Valerie S. (VolunteerVal) -
Helpful Score: 1
Congratulations to Annie B. Jones for publishing her debut essay collection Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put. What a joy it must be to stock and sell it in her bookstore.
As a loyal listener to the author's From the Front Porch podcast and a faithful reader of The Bookshelf customer enewsletter, I was concerned I'd be already familiar with most of the essay topics. Thankfully that was not the case, and I really enjoyed these thoughts on family, friendship, marriage, faith, entrepreneurship, and of course, books.
I appreciate the candor of Annie's writing, sharing deeply personal topics with honesty and humor. I especially connected with her thoughts on faith and on having a brother as her only sibling. An overall theme is "Bloom where you're planted."
The title is very meaningful; I'm confident it comes from Annie's love for the liturgical church (a lifelong passion of mine). In the church year, "ordinary time" describes the long season between Pentecost (49 days after Easter) through Advent (four Sundays before December 25). This season contains no major festivals/holidays; rather, the church focuses on Jesus' adult life and ministry. It's viewed as a season of growth (represented by the color green) which makes it a powerful 'label' for these chapters in the author's life.
Thank you to HarperOne for the review copies of this interesting and insightful collection.
As a loyal listener to the author's From the Front Porch podcast and a faithful reader of The Bookshelf customer enewsletter, I was concerned I'd be already familiar with most of the essay topics. Thankfully that was not the case, and I really enjoyed these thoughts on family, friendship, marriage, faith, entrepreneurship, and of course, books.
I appreciate the candor of Annie's writing, sharing deeply personal topics with honesty and humor. I especially connected with her thoughts on faith and on having a brother as her only sibling. An overall theme is "Bloom where you're planted."
The title is very meaningful; I'm confident it comes from Annie's love for the liturgical church (a lifelong passion of mine). In the church year, "ordinary time" describes the long season between Pentecost (49 days after Easter) through Advent (four Sundays before December 25). This season contains no major festivals/holidays; rather, the church focuses on Jesus' adult life and ministry. It's viewed as a season of growth (represented by the color green) which makes it a powerful 'label' for these chapters in the author's life.
Thank you to HarperOne for the review copies of this interesting and insightful collection.
