Amanda Dykes (Author of Whose Waves These Are)

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Amanda Dykes is a drinker of tea, dweller of redemption, and spinner of hope-filled tales who spends most days chasing wonder and words with her family. She's the winner of the 2020 Christy Award Book of the Year, a Booklist 2019 Top Ten title, and the winner of an INSPY award for her debut novel, Whose Waves These Are. She鈥檚 also the author of Set the Stars Alight (a Christy Award finalist), Yours is the Night (recipient of the Kipp Award), All the Lost Places (starred reviews from Booklist, Library Journal, and Foreword), and three novellas. Find her online at amandadykes.com. ...more

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	Whose Waves These Are 4.36 avg rating — 4,233 ratings — published 2019 — 15 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
	Set the Stars Alight 4.39 avg rating — 2,732 ratings — published 2020 — 14 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
	All the Lost Places 4.10 avg rating — 1,586 ratings — published 2022 — 10 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
	Yours is the Night 4.33 avg rating — 1,370 ratings — published 2021 — 7 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
	Born of Gilded Mountains 4.22 avg rating — 990 ratings — published 2024 — 7 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
	Up from the Sea (Whose Waves These Are, #0.5) 4.16 avg rating — 703 ratings — published 2019 — 3 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
	Bespoke: A Tiny Christmas Tale 4.15 avg rating — 692 ratings — published 2014 — 7 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
	Tin Can Serenade 4.43 avg rating — 420 ratings — published 2013	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
	From Roots to Sky (A Kissing Tree Novella) 4.11 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2021	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 Gathering of Light 4.55 avg rating — 74 ratings	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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Amanda and 9 other people liked Jeanne Alfveby Crea's review of Born of Gilded Mountains: "Fabulous!!!! One of the best books I've read this year. Truly a pleasure to read this beautifully written story of hardship, healing, and hope. Author AmandaDykes is one of the most talented storytellers I've ever read! (And I read over a hundred boo" Read more of this review 禄
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Amanda and 4 other people liked Erin's review of Set the Stars Alight: "Ten out of five stars. No- a hundred. Dear Amanda, If I were an author I would probably care way too much what people think and would read every single review here, so I'm hoping this reaches you. Your words touched my heart in ways I didn't even know " Read more of this review 禄
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Amanda rated a book it was amazing The Language of the Soul: Meeting God in the Longings of Our Hearts by Jeff Crosby	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
In The Language of the Soul, Jeff Crosby plums the depths of the longings we all know so well: longings for friendship, belonging, home, eternity, and more. In each of these realms, he doesn't shy away from the shadowy places of life, but rather gent ...more
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“He is coming, and coming, and coming, and coming after you. In every sunset, in every snatch of birdsong In everything that stirs deep into you and makes you hungry for bigger things, eternal things. That is Him, pursuing you with tenderest grace. In the places so hard they wring your soul. In the places so beautiful they steal your breath. He is there, filling your soul, giving you breath.”
― Amanda Dykes, Set the Stars Alight

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“I have learned to kiss the wave that throws me against the Rock of Ages.”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

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“The world is dark, so dark we sometimes forget the stars. But they are always there - we need only fight to see these brilliant places of light, these echoes of the truest story. Of a man who gave his life for another - and of a Man, centuries before him, who gave His life for the world. The One who is coming....and coming.....and coming after you. Fighting for your heart. Every breathe a gift.”
― Amanda Dykes, Set the Stars Alight

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“I am very serious when I say this, beware of your dreams, for dreams make dangerous friends. We all have them鈥攍ongings for a better life, a healthy child, a happy marriage, rewarding work. But dreams are, I have come to believe, misplaced longings. False lovers. Why? Because God is enough. Just God. And he isn鈥檛鈥渆nough鈥� because he can make our dreams come true鈥攏o, you鈥檝e got him confused with Santa or Merlin or Oprah. The God who created the universe is enough for us鈥攅ven without our dreams.”
― Phil Vischer, Me, Myself, & Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables

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“The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven't yet come to the end of themselves. We're still trying to give orders, and interfering with God's work within us. ”
― A. W. Tozer

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“Humbly let go. Let go of trying to do, let go of trying to control, let go of my own way, let go of my own fears. Let God blow His wind, His trials, oxygen for joy's fire. Leave the hand open and be. Be at peace. Bend the knee and be small and let God give what God chooses to give because He only gives love and whisper a surprised thanks. This is the fuel for joy's flame. Fullness of joy is discovered only in the emptying of will. And I can empty. I can empty because counting His graces has awakened me to how He cherishes me, holds me, passionately values me. I can empty because I am full of His love. I can trust.”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

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“It is in the dark that God is passing by. The bridge and our lives shake not because God has abandoned, but the exact opposite: God is passing by. God is in the tremors. Dark is the holiest ground, the glory passing by. In the blackest, God is closest, at work, forging His perfect and right will. Though it is black and we can't see and our world seems to be free-falling and we feel utterly alone, Christ is most present to us...”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

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“Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.”
― C.S. Lewis

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