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Colleen Coble writes romantic suspense with a strong atmospheric element. A lovable animal of some kind--usually a dog--always populates her novels. She can be bribed with DeBrand mocha truffles.
Denise Hunter writes women's fiction and love stories with a strong emotional element. Her husband says he provides her with all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too.
Diann Hunt writes romantic comedy and humorous women's fiction. She has been happily married forever, loves her family, chocolate, her friends, chocolate, her dog, and well, chocolate.
Cheryl Hodde writes romantic medical suspense under the pen name of Hannah Alexander, using all the input she can get from her husband, Mel, for the medical expertise. For fun she hikes and reads. Out of guilt, she rescues discarded cats. She and Mel are presently taking orders from four pampered strays.
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My name is Jaime. I'm a read-a-holic. The lucky thing is, I'm not a writer, so I don't have the same professionally-inflicted critical eye that perhaps you're experiencing?
On the flip side! My little slam-the-book-cover-shut reasoning is that Unbelievable Plots Kill Me. Make me roll over, hide under my bed, and pretend I didn't just read what I read.
I read a book years ago about a girl who fell off a stool into the arms of some man and because it was in the Victorian age, they were forced to marry because it looked "improper" that she was in his arms. I found that slightly scary. Forcing a man into a loveless marriage because he chilvarously helped a young woman from breaking her neck.
BUT! It had a cool book cover so it grabbed my attention. SO close. So very close!
I hope I don't sound cynical or too awfully sarcastic. My point is, I can identify with what your'e saying in a way. (that would've been much shorter to just say that and be done with it, wouldn't it?) :)
I love, love, love to read...my to be read pile is getting huge! But, with the pretty weather we've been having in Oh I have not be able to resist the outdoors. I too have been reading since I was taught how and I wasn't picky about what I read and was reading a lot of "secular" books. I have been know to throw one across the room in frustration...(blushing)
I've got to have believable books...something that grips me from the start...that is why I love sites that include excerpts so I can get a little nibble of the book before I invest...I get frustrated too at spending the money on a book that the cover looks promising but the insides are not so great--and then ending up taking them to the book trader and getting next to nothing for them :(
Some good sites for excerpts are www.eHarlequin they have the Love Inspired line and www.christianbook.com
Yes! I just read my first book from him, A Perfect Day, and I loved it! My students know how much I read and one of them actually bought the book and asked me to read it first and give her a recommendation on whether or not she should even attempt it. I highly recommended it!
I like to think I'm a picky reader too and I finally gave myself license to not to finish a book that hasn't grabbed me in the first 50 pages.
I'd have to say the best book I read last year was "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini. My bookclub chose it and I dreaded reading it because it just didn't sound interesting to me. Lo and behold, I couldn't put it down and I thought the writing was simply beautiful.
If you're into mysteries, my two favorite authors/series are the China Bayles mysteries by Susan Wittig Albert and the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James mysteries by Deborah Crombie. I've never been disappointed with anything the two authors have written. The dialogues ring true with characters you feel like you know.
Anyway, those are my suggestions for the day....
Oh yes! "A Perfect Day" is an awesome book!! But I LOVED "The Last Promise." It's one of those where you read the last page, close the book and sigh. Then you rush out to find another one.!
Greetings all! I am glad to have found this page through Kristin Billerbeck's site...my own "spa girls" and I love the books!
Because I too am a picky reader and working on writing a book I began in college, I want to share an author whose treasury I am quickly devouring: Jodi Piccoult! While she is not a "Christian" author (though I must point out this does not mean she isn't a Christian!), I have found she writes in that way which makes me care about a character and story from the first few words! I hope you enjoy her as much as I do!!
Liz Curtis Higg's series set in 18th Century Scotland is spectac! I absolutely LOVE this series, it's got Thorn in My Heart, Fair is the Rose and Whence Came a Prince and most recently, Grace in Thine Eyes.. I'm half way thru Grace right now and it's incredible. Mature themes, but very Christian atmosphere, extremely believable (and all too real sometimes), applicable to todays society, and the the plot and adventure within the society is just magnificent. You guys would love her if you haven't read her stuff already.
Also, Denise, if you're looking for a good romance-believable-adventure-cool book: this is one of my favorites: The Bridge Over Flatwillow Creek, but Lance Wubbels. It might be out pf print now, I'm not sure. It's one of those books that I can read a million times and never get sick of. It's so sad that it's a solo novel. If anyone knows Lance (he's either the current or former editor in chief @ Bethany House Publishers) let him know that I want a sequel... :-)
I am currently reading a Jodi Piccoult book also! "vanishing acts'. It's really good, I'm really enjoying it which is unusual as I don't really read a lot of secular fiction. Although I must admit I'm a sucker for a good John Grisham thriller!
I am such a bookworm, I rarely go anywhere without taking a book, and if I forget my book I just get miserable! And fidgetty.
I don't like to read books where the dialogue and plot is unbelievable. There is one author I do read most of her books and just the dialogue in it, I'm thinking - I do not know a single person who speaks like that! Drives me insane (but I still read them and complain every step of the way, go figure.)
I love to read, but I'm picky, too. Remember, I'm the book hurler?! LOL
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