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Carrie lives in N. Idaho with her husband and five children. She loves books and travel most of all and is more than unusually obsessed with the royal family. She loves dabbling in words, but writes very bad biographical sketches of herself.

Her favorite genre is Middle Grade fiction and she is the author of two pieces of the same: Island of Stars & A Light at the End of the Woods. She has also written a short, fully-illustrated Christmas story, The Golden Hour.

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	Island of Stars by Carrie Brownell (Goodreads Author), Joe Hox (illustrator) 4.42 avg rating — 90 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Light at the End of the Woods by Carrie Brownell (Goodreads Author), Joe Hox (Illustrator) 4.41 avg rating — 27 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Golden Hour by Carrie Brownell (Goodreads Author), Hannah Hill (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anne of Green Gables: A Christian Readers' Guide by Carrie Brownell (Goodreads Author), Charity Spencer (Narrator ) 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anne of Green Gables with A Christian Readers' Guide: Two Books in One! by L.M. Montgomery, Sandra Churchill (Narrator), Charity Spencer (Narrator) did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

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Murder Your Darlings: And Other Gentle Writing Advice from Aristotle to Zinsser

by Roy Peter Clark

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Carrie Brownell has read William and Catherine: The Monarchy's New Era: The Inside Story by Russell Myers	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
If you follow royal commentators online and watch interviews/documentaries about the royals, I wouldn't say there is anything really new to learn here. But if you aren't as familiar with the royal family, then this will likely be a useful introductio ...more
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Carrie Brownell has read Coraline by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I really enjoyed Gaiman's The Graveyard Book and was eager to get my hands on another of his works. Here's my brilliant review: I just thought this one was weird. It read a bit like Alice in Wonderland to me (which is not my favorite classic ever). ...more
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Carrie Brownell has read My Beloved (Mitford Years, #15) by Jan Karon	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
It's Mitford. I wanted to finish the series. I'd probably give it 4 stars but I don't want to effect the ratings system here. I just generally liked it because of nostalgic reasons but it wasn't my favorite Mitford ever. I was wondering if she was go ...more
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Carrie Brownell rated a book really liked it The Art of Disagreeing: How to Keep Calm and Stay Friends in Hard Conversations by Gavin Ortlund	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This was an insightful little read. Good tips and reminders as to how to keep one's cool and have a productive conversation. This is a book the entire world could use right about now. :) ...more
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Carrie Brownell rated a book really liked it The Art of Disagreeing: How to Keep Calm and Stay Friends in Hard Conversations by Gavin Ortlund	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This was an insightful little read. Good tips and reminders as to how to keep one's cool and have a productive conversation. This is a book the entire world could use right about now. :) ...more
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Carrie Brownell rated a book it was amazing Trembling Faith: How a Distressed Prophet Helps Us Trust God in a Chaotic World by Taylor Turkington	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A friend gifted me this book a few months back and I finally got around to reading it. The focus is on the Book of Habakkuk & drawing lines between that particular book in the Bible to our present day frights, to see God at work in the chaos. This bo ...more
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Carrie Brownell rated a book it was amazing God's Love: How the Infinite God Cares for His Children by R.C. Sproul	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
We need more men like RC Sproul in the world: calm, cool, collected and passionate about knowing and understanding God. I really appreciated this refresher course on the love of God, what it is and what it isn't, technically and broadly speaking. What ...more
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We need more men like RC Sproul in the world: calm, cool, collected and passionate about knowing and understanding God. I really appreciated this refresher course on the love of God, what it is and what it isn't, technically and broadly speaking. What ...more
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