Sunflower Faith

When I saw this posted on,Homesteading by Faith, I couldn’t pass it up.

I confess.

I’m a bookworm.

I love books…..with a passion.

I read and read and read and even my father in law reads and its funny, because when we go to visit the in-laws, my father in law would ask me what books I had been reading and we would sit down and exchange books that he has read with books I have read.

For my birthday, my mother in law gave me a Nook Color and now in addition to exchanging books, he would go through my Nook Color and see what books I had that he would like to take to his book to read.

There’s really not much I don’t read, a few, but not much.

Not a big romance fan, but lately I’ve read quite a few historical romances and even a few contemporary romance (Christian genre though and are very clean and good), that has changed that.

I’m very big on biographies, non-fiction such as history, cooking, science, and even military; Most of the books I generally read or review are of or within the Christian genre. I’m just conscious of the bible verse:

 ⁸ From now on, brothers and sisters, if anything is excellent and if anything is admirable, focus your thoughts on these things: all that is true, all that is holy, all that is just, all that is pure, all that is lovely, and all that is worthy of praise. (Philippians 4:8, Common English Bible)

Some of the things I honestly think about when reading a book is:

• Is it entertaining….really, books help us grow, be challenged and a great way to be entertained.
• I honestly contemplate if the book was written with 1 Peter 3:8-11 in mind. You know the saying, “Garbage in-Garbage out” and its not to say, that the books are evil, but at the same time…is it really edifying and value giving. Some books are just plain entertaining, but there are some that really, aren’t so entertaining.
• And per the above, is the book geared for shock value or to stumble another-(Romans 14:1-23)

There are good books, but there are bad books too, that at the end of the day, just isn’t worth the time to read or add value to the reader.

With that said, there is a mix of books on my nightstand at any given time; I’m a fast reader so I can read quite a bit and I always have a pile of books for both reviewing or reading so at least for November, going to share what I have to both read and review.

For upcoming reviews in December, I have the following:

• The 365 Most Important Bible Passages for You: Daily Readings and Meditations on Experiencing God’s Richest Blessings in Your Life
• The Cat Lover’s Devotional
  (The dog isn’t crazy about that,but what can I say!)
• Wonderland Creek

There’s still quite a few that I hope to get in before the year is over with, but what can I say:
1. I enjoy reading
2. I love books
3. I love sharing what I have read

Now….for books I am reading on the side, for fun, yes fun:

• Pride and Prejudice (Insight Edition)
  I really like this version. It’s published by Bethany House and it’s called the “Insight Edition” filled with trivia, notes and inspiration, that are posted as side notes in the book. It’s the holidays, and for me, I love Jane Austen for the romance, and how the setting just takes you away. I remember watching a show on BBC called “Lost in Austen” where a modern day girl finds herself transported to an Austen story and Elizabeth Bennett switches places with her and is in the modern world. I don’t know if it’s available on Netflix or Hulu but there is a dvd out there.
• Too Blessed to Be Stressed: Inspiration for Climbing Out of Life’s Stress-Pool
  This is a book to read before or during the holidays. I had a chance to review this book, earlier on, and I really enjoyed it that I placed it in my “holiday reading” tote bag I have (really, I do, lol), to read over the holidays. Here’s a link to the book tour, I read the book for,to give you a little insight into the bookTo Blessed to be Stressed, but it’s both a fun and encouraging book to read.

What I like about the holidays, along with the food, the sweets, spending time with family and catching up with others, is that its a great time to catch up on books that have been gathering cobwebs on my nightstands and I just didn’t have the time to sit down and read.

‘Course with what I had to share, is probably a small drop of the books I have or will be reading of.

How about you? Do you use the holidays to catch up on reading you are behind on?

Otherwise, drop by 5 Minutes for Books and find out what else, others have on their nightstands!

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Sunflower Faith is a quiet, sometimes silly, sometimes sarcastic, sometimes serious, follower of Christ sharing words of devotion, encouragement and hope that is always about our Father in Heaven. So grab a cup of coffee and join Sunflower Faith in words of growth, hope and more all in the spirit of 2 Peter 1:5-8.

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