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Winter's Respite Readathon: The Picks

Readathon Picks


Here's my list of possible suspects for the next 2-weeks:


1st Up was War of the Heart (A Snow Globe Christmas) by Jenna Victoria. Finished it and reviewed in earlier post. Visit post here.

2nd Up is Grey by E.L. James. The subject and genre is a complete departure from the last book I read, War of the Heart, but it does have a Christian in it! I've been curious about this one for some time and decided it was time to see if the story could hold up to the success of the previous ones. So far, I'm not impressed…

3rd Up is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I know what you're thinking: What's taken you so long to get around to this one, Suzanne? Everyone has read this already, eons ago! And that is exactly why it's on my list, thank you very much.

4th Up is And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini. This one's been sitting around my house gathering dust, watching other books come and go. While I thoroughly enjoyed both Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, for some reason, I pass over this one every time I'm looking for something to read. Well, no more excuses… unless I just can't get to it before the 2 weeks are up. We'll just have to see, won't we?

I'll be mighty impressed with myself if I get through all of these, 'cause this author (yeah, that's me) has her own writing to do. I'm editing my 2nd novel to send to my editor. Wish me luck!

What have I written? I'm glad you asked. Check out Saving Toby here.

The deets in case you missed them on my earlier post: 


Michelle over at Seasons of Reading is hosting this readathon, Jan. 16-29. 
It's 2 weeks long, but don't stress, you can read as much or as little as you like. You don't even have to participate the whole 14 days! 
Best of all, it's free and you can win prizes!

Care to join us?

To check it out and sign up, head on over to Seasons of Reading: http://seasonsreading.blogspot.com/2017/01/a-winters-respite-readathon-time-to.html

You can also check out #WintersRespite on Facebook. 
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  1. Michelle Stockard MillerJanuary 18, 2017 at 7:15 PM

    Great list! Hunger Games is great and I loved And The Mountains Echoed. Hope you enjoy your selections!

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