A Light in the Window (The Mitford Years)

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Summary: Absolutely the BEST!
Review: This is not my usual type of reading material, but to tell the truth, the cover caught my eye. I am finishing A Light in the Window and i can't wait to get the next one. I hope they go on forever!!!! This is the first time I have ever read something that made me truely sorry that it is fiction. If it were real, I'd move to Mitford in a heartbeat!

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Summary: An excellent integration of faith and life.
Review: This was truly enjoyable as the second in the series. This book continues the friendship that we develop with the all-too-real characters. I truly appreciate the ability to show that Christians can demonstrate their faith through the way they live. The applicability of the Scriptures to life today is wonderful.

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Summary: An expression of true "community".
Review: I am reading "A Light in the Window" right now. It is the second Mitford book I have read. I truly enjoy these books. They are written with great care. What I enjoy most is the representaion of communtiy. In our fast paced lives it is easy to not let anyone to close. Community is not all ways easy, but as far as I am concerned it is always admirable.

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Summary: A book with heart
Review: Have read the 3 books and loved them all. Found them to be an inspiration, a movtivation for thinking about life and has helped in opening up discussion with my wife. She got me started on them. Wonderful books.

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Summary: It is like a trip back home.
Review: This second book is just as good - - if not better -- than the first one in the series. It reminded me of a trip back home. It is so very nice to be able to read such a delightful book. I enjoyed it thoroughly. I am presently devouring the third one. I would be most happy if Ms. Karon continued the series for a very long time. I wish that I could move to Mitford

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Summary: Positively Inspirational series
Review: Jan Karon has captured life as it should be. I only wish I could find this town and move ! This is truly the best Book series and my new favorite author. I too would like to see this as a movie or t.v. series. It is so refreshing. Imagine... no violence or hard core sex... yet kept my interest through each volume and everyone I've recommended them to has called to thank me... NO... thank you, Jan Karon ! ps: Oprah... try this for an uplifting/non depressing/happy ending, book-of-the-month. Ruth Marston ([e-mail])

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Summary: This was a wonderful return visit to the town of Mitford!
Review: I couldn't wait to revisit Mitford and I certainly was not disappointed with my stay. This is a terrific book and definitely just as good as Ms. Karon's first "Mitford" book. I feel like I have a whole new set of friends now in the Mitford books. I am reading the third book now and will be quite sad when I run out of Mitford books to read. I sure hope that Ms. Karon is working hard on her fifth one

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Summary: The trials and tribulations of Father Tim
Review: After reading the first book in the series, I couldn't wait to see how the budding relationship between Father Tim and his neighbor, Cynthia would progress. For awhile, the 61-year-old batchelor's bumbling had both my wife and myself wondering if he would ever get his act together. As usual, the supporting cast of characters in the book made the whole experience worthwhile. Everyone should start their day at the Grille and every town (or city) needs the kind-hearted neighbors and off-beat characters who roam the streets in Jan Karon's mind. Wouldn't this make a great TV series

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Summary: Hot and Cold
Review: After really enjoying the first book, I was looking forward to reading the second book. However, I was quite disappointed. The book dragged on endlessly and I wanted to give Cynthia a good kick- she was hot one minute and cold the next to Father Tim, being completely unreasonable and acting like a 13 year old, not a grown woman. She slams the phone down on him, gets mad when he talks to other women, hints that she is ready to get married (after being together for what, 6 months?) and sends him rude letters. I was hoping he would kick her to the curb, but no. I hope the third book will be much better.

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Summary: What happened to the great characters?
Review: After loving "At Home in Mitford" I was sorely disappointed in this next installment. Instead of being charming and heartwarming, it was annoying and frustrating. Father Tim, so lovingly developed in the first book, becomes ineffective, brainless, and spineless. And the downfall is that the book concentrates so much on his reverted character, and so little on the wonderful townspeople and small miracles that happened in the prequel. Ms. Karon creates unbelievable, comic book characters (i.e. the widow after Father Tim) and then drags on and on about so few folks. How disappointing, I am not sure I will ever start the third book in the series.