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2023
My Year in Books
23,625
pages read
Natalie Vellacott
87
books read
Natalie Vellacott
1 like
Christian Hedonism? by E.S. Williams
Shortest Book
84
pages
Glastonbury by Donna Fletcher Crow
Longest Book
1,134
pages
Average book length in 2023
271
pages
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Most Shelved
4,049,436
people also shelved
My View by Verna Wright
Least Shelved
0
people also shelved
Natalie’s average rating for 2023
3.1
3.1
An Echo in the Darkness by Francine Rivers
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.43 average
The Aussie Bible by Kel Richards

Natalie’s first review of the year

did not like it
Definitely irreverent, possibly blasphemous

I'm not sure what the author was thinking. To suggest that the language of the Bible needs to be changed to this extent in order for an English speaking country to understand it properly? If this is not the intention of the author, then one can only assume that it is a poor attempt at humour.

I wanted to check whether the irreverence continues with the words of Jesus and even God the Father, it does.

I t ...more
NATALIE’S 2023 BOOKS
The Aussie Bible by Kel Richards
Three Years at War by Josh Fortune
Miracle at Tenwek by Gregg Lewis
really liked it
God's Secret Listener by John Butterworth
Red Cabbage Blue by Annie Try
The Creaking on the Stairs by Mez McConnell
The Choice by Elizabeth Robertson Campbell
The Radical Reformission by Mark Driscoll
The Grace of Shame by Tim Bayly
Edge of Daylight by Eddie Askew
And Now Let's Move Into A Time Of Nonsense by Nick Page
Run and Not Be Weary by Dr Karen Worsell
really liked it
Journeys of Hope by Christians Against Poverty
Post Charismatic? by Robin McAlpine
Light in the City by Irene Howat
A Rabbi Looks at the Last Days by Jonathan Bernis
In God's Underground by Richard Wurmbrand
My View by Verna Wright
Wolf from Scotland by W.B. Forsyth
Foreign to Familiar by Sarah Lanier
More Drops by George Verwer
House by Frank E. Peretti
Dispatches from the Front by Tim Keesee
Soaring Higher by Philip C. Eyster
Directed Verdict by Randy Singer
really liked it
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Twelve Angels From Hell by David Wilkerson
Notes from a Big Country by Bill Bryson
The Dove and the Rose by Ethel L. Herr
SURVIVING THE GUNMAN by Billy Burns
really liked it
Christian Hedonism? by E.S. Williams
City Lives - Real stories of changed lives from the workplace by Marcus Nodder
The Shepherd's Song by Betsy Duffey
Little Book of Big Words by Warren Wiersby
My People, the Amish by Joe Keim
Opening Up Titus by David Campbell
Opening Up Ecclesiastes by Jim Winter
A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers
As Sure as the Dawn by Francine Rivers
An Echo in the Darkness by Francine Rivers
Bus from Bangkok by Dorothy Rose
Out of the Deep by Noel Davidson
really liked it
The Purity Principle by Randy Alcorn
Until the Last Dog Dies by John Robinson
Crown of Fire by Craig Parshall
A Perilous Proposal by Michael R. Phillips
The Visitation by Frank E. Peretti
The Cure by Athol Dickson
Out of Silence by Annie Try
Garden of Madness by Tracy L. Higley
Life Without Limits by Nick Vujicic
Julie by Catherine Marshall
it was amazing
Always Grace by Tim LaHaye
Dead Women Walking by Jennifer Su
Rebel With A Cause by Franklin Graham
really liked it
Son of Perdition by Wendy Alec
Pearl in the Sand by Tessa Afshar
Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis
The Yankee Officer and the Southern Belle by Nell Robertson Chinchen
Sometimes a Light Surprises by Jamie Langston Turner
By This Name by John R. Cross
Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
Highland Grace by Gary E. Parker
Camino Winds by John Grisham
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
it was amazing
The Lost Orphan by Stacey Halls
Uncovering the World by Jonathan Carswell
The Tender Years by Janette Oke
Seeing the Invisible by Faith Cook
There Came A Day by Patricia L. Cardy
Candle in the Darkness by Lynn Austin
From China Seas to Desert Sands by Jean Goodwin
A Light to My Path by Lynn Austin
Fire by Night by Lynn Austin
Christ With The C.I.D by Morrish Reginald (Ex-Chief ...
L'Abri by edith-schaeffer
Honest Evangelism by Rico Tice
Song of Redemption by Lynn Austin
it was amazing
A Bride for Donnigan by Janette Oke
Head-hunters' moon by Will MAGGS
Glastonbury by Donna Fletcher Crow
The Dragon Boat Mystery by John Bechtel
The Strength of His Hand by Lynn Austin
Millionaire for God by John T. Erskine
Danger in the Shadows by Dee Henderson
Canopy of Darkness by Jonathan Kopf
it was amazing
An hour to the stone age by Shirley Horne
An hour to the stone age by Shirley Horne

Natalie’s last review of the year

really liked it
Wow

This story needs a good edit into contemporary language. It wasn't an easy read but the progress of the Dani tribe from savages fuelled by violence to mass conversions to Christianity is one that every person should read. The power of God is on display in a remarkable way.

There is a lot of graphic violence in this book.

If this was brought up to date it would be a 5 star read.

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Natalie Vellacott read 87 out of 85 books.
 
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