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Hannah's avatar

I’ve wondered about the How To Train Your Dragon books. I loved the movies when they released. Haha, your description makes me think of how I felt reading The Last Archer by S. D. Smith. I loved the story, the characters, and who wouldn’t love adorable yet fierce bunny’s with bows and arrows?! But there was quite a lot of fighting and I found myself holding my breath reading it. I think if I had boys it would be so much fun reading those books to them, but for now I’ll save my breath 😅

I haven’t read Max Lucado in years, his stuff all started to sound the same to me. But in high school I read and enjoyed a lot of his books. I remember Grace Happens Here being a comfort, and I think I read God Will Carry You Through This after a devastating injury/onset of chronic illness.

I highly recommend An Angels Story in his Christmas Collection. Though I must confess I never read the other two stories in that book. The descriptions of heaven and the angels fight to protect the seed of Jesus brought to earth was really powerful and fun to imagine how that may have all happened. I could read that short story every Christmas!

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So I just figured out that The Last Archer is written by The Green Ember author. Green Ember is on my physical TBR and will be coming up soon. I am very much looking forward to it, I love quirky stories like that! Did you read that series or just the Archer books?

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I love quirky stories like that too! I really enjoy world building and quests or adventures within those worlds.

I just read the Archer book! I know out of order. Green Ember is still on my TBR as well :)

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I really love Lucado's kids books and have never read his fiction. I definitely want to try his Christmas works next winter!! Thanks for that recommendation! And The Last Archer sounds super fun. I need to add it to my Goodreads TBR!

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