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lnbkramer's review against another edition
4.0
Celebrate the everyday. I like Shauna Niequist and most of what she has to say about faith. Her books are easy reads and relatable.
sarah_reading_party's review against another edition
3.0
I liked this book, but did not love it. I appreciated Shauna Niequist's focus on celebrating the little things in everyday life... however, didn't feel that this book did that in every essay. I've enjoyed her later books more than this one. Perhaps if I read this book in my pre-kid or early motherhood days I could relate better.
vannygirl's review against another edition
5.0
One of my favourite books that I've read in 2016, beautiful and I felt filled up while and after reading it. I love the short essay style.
kimbie49's review against another edition
5.0
This book was like sitting down with my best friend. There is something here for everyone, no matter what stage of life you are in. It made me laugh, cry, think. It made me warmer in my soul and I'm a different person having read it. Or perhaps not a different person - but more aware and thankful for who God created me to be.
biobibliophile's review against another edition
4.0
I've been meaning to read this book since I started reading Shauna's blogposts a while ago. I meant to read it more when I started her devotional book last year. I meant to read it even more when I saw her speak in November. Then my library made it available as an audiobook with Shauna herself as the reader, and the time became now, which is really well timed. I don't think I would have been as receptive to her encouragement about celebration in the face of busyness and hard seasons if I had read it any earlier. This book is what I needed to read (hear) today. I needed her honesty about the harm that comes of being tough on yourself. I needed her wisdom about choice and shalom. I needed her stories to breathe life into mine.
1. a book published this year
2. a book you can finish in a day: Sum
**3. a book you've been meaning to read**
4. a book recommended by your local library or bookseller
5. a book you should have read in school
6. a book chosen for me by a loved one
7. a book published before you were born: 7 Habits
8. a book that was banned at some point
9. a book you own but have never read
10. a book you previously abandoned
11. a book that intimidates you
12. a book you've already read at least once
1. a book published this year
**3. a book you've been meaning to read**
4. a book recommended by your local library or bookseller
5. a book you should have read in school
6. a book chosen for me by a loved one
8. a book that was banned at some point
9. a book you own but have never read
10. a book you previously abandoned
11. a book that intimidates you
12. a book you've already read at least once
b00ksnb0ts's review against another edition
4.0
Reading Cold Tangerines is like relaxing on a picnic blanket with bright blue skies in California weather. It's tranquil and peaceful, like a good conversation with a friend over coffee. Shauna Niequist takes the most ordinary of days and finds the joys and blessings in the moments, celebrating the gift of life that we often take for granted.
emily_baldwin's review against another edition
4.0
Trying to describe Shana Niequist's way with words is like trying to show the beauty of a sunset using a black sharpie - it can't be done. Niequist takes the thoughts and feelings we have all experienced and puts them into a poetic form that reverberates in your soul long after you've closed the book.
smderitis's review against another edition
4.0
I was apprehensive about reading this book because of it's spiritual association; books that have a religious influence aren't normally my favorites, but Niequist surprised me. The book's focus revolves around her stories solely, instead of a heavy focus on God or Christianity, themes that are infused throughout without being overbearing. I loved her appreciative, simple stories about everyday events and found them refreshing, funny, and uplifting. Definitely looking forward to picking up another one of her books.
ddejong's review against another edition
3.0
I adore Shauna and am pretty much guaranteed to enjoy anything she writes. After reading both Bittersweet and Bread and Wine, I do have to say that I think Cold Tangerines has a bit of "the first book" about it. I think Shauna has grown as a writer since publishing this book- I particularly noticed that many of the chapters, especially early in the book, felt like they ended too neatly. That aside, I still loved this book and thought there was a lot of great stuff in it. I find some other readers' critiques of Shauna kind of bizarre- the only life she can write about is the one she has lived herself, and I don't think it's fair to pronounce her as distant or inaccessible because she's had opportunities to do special and unique things in her life that most people don't. She makes a point of being honest, vulnerable, and real in all her books- she never tries to hide her insecurities or shortcomings or dark seasons of her life, and I find that this makes her incredibly relatable.
jennawhite0813's review against another edition
3.0
It was a random choice decision to read this book. Overall it's a sweet, everyday life, daily encouragement read. I am about the same age as the author was when she wrote this book and I felt like I related to a lot of the things she wrote about. Just a positive, feel good read.