Book Club

[Shellie R. Tomlinson]

What are y'all reading these days? I've got books started all over the house. I finally waded through "Fleeced" by Dick Morris-- interesting read. I've got fiction going, Christian thought, devotionals, history. I'd need to take a two week vacation just to finish what I've started, not to mention the ones I have yet to crack. Oh, how I love words!

Hugs,
Shellie

[Jerry Ann Gregory]

I'm almost through with Kate Jacobs's Knit Two,sequel to her The Friday Night Knitting Club. It's great! Also reading Jennifer Chiaverini's Christmas Quilt/the New year's Quilt in paperback. Her whole series is wonderful,clean reading and you do not have to be a quilter to enjoy. Reading is wonderful! I can't imagine not being able to read or not enjoying reading so I always donate to book drives that our local bookstores do.
Thanks for your great newsletter. I look forward to it in my "mailbox".
Jerry Ann Gregory,NC by way of Fisher,Louisiana orginally

[Shellie R. Tomlinson]

I haven't read either of the books you mentioned, but I like the wonderful, clean reading review. That's my kind of reading materail. I'm glad you enjoy your newsletter. It's my pleasure. Working on the next one rat now. Rat now being a southern expression, don't you know?

Jerry Ann Gregory said:

I'm almost through with Kate Jacobs's Knit Two,sequel to her The Friday Night Knitting Club. It's great! Also reading Jennifer Chiaverini's Christmas Quilt/the New year's Quilt in paperback. Her whole series is wonderful,clean reading and you do not have to be a quilter to enjoy. Reading is wonderful! I can't imagine not being able to read or not enjoying reading so I always donate to book drives that our local bookstores do.
Thanks for your great newsletter. I look forward to it in my "mailbox".
Jerry Ann Gregory,NC by way of Fisher,Louisiana orginally

[~ amy]

I'm am currently reading "Redeeming Love" by Francine Rivers. It's a love story based in the early 1800's and taken from the book of Hosea in the Bible. Oh, how wonderful it is! Being the mother of 4, I don't get much time to read, so it's taking me a little while to read it. But, once I pick it up, it is so difficult to put it down.

[Shellie R. Tomlinson]

Amy, I read it, I read it! The book impacted me deeply. You make me want to read it again as it has been several years since I devoured it. Her biblical foundation in her stories is an anointed thing, yes?!!

~ amy said:

I'm am currently reading "Redeeming Love" by Francine Rivers. It's a love story based in the early 1800's and taken from the book of Hosea in the Bible. Oh, how wonderful it is! Being the mother of 4, I don't get much time to read, so it's taking me a little while to read it. But, once I pick it up, it is so difficult to put it down.

[Joyce Dixon]

I always put aside the Christmas books for this month.

The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol rescued his career and revived our holiday spirits. by Les Standiford. A fascinating biography of that period of Dickens's life -- very readable.
The Christmas Sweater. by Glenn Beck. A touching story where a boy learns about Christmas and a mother's love through the gift of a sweater. Great for boys.
Christmas Stories from the South's Best Writers. edited by Charline R. McCord and Judy H. Tucker. The latest collection of great holiday stories.
Nothing with Strings. by Bailey White. A collection of her Thanksgiving and Christmas NPR essays.

[Laura Beth DeHority]

After hearing Terri Blackstock on Shellie's show yesterday morning, I ordered Covenant Child, which is an oldie but goodie!

[Laura Beth DeHority]

If you haven't read it yet, I recommend "The Shack" The first 60 pages are brutal but if you power through them, its all worth it!

For a lighter read, I love the "Yada Yada Prayer Group" series by Neta Jackson. And the Miss Julia books are also great for a laugh and something to think about!

[Tommie Lyn]

Shellie, when you said in your post, "Oh, how I love words!" you spoke like a true Southerner. It reminded me of an essay by Charles Langley: "Southern Writers." He said:

"Southerners have love affairs with words. People sometimes think they speak slowly because they think slower or because they are naturally lazy. Not so. They speak slower because their love of the words is so great that they can't stand to part with them. They caress them, massage them, polish them and linger over them lovingly before allowing them to go on their way with a lilt and an inflection found nowhere else in our country."

http://www.absolutewrite.com/fun/southern_writers.htm

Right now, I'm having to tie my hands to my keyboard and work...can't read while I'm writing/editing. But I'll go on a "reading bender" once I'm finished with this manuscript, and then I'll report...

TL

[Shellie R. Tomlinson]

wonderful, wonderful quote-- I'm holding onto that one. I love it.

Tommie Lyn said:

Shellie, when you said in your post, "Oh, how I love words!" you spoke like a true Southerner. It reminded me of an essay by Charles Langley: "Southern Writers." He said:

"Southerners have love affairs with words. People sometimes think they speak slowly because they think slower or because they are naturally lazy. Not so. They speak slower because their love of the words is so great that they can't stand to part with them. They caress them, massage them, polish them and linger over them lovingly before allowing them to go on their way with a lilt and an inflection found nowhere else in our country."

http://www.absolutewrite.com/fun/southern_writers.htm

Right now, I'm having to tie my hands to my keyboard and work...can't read while I'm writing/editing. But I'll go on a "reading bender" once I'm finished with this manuscript, and then I'll report...

TL