By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills
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Reading is a delicious treat that enriches our lives with tasty, rich words. No matter if our pleasure is fiction or nonfiction, taking time to fill our hearts and minds with a delightful adventure completes us as individuals seeking knowledge and inspiration.
During this busy holiday season, I encourage you to settle back with a great book. This may be the perfect escape from the stress of ensuring Thanksgiving and Christmas are perfect for others.
I’ll give you the inside scoop on what’s on my bookshelf and Kindle. But I won’t spoil the book if you choose to read it. Then I want to hear what you’re reading.
Currently reading:
–The Book of Spies by Gayle Lynds
What a thrilling adventure in this spy thriller.
–Miracle Drug by Richard L. Mabry, M.D.
A medical suspense with romance cleverly woven through the plot.
Recently Finished:
–Memory Man by David Baldacci
Master writer Baldacci never wrote a book I didn’t devour.
–27 Fiction Blunders – And How not to Make Them – James Scott Bell
Superb writer and teacher of writing, this book helped me through edits.
–The Stranger by Harlan Coben
Another richly written novel by one of my hero writers.
–The Color of Justice by Ace Collins
A story with a twist that still has me thinking about the characters.
–The Devil Prayed and Darkness Fell by David Corbett
A glimpse of a man who wants to help the down and broken.
–A Broken Kind of Beautiful by Katie Ganshert
Romance in a dynamic, haunting story.
–The Third Target by Joel C. Rosenberg
Rosenberg keeps me turning pages and wanting more!
–Once Beyond a Time by Ann Tatlock
An extraordinary story that takes a dying family onto a healing journey with a twist of the supernatural.
Waiting to be read:
—Voice – The Secret Power of Great Writing by James Scott Bell
—Third Watch by Robert Dugoni
—The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg – Looking forward to reading why we do what we do in life and business..
Eager for the next book!
- David Baldacci
- Harlan Coben
- Joel C. Rosenberg
Now it’s your turn. Leave a comment with what you are reading that has you totally immersed into another world.
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Right now I about to finish the sixth book in a series by Shayne Parkinson. I generally avoid series books but I fell in love with the main character, Amy, and just had to follow it through to her grandchildren. It is in the farming communities of New Zealand and begins before women had the vote and virtually “no” rights which included domestic abuse as somewhat to be expected to keep your wife “in line”. Amy was even told that it is impossible for a husband to rape his wife since there was no such thing in marriage.
It is the women in the book, their strength of character and resilience that fed my interest and their lack of education and employment opportunities at that time which in no way parallels what is available now. Yes, parts were difficult for to read but the truth behind the actions of the abuser comes to light before his death as does his improved regard of his wife. It does not justify his actions but it helps Amy to know.
It includes the poor and less fortunate, war, those left behind, those who return forever changed and those who do not, some violence, a forced adoption, a really wicked step-mother, but also includes justice finally served up perfectly, love, redemption, forgiveness, peace and new beginnings.
It took me back to a much different time in history and to another country that I knew little about before reading this book.
Hi Linda, What a powerful series – one I need to put on my to-read list. I love a character that challenges me to be a better person while I’m watching her grow in the story. Thanks!
I just found out that another book will conclude the series. It will be hard to wait for possibly two more years for the conclusion since the author has decided to write a piece of non-fiction in the interim. Oh well, thankfully I have other reading options.
By the way, I won three of your books in the Silent Auction for the recent Liberty Path fundraiser. I was overjoyed. I have started reading Firewall.
I’m reading Jerry B Jenkins’ Empire End, the life of Paul. Fascinating. Fiction, but scripture throughout. Next I want to read your Deadlock. Ready for a change of pace!
Hi Valita, Jerry always writes a great story. The one you’re enjoying almost reads like a nonfiction – ever so good.
I just started reading The Christmas Joy Ride by Melody Carson. In the next week or two, I will be reading your book, Deadlock. The list of books I have recently read and those on my stack to be read is too long to list here.
Sometimes I think my list will never hit bottom because I always add more.
I’ve been on an Ann Tatlock binge-reading stint lately: A Room of my Own, All the Way Home, I’ll Watch the Moon, Sweet Mercy, and currently reading Once Beyond a Time. I absolutely love her prose and similes, which make even a heart-wrenching retelling of lean times during the Great Depression or the devastation of concentration-camp life more bearable especially with Christian morals weaving a thread throughout.
Ann is an amazing writer. Love the way she creates story.
Will finish Samantha Chase’s Shaughnessy Brother “Made For Love” today…then I’ll have to decide what to read next! All genres from which to select in my TBR stack…just have to decide on my mood…
Oh yes, mood plays a huge role in what I pick up next to read. Thanks for commenting!
I am currently reading medical textbooks…I just finished reading medical textbooks and I am looking forward to NOT reading medical textbooks.
Medical textbooks? Not only would I not understand them, but I’d also be bored! Maybe frightened too!
If you are reading medical textbooks, I am guessing you are taking classes to better yourself. Good Luck to you! I have the same dilemma with accounting textbooks. 😉
I just finished Shana Galen’s Earls Just Want To Have Fun. I’m not sure if I want to read another regency, or skip to a contemporary. I feel like I’m leaning toward a contemporary. 🙂