"Chasing Fireflies"

"Chasing Fireflies"

By Charles Martin

This guy (Charles Martin) is an awesome writer. He has a way of drawing you into the story...so much so, that you are disappointed when the story ends. Hopefully Charles Martin continues to write...his books just keep getting better and better!

From the back cover: They have one summer to find what was lost long ago. "Never settle for less than the truth," she told him. But when you don't even know your real name, the truth gets a little complicated. It can nestle so close to home it's hard to see. It can even flourish inside a lie. And as Chase Walker discovered, learning the truth about who you are can be as elusive - and as magical - as chasing fireflies on a summer night. A haunting story about fishing, baseball, home cooking, and other matters of life and death...from the author of The Dead Don't Dance and When Crickets Cry.

Website for Charles Martin: http://charlesmartinbooks.com/

Other books by Charles Martin that I recommend:

~ The Dead Don't Dance

~ Wrapped In Rain

~ When Crickets Cry

~ Maggie (sequel to The Dead Don't Dance)

A Few Good Authors...And Books

Since I am rereading some of my favorite books...here is a (huge) list of authors that I enjoy and at least one book of theirs that is a good read.
I'm sure I am forgetting some, so I may have to do some updates. =)

Dee Henderson - Have you read the O'Malley series yet? If not....WHY?!?!
Laura Jensen Walker - Reconstructing Natalie
Angela Hunt - The Canopy
Lori Wick - Every Storm and Sophia's Heart
Deborah Raney - Beneath A Southern Sky
Mary Higgins Clark - Loves Music, Loves To Dance
Francine Rivers - The Mark Of The Lion Series
Penelope J. Strokes - Blue Bottle Club
Liz Curtis Higgs - The Lowlands of Scotland Series

Charles Martin - When Crickets Cry is a great read.
Ted Dekker - Thr3e is still my favorite book of his even though Skin was quite good.
Frank Peretti - The Oath
Robert Loparulo - Comes A Horseman
Harry Kraus, Jr. - Stainless Steal Hearts
John Grisham - Skipping Christmas and A Painted House
Randy Alcorn - Heaven and Safely Home
Ray Blackston - The Flabbergasted Trilogy - only if you want to laugh....a lot.
T. Davis Bunn - The Book Of Hours
Grant Kendall - The Animals In My Life and More Animals In My Life
Sigmund Brouwer - Double Helix and Blood Ties
James Byron Higgins - The Reckoning

"Skin"

Skin
by Ted Dekker

This book is awesome! Skin focuses on the question, "What makes a person ugly?" I ordered my copy from CBD and got it on April 9. I started reading it as soon as I got home from work (around 5:30pm) and finished it on April 10. No, I didn't get to read it at work......had to go to Food Lion on my lunch break so I wouldn't starve. I'm not gonna tell you what happens, because it is slightly twisted......okay, maybe a little bit more then slightly, but there are some references to the Circle Trilogy.

I am now impatiently waiting for February 2008 when the next 2...Chosen and Infidel... Ted Dekker books will be unleashed!

** Most of Ted Dekker's books are not for the squeamish or easily frightened. If you can't handle Frank Peritti's novel The Oath or Robert Loparulo's novel Comes A Horseman, most of Ted's books are not for you.**

From the back cover:

A freak storm that spawned three tornadoes bears down on the town of Summerville. Yet under cover of the storm looms a much more ominous threat: a vindictive killer known as Red who's left a string of victims in his wake and is now bent on exacting his revenge on the unsuspecting citizens.
But an enigma surrounds Red that the FBI is unwilling to admit - closely guarded secrets of something gone terribly wrong beneath the skin of Summerville, secrets capable of destroying far more than one small town.
Wendy Davidson is caught in the middle. The recovering cult survivor takes refuge in Summerville on her way to visit her estranged mother. And with her, four strangers, any one of whom could be the next victim...or the killer.

Ted Dekker's Website: http://teddekker.com/

Click here to see other books by Ted Dekker. (I have read all but 3!)

"Reconstructing Natalie"

Reconstructing Natalie

by Laura Jensen Walker

"Women of Faith Novel of the Year - 2006"

This is a must read book. It makes you laugh out loud and yes it even make you cry! You find yourself totally caught up in the character's lives and when you finish reading it, you are left wanting more. I recommended this book to my mother and when she finally did read it, she bought 3 copies for herself and friends!

Back cover: Natalie Moore is about to lose what little cleavage she had. She’ll shave her head, leave her church, fall for a man in scrubs, learn to tap, and flash a roomful of women. Natalie needs to know with or without her breasts, she is worth more then the sum of her parts.

Here is a link to Laura Jensen Walker's homepage: http://www.laurajensenwalker.com/

Here is a link to the Women of Faith website: http://www.womenoffaith.com/default.asp