I read prolifically as a teenager (surprise!). I spent most afternoons in the school library (not least because it was a warm and dry place to wait for the school bus), and the librarian would often recommend titles to me. But I didn’t track what I read back then, so don’t remember a lot of …
When I was at primary school, we had Bible in Schools every Thursday morning for an hour. Bible in Schools is how I first learned about Jesus and became a Christian, so big shout-out to all the dedicated Bible in Schools teachers over the generations! One year, our teacher used the Maori Postal Sunday School …
This question was harder to answer than it should have been. I read a lot of books. And the more books I read, the harder it is to find stories that stick in my memory after I’ve closed the book (or switched off the Kindle. The title that sprang to mind for this question isn’t …
I tend not to read novels based on true stories. I think that’s because I like to not know what’s going to happen during the story (even if I can guess how the novel is going to end, which is pretty much the case with every romance novel ever published). If a novel is based …
Mine is Legacy by Susan Kay. It’s an older book, first published in the 1980s, and I haven’t read it in more than thirty years … On that basis, I should probably re-read it to see if it lives up to my memories. It’s my favourite book because it’s about the life of Queen Elizabeth I. …
What is one character trait that will cause you to close the book? I finish most of the books I start, so it didn’t take long to come up with an answer to this question. Stupid. I don’t like stupid characters. I don’t like characters who make stupid decisions then spend the rest of the …
Interesting question! I’m not a big fan of either trope, and can’t remember the last time I read either a jilted or a runaway bride. A jilted bride is always going to have my sympathy … As long as she’s a likeable character–and romance heroines tend to be likeable. A good novel always needs a …
Because of You by Australian author Hannah Currie, which I recently reviewed (click here to read my review). It’s an enjoyable story of a teenage girl who goes to Thailand on a short-term missions trip, and what she learns about herself and God during the trip. Some of the scenes are based on Hannah’s own …
I’ve read a lot of holiday romances and (recently) more than a few road-trip romances. But the first title that came to mind when I read this question was an older story: Whispers by Robin Jones Gunn, which was first published in around 1995. But even after almost thirty years, I can still remember most …
I read all the Narnia books as a child, but they were never specifically written or marketed as Christian fiction, so I don’t think they count. I also read and enjoyed Joni by Joni Eareckson in my early teens (so only a few years after it was first published in 1976). That’s definitely Christian, but …
