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Book Nook: Let It Go – Chris Williams

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Book Nook: Let It Go – Chris Williams

A couple of months ago I read Where There’s Hope by Elizabeth Smart, in which Smart interviews various people who have gone through traumatic experiences in order to find out what helped them move forward.

Many of the people interviewed for Where There’s Hope had previously written their own books about their experiences, and I made a mental note of the few that I would want to read if I were given the chance.

Let It Go was one of these books, and it only took me a month or so to find a used copy for sale.

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Book Nook: Embracing the Broken – Tiffany Webster

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Book Nook: Embracing the Broken – Tiffany Webster

I recently decided I wanted to make a change to the books I read on Sundays. In order to make it more of an uplifting day, I made the decision to read books on Sundays that have some type of gospel or spiritual significance.

It might mean I have to interrupt whatever book I’m reading during the week – and it might take multiple Sundays to get through a single book – but it felt like something I should do.

Embracing the Broken was one of these “Sunday books”, but it didn’t turn out to be that inspiring.

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Book Nook: The Gospel at 30,000 Feet – Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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Book Nook: The Gospel at 30,000 Feet – Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf is one of the 12 Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Before his call as an Apostle, he had been a fighter pilot as well as the Lufthansa Chief Pilot and Senior Vice President.

He loves flying airplanes, and has years of experience.

Almost every time he speaks in a conference or other large meeting he will use some principle he learned from flying to teach a gospel principle. The Gospel at 30,000 Feet is a collection of these parables, metaphors, or whatever you want to call them.

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Book Nook: Where There’s Hope – Elizabeth Smart

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Book Nook: Where There’s Hope – Elizabeth Smart

As some will remember, I read My Story by Elizabeth Smart about a month ago. I felt there was a missed opportunity to address how life had been returning from such a horrific experience, and I gave the book 3 stars.

I wasn’t aware that Smart had written anything else, so I was pleasantly surprised to find Where There’s Hope at a local thrift store. My thought was that this book might cover some of the topics I had been looking for in her first book.

After all, the subtitle of the book is “Healing, moving forward, and never giving up.”

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