What are you reading
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Connie, I read that fiction book about C. S. Lewis some time ago and didn't care for it at all. I knew very little about him personally going into it, and maybe had higher expectations than I should have.
I started reading MURDER OF AN AMISH BRIDEGROOM by Patricia Johns the other day. Johns writes a lot for Christian publishers, but this was a cozy mystery by a mainstream publisher. Still clean, but a few things seemed a little off. For one thing, a police detective took an Amish lady around with him as he investigated, helping him understand the Amish culture, and that wasn't realistic to me. And for another, the victim was a boyfriend, not a bridegroom. Anyway, I quilt reading because I wasn't enjoying it all that much. At this point in my life, I'm only reading what I greatly enjoy.
Now I'm reading WHERE THE BLUE SKY BEGINS by Katie Powner and it is a fantastic, character driven story. More about it later.0 -
Cindy - I really enjoyed Janetta Fudge-Messmer's Early Birds series, but have been a bit disappointed in her other books. I read the series at the time I was getting ready to retire and we were camping a lot. The Early Birds series was about two couples that decided to retire and take off in an RV. I think it just resonated with me, and they were funny.
I enjoyed the Willow White series on YouTube. The narration was "canned" and not as good as many of the canned narrations, but that's okay....about the same as using text-to-voice on my ebooks.
Currently listening to THE SOLDIER'S SISTER by Debby Giusti (LIS).
Currently reading: NOT UNTIL THIS MOMENT by Valerie M Bodden0 -
Connie, I remember when you read and posted about that Early Bird series and picking it up myself (probably on KU). I do think it was much better than this last one I read.
I remember liking NOT UNTIL THIS MOMENT, but I do think the character situations and spiritual context get a little better with each subsequent book. I think 7, 8 and 9 were my favorites. One of them had me tearing up.0 -
I'm still listening to the Jungle Pilot. Some parts are kind of boring and other parts very interesting. I have to wait until next month to get more Hoopla download - sigh!0
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I am now on NOT UNTIL YOU by Valerie M Bodden. I am enjoying the series. I don't have an audiobook going right now.0
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Last night I started reading PAPER DOLLS by Kara R. Hunt. (It's book 1 of the Habakkuk series.) I didn't even get through the first chapter - my eyes were so tired. I'm going to read a little more while I drink my coffee, then I have to get ready for today's job. I don't have to be there until noon, so I'm enjoying a slower morning0
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I finished the first 3 Valerie Bodden books, but didn't start on the next volume of books 4-6. I had a library book that I needed to read before the time ran out.
Currently reading" CHASING THE HORIZON by Mary Connealy (hist) - Every time I get started on it, I get a text or phone call....so tired!
Listening: LETHAL MOUNTAIN PURSUIT by Christy Barritt (LIS)0 -
Mary Connealy has some rapscallion characters in her stories! I loved the series with the three sisters who grew up with their grandparents on a mountain - they thought that the story book their grandmother read to them was the Bible! When they meet other people for the first time and they tried to tell them it wasn't - oh boy! Of course, they all fall in love!
I read a quick book about 5 Single Missionary Women. Some of the information came out of the Benge's biographies and was pretty much what I had already heard about them. I have another one to read that is 7 CLASSIC MISSIONARY BIOGRAPHIES. There are one or two missionaries in the series I've been reading in this book, but I hope it will give me more information on them. I also have another short one on Biddy Chambers.
I dumped a book I was reading because I ran into a cuss word. I'd tried to read it before and remembered the cuss word when I came across it - duh!
I really liked the first book in a fantasy series, so will begin on book two soon.
I'm working through another fantasy and need to read the ARC one that I have, THE FOURTH SCROLL. I want to spend more time on the biographies than the fiction though, so it will take more time to get through something.0 -
I haven't had time to read or listen today. Just too much going on!
Still working on Mary Connealy book. It's good, but a bit more serious than some of hers. I was listening to the Christy Barritt book on sleep timer when I went to bed last night and immediately fell asleep. I need to backtrack before I start listening again.0 -
Still reading PAPER DOLLS by Kara R. Hunt.0
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I'm going to start a new biography - ROWLAND BINGHAM, a missionary to Africa in the 1800's. The book I started about the 7 popular missionaries, the first one being about Amy Carmichael in India isn't that interesting - it's shared, it seems, it bits and pieces, there isn't a nice flow. I may just try to find the biographies on the ones I haven't listened to yet.
There is a Ruth Paxson book that I have been going to now and again, RIVERS OF LIVING WATER. It's a book on walking a deeper walk with God, yielding all to Him. I also have another of her books, LIFE ON THE HIGHEST PLANE. I've read part of that, but haven't finished it.
I'm also reading the second book in a fantasy, INTO THE DEN by Annabelle Raven. It's pretty good.
Continuing my re-read of DRAGONQUEST by Donita K Paul.0 -
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NOT UNTIL US by Valerie M Bodden - back to these books
I haven't started an audiobook, but I will probably pick something from YouTube to save my library audiobooks for while we are gone since I will only have my cell phone data while we are there. My cell phone company will automatically increase my plan as I go over my data and I'm pretty sure I will wind up with the unlimited plan for the month, but I don't know how well that tethering will work if I try to do more than one device at a time, and Bill will be mainly watching streaming TV while there. There are no stations close and we already got rid of Mom's satellite plan. It was terrible, anyway....4000 shopping networks, and very little else. You couldn't even get Hallmark or any of the western channels that Bill likes. Literally, the plan says 55 channels which there were a few "local" to Springfield, MO and a bunch of channels I had never seen.
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We had satellite years ago. At the end of our deal the price went up, the next month the price went up again, then again. NO Thank You! We got to pick our channels for Spectrum cable, but they turned out to be chock full of wokeness so we let that go too. Freebie, Pluto and YouTube are our go-to's now. Hogan's Hero's is a favorite!
I started a Rosanna White book, A BEAUTIFUL DISGUISE. Wow, it starts out with a bang! I knew as soon as I started I was going to like it.
I started my new Biography, ROWLAND BINGHAM. When he was a young man his father died and he asked each of his sons to promise that they would see him in heaven - now he had to just figure out how to get there! He was part of the Methodist (Dissenters) Church as well as The Salvation Army! He and two friends eventually started SIM - Sudan Interior Mission (I think that the I is right).0 -
I finished PAPER DOLLS (Habakkuk Series Book 1) by Kara R. Hunt and now I'm reading LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON (True Crime Junkies Book 5) by Christy Barritt.0
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WILFRED GRENFELL is my latest missionary biography. He was a medical missionary to the fishermen in the North Sea. Very interesting.
I started a new fantasy by Tara Grayce, part of a multi-author series.
I'm going to start WAR IN YOUR HEART by Ruth Paxon, a non-fiction.
I'm still working on A BEAUTIFUL DISGUISE by Roseanna White.
I started listening to the audiobook of TRAPPED IN YOSEMITE, but I really don't like the reader, so will wait until I can get it in e-book and listen that way.0 -
I just finished AFTER THE SHADOWS by Amanda Cabot. Haven't read one of hers in a long time and I enjoyed it.0
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I finished LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON (Christy Barritt) and then read the second book in the Habakkuk series, KITE: PAPER DOLLS (Kara R. Hunt). Now I'm on the hunt for a new KU deal. Mine expired today0
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I finished my biography about the North Sea missionary doctor, very good. I'll pick a new one this afternoon. I'm also working on the new fantasy read.0
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I started FALLING FOR THE BRONC RIDER by Danae Little. It's one of the free Kindle deals I picked up in the past couple of weeks0
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I started a new Biography - JOHN FLYNN, a missionary to the outback of Australia. I'm also re-reading a fantasy and about 2/3 of the way through a new fantasy.0
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Finished Falling For the Bronc Rider and started Moonlight, Murder, and Small Town Secrets: A Christian Cozy Mystery by KC Hart0
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Still working on the same stuff. I was looking up more books on missionaries and looked up Hudson Taylor, I knew that there were long stories about his work than the short biography - I found several free public domain copies of his books and books about him. I also found some on David Livingstone.0
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Kim, have you ever read anything by or about Amy Carmichael? It's been a long time and I can't remember the book's name, but I have enjoyed her in the past.0
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I have a book 7 MISSIONARY BIOGRAPHIES and she is the first one in it. I didn't particularly like it, not for her sake but because it was written very choppily! She is on my favorites list on Hoopla. I'll do her after I get done with Klaus-Dieter John, he was a missionary to South America. I hadn't read any from there yet, so thought I would try him! Hoopla has five books by Amy Carmichael: Mimosa; If; That Way and No Other; Things as They Are; Gold by Moonlight.
I'm almost done with my fantasy re-read, DRAGONLIGHT by Donita K Paul. I'm more than halfway through with WHITE QUEEN OF THE CANABALS - about Mary Slessor (free public domain book)
I'm reading INTO THE DEN the second book in this fantasy series.
I'm more than halfway through A BEAUTIFUL DISGUISE, as well. It's been pretty good.
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I finished Moonlight, Murder, and Small Town Secrets: A Christian Cozy Mystery by KC Hart and then read Reflections of Love and Pieces of Forever (River Falls book 1) both by Valerie M. Bodden.0
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I finished WHITE QUEEN OF THE CANABALS, about Mary Slessor, a missionary in Africa. Very good.
I finished A BEAUTIFUL DISGUISE, also very good. This is part of THE IMPOSTER series. Can't wait to get to the second book!
I read a bit more of INTO THE DEN, a fantasy. I need to get back to my missionary biography on Hoopla!0 -
(3/20) I finished SONGS OF HOME (River Falls Book 2) and MEMORIES OF THE HEART (Book 3) both by Valerie M. Bodden. I have to wait for until mid-April for Book 4 to be available, so later tonight I'll be starting TRUE CRIME JUNKIES Book 6 - THE END OF THE ROAD by Christy Barritt
(3/21) And today I finished THE END OF THE ROAD. Book 7 comes out in early May.0 -
I only had a little left (started this last night), so I just finished KNOCKING: NEW BEGINNINGS Book 1 by Robin Merrill. It was excellent - a 5 for me. Book 1 from KU. Just bought Book 2 with Amazon credits of $4.99 (so, free).
From the Amazon description: "When their local church closes, seven senior women decide to start a new one. Pooling their funds, they buy a building that’s crumbling around them. Then, despite large hurdles and loud critics, the ladies work to create the church they’ve always wanted to attend."0 -
I finished Book 2 of the NEW BEGINNINGS series - KICKING - by Robin Merrill, then bought (used up the last of my credits... it ended up costing me .98) Book 3, SEARCHING.
At the end of that was a link to join a reading group and get a short story about an ancillary character - CHRISTY. This was maybe a 20-30 minute read, so I finished that. It was good, but I found a couple of errors - one factual, one grammatical (well, probably an editing issue) - so I sent her a note. We'll see if I hear back from her.
Have a great Monday!0 -
I've gotten in touch with several of the authors I read and more times than not they respond back, especially if I respond to something in their newsletter. Three responded from reviews I gave!
I finished the South American Missionary biography and have gone back the the book I got that has biographies of 7 missionaries. I'm on the fourth missionary. It's not as good as the Benge's biographies, but it's interesting.
I am almost finished with THE FOURTH SCROLL, an ARC read that I am way behind on. I needed to read book one to figure out what they were talking about in book two, which did make a difference.
I finished the second book in a multi-author fantasy series.
I started one by Linda Ford last night, a single mom is heading to California by herself after getting kicked off of her wagon train and is found by a young man from another wagon train - he convinces her she's not safe and she needs a partner to help her take care of things - so she agreed! He seems like a nice guy - we'll see! LOL!
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