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C.G.Koens

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As a marketing consultant, copy editor, and proofreader, C.G.Koens has been working professionally with individuals, corporations, and non-profits for over a decade to ensure their core messages are clearly communicated to the intended audience, whatever the medium.

Married to a fellow INTJ, she's also an adoptive (homeschooling) mom of five, loves a good skinny, decaf, caramel macchiato, and is a fan of BBC mystery shows, Indian curry, Parisian cafes, and her passport. A "work in progress" Jesus-follower, she embraces a lifestyle of thankfulness, simplicity, stewardship, and personal growth.

Favorite Genres/Authors: Food/travel, historical non-fiction/biographies, cozy British mysteries, Agatha Christie, Alexander McCall Smith, Miss Read, J
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October Bookworm Update

I always start these posts at the first of the month and update them as life happens along the way. Heading into October, I wasn't really sure what to expect from the next 31 days. I knew my calendar was beyond busy with life events, but if my mom's quick illness and death taught me anything, it's that life can change in the blink of an eye. Although nothing dramatic happened in our immediate fami

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C.G.Koens is 6% done with The Alpine Christmas Mystery: It's not getting better. The cliches are cringe-worthy. Nancy Drew might have had better writing. The author's motto seems to be, "Why use 8 words when 40 will do." I really do not understand the high rating this book has on Goodreads.
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Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson
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The Scrooge Conspiracy by Anna Elliott
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Needs a good line edit

This series started out strong, and don't get me wrong, I'm still enjoying them, but there are more and more redundancies and identical phrases and explanations of things we already know (that last bit is what makes it feel lik
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Jim Elliot
“Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.”
Jim Elliot

Jane Austen
“Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.”
Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another What! You
“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

William Nicholson
“I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time- waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God- it changes me.”
William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play

Ravi Zacharias
“What you applaud you encourage, but beware what you celebrate...”
Ravi Zacharias

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