The Twice Born and Seer of Egypt, by Pauline Gedge

When I read a historical novel set in medieval England, I feel like I’m on at least moderately familiar ground, as I’ve read so much set in that era.  I’m even beginning, due to last summer’s reading binge (and HBO) to feel a little at home in ancient Rome.  But there’s a special kind of [...]

Finding God in Unexpected Places, by Philip Yancey

Christian author Philip Yancey has given me a lot of encouragement over the years.  In one of his other books, Soul Survivor, he writes about 13 people, many of them writers, who salvaged his Christian faith when it might have hit the rocks.  If I were ever to make my own Soul Survivor list, Philip [...]

The Hatbox Letters, by Beth Powning

This was a book I hadn’t heard of until someone kindly gave me a copy for Christmas.  It’s a slow, quiet, and very rewarding novel about a woman in her early 50s whose husband has suddenly died of a heart attack.  Kate’s story picks up several months after Tom’s death, as she struggles to re-imagine her [...]

Bringing Up Geeks, by Marybeth Hicks

I know it’s very early in the year to be guessing what books will make my Top Ten list this year. One of the wonderful things about being a Compulsive Overreader is that you never know what serendipitous treasures you may end up stumbling across in the bookstore or the library (or someone else’s house [...]

The Sunne in Splendour, by Sharon Kay Penman

Although I enjoyed some works of young-adult historical fiction when I was a kid, The Sunne in Splendour is the first big, chunky, blockbuster of an adult historical novel that I picked up and read soon after leaving my college days behind.  I’ve reread it a few times in the intervening years, most recently over [...]

Contest Complete!

The contest is complete and the winners have been chosen! Details are at http://trudymorgancole.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/winners/ . Thanks for playing, everyone, and I’ll be back with another contest next January!