Welcome to Christian Fiction Devourers!

[J.]

I am super excited to have found this group! I struggle to find good Christian Fiction authors. My personal favorites are Mark Goodwin, Lynn Austin, and Colleen Coble. I know, complete opposite genres in the Christian Fiction realm lol. I look forward to scrolling through past comments for awesome author suggestions!

[Loraine]

Welcome to all you newbies: Lea, Denise, J. and Wanda! We're so glad you have joined us. You will find lots of great reads here, and soon have lengthy TBR lists.

[Carissa (Regency Woman)]

Hi, I'm Carissa and love reading. I read quite a bit of Christian fiction but also branch out into reading the classics, and middle-grade and YA fantasy fiction. I like Regency and Victorian fiction and thoroughly enjoyed the Regency Christmas collection Joy to the World: A Regency Christmas Collection and any of Camille Elliot's books. I also love Stephen Bly's western books and miss his presence in the Christian fiction realm since he went home to be with Jesus.

[Loraine]

Welcome Carissa. We're happy to have you. I am a Camille Elliot (aka Camy Tang) fan too.

[99Kylies]

Hello, everyone! I'm Kylie ^u^ I'm eager to find more Christian books to feed my spiritual health, and especially love older stuff, like E.D.E.N. Southworth's stories. I've read stuff from Frank E. Peretti and Francine Rivers to C.S. Lewis and George MacDonald, and would love to find lesser known authors. While I like speculative fiction, I've been finding a lot of good in simple historical/contemporary fiction. I'm so glad to have found a good Christian group and I look forward to conversation and book finding with everyone! :D

[Loraine]

Welcome Kylie. We're so glad you have joined us. Wander around among our threads and challenges and you will find more books to enjoy than you thought possible.

[Emma]

Welcome Kylie! :)

[Tom]

Hi all,
I live out here in Irvine, CA. I've read a lot of books in my life and look forward to reading what this group offers. I mentor a group of 7th graders from my church (Saddleback). We meet weekly (Zoom, grrr) during the school year. I just got done taking another group from 7th to 12th grade which ended in June.

[S.K.]

Anna wrote: "Hi! My name is Anna. My reading taste have changed A LOT the past five years alone, but this last year, especially (and as my walk with God has changed), I have been drawn to reading more Christian..."

This is very similar to my story. =] What kind of secular books were your favorites? Maybe we can recommend some good Christian fiction with a similar feel!

[Loraine]

Tom wrote: "Hi all,
I live out here in Irvine, CA. I've read a lot of books in my life and look forward to reading what this group offers. I mentor a group of 7th graders from my church (Saddleback). We meet w..."

Welcome Tom. I grew up in Buena Park many years ago. Glad you are joining our group.

[Connie]

Hi! My name is Connie and I live in Missouri. I’ve been on Goodreads for years but have missed groups until I saw this posted on a Facebook page. Looking forward to reading with you all! It’s all about the Gospel!

[Loraine]

Welcome Connie! We're so happy you found us. Wander around and find all the fun things going on here especially our challenges that just started Jan 1.

[Paula]

Welcome Connie! I lived in STL for 20 years and moved downstate to Lebanon five years ago! Howdy neighbor!

[Connie]

Hi Paula! We live in St Charles but plan to move to Nw Arkansas after my husband retires later this year. We were in Lebanon last year when we camped at Bennett Spring! Nice area!

[Paula]

Connie, we knew people from St. Charles. We went to church in Orchard Farm. Hubby was an assistant while he went to Seminary.
We lived in University City right next to 170 for 10 years and Maplewood for 10 years before that. Small world!

[Connie]

Paula, it is definitely a small world. We go to church in St Peters. I may try to look for you to follow on here but I have always had a hard time finding people. Oh well, maybe I’ll just see you in this group.

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Welcome, Summer! What genres do you like? I read a lot of historical fiction, and a few of my favorite authors are Kim Vogel Sawyer, Joanna Davidson Politano, and Sarah Sundin.

[Gerri]

Hi new on this group, My friends call me Gerri, 40's live in London, Christian, love to meet new friends and like minded people. Look forward to conversing with you soon. Take care

[Loraine]

Welcome Summer and Gerri. We are so glad you have joined us. You will find more wonderful books than you can ever read just wandering through our threads. It's the start of a new year and you might like to jump in and try a few of our reading challenges.

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Here are a couple authors I like in those genres, Summer. Happy reading!

Mystery/Thriller
Joanna Davidson Politano, Lynette Eason

Romance
Tari Faris, Melissa Tagg

[Bess]

Summer wrote: "Hello and thank you for this group of Christian authors and books. Typically I would read anything & everything with no boundaries, but this year God really put it on my heart to start reading clea..."

That's AWESOME! And welcome!! Willkommen! Bienvenue!

[Bess]

Summer wrote: "Is there any kind of Christian fantasy books? I love fantasy but would love to find some kind of Christian, or clean, fantasy. Thanks!"

I'm the fantasy enthusiast! Let me know what you are looking for!

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

I’m less familiar with that genre. Anne Elisabeth Stengl has a fantasy series that I enjoyed book one. It’s got dragons and such but is clean from a Christian worldview, from what I recall.

[Bess]

Summer wrote: "

Oh! There is a plethora of Clean/Christian fantasy! I happen to love the genre and most of my reads are centered around it.
Andrea is right, Anne Elisabeth Stengl is a great fantasy author. Her series is more allegorical fantasy. You can see Messiah woven throughout! Her mom, JL Stengl writes fantasy/fairy-tale. They are not as deep, so light reading for quick and cute reads.
Last year, I found a HUGE selection of Christian/Clean new-to-me authors with fantasy.
Morgan Busse
Shari L Tapscott
AG Marshall
KM Shea
Kenley Davidson (littered with some profanity, nothing else)
Brittney Fitcher
Heather Fitzgerald
If you need more, PM me or you can check out my "fantasy/fair-tale" list. The more recent ones have details like profanities or you know, whatever else could be construed as offensive or distasteful.
Happy reading!!

[Pamela]

Gerri wrote: "Hi new on this group, My friends call me Gerri, 40's live in London, Christian, love to meet new friends and like minded people. Look forward to conversing with you soon. Take care"

Welcome Gerri! How fascinating to live in London! I'm a lifelong resident of the U.S., but I have always loved all things British! The history is so interesting. The Victorian era has always fascinated me. I'm sure you will enjoy this group!

Pamela

[Bess]

Welcome Gerri, Kylie, Connie, Tom, Carissa, and more!!

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Welcome, Kayla! That is so neat about your girls’ birthdays!

[Bess]

Welcome, Kayla!
What's your go-to genre?

[Bess]

I'm a fantasy nut! :D

[Loraine]

Welcome Kayla. You will find lots of wonderful book recommendations. Wander around, jump into some challenges if you're interested, and meet lots of great Christian readers and authors here.

[Godwin]

Hi everyone, I haven't been here in a while and wondering what's new for reading in 2021. Happy we all made it through a strange year all around!

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Welcome back, Godwin! A few books I'm looking forward to reading this year (new releases) are...

When Twilight Breaks by Sarah Sundin
Night Bird Calling by Cathy Gohlke
A Castaway in Cornwall by Julie Klassen

[Godwin]

Thanks for sharing. I'll check one of those out, fingers crossed.

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Sure thing! Goodreads is currently having some issues with their search function, with not all the books showing up. If that's the case when you search for them on the site, try again in a few days. I'm hoping they'll fix the problem soon, but a friend told me it took a week last time something similar happened.

[Loraine]

Lots of new challenges too Godwin! Wander around and see if any catch your interest.

[Azalea]

I'm thrilled to see all the great book recommendations. I particularly enjoy fantasy, sci-fi, and imaginative fiction. But I also go in for deep character YA, mystery and historical.

Which is why I write fantasy with threads of the above.

Thank you, Bess, for the wonderful fantasy author recommendations. I'll be looking at your "fantasy/Fair-tale" list as well.

And my dad really likes good westerns. I haven't been able to find any of those for him lately. (I did see someone in this thread recommend Stephen Bly.) Any other authors of westerns that a guy would like? Or mystery suspense?

Thank you so much! I can't wait to check out the other threads. See you there :-)

Azalea Dabill
Crossover ~ Find the Eternal, the Adventure

Can you

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Karen Witemeyer's westerns are so much fun. Yes, they're romance, but they're also quirky adventures that I think anyone can enjoy. She's my go-to anytime I'm in the mood for a western.

[Azalea]

Thank you very much, Andrea! I appreciate it. I'll check her out. Have a great evening!

[Marcus]

Bonny wrote: "Welcome, Faith! Tea and books is a great combination!"

that's great Bonny, what is your favorite tea?

[Pamela]

Andrea wrote: "Karen Witemeyer's westerns are so much fun. Yes, they're romance, but they're also quirky adventures that I think anyone can enjoy. She's my go-to anytime I'm in the mood for a western."

I have really enjoyed Karen Witemeyer's books! She has long been a favorite of mine and I've read most of her novels. They never disappoint!

[Jimin'sRamenNoodles]

Hi, my name is Jinlo and I am always on the search for more Christian reads! I also love music so if any of you have suggestions for that, I'd LOVE to chat with you!! ^^

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Welcome, Jinlo! So happy you've found us.

What kind of music do you like? I listen to mostly Contemporary Christian and 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s music (though I'm newer to the '60s stuff and still exploring that decade's offerings).

What book genres do you like? I read a variety within the Christian fiction genre, such as mystery, Gothic, contemporary, historical, suspense, and romance. Here are a few of my recent favorite books.

[Jimin'sRamenNoodles]

Hey Andrea,

That's great! ^^ I LOVE romance novels so I'll have to check some of those out.
My music types are pretty much everything but heavy metal, a few of some really good songs are:
"There Is A Way" by Newworldson (SUCH an underrated christian song!)
"Put Your Records On" by Corinne Bailey Rae, and
"Say My Name" by ATEEZ.

Also if you like supporting debuting Christian artists I would suggest a guy I know named Eli Fox. He's a self published music artist and one of my favorite songs from him is called "Creator Divine".

Any songs you'd like to suggest for me? I especially love songs you can dance to. :)

Some of my favorite books are:



Thanks for the warm welcome.

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

I love that Newworldson song!

My sister gave me the CD "Wide Open" by Austin French for Christmas. When I listened to it, my first thought was, "I could dance to this." Not that I'm a big dancer or anything, but I can't resist a good beat. (Besides that, I do have a thing for the old styles of dance -- such as jive and ballroom -- a la Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly and Ann-Margret.) There are a couple of songs that get more rap-y than I prefer, but most of them are fantastic.

A favorite artist of mine is Unspoken. They've got some wonderful songs that inspire me and uplift my heart.

Ooh, those book covers are darling! I especially like the whimsical quality of that last one.

[Sal]

Hi, my name is Sal Vulcano. I want to read book in god honoring way omg. I'm from the foreign country of Statin Island. I appear on the hit TV show Impractical Jokers an American hidden camera reality show with improvisational elements. Produced by NorthSouth Productions, Impractical Jokers premiered on truTV on December 15, 2011 starring the four members of The Tenderloins: Joe Gatto, James "Murr" Murray, Brian "Q" Quinn and Sal Vulcano. It also occasionally airs on TBS.

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Welcome, Sal and Claire!

[Diana C. Kobylak]

Hello everyone!! My name is Diane. Unsure if I had introduced myself months ago. I am excited to join this group, fellowship, and continue adding to my reading library. Faith is central to me and I read a great deal. I look forward to getting to know everyone in this group and participating😊

[Jennifer]

Welcome Diana! So happy to see you here! :)

[Alfred]

Hi, Diana, and welcome. I'd be pleased and grateful if you would consider Bishop Myriel: In His Own Words (Book 2 of the Wisdom of Les Miserables Series).Bishop Myriel: In His Own Words

[Elaine]

Like what I see in this group, so here I am. Looking forward to being with all of you.