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Saturday, January 7, 2012

Bookworm

Pilfering though antique stores, thrift shops and flea marks is something that I could spend a lot of time doing if given the opportunity. Granted, most of the things waiting to be dug through are junk, but from time to time you find a diamond in the ruff. Earlier this week, my future sister-in-law and I went hunting for a few rustic pieces for her wedding. My find of the week was these Reader's Digest books, all for a whopping dollar each. Three-dolla. Yes. When I showed Bryan, he in all seriousness told me he used to love to read these books when he was growing up. I bought them because I liked the cover colors and want to use them for decorating.


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Reading is one of my favorite activities, thus I was thrilled to receive my Kindle for Christmas. Here are some of my most-recent reads.

My sister does not enjoy reading Nicholas Sparks' books because they all have a dramatic twist. That is exactly why I like reading them. I love a good cry over something heart-wrenching. In all honesty, I was a little disappointed in The Best of Me. It was a beautifully written book, but left me disappointed. I will not spoil this for those of you who have not read it, but for those of you who have read it, what did you think?


On the other hand, I have also just read Sparks' Safe Haven and loved it. Much better to my liking. Thoughts on this if you have read it?


Currently I am reading The Centurion's Wife by Janette Oke. According to my Kindle, I am 6% complete, and so far I really like it. Growing up I read all of Oke's books. I was thrilled when I ran across a few that I have not read. A Christian historical fiction book, I always enjoy reading what Oke has to offer her readers. If you are not familiar with her writing, I highly suggest picking up some of her books.


For those of you Kindle owners, it is actually free right now on Amazon. I ran across a website that regularly updates available free Kindle books (and I think all e-readers). Here is a link to it. Enjoy!

8 comments:

  1. Love your books! My mom and I love to scour consignment stores for pretty books like that to display. You got a great deal. I was looking at some last week that were still $12 a book. I used to read Nicholos Sparks all the time but havn't in awhile might just pick those up. I am a total book worm too!

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  2. How pretty are those books? What a great find!

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  3. I LOVED Safe Haven! I havent read the other one yet (that I can remember…I read all his books, but sometimes I get them confused). I think I'm reading A Bend in the Road right now…the one iwth the teacher and single dad. Anyways, I LOVE NS…he's by far one of my favorite authors. I feel silly crying on the beach during his books! haha! Hope you have a wonderful weekend, pretty girl! XOXO

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  4. January is definitely a good time to get back into some reading! Hibernation!

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  5. Oh good idea on Nicholas Sparks. I have been trying to kick-start my reading for 2012 and his books will do the trick-I haven't read one in ages.

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  6. I love my Kindle Fire! I also have started to read Nicholas Sparks again after taking a break...hard to read that stuff when you're single! I'm reading Christian historical fiction right now too, but Francine Rivers! Kori xoxo

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  7. I read The Centurion's Wife last year and absolutely loved it! So happy you found such fun finds!! :)

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  8. Thanks for sharing that website! I read The Hunger Games over break on my kindle and loved them. ;)

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