Christian Fiction Devourers discussion

Announcing our list of forgotten books for October!

Every Crooked Path by Steven James
Every Crooked Path

Sweet Waters by Julie Carobini
Sweet Waters

The Gentlemen's Quest by Camille Elliot
The Gentleman's Quest

The Swiss Courier by Tricia Goyer
The Swiss Courier

Surrender the Wind by Rita Gerlach
Surrender the Wind

First Light by Bodie Thoene
First Light

True Devotion by Dee Henderson
True Devotion

The Prophet by Francine Rivers
The Prophet: Amos

The Dream by Gilbert Morris
The Dream

When the Heart Cries by Cindy Woodsmall
When the Heart Cries

The goal is to read one or more of the books that our reader missed in 2021. If you've read all of these, can't access them, not interested, etc., an alternative is to read a different book by one of the authors above. The reader can choose to reveal, but that's not required.

There is a thread to track your forgotten books for the year if you'd like.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Which will you choose for October?

I'm going with

mmm... Looks like Charlene's list, but I think she already read the first one...so might be someone else.

We are going on vacation and back the 10th, so will then decide which one I will read.

Another good list . . . it was a difficult choice, but I'm going to go with The Prophet: Amos .
Interesting that you are thinking this is Charlene's list, Sarita . . . now that you mention it, I can definitely see that, though my initial guess was Loraine.🙂

I'm planning to read

I am hoping to read:

I will probably read the next in the Patrick Bowers Series by Steven James.

I will be reading Francine River's: I think this might be my list.

Kate wrote: "Another good list . . . it was a difficult choice, but I'm going to go with The Prophet: Amos .
Interesting that you are thinking this is Charlene's ..."

I think it might be my list Kate! And I am choosing the same book you are.

Planning to read
Ended up reading - it was great!

Has anyone read
I’m about 25% in, and having trouble with the content. Is it worth continuing?

Kim wrote: "Has anyone read
I’m about 25% in, and having trouble with the content. Is it worth continuing?"

I finished it; and if you read my review, I had some trouble with content as well. But I did finish it. I think you have to decide your own sensibilities as I found some of the descriptions a little too much for mine and included that in my review as well as lowering the rating I gave it. This was my first read by this author, and I don't know that I would read any others.

Loraine wrote: "Kim wrote: "Has anyone read
I’m about 25% in, and having trouble with the content. Is it worth continuing?"

I finished it; and if you read my review, I had ..."

Thank you! My discernment check wants me to pause, but perhaps I’ll finish it another time when I’m mentally prepared for it.
His book, “The Pawn,” was great, so maybe I’ll try the next book in that series. Or some lighter reading like Nancy Mehl (haha) since I have one of her books checked out.

Finished and found it quite interesting.

Kim wrote: "Has anyone read
I’m about 25% in, and having trouble with the content. Is it worth continuing?"

I am in the middle of the Patrick Bowers Series. I like it a lot, but agree it wouldn't appeal to everyone due to some of the content. Like Loraine said, it's good to go with your own comfort level with a novel as a guide.

Kim wrote: "Has anyone read
I’m about 25% in, and having trouble with the content. Is it worth continuing?"

This was an excellent book but if you are a sensitive reader, not for you. He gave enough detail to give you the idea of what evil was done but never more that could haunt you.

Finished:
Loved learning more about this humble prophet.

Finished The Prophet: Amos just now, and while I can't say that I truly 'enjoyed' it (who enjoys hearing about prophecies of destruction upon unrepentant people, especially when you know that the people did NOT ultimately repent?), I appreciated the invitation to make sure that my own heart and life are right before the Lord.

Finished