Should Be Reading

 Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teasers:

“You develop into your own false prophet, and if you don’t stop yourself, you won’t rest until you’re proved true. It’s a miserable trap of self-inflicted insecurity.”

~ p.80, “So Long, Insecurity” by Beth Moore

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your 2 ‘teasers’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks!

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((remember, the link for the comments is at the TOP of this post!))

This week, I have been reading a lot. I’ve really been in a “reading mood”, lately… which I love.

I had finished reading “Ink Exchange” by Melissa Marr, and then had moved on to another library book, “Godmother” by Carolyn Turgeon. But, just as I was getting into the action, I had a review book show up in the mail that I wasn’t expecting: “Crave” by Chris Tomlinson. Sure, I’d asked to be on the list for the tour of said book, but I hadn’t gotten any response. So, given that it’s been months since I asked, I just figured I wasn’t going to be touring that one. Think again!

The tour is this coming Wednesday, so I had to set aside “Godmother“, and read “Crave” instead. Luckily, “Crave” was a quick — but really good! — read, so I finished it after only 3 days.

Mind you, I still haven’t gone back to “Godmother“, as I have another review book (“So Long, Insecurity” by Beth Moore) that will be due for a tour in one week, and it’s pretty hefty, so I feel I should read it, first, and then go back to my library books.

Anyhoo. I’m also pretty excited about some of the review books I’ll have coming to me in the next few months. Each of them have their own blog tours. Two of the ones I’m looking forward to are “Chosen” by Ginger Garrett, and “Abigail” by Jill Eileen Smith.

“Chosen” by Ginger Garrett ~ Description: Wrenched from a simple life for her beauty, Esther finds herself at the mercy of King Xerxes. Leaving behind her only relative, her cousin Mordecai, and her first true love, Cyrus, she is thrown headlong into the unrestrained extravagance of palace living. Quick of mind and strong in spirit, she refused to suffer the fate of her harem sisters and boldly challenges Xerxes to give of his heart before taking his pleasure, thus sealing her place beside him as queen. While conspiracy spins it diabolical web, Esther’s mind and spirit waver, and she is forced to confront the past in order to save her future – and that of an entire nation. [from Amazon.ca]

“Abigail” by Jill Eileen Smith (Wives of King David series, book 2) ~ Description: Abigail’s hopes and dreams for the future are wrapped up in her handsome, dark-eyed betrothed, Nabal. But when the long-awaited wedding day arrives, her drunken groom behaves shamefully. Nevertheless, Abigail tries to honor and respect her husband despite his abuse of her. Meanwhile, Abigail’s family has joined David’s wandering tribe as he and his people keep traveling to avoid the dangerous Saul. When Nabal suddenly dies, Abigail is free to move on with her life, and thanks to her brother, her new life includes a new husband–David. The dangers of tribal life on the run are serious, but there are other dangers in young Abigail’s mind. How can David lead his people effectively when he goes against God? And how can Abigail share David’s love with the other wives he insists on marrying? [from Amazon.ca]

Both of these sound really good! I’m excited to read “Chosen“, because my church’s ladies’ Bible study group just did a study on the book of “Esther“, thanks to Beth Moore’s teaching. It was awesome (now my favorite Beth Moore study!), and ”Esther” has always been one of my favorite characters in the Bible.

This Past Week @ Should Be Reading:
+ Musing Mondays: Pick a random book…
+ Teaser Tuesdays
+ New Beginnings Wednesdays
+ WWW Wednesday (What are YOU reading?)
+ Booking Through Thursday: Winter Reading
+ Friday Finds (featuring Mike Erre, David Plotz, Dr. Don Colbert, etc)
+ Faith ‘n Fiction Saturday: Why Read Fiction?

Plus, reviews of…
:: Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
:: Crave by Chris Tomlinson

 Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teasers:

“I could not help feeling giddy the way I had once, so many years before, when I’d seen myself in the light of the palace torches. As old as I was, the sense of possibility and transformation was still there.”

~ p.105, “Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story” by Carolyn Turgeon

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your 2 ‘teasers’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks!

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My reading has really changed over the last few years. It used to be that I could only manage about 3 books per month. And, most of those books were only between 100-250 pages in length. Nowadays, though, I am managing to read anywhere from 4-10 books per month, and they range in page-length from 250-600 pages, most of the time! Wow.

What brought on the changes? I have no idea, honestly. I expected to read less, once I started working again (I hadn’t worked in 11 years, as I’d chosen to be a stay-at-home-mom). But, somehow I’m reading more! Go figure. And, it’s not that I’m complaining, certainly! LOL

Anyhoo. I’m currently reading “Ink Exchange” by Melissa Marr, and –although it was slow-going to start– I’m finding it hard to put down. Same as the previous book, “Wicked Lovely“.

I’m also attempting to read the e-book version of “Eats with Sinners” by Arron Chambers. This is a review book that will have a blog tour in early March. I say “attempting“, as normally I can’t read things on the computer — not for long, anyway. I get migraine headaches really easily. But, this book seems to have a big enough font that I can manage a chapter or so at a time. Given that, I’ll probably finish it. And, it’s good, so I’m glad to have the ability to read it!

I’m excited for the books I’ve got coming up for review — most of which will be blog tours. If you want to see the list, please see my Blog Tours page, here at Should Be Reading. There are some books on there that are a little out of my reading comfort zone, and there are a couple by my favorite authors. The others are all new-to-me, so that’s exciting, too!

This past week at Should Be Reading:
+ Musing Mondays: Where do you keep your borrowed books?
+ Teaser Tuesdays
+ WWW Wednesdays
+ New Beginnings Wednesdays
+ BTT: Twisty
+ Friday Finds
+ FnFS: Why Read?

Plus, reviews of:
:: Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
:: The One Day Way by Chantel Hobbs

HAPPY READING, everyone!

 Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teasers:

“He just lived with it. But that didn’t mean he didn’t notice.”

~ p.87, “Hero’s Tribute” by Graham Garrison

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your 2 ‘teasers’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks!

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((remember, the link for the comments is at the TOP of this post!))

 Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teasers:

“Throughout His ministry, Jesus rarely answered any seeker’s questions directly. Most often He responded with a question of His own or a story.”

~ p.114, “Lord, I Just Want to Be Happy” by Leslie Vernick

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your 2 ‘teasers’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks!

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((remember, the link for the comments is at the TOP of this post!))

 Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teasers:

“To have a healthy, satisfying relationship with food, we need to rebel and allow ourselves to cheat sometimes. And our human nature confirms this time and again by making us obsessively crave things that we think we can’t have.”

~ p.11, “The Rebel Diet: Break the Rules, Lose the Weight” by Dr. Melissa Hershberg, M.D.

 ((I’m actually between books, right now, so this is from the book I’ve picked up to skim through)).

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your 2 ‘teasers’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks!

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((remember, the link for the comments is at the TOP of this post!))

 Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teasers:

“When it comes to making changes in our lives, however, ‘why’ is not an effective short-term tool. The way to your life blueprint requires asking deeper, more useful questions in order to get better answers and more effective action.”

~ p.6, “Living Your Best Life” by Laura Berman Fortgang

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your 2 ‘teasers’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks!

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((remember, the link for the comments is at the TOP of this post!))

 Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teasers:

“Yet the man had saved her once and had done her no harm when he’d had the chance. She decided that she would not reveal anything more about him for now.”

~ p.60, “The Silent Governess” by Julie Klassen 

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your 2 ‘teasers’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks!

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((remember, the link for the comments is at the TOP of this post!))

 Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teasers:

“So if I visit anything raunchy, he hears about it. And that ain’t good.”

~ p.217, “The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner’s Semester At America’s Holiest University” by Kevin Roose 

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your 2 ‘teasers’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks!

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