Reader Inhales 15 Davis Bunn Novels in a Month

I hope you'll enjoy these notes from readers. I certainly find them encouraging!

Mary writes:

Davis, did I call your books mesmerizing? I could also add addictive! I've read 15 books in a month & a half. Off to the library today to try to find some more. God speaks to me through your books. The message He's been giving me is the importance of friends/allies in the battle that we're in against the forces of darkness.

Dear Mary,

Wow, fifteen in four weeks!  That must set a new record. It sounds as though I need to accelerate my output just to keep up with you. In all seriousness, thank you so much for this very kind and thoughtful note, Mary.

Jane writes:

I want to encourage you, if you aren't already aware of it, to go see a movie called the Grace Card .  Lou Gossett Jr. and a friend of ours, Mike Joiner, stars in it. I know you are in the middle of some movie things but would encourage you, if you can and haven't already seen it, find the time to see it. It is Christian based, as well as steeped in racial problems.

Mike is by trade a comic, but a serious and committed Christian and goes to our church. This is way out of the box for him but not unwanted and very much a "God thing."

Dear Jane,

Thanks so much for the lovely emails. And thanks also for the suggestion to check out your new favorite film. I am posting this on my blog, so that others can see as well. It is wonderful to learn of a new film that has created such a powerful response, especially one that carries a positive message like this.

Chris writes:

You spoke at a luncheon in SW Florida in 1991, and signed a copy of The Presence (great book!).

Dear Chris,

Thanks so much for your note. I actually do remember that luncheon, as well as the occasion. A woman named Barbara had organized it around her efforts to combat pornography in S Florida, and asked me to speak after the publication of the sequel to the presence (based on the story of finding a runaway teen). The audience was great, the people truly wonderful.

JK writes:

I have recently come upon your books. I cannot stand all of the junk that is out there–although I must say that I do like Janette Oke. I got one of your books– Shenandoah Winter–and could not put it down. I was so disappointed when I finished it because it was over. I was so drawn into the book with all of the details and the story line. I was right there with the characters. Your knowledge of the area and the insights that you brought out. Also, the fact that you put faith into the story also were all things I really enjoyed.

I ordered two more books and have finished the one and am into the second one. Now I am back to order more. I really enjoy your writing.

So, I am writing to say, "thank you" for being so good at what you do. Thanks for mixing detail in the surrounding areas, details in the court scenes, details in the way people respond and react. Thank you for sharing your talent with me. I am a big fan and want to read everything now.

Dear JK,

Thank you so much for the wonderful note. I am indeed grateful you would give my books a try, and delighted to hear they have lived up to your standards. In case this helps, more recent books that other fans of Shenandoah have written to say they enjoyed include the following three:  My Soul To Keep, All Through The Night, and The Book Of Hours.