Fiction
Beautifully written, exciting stories. I want to go to Narnia!
The Prison Angel by Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan
Non-fiction
True story of a socialite from Beverly Hills who formed her own Catholic order (when all the others turned her down). She gave up her glamourous life and moved into a Mexican jail to serve the poorest of the poor. True faith in action!
Riven by Jerry Jenkins
Fiction
I was lucky enough to get an advanced copy of this book--it comes out in about three weeks. I bet it will be a best seller. It was hard to put down and has an amazing ending--this is one you want to discuss with a friend.
Between Sundays by Karen Kingsbury
Fiction
This was July's book club selection. I liked it because it was wrapped around pro-football and had a great message about the importance of life between Sundays. Sundays are when pro players live in front of the camera and most of us put on our church faces. This book reminds that what we do between Sundays when no one is looking is what makes us. I did find it a bit preachy however, and it's KK, so it's romance.
Not the Religious Type: Confessions of a Turncoat Athiest by Dave Schmelzer
Non-fiction
I am still digesting this book. It was small, but deep enough that I need to process it. Here's the description from Amazon:
"As an atheist, Dave Schmelzer never thought of himself as the religious type--and he still doesn't, even though he now believes in God and leads a large Boston church in the shadow of some of the nation's most impressive universities. Religion is usually about rules and codes, about "being good," about what will get you embraced and what will get you shunned. But God, according to Dave, is all about how you can become a closer friend with him, with others, and with yourself.In the tradition of C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity and G. K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy comes this illuminating collection of thoughts on faith in a postmodern world. Not the Religious Type bridges the gap between the two communities in which many of us live--the secular and the religious--and suggests a new, unexpected way of seeing the world and our place in it."
The Baron's Gloves by Louisa May Alcott
Fiction
This was one of the forgotten novellas that Alcott wrote under a pseudonym. It was a fun and adventurous story of two cousins looking for romance as they travel the European continent. The 19th century language proved challenging at times.
The Last Wife of Henry VIII by Carolly Erickson
Historicial Fiction
Fascinating life, full of romance and intrigue. I can't imagine how she survived the titles, court rules and fear of having her head chopped off. After finishing this book, I read up on her real life and found the novel followed pretty closely to it.
The Faded Flower by Paul McCusker
Fiction
From Library Journal
"Within two hours, Frank Reynolds loses his job of 20 years and learns that his father has Alzheimer's disease. As his life turns upside down, he moves his family back home to care for a father who resents Frank's interference. At the Faded Flower, a retirement home on the edge of town, Frank finds a new purpose, a renewed faith, and a stronger sense of family to help him through the darkness to come. Like Terri Blackstock's Seaside, McCusker (Epiphany) offers a look at a family whose faith may be the only thing keeping them together as they face a deadly illness."
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