Friday, October 2, 2020

Next novena upcoming! And more cozy fiction...

Hello all, and TGIF! I was going to start a St. Therese novena on her feast day, but decided instead to forge ahead into upcoming October feast days. There are a couple of great ones this month, and I thought we could pray them together, and we'll only overlap on a day or two, hee hee! Our next novena will start on Tuesday, and will be praying along with St. Teresa of Avila!


She is officially the patron of headache sufferers, and of writers, and can also be an asset for intentions regarding faith and contemplative spirituality. The novena begins on Tuesday, and like before, I have the prayers listed on a page within the blog found on the main navigation menu for both desktop and mobile. :)

Beginning October 13th, I'm going to be praying the novena to St. John Paul II. I'll create a page for that one too next week, we'll still be finishing up with St. Teresa, but I don't think this will be too onerous. Two days of double novena prayers! For those with the Pray app, both of these are on there, though St. Teresa is premium. :-0 I think I'm going to actually become one of their patrons so that I have acces to all of their novenas. It's only $15 a year to support their work, which I do truly love!

By time we finish up with JPII, it'll be later October, and then we can plan for November. I feel a St. Cecilia situation coming on! And maybe Holy Souls in Purgatory! 

*virtual high five*

As it's been a bit of a stressful week, planning for these novenas has been a happy distraction. Also a happy distraction is my current cozy mystery:


This is book 1 in the Amish Matchmaker series, and book 2 comes out December 1st, so it's a perfect time to dive into this one! I've had it on my Kindle for awhile, and am so glad that I'm finally getting to it, it's delightful! You all know how much I love Amish fiction, and this one also features quilting and 2 goats, what could be better?! :-0

Between minding a pair of rambunctious goats, meetings with her quilting circle, and matchmaking, Millie Fisher has plenty to keep her busy through her golden years. But the witty widow always makes time to solve the odd murder . . .
 
Some Amish men don’t know what’s good for them. That’s what Millie Fisher told herself when young Ben Baughman set his heart on marrying Tess Lieb. With Tess’s father refusing to give his blessing and Tess’s ex-boyfriend being a wet blanket, the hapless couple was bound to butt heads more than Millie’s Boer goats. But when Ben tragically dies in a mysterious fire, Millie wonders if someone in her hometown of Harvest, Ohio, wanted Ben out of the wedding picture altogether . . . 
With the help of her quilting buddies, and her outspoken Englischer friend Lois, Millie is determined to patch together all the clues without even dropping a stitch. She only hopes it won’t be the death of her . . .

What are you reading these days? Are you planning to join in the upcoming October novenas? I'd love to hear from you in the comments!

10 comments:

  1. I finished "Sisters Of The Heart" and the follow up book "Grace". I have just started the "Wells Landing" series. They are all Amish books.
    Marilyn

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    1. Hi Marilyn! I'm currently watching an Amish drama on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, ha ha! I absolutely love this backdrop for a story. Sounds like you've been doing a lot of great cozy reading!

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  2. I finished "An Amish Harvest". I have now started "The Matchmakers Of Huckleberry Hill". I am enjoying these Amish books.
    Marion

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    1. Hello Marion! Amish books are truly my favorite in the cozy genre. This reminds me that I'd like to get started on some Christmas stories set in Amish country. :)

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  3. I started reading “Catherine of Siena” by Sigrid Undset, but also reading “Chosen and Cherished” by Kimberly Hahn. These are just two of the many books.

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    1. Hi Nikita! Sounds like perfect books for October. :) We're readying for the switchover to Advent coming up next month!

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  4. I'm in for the St. Teresa of Avila novena! As both a headache sufferer and a writer, this one should be a big help for me. Hope all is well with you and your family!

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    1. oooo, perfect timing then, Kevin! Glad you're joining us. :)

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  5. A friend and I decided to read the Interior Castle this month so the novena is perfectly timed. We had no idea her feast day was this month.

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    1. Hi Melanie! Oh wow, perfect timing, indeed! Reciting the novena prayer is really comforting me each morning. <3

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