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The Noel Diary
The Noel Diary: A Novel | Richard Paul Evans
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In this new holiday-themed novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Mistletoe Promise and The Walk, a man receives the best Christmas present he could ask for: the chance to re-write the past. Bestselling romance author Jacob Churcher hasn't been home for almost twenty years-- not since his mentally ill mother kicked him out of the house when he was just sixteen. When a lawyer calls, days before Christmas, to inform him that his estranged mother has passed away and left her house to him, Jacob returns not just to settle the estate but to try and reconcile with the past and the pain and abuse he experienced as a child. Also, maybe cleaning out her house will be slightly less depressing than spending the holidays alone, watching re-runs of Christmas classics. But as it turns out, the house holds more than just difficult memories, Jacobs mother had become a hoarder and he must excavate through two decades worth of clutter. As Jacob digs through the detritus, like an archaeologist, he uncovers many puzzling items including a diary left by someone named Noel, a young woman he has no recollection of, who stayed with Jacobs family during her pregnancy. Thats not the only echo from the past. Jacob has an unexpected visitor, Rachel, a woman looking for the mother who put her up for adoption thirty years before. United by their quest to make sense of the past and rewrite their futures, Jacob and Rachel begin a search for Noel. Along the way they find more than they possibly imagined, including grace, forgiveness and a chance at love.
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Captivatedbybooks
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Watching a Christmas movie and this one was the perfect rom/com! And the main male character is DELICIOUS 🥵 #WinterGames #HollyJollyReaders

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CrowCAH
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#BookClub with @WonderingGypsy @hkapusta @VioletCavalier ! And we ate Brach‘s chocolate stars, just like in the book!

TheBookHippie My favorite candy! Can never find them here. 2y
CrowCAH @TheBookHippie oh that‘s a bummer. During the Christmas season my Mom couldn‘t find them, it was only after when candy went on sale that she was able to snag a couple bags. (We‘re in MetroDetroit, Michigan) 2y
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CrowCAH
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#Audiobook old school CD 💿 style in my #POTC Dead Man‘s Chest player!!! 🏴‍☠️

EclecticBookLover That is an AWESOME CD player! 2y
BookmarkTavern That is so freaking cool! 2y
mrp27 Holy cow that is an awesome CD player! 2y
CrowCAH @EclecticBookLover @ozma.of.oz @mrp27 I know, it is arrrrr-some!!! It‘s hard to tell, but the heart on top even lights up! And the sound quality is really good! 2y
EclecticBookLover I would have loved this as a teenager. I loved the Pirates movies. 2y
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Kshakal
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While on the surface this looks like it would a Christmas romance but it is so much more than that… raw and real, it deals with love, abandonment and moving on from our childhoods! Beautifully written and presented!

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NikkiKey94
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This was a quick read. I finished it in a few hours and I really enjoyed it. I wanted to read at least one Christmas book this month and I‘m glad this was one of them! I didn‘t know anything about this book until I saw someone post about it online and I knew I had to read it. This was a heartwarming book and it broke my heart at times. I definitely want to read the others in the Noel collection now!

marleed I love an RPE book at Christmas. It‘s my guarantee for a nice little cry. 2y
NikkiKey94 @marleed I‘ve never read anything by him but I‘m definitely going to read his others now! 2y
marleed Btw, did you notice Netflix adapted this to film this year. I watched it last week and liked film, too. https://youtu.be/asH6ny4ILzM 2y
NikkiKey94 @marleed oohhhh now I‘m going to have to go watch the movie! Thank you for telling me! 2y
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TEArificbooks
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Cute heartwarming tale and holiday romance. I look forward to seeing the movie. @Librarybelle

Librarybelle Wow! 1998…time flies! 2y
TEArificbooks @Librarybelle actually I had the wrong year thinking about another book this one is 2017 2y
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AshRaye
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The Noel Diary is amazing. I really enjoyed it. It isn't your typical romance story and there are a lot of tough topics discussed. Most people look for a feel-good escapist Christmas romance, but this one isn't like that; it's real and raw. I feel like I need to reread it to truly grasp the different angles of it.

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marleed
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I suppose I should give this book a pick based on the storyline of a famous writer making peace with a past where he was essentially abandoned by his mother. But nooo~~ I‘m giving it a pick because as the MC drove from Coeur D‘Alene to Salt Lake City to confront that past, he stopped in my hometown for lunch! I sure hope he had a John‘s Porkchop!

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melissajayne
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A nice quick read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #christmasreads #christmasbooks #noelcollection

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Now that my husband has declared the official start to the Christmas season, I am celebrating with this holiday read.
#seasonalbook #audiobook

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mrslamping
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This is such a heart-warming book! Richard Paul Evans writes with such detail that you get sucked into the story from the very beginning. The story follows Jacob Churcher as he embarks on an emotional journey of figuring out why he wasn‘t worthy of his mother‘s love. Elyse helps him realize that he was loveable but just didn‘t have the courage to believe it. Through grace, he ends up finding the courage to fall for the woman of his dreams.

catiewithac Nice Indiana mug! 🌽 6y
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megnews
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I read 12 hours this weekend and finished these 5 books. One book to go to complete my #goodreadschallenge for 2018!

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mrslamping
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I‘ve been swamped with academic reading the past two weeks. It feels good to finally get to pleasure read during my lunch!

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guinsgirlreads
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This was my first from him, recommended to me by my wonderful coworker at the library, and I really enjoyed his writing! I‘m generally not too big on line stories, but he writes so well, I just couldn‘t put it down! It reads like a memoir at times, which was fun. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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guinsgirlreads
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I must use my new Strand bookmark first for my next read! I will go there before I die! 😂🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 #bookmarkswap #currentread @leslieseidel

leslieseidel If you do let me know, I will meet you there. 😜 It is all that you think and more: so many books!!! Definitely worth the trip!! 🤩🤩 7y
guinsgirlreads @leslieseidel that would be great!! 7y
CocoReads It‘s on my bucket list too! 7y
Chelleo Me three! 7y
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Kristyngansen
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I finished The Noel Diary today. It was a quick, cute read, but I doubt I‘ll remember it in the long run. It‘s solidly forgettable for me.

Andrea4 Solidly forgettable😂 love this description. 7y
Kristyngansen @Andrea4 haha! Thanks! 7y
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Palimpsest
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This story is about an author trying to sort through the darkness of his past with the help of a few new friends and a diary to light his way. Not a cozy Christmas Hallmark story, but it makes one think about how fallible we all can be as humans when life hands us a difficult situation and about finding grace to forgive imperfections in others and ourselves.

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Alpha
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Read this in two days :) Such a great intro to the season :) loved it so so so much I then listened to “the Christmas Box” on audio not sure if I‘ve ever cried so much to a book. Do you guys enjoy audiobooks as well ?