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By: summer reading « a place out west

summer reading « a place out west — Fri, 28 May 2010 21:36:27 +0000

[...] her summer reading here. Check out her thoughts, and the suggestions people made in her previous post. What are you reading this [...]

By: Kimba @ A Soft Place to Land

Kimba @ A Soft Place to Land — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:14:02 +0000

I took your advice and brought this book along on vacation. I loved every moment of it. Thanks for the recommendation.

And now I have yet another reason to be totally bummed that I’m not going to She Speaks.

Sigh.

Kimba

By: Sugar Mommy

Sugar Mommy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:02:33 +0000

I’m just now catching up on my blog reading and so I hope I’m not too late to make a few suggestions.

I’ve read 2 different series over the course of the last year, and have just started another.

First, I read the “Daughters of Silk” series by Linda Lee Chaikin and loved them! They are Christian historical fiction and I was completely caught up in them! (here’s a short link to the Zondervan site: http://tinyurl.com/kubqvj )

Then I read “A Bride Most Begruding” by Deanne Gist– http://www.deeannegist.com/bookstore_bride.php Another historical fiction that was great. Looks like she has a couple of others now that are in the same genre.

And now I’m reading “Redeeming Love” by Francine Rivers which is based on the book of Hosea, which I can’t put down. She also has a whole series based on different books/characters of the Bible. And they are GOOD READS! http://www.francinerivers.com/

I highly recommend Christianbook.com…they have all of those books and many, many more!

Thanks for the book suggestion. I’m gonna need something when I finish this one I’ve got now.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:06:12 +0000

Oh, and I also enjoyed the characterization in Rene Gutteridge’s ‘Troubled Waters’. Good read.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:59:37 +0000

I LOVE Jamie Langston Turner. Her characters are so well done and real – quirks and all. The books are long, but in a good way. I always hate to leave one when I’m finished. Really liked No Dark Valley, Some Wildflower in My Heart, and all the others, too. Most books will feature a character that has appeared in a small way in another book.

By: Joyce Magnin

Joyce Magnin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:16:49 +0000

We, at the risk of shamelessly promoting my self, my debut novel The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow releases August 1st. It will be a Barnes and Noble featured book. Think you might like it.

By: Jackie Whitley

Jackie Whitley — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:14:35 +0000

Jan Karon’s Midford books are great !

Thirteen Heresies in The Shack by Micheal Youssef :

http://www.leadingtheway.org/site/PageServer?pagename=sto_TheShack_13heresies

By: Denise Kofford

Denise Kofford — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:49:40 +0000

Just finished, “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” at 2 a.m. last night. From the first page to the last, I couldn’t put it down! Hope you are having a wonderful vacation!

By: ellen

ellen — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:50:34 +0000

I’m a little late, but I see that a couple of my favorites have not been mentioned. My all time favorite, read it over and over again book is “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter” by Carson McCullers. It is dark. Even though it’s mostly heavy, I think it’s a must read. It was my favorite book to teach when I spent my days with high schoolers.

For easier reading I really like Charles Martin and Beth Webb Hart, both great southern writers. Last year I read the complete “Series of Unfortunate Events.” It is young adult literatures, but it is funny, easy and there are so many great plays on words and smart little quips. It was just fun.

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:15:11 +0000

Anything by Debbie Macomber….Cedar Cover Series, Twenty Wishes, Between Friends, Thursdays at Eight, plus many many more.