February Main Group Read

[Melissa]

How about

[[deleted user]]

I have read this one. It's so good.

[Ben]

Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 I really want more people to read these.....every time I see him in an interview he says he believes he is getting these books from God :) he just writes what comes out never knows how the book is going to end.

[Beth, Head Librarian]

Hey, Ben, is this in the Christian Fiction genre? It defintiely needs to be to be nominated for one of our group reads. I'm not familiar with the book or the author, so I just wanted to check.

Thanks!

[Ben]

It's a young adult/sci fi novel sorry :( even if it can't be nominated it's definitely a book people should pick up :)

[Ben]

I found a different book that is considered Christian fiction :)

[Alina]

Beth wrote: "Hey, Ben, is this in the Christian Fiction genre? It defintiely needs to be to be nominated for one of our group reads. I'm not familiar with the book or the author, so I just wanted to check.

Tha..."

Beth, how do you officially check to see if something is considered Christian Fiction genre? I do read other books and I'm afraid to talk about them sometimes on these threads just in case.

[[deleted user]]

I haven't read Ted Dekker yet. Don't know why it's taking so long. All of his books look really good.

[Beth, Head Librarian]

Alina wrote: "Beth wrote: "Hey, Ben, is this in the Christian Fiction genre? It defintiely needs to be to be nominated for one of our group reads. I'm not familiar with the book or the author, so I just wanted t..."

Alina, one thing that works for me is checking on what publishing houses that publish Christian Fiction and under what publisher. For example, Bethany House is one of the big names in Christian Fiction, as well as Tyndale, Thomas Nelson, Revell, Barbour...there are some others as well. I don't know how "official" of a method that it is, but that is one way I'll check.

[Beth, Head Librarian]

Moody Publishers, Abingdon Press, Zondervan, Baker Publishing (which actually has two imprints, Revell & Bethany House), B&H Publishing, David C. Cook, NavPress, Harvest House...are a few more. There are others too, but these are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

[Beth, Head Librarian]

Oh and WaterBrook/Multnomah is a Christian publisher...it is actually the Christian fiction line of the big one, Random House.

Howard Books is a newer one to me, it's Simon and Schuster's line for Christian fiction

Zondervan comes from Harper Collins, I believe.

[Beth, Head Librarian]

Sorry, that was some serious information overload. I get carried away sometimes :)

[Ben]

Beth wrote: "Sorry, that was some serious information overload. I get carried away sometimes :)"

Lol that was a lot of publishers :)

[CarolynB]

Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 is by Richard Paul Evans. For a while, when I read the title I thought the book was written by Michael Vey. I wonder if other people have made/are making this mistake.

[Karen]

Jerry B. Jenkins - Soon: The Beginning of the End My nomination.

[Cheryl]

CarolynB wrote: "Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 is by Richard Paul Evans. For a while, when I read the title I thought the book was written by Michael Vey. I wonder if other people have made/are making this m..."

Sounds intriguing Ben. We have read a book here by Richard Paul Evans, didn't we? The walk, I believe. I will definitely put this one on my TBR list :)

(Actually I think it was Miles to Go)

[Ben]

CarolynB wrote: "Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 is by Richard Paul Evans. For a while, when I read the title I thought the book was written by Michael Vey. I wonder if other people have made/are making this m..."

Lol I don't know but he's a fantastic author :)

[Ben]

Cheryl wrote: "CarolynB wrote: "Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 is by Richard Paul Evans. For a while, when I read the title I thought the book was written by Michael Vey. I wonder if other people have made/..."

The books are published by Glenn Beck’s publishing company MercuryInk which is owned by Simon & Schuster :)

[Beth, Head Librarian]

Cheryl wrote: "CarolynB wrote: "Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 is by Richard Paul Evans. For a while, when I read the title I thought the book was written by Michael Vey. I wonder if other people have made/..."

Yes! Miles to Go was it! That is cool that he can write different stories like that. I wouldn't have even made that connection between the two books.

[Beth, Head Librarian]

Ben wrote: "I found a different book that is considered Christian fiction :)"

I REALLY want to read this one too!

[Tammy]

Unending Devotion

[ZaraS]

Jodie wrote: "I am starting this thread early as I completely skipped asking for nominations last month. Now, back on track and asking for your suggestions for our February Main Group Read.

Please nominate just..."



Unending Devotion

[J.S.]

What about ?

Or does that count? :)

[Ben]

Beth wrote: "Ben wrote: "I found a different book that is considered Christian fiction :)"

I REALLY want to read this one too!"

I love this trilogy. I can't wait for to come out in June :D

[[deleted user]]

I would love to start one of his books.

[Cammie]

by Denise Hunter

[Julianna]

I would like to read something new and though I've heard about Ted dekker this would be my first book of his so I nominate forbidden the trailer sounds interesting.

[Karen]

Candy wrote: "I nominate Double Blind by Brandilyn Collins. I don't think it has been read before, has it?"

I just finished on of hers last night. Would love to read this one.

[Jan]

I am for Unending Devotion by Jody Hedlund

[Alina]

I love Francine Rivers! I nominate Redeeming Love

[Karen]

Alina wrote: "I love Francine Rivers! I nominate Redeeming Love "

wouldn't mind reading again

[Rebecca "Rebaka"]

I'd like to see Double Blind be the book of the month for February.

[Loraine, CFD Momma]

How about:

[Karen]

Loraine wrote: "How about: "

That is a good one. I read it before, but could read it again.

[Amanda]

I think Unending Devotion looks good.

[Beth, Head Librarian]

Ladies, you don't actually have to "pick" one. We use a random picker to choose the winner. :)

[Kristi]

After it was suggested in another thread, I really want to pick up . Not sure if that's been done before since I just joined.

[Beth, Head Librarian]

Kristi Ann, we actually did read this one as an optional group read in 2011.

[Jennifer]

Beth wrote: "Ben wrote: "I found a different book that is considered Christian fiction :)"

I REALLY want to read this one too!"

Loved it! Can't wait to start the second in the series.

[Beth, Head Librarian]

Hi, everyone! The nominations are now closed, and the book has been picked by random.org. February's read will be...

by Brandilyn Collins

[Jen]

Ooohh! Sounds good!

[Beth, Head Librarian]

I think so too! It's a little out of my reading "comfort zone," but I'm looking forward to it.

[Tara]

I haven't read this author and am looking forward to it, although I really want to read Forbidden by Ted Dekker, he always tells a good story.

[Ben]

Tara wrote: "I haven't read this author and am looking forward to it, although I really want to read Forbidden by Ted Dekker, he always tells a good story."

Lol you can still read it just not as a group read at this time :)

[Beth, Head Librarian]

Tara, you can always nominate Forbidden for March's group read. Or as Ben says, just read it whenever you'd like :) It's on my to-read list as well.

[Cheryl]

I thought we did Forbidden as an additional group read in 2011 though.

[Beth, Head Librarian]

Oh, Cheryl, you're right! We did. That's a little too soon for a repeat I'd say. I'm surprised none of us caught this when we got the nomination from Been. Woops! :)

Sorry, Tara, looks like Forbidden is out as a group read for now, but, have you could see if anyone would want to do a buddy-read for it!

[Julianna]

Tara I would love to do a buddy read haven't read yet either

[Cheryl]

Although, the beauty of the buddy reads is that a few of you could start your own read of Firbidden there! It's a great book!

[Cheryl]

Sorry I meant Forbidden!