I’m cheating again and posting here what I wrote over at GoodReads about two books I recently finished. The first is Katie’s Dream by Leisha Kelly and the second is The Choice by Nicholas Sparks. I enjoyed them both, quite a bit, but then again, I tend to enjoy most every single book I read on one level or another! You can’t use me for recommendations 🙂
Katies Dream: A Novel by Leisha Kelly
My review
rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is the third book in the Wortham family series by Leisha Kelly. I read these 3 books back to back to back, which is highly unusual for me. But I love the writing, love the characters, love the lessons it teachers, and I love the simplicity of these books. I believe the stories are going to go on in the next set of books by Kelly, the Country Road Chronicles (which I’ve been “collecting”!), but I’m going to take a break between reading them and read some other things first. I like to have a little anticipation for books I know I’m going to enjoy and characters I love to return to.
If you like old-fashioned, good, heartwarming Christian fiction, then these are good books for you. I’ve certainly been enjoying them 🙂
My review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is another really good novel, at least to me, from one of my favorite authors. I usually buy Nicholas Spark’s books in hardcover when they come out, although I tend to wait nearly a year to read it, before the next one comes out, so I always have one waiting in the wings of his to read, if I want to! Which makes absolutely no sense to anyone but me, but that’s one of my reading quirks.
I don’t want to write much about this book, because I don’t want to give anything away. I usually really enjoy most of his books, and this one was no exception. I like light, predictable love stories. I like the way he builds characters and crafts a story, especially a love story. This book was a great example of that. If you’ve liked most of his other love stories, I think you’d really like this one too 🙂
For the record, I’ve completed 73 books with a total of 24,199 pages. Up next is an older book I picked up at a library sale by Christian author Lisa Samson. It appears to be one of her earlier works, and is probably 8-10 years old. It’s a romance and is called “The Moment I Saw You.” After that, I’ll either read more Christian fiction or maybe mix in a cozy or mystery. Depends on my mood. I’m definitely a moody reader 🙂
Happy Reading!
That series sounds awesome..my kind of book
Thanks for the review..I wonder what a Sparks series would be like
I didn’t think your “quirk” sounds all that odd…if I were more disciplined, it sounds like the kind of quirk I might have. 😉
Got a quick question for you…would you be interested in a book called Brink of Death by Brandilyn Collins. I think the author described it as a “Christian thriller”. Anyway, it sounds really good, but I am trying desperately to weed out some of my massive TBR pile. I thought of you when I saw this one. I won it from one of Katrina’s contests so it’s signed by the author to me, but of course that doesn’t mean it isn’t readable if you’re interested. I probably won’t have a chance to get it in the mail for a week or two, but if you’re interested, or you think Gail might be, could you just pop me a quick e-mail. Thanks!
Yay for you!!! I love N. Sparks too. I’ll have to put that on my list.
I’ve said before I’m not a huge fan of Sparks, but the other one sounds like a nice read.
What is the first book in that series? I’ve seen them but didn’t realize it was a series. I’d like to start with the first.
They sound good. I love NS books too… the other one sounds like a great series. I may check them out.
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