Fictional books I HIGHLY (very highly) recommend.

Hello readers!
(Not readers of this blog...just readers in general ;)

Let's just get to the point.

Books. are. awesome.

And I've read some over the past year that you need to read!

Here they are!

The Christy Miller Series

Okay. Seriously. 

These are the best books I've ever read. Robin Jones Gunn (author) is so talented. Her books are all about life, God, love, friendship and all the inbetweens. 

Christy Miller learns what true friendship is, what Christianity is really about (a relationship with the Lord) and finds love that is seriously tested through out all 30 books. TCMS are 12 books. Then is goes to on to another series, 

The Sierra Jensen Series

another 12 books...but it is the same characters, same plot..just from Sierras point of view. And then the series continues with 

Christy and Todd: The College Years

 just 3 books (the best love story ever!), and then again continues with 

The Katie Weldon Series,

 another 3 books.

Confusing yet?

These books are NOT little girls books. They are highly "mature" & are for pre-teens, teens, and young adults. You won't regret all that reading! I swear!

(And for all those Christy Miller fans out there who don't know this, Robin Jones Gunn has written 2 new books on the characters..(they're comin' in the mail for me!) Departures, Christy Miller's Diary, and Praying For Your Future Husband)

Go to Robins site here to read separate reviews on the books!

If you like love stories & crazy cool characters...get these books!!! SO worth it.

Robins "testimony" on how these books came about it awesome. You can read it here.

I rate these books 10 out of 5.

(Hey, I'm making the rules here...)

Solomon's Song by Roberta Kells Dorr

Does your heart just melt when you read Song of Songs in the Bible?

Well then you'll love this! It's a fictional book written about the love story of young King Solomon & his little shepherdess. It's very accurate to the account of David and the beautiful words of Song of Songs. It's just told from a fictional point of view.

It really makes you think about true love. How it's tested. How it really is patient.

Solomon and his little shepherdess, Shulamit's (or in the Bible she's called Abishag) love is severely tested through time, obstacles, and misunderstandings. But God is so good and not even the plot of Solomon's [evil] brother, Adonijah, can cut of God's plan for a beautiful love.

It is so amazing!(and romantic) PLEASE get this book!

(And if you do, I recommend you read the account of Solomon first (in 1 Kings) as well as the whole book of Song of Songs)
Don't you just love watching those old movies about people from the Bible?

Well, this book is ah-mazing.
It really is a detailed account of Song of Songs--Solomon & the Shulammite woman (Abisgag. She's mentioned in 1 Kings. But her name in the story is not Abishag)
Anywho...it's such a sweet & romantic [godly] love story.

Ruth by Lois Henderson

Okay, I seriously love reading fiction from people in the Bible. I just love it!

As you've probably figured out, Ruth is about....Ruth! It's inspiring, and beautifully told.

I love love stories...love stories that are scripted by God. And you'll love this one! (oh, Boaz!! *sigh*)

Lois has also written many other books about Abigail, Davids wife,

Lydia, (from the account told in Acts)

(not a love story but still amazing!)

and many other's I have not read like, Mary Magdalene & Hagar (which I am in the middle of reading right now)

Well...that's all for know folks!!

The Farmer's Wife

I deeply desire to be the wife of a farmer.

To burrow in his embrace until I get warmer.

To smell his skin; the scent of the earth

And to capture his smile, oh how much that'd be worth!

 

Open fields and wondrous sounds

Of gravel on the road, of treasures being found.

The golden rays would then waltz on my cheek

And my hardworking farmer, his God he would seek.

 

I can just feel his strong hands holding on to mine;

Gazing in his eyes our hands, we'd entwine.

Prancing over fields and strolling barefoot by the corn

Or watching the sunrise and morning glory being born.

 

When my belly grows, and life on the hillside is changed,

I'll make a prayer of how I hope my baby loves all of his days.

I'll nurture to him to health with the milk of my breast;

Giving him love, while tenderly watching him rest.

My daughters and I will sow in the garden,

While my sons follow their dad and try to be like him.

The girls will wear summer dresses, and play with their toys.

And my sons will discover bugs, while trying to be boys.

 

Oh how I deeply desire to be the wife of a farmer.

To witness the happenings of us. We. Him and her.

To experience with clarity the days of our youth;

And watch our children grow--our beautiful labor, our fruit.



England has two books:

...the Bible and Shakespeare.

England made Shakespeare, but the Bible made England.

-Victor Hugo-

"Books have to be heavy because the whole world is inside them."

-Cornelia Funke-

Books are wonderful!

Full of knowledge

mystery

thrill

humor

sorrow

surprises

love

joy

even hate.

Books can make you laugh until you ache & cry until you have to tell yourself that it's only a story.

Sometimes I think, "Why am I laughing more and crying more due to a story...than I am in my own life?"

But there's just something about a story!

"He is not the best student who reads the most books, but he who meditates the most upon them."

-Charles Spurgeon-

May your life be filled with laughter & books!

But guess what?

"A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education."

-Theodore Roosevelt-

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Inspired by this reader.



The Treasure of a Book!

So I was browsing the bookshelf I usually ignore & found incredible books.

I looked at them & squealed!

I love books. I think they truly are treasures, right?!

 The only problem is...I want to read them all at once!
Here's a cool quote that's SO true!
"There are seventy million books in American libraries, but the one you want is always out..."-Thomas L. Masson