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Sabbath Rest Book Talk/Open Book [May 2018]

Carolyn Astfalk has a first Wednesday of the month book review linkup!

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The aforementioned Carolyn also joins me and Rebecca Willen every month for Sabbath Rest Book Talk.

Sabbath Rest Book Talk: a monthly live interactive event where we talk about the value of fiction in developing compassion, empathy, and healthy relationships

MAY’S THEME: CONSCIENCE

Sunday, May 6 at 7pm Eastern

Theme: Conscience

Discuss CONSCIENCE with Allison Gingras of Reconciled to You on Sabbath Rest Book Talk #live #video #bookclubSpecial Guest: Allison Gingras of Reconciled to You

Allison Gingras is a Catholic blogger, author, social media evangelist, retreat leader, inspirational speaker and podcaster with a unique, practical, and humorous way of sharing a life with Christ!

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Join us this month as we discuss:

Discuss CONSCIENCE in A SUBTLE GRACE by Ellen Gable on Sabbath Rest Book Talk #live #video #bookclubA Subtle Grace by Ellen Gable

FINALIST: 2015 IAN Book of the Year, Historical and Romance  1896, Philadelphia. In this stand alone sequel to “In Name Only” (2009, FQP), “A Subtle Grace” continues the story of the wealthy and unconventional O’Donovan Family as they approach the dawn of a new century. At 19, Kathleen (oldest daughter) is unmarried with no prospects. Fearing the lonely fate of an old maid, her impatience leads to an infatuation with the first man who shows interest. The suave, handsome son of the local police chief seems a perfect match. But will her impulsive manner prevent her from recognizing her true love? A disturbing turn of events brings a dark shadow that threatens the life-long happiness she desires.

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Discuss CONSCIENCE in TOM SAWYER on Sabbath Rest Book Talk #live #video #bookclubTom Sawyer by Mark Twain

This coming-of-age story captures a vanished world of outdoor action and introduces Mark Twain’s two most enduring literary characters, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. In a novel that Twain termed a “hymn to boyhood,” Tom and Huck fish and swim in the Mississippi River, search for buried treasure, and hide in a haunted house. Tom Sawyer falls for pretty Becky Thatcher, tricks his pals into painting a fence for him, and stages an elaborate prank on the schoolmaster. Around the edges of this idyllic boy-life, however, loom dangerous events in the fictional village of St. Petersburg: Tom and Huck witness a midnight murder in a graveyard, the killer escapes from the courtroom while Tom is testifying, Tom and Becky become lost in a labyrinthine cave, and two sinister villains plot robbery and revenge against a wealthy widow.

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Discuss CONSCIENCE in Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi on Sabbath Rest Book Talk #live #video #bookclubPinocchio by Carlo Collodi

Pinocchio, in Carlo Collodi’s original version, is an adventure-filled, menacing fairy tale with a moral. Made by the woodcarver Geppetto, the puppet Pinocchio dreams of becoming a real child. But his unrestrained curiosity, dishonesty, and selfishness put him in constant peril. As he journeys from the deceptive “Field of Miracles,” where he plants gold coins to make them grow, to the land where lazy boys turn into donkeys, Pinocchio’s path is paved with mistakes, willfulness, and danger. And all the while his nose keeps growing bigger and bigger and bigger every time he tells a fib, so all the world can see what a liar he is . . .
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Check out the reading list for all of 2018.

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Fiction is Good for you! Watch Sabbath Rest Book Talk, and never feel guilty for reading fiction again!