first. I don't know if it was planned that way or if I perhaps just always wanted something to develop there, but it's beautifully done. 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A romance built on the foundation of friendship and mutual trust is quite my favorite kind!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #downtonabbey #perioddrama #upstairsdownstairs #downton #mrcarson #mrshughes #phyllislogan #jimcarter #highclerecastle #periodcostume #michelledockery #danstevens #masterpiece #pbs #masterpiececlassic #periodcostumes #downton #vintage #britishperioddrama #grantham #castle #instaenglish #england #biobliophile #anglophile #british
  • "Love you! Girl, you're in the very core of my heart. I hold you there like a jewel." — The Blue Castle, L.M. Montgomery⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As we wrap up April, I have to make a few comments about the Read-Along book for #lmmreadalong2019 — The Blue Castle! It's by far my favorite Montgomery book after Anne and Emily. It’s one of two books Montgomery wrote for adult audiences, and I think it's an absolute kick! It reads easily and makes me laugh.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Have you read it? What are some of your favorite parts? I adore Valancy and the way she blossoms and is set free. I also love the way Montgomery writes large families. She really had a knack for that! We see it in Emily of New Moon, The Story Girl, A Tangled Web, and others. Family conclaves were her thing.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This book's premise is based on a really interesting question: If you thought you only had a short time to live, what would you do and how would you live differently? 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #thebluecastle #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #lmmontgomery #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagramfeature #bookishfeature
  • "You remember after I had dinner at your house, you told me that you loved me? I have thought about you and I like you, and I like seeing you, and maybe I feel the same way. So the next time you tell me you love me, if there is a next time, I'll, I'll say I love you too." —Brooklyn (2015) 🌷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Have you seen Brooklyn? What did you think? I love the whole feel of it. Period films and costuming always grab my attention. There were a few bits of this film that I didn't love, but it's really touching overall. I enjoyed the way it depicted the time period and the culture of Brooklyn in the 1950s. 🌷 This conversation pretty much happened to me when my now-husband and I were dating.🙈The first time he said he loved me, I froze! It took me a few weeks to get myself ready to say it back the next time he said it. Thankfully, he did. And I did. And we just celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary this weekend. 🌷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I've never been to Coney Island, but if I went, I think I'd have to dress like Eilis in this scene. That skirt . . . ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🌷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #perioddrama #periodfilm #brooklynmovie #saoirseronan #brooklyn #1950s #periodcostume #1950sfashion #amreading #amwriting #coneyisland #happymonday #bookish #literary #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #booklife #booklove #easter #booknerd #literary #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram
  • “As the daughter of a clergyman, Jane Austen would scarcely have missed a service at the small Anglican Church in Steventon where her father served.” —Laura Boyle, Jane Austen’s Easter 🍃 “She would have been intimately familiar with The Book of Common Prayer... The suggested reading for Easter is in John 20, appropriately, the “Easter Story” of how Jesus’ disciples and friends went to grieve over his body in the garden tomb where it had been laid, only to find the Lord, Himself, alive and waiting to ascend to his Father in Heaven.” 🍃 Are you doing anything special for Easter? I still need to get an egg dye kit for my littles and a few things for their baskets! 📷: @storybookstyle ⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #prayingwithjane #janeausten #janeaustenfan #kindredspiritbooks #austen #austenite #bookish #bookishgifts #literary #janeite #austenland #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #booklife #christianwomen #booklove #easter #booknerd #prideandprejudice #mrdarcy #literary #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #eastergram #easter19 #easter #prayer #devotional
  • "Easter was approaching, and the week preceding it was to bring an addition to the family at Rosings . . . Elizabeth had heard soon after her arrival that Mr. Darcy was expected there in the course of a few weeks." —Pride and Prejudice⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Austen uses the Easter season as the vehicle to get Mr. Darcy to Rosings when Elizabeth is there visiting. So clever! In Regency England, Easter was a time to visit family and celebrate together. 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In "Jane Austen's Easter," Laura Boyle shares this: "During Jane Austen’s day, the Easter Season (Easter and the 40 days following it, until Ascension Sunday, when Christ’s final ascension into heaven is celebrated) or the Easter Holidays as they are sometimes referred to, were a time of traveling and visiting Family."⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Do you celebrate Easter? If so, what do you like to do to commemorate Good Friday and Easter Sunday? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A holy hush comes over my heart on Good Friday, and I love to spend the day in reflection, doing crafts with my children, reading the Bible, decorating eggs, and attending church.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ GIVEAWAY: In honor of Easter, I’m also currently hosting a giveaway of a Praying with Jane signed book and Jane Austen gift set! See previous post to enter. Giveaway ends Friday, April 19, at midnight Pacific Time. (See rules.)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #prayingwithjane #janeausten #janeaustenfan #giveaway #bookgiveaway #kindredspiritbooks #austen #austenite #bookish #bookishgifts #literary #janeite #austenland #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #booklife #christianwomen #booklove #easter #booknerd #prideandprejudice #mrdarcy #literary #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram
  • "[Edward's] errand at Barton, in fact, was a simple one. It was only to ask Elinor to marry him;—and considering that he was not altogether inexperienced in such a question, it might be strange that he should feel so uncomfortable in the present case as he really did, so much in need of encouragement and fresh air." —Sense and Sensibility⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I love this version of Sense and Sensibility, perhaps because it's the first movie version I ever saw. So many fantastic actors! I also adore the 2008 version. I'm trying to decide which one my daughter should see first. Which do you prefer? 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ GIVEAWAY: In honor of Easter, I’m also currently hosting a giveaway of a Praying with Jane signed book and Jane Austen gift set! See previous post to enter. Giveaway ends Friday, April 19, at midnight Pacific Time. (See rules.)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #praywithjane #prayingwithjane #janeausten #janeaustenfan #giveaway #bookgiveaway #kindredspiritbooks #austen #austenite #bookish #bookishgifts #literary #janeite #austenland #katewinslet #emmathompson #alanrickman #senseandsensibility #hughgrant #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #amreading #unitedbookstagram #goodfriday19 #easter19
  • "Next week I shall begin my operations on my hat, on which you know my principal hopes of happiness depend." -Jane Austen, Letters (27 October 1798) 🍃 Don’t you love reading old letters? I do! I also love Jane's funny remarks. Next week I shall begin operations on my wardrobe. I need to shop for some dressier springtime clothes for a writers retreat in Charleston. I'm not gonna lie -- I'm pretty excited to have an excuse to shop a bit!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you're traveling but like/need to keep it stylish and dressed up, what do you like to wear? I love skirts and pretty pants, but I also need to think about comfy shoes for walking around.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ GIVEAWAY: For my fellow Austen lovers, I’m also currently hosting a giveaway of a Praying with Jane gift set! See previous post to enter. Giveaway ends Friday, April 19, at midnight Pacific Time. (See rules.)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #praywithjane #prayingwithjane #janeausten #janeaustenfan #giveaway #bookgiveaway #kindredspiritbooks #austen #austenite #bookish #bookishgifts #literary #janeite #austenland #austenite #prayer #letters #prideandprejudice #austen18 #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #amreading #unitedbookstagram #easter #easter19

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  • “He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.” ― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Happy Monday, friends! Anna Karenina is one of my favorite novels. I first read it my senior year of high school over Christmas Break. It was an amazing experience. 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I love this movie version so much. Have you seen it? What did you think?? 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #annakarenina #keiraknightley #leotolstoy #annakareninamovie #russianliterature #bookstagram #perioddrama #perioddramas #costumes #periodcostumes #costuming #classiclit #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #tweetphoto
  • “God notices the most trivial act, accepts the poorest, most threadbare little service, listens to the coldest, feeblest petition, and gathers up with parental fondness all our fragmentary desires and attempts at good works. Oh, if we could only begin to conceive how He loves us, what different creatures we should be!” —Elizabeth Payson Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My pastor's wife introduced this beautiful book to me almost a decade ago. I identify with the main character so well. I'd call this is a coming-of-age faith journey from the perspective of a young girl as she grows into a woman, gets married, and has children. She seems so very real. It reads a lot like a memoir, but it's fiction. 🍃 This quote reminds me of how complicated we sometimes make following God. That faith in him is a relationship with One who loves us so completely, there's no earthly comparison. We can only conceive of a flawed, human love. But even the most beautiful human love cannot compare to God’s infinite love for his children. 🍃 This edition is so lovely. It just makes you want to pick it up and read it! Have you read it? 🍃 🍃 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #amreading #steppingheavenward #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #anneofgreengables #lmmontgomery #janeausten #austen #alcott #bronte #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagramfeature #tweetphoto
  • Ella: Your majesty, I am not a princess, I have no carriage, no parents, no dowry. I do not even know if that beautiful slipper will even fit. But, if it does, will you take me for who I am, an honest country girl who loves you. 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Kit: Of course I will. But only if you will take me for who I am, an apprentice still learning his trade.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Aren't we all apprentices learning our trade? I watched this movie again recently with my daughter. I'm just a tad obsessed with Lily James. She looks adorable here! 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Do you prefer the 1950s version of Cinderella or the new 2015 "live action" version? I actually like the play/musical versions the best, but I thought this version was really well done. 🍃 🍃 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #cinderella #disney #disneyprincess #readallthebooks #havecouragebekind #havecourage #bekind #amreading #cinderella2015 #lilyjames #waltdisney #fairytales #disneymovies #costumes #costuming #costumedesign #perioddrama #cinderellamovie
  • “You have more kindness in your little finger than most people possess in their whole body. And it has power. More than you know.” ―Brittany Candau, Have Courage, Be Kind: The Tale of Cinderella 🍃 I dearly love this volume and this quote. I must admit that I partly bought this book because it's so pretty. Some covers really disappoint, especially if they don't fit the story, but this one seems to match the movie/story perfectly. 🍃 Do you ever judge a book by its cover? 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #cinderella #disney #disneyprincess #readallthebooks #illustrations #illustrators #havecouragebekind #havecourage #bekind #amreading #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagramfeature #bookishfeature
  • “From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends." —Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Books became her friends and there was one for every mood. There was poetry for quiet companionship. There was adventure when she tired of quiet hours. There would be love stories when she came into adolescence and when she wanted to feel a closeness to someone she could read a biography. On that day when she first knew she could read, she made a vow to read one book a day as long as she lived.”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is one of my all-time favorite books. It's one of those books that takes your breath away. It leaves a mark on your heart and life, but even more, it leaves a mark on your mind's eye. I can always recall Francie's world, family, home, and neighborhood vividly whenever I think of the book.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it. It makes an especially great read over a summer holiday or school break. It's the kind of book you never forget. 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #bookquote #bookquotes #readingquotes #quoteoftheday #amreading #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagramfeature #bookishfeature #atreegrowsinbrooklyn #GreatReadPBS
  • "I am not a complete stranger to romance, Mrs. Hughes, if that's what you're implying." —Mr. Carson, Downton Abbey⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When do you think romantic feelings first stirred for these two? The relationship between Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes, through the entire series, is one of my MOST favorites in the show. Before any romance buds, their working relationship is fascinating an so touching. They don't exactly see eye-to-eye in certain things, but they always find common ground in the end.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As I rewatch, I notice the little foreshadows of romance SO much earlier than I did at first. I don't know if it was planned that way or if I perhaps just always wanted something to develop there, but it's beautifully done. 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A romance built on the foundation of friendship and mutual trust is quite my favorite kind!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #downtonabbey #perioddrama #upstairsdownstairs #downton #mrcarson #mrshughes #phyllislogan #jimcarter #highclerecastle #periodcostume #michelledockery #danstevens #masterpiece #pbs #masterpiececlassic #periodcostumes #downton #vintage #britishperioddrama #grantham #castle #instaenglish #england #biobliophile #anglophile #british
  • "Love you! Girl, you're in the very core of my heart. I hold you there like a jewel." — The Blue Castle, L.M. Montgomery⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As we wrap up April, I have to make a few comments about the Read-Along book for #lmmreadalong2019 — The Blue Castle! It's by far my favorite Montgomery book after Anne and Emily. It’s one of two books Montgomery wrote for adult audiences, and I think it's an absolute kick! It reads easily and makes me laugh.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Have you read it? What are some of your favorite parts? I adore Valancy and the way she blossoms and is set free. I also love the way Montgomery writes large families. She really had a knack for that! We see it in Emily of New Moon, The Story Girl, A Tangled Web, and others. Family conclaves were her thing.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This book's premise is based on a really interesting question: If you thought you only had a short time to live, what would you do and how would you live differently? 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #thebluecastle #anneofgreengables #annewithane #anneshirley #amreading #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #christianwomen #bookish #booklove #bookblog #booknerd #bookworm #bookaholic #lmmontgomery #literary #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagramfeature #bookishfeature
  • "You remember after I had dinner at your house, you told me that you loved me? I have thought about you and I like you, and I like seeing you, and maybe I feel the same way. So the next time you tell me you love me, if there is a next time, I'll, I'll say I love you too." —Brooklyn (2015) 🌷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Have you seen Brooklyn? What did you think? I love the whole feel of it. Period films and costuming always grab my attention. There were a few bits of this film that I didn't love, but it's really touching overall. I enjoyed the way it depicted the time period and the culture of Brooklyn in the 1950s. 🌷 This conversation pretty much happened to me when my now-husband and I were dating.🙈The first time he said he loved me, I froze! It took me a few weeks to get myself ready to say it back the next time he said it. Thankfully, he did. And I did. And we just celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary this weekend. 🌷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I've never been to Coney Island, but if I went, I think I'd have to dress like Eilis in this scene. That skirt . . . ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🌷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #kindredspiritbooks #perioddrama #periodfilm #brooklynmovie #saoirseronan #brooklyn #1950s #periodcostume #1950sfashion #amreading #amwriting #coneyisland #happymonday #bookish #literary #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #booklife #booklove #easter #booknerd #literary #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram
  • “As the daughter of a clergyman, Jane Austen would scarcely have missed a service at the small Anglican Church in Steventon where her father served.” —Laura Boyle, Jane Austen’s Easter 🍃 “She would have been intimately familiar with The Book of Common Prayer... The suggested reading for Easter is in John 20, appropriately, the “Easter Story” of how Jesus’ disciples and friends went to grieve over his body in the garden tomb where it had been laid, only to find the Lord, Himself, alive and waiting to ascend to his Father in Heaven.” 🍃 Are you doing anything special for Easter? I still need to get an egg dye kit for my littles and a few things for their baskets! 📷: @storybookstyle ⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #prayingwithjane #janeausten #janeaustenfan #kindredspiritbooks #austen #austenite #bookish #bookishgifts #literary #janeite #austenland #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #booklife #christianwomen #booklove #easter #booknerd #prideandprejudice #mrdarcy #literary #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #eastergram #easter19 #easter #prayer #devotional
  • "Easter was approaching, and the week preceding it was to bring an addition to the family at Rosings . . . Elizabeth had heard soon after her arrival that Mr. Darcy was expected there in the course of a few weeks." —Pride and Prejudice⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Austen uses the Easter season as the vehicle to get Mr. Darcy to Rosings when Elizabeth is there visiting. So clever! In Regency England, Easter was a time to visit family and celebrate together. 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In "Jane Austen's Easter," Laura Boyle shares this: "During Jane Austen’s day, the Easter Season (Easter and the 40 days following it, until Ascension Sunday, when Christ’s final ascension into heaven is celebrated) or the Easter Holidays as they are sometimes referred to, were a time of traveling and visiting Family."⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Do you celebrate Easter? If so, what do you like to do to commemorate Good Friday and Easter Sunday? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A holy hush comes over my heart on Good Friday, and I love to spend the day in reflection, doing crafts with my children, reading the Bible, decorating eggs, and attending church.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ GIVEAWAY: In honor of Easter, I’m also currently hosting a giveaway of a Praying with Jane signed book and Jane Austen gift set! See previous post to enter. Giveaway ends Friday, April 19, at midnight Pacific Time. (See rules.)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #prayingwithjane #janeausten #janeaustenfan #giveaway #bookgiveaway #kindredspiritbooks #austen #austenite #bookish #bookishgifts #literary #janeite #austenland #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #booklife #christianwomen #booklove #easter #booknerd #prideandprejudice #mrdarcy #literary #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram
  • "[Edward's] errand at Barton, in fact, was a simple one. It was only to ask Elinor to marry him;—and considering that he was not altogether inexperienced in such a question, it might be strange that he should feel so uncomfortable in the present case as he really did, so much in need of encouragement and fresh air." —Sense and Sensibility⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I love this version of Sense and Sensibility, perhaps because it's the first movie version I ever saw. So many fantastic actors! I also adore the 2008 version. I'm trying to decide which one my daughter should see first. Which do you prefer? 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ GIVEAWAY: In honor of Easter, I’m also currently hosting a giveaway of a Praying with Jane signed book and Jane Austen gift set! See previous post to enter. Giveaway ends Friday, April 19, at midnight Pacific Time. (See rules.)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #praywithjane #prayingwithjane #janeausten #janeaustenfan #giveaway #bookgiveaway #kindredspiritbooks #austen #austenite #bookish #bookishgifts #literary #janeite #austenland #katewinslet #emmathompson #alanrickman #senseandsensibility #hughgrant #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #amreading #unitedbookstagram #goodfriday19 #easter19
  • "Next week I shall begin my operations on my hat, on which you know my principal hopes of happiness depend." -Jane Austen, Letters (27 October 1798) 🍃 Don’t you love reading old letters? I do! I also love Jane's funny remarks. Next week I shall begin operations on my wardrobe. I need to shop for some dressier springtime clothes for a writers retreat in Charleston. I'm not gonna lie -- I'm pretty excited to have an excuse to shop a bit!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you're traveling but like/need to keep it stylish and dressed up, what do you like to wear? I love skirts and pretty pants, but I also need to think about comfy shoes for walking around.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ GIVEAWAY: For my fellow Austen lovers, I’m also currently hosting a giveaway of a Praying with Jane gift set! See previous post to enter. Giveaway ends Friday, April 19, at midnight Pacific Time. (See rules.)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🍃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #praywithjane #prayingwithjane #janeausten #janeaustenfan #giveaway #bookgiveaway #kindredspiritbooks #austen #austenite #bookish #bookishgifts #literary #janeite #austenland #austenite #prayer #letters #prideandprejudice #austen18 #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #booklife #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #amreading #unitedbookstagram #easter #easter19
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