I finished a wonderful set of 5 books by Katherine Valentine, called the Dorsetville series. My blogger buddy Lynne had read them and recommended them, and subsequently offered to loan her set to me and my sister Gail. Thanks Lynne! You were right – I thoroughly enjoyed these books! If you’ve read any of the Mitford books and liked them, I think you would like these books. Same type of characters and feel to the books. They are light and easy to read, but full of quirky parishioners, townspeople, quaint descriptions of life in Dorsetville, and all 5 books are just very charming, sweet and inspiring. They focus on a Catholic priest at St. Cecilia’s in Dorsetville, Connecticut. The lessons on faith and grace are wonderfully written, and always great for me to read – I never tire of reading of God’s love for us and how we can try to walk with Him every day on faith.
The books are entitled “A Miracle for St. Cecilia’s”, “A Gathering of Angels”, “Grace Will Lead Me Home”, “On a Wing and a Prayer” and “The County Fair”. I actually read them out of order, and felt like a total dummy, but it didn’t affect me following the storyline or the characters. I would recommend reading them in order though! 🙄
For the record, that makes 25 books for me so far this year, with a total of 8,004 pages read. I think I’m going to swing to the other extreme, after reading a slew of Christian fiction books. I recently finished one of the Amish series by Beverly Lewis, and now this series by Katherine Valentine, so I am going to read some mainstream fiction next. I am trying to be good and read books I own (gasp, I don’t know how long that will last before I have to head to the library!!) Up next is “Everyone Worth Knowing” by Lauren Weisberger. I actually own the paperback of “The Devil Wears Prada” but I have not read it yet. I saw the movie and it’s still fairly fresh in my memory, so I thought I would start with this book. Have you read any of Weisberger’s books? What are you reading now?
Have a wonderful day, everyone! 😀
Haven’t read anything by Weisberger……..I’m currently reading Phantom of the Opera 🙂
I think i would really like this series! I’ll have to keep my eye out for them in the future!
Great job reading this year! 8004 pages! Wow!
Thanks for the review! I am currently reading Bringing Up Boys, Ordinary Days (by Doris Smucker), and Love Takes Wing. Have a great day!
I will have to check these out! They sound right up my alley.
I wish I read as fast as you!
Sherry
Wow , you have been a very busy reader… I get so caught up in books when I am reading..lol which Beverly Lewis series did you just finish? I just bought one series and got one as a gift for my surgery. i have not read either yet. Dis you like it? Worth reading? I finished reading When the Heart Cries by Cindy Woodsmall, I highly recommend that one. Anyway, great job with the reading!! I will have to try some of these.
Wow, these sound good and I’m desperately in need of a Mitfordish fix! Thanks for the great review. I’m really enjoying keeping track of my reading this year – thanks for the inspiration.
I’m reading “The Poisonwood Bible”. It is great so far and I highly recommend it. I’m glad you found a great series to read. I will have to look it up!
You finished all 5 already? Weren’t they fun? I really liked them and am so glad that I could share them with you and Gail.
Now, didn’t you say that the series I just finished about the mistress of King Edward IV looked interesting? Let me know when you’d like them – I’ll send them off to you.
I love sharing good books!
And Jenna – I’m getting ready to start POISONWOOD BIBLE – glad to hear that you like it.
25 books! Oh, I’m so jealous!
Holy Cow! I can’t believe you read them all already! I am behind in my reading after last week. I am still sitting at 22 books read. I think I read the same page for three nights straight at Disney, then fell asleep. I hope to read more this weekend while the girls are at my mom and dad’s for the weekend. Catch up with you soon,
Kim
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