Novel Finds

Novel Finds

Books for moral people. kimberlyacharest.substack.com

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June 28, 2025 20 mins

When I first picked this book up in the local thrift store, I laughed. As noted in this review, I’m not the biggest fan of modern princess stories. For little girls, princesses are sacred. I’m not consenting to stealing the integral role a princess provides for little girls through modern de-feminization in YA literature.

However, this book surprised me and I actually like it. Will it replace The Light Princess by George MacDonald ...

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This week’s Novel Find is a short “cutie little coffee table book” featuring an unlikely friendship between a nun, a tree, and a classic New York personality.

Based in New York City, The Christmas Tree by Julie Salamon follows a man who is on the hunt for the next great Rockefeller Christmas Tree. While flying over a convent, he spies the prettiest tree in perfect condition for the Christmas celebration. But there’s a problem. A nu...

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The Sword and the Miracle by Melvyn Bragg is an acclaimed epic novel set during the beginning of Christianity in Ireland and England. The narrative is driven through two primary plots: romantic entanglement of Princess Bega and Prince Padric and political forces driving the divisions of Roman Catholicism and the subsequent rise of Anglo-Catholic tradition in Ireland and England.

Reviewed by Kimberly, a Protestant and hopeless roman...

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May 17, 2025 47 secs

Sorry guys, there’s no essay in your inbox today. (Cue the tears). Not to despair! This is because in my spare time this week I’ve finally been able to focus on a passion project for my socials and I want share it with you, too!

I’m starting a signature series called “Novel Finds” where I read one book a week picked from a thrift store in the interest of finding good stories. This project birthed a few months ago for two main reason...

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