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[Rachel]

Glad you got your head around your new book, Diane! I remember there being a lot of time jumps in Beverly Lewis's "Abram's Daughters" series which confused me for a few chapters. But it's always nice to see familiar characters growing up.

Hmm, maybe we could make Hide In Plain Sight a group read since a few of us own it? Perhaps pick a month where we'll all aim to read it and then discuss it? Let me know what you think!

I've just started reading The Dream House by Rachel Hore, which I got earlier this month for my birthday. It's a book written by a British author with a dual-time narrative: a working-mum gives up her job in London to move to the country and spend more time with her children, and while there she meets an elderly woman living in what she thinks is the "house of her dreams" who tells her about her life, which bears similarities to the main character's. It seems good so far, similar to Kate Morton's novels.

[Diane U]

I love the idea of doing a group read!!!! I do own it and have not read it yet! Count me in!!!

[Camille]

I'm up for reading it again and doing a group read. :) I also plan to read the next 2 books in the series. :)

[Rachel]

Great! I'm going to start a new thread to discuss the book group on.

[Diane U]

I am reading Simple Secrets by Nancy Mehl. I am really enjoying it so far!

I just looked at my recommendations over on Amazon and I just added 11 new Amish fiction books that are coming soon. Oh no, my wishlist is getting so big!

[Lorie]

I'm reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett for a book club. It's been very interesting it's about the early 1960's and the Help(Black maids) in the houses. Probably would not have picked it if my my bookclub was not reading it. After that, I'm reading The Thorn by Beverly Lewis and then the Hide in Plain Sight book.

[Diane U]

Oh Lorie, I have The Thorn too! I am trying to hold off on reading that one since I would have to wait for the other books in the series to be released. I have enough full series books that I have bought for my kindle already that I can wait!

[Barbara]

Hi all! I'm new to the group & I love Amish fiction. I'm almost 1/2 way through Beverly Lewis' newest "The Thorn" and I'd love to take part in the October read. Do I have to do anything special? I've never been in a reading group before.

[Barbara]

Mom's wrote: "Except for the most recent series - I have read all of Beverly Lewis and Wanda Brunstetter books. I just love them all - I get so caught up in them! I think their writing styles are very similar. P..."

I, like you, hadn't read since high school. I went on vacation with some girlfriends who are readers and felt left out. Later I stumbled upon Beverly Lewis's "Abram's Daughters" and picked it up for a friend's husband whose MySpace I.D. was Amish Guy. I was interested enough that I got the first one for myself and haven't stopped since!

I lend my books to 8 other women at church. I thought about a kindle, but how could I lend that way?

[Rachel]

Hi Barbara, welcome to the group! There's nothing special required for the group read. The plan is just that we all read the same book and discuss it during the month of October. You could ask any questions you have about the book or tell us your favourite or least favourite parts. Basically, just talk about it!

I'm currently reading The Reckoning by Beverly Lewis, the last book in the Heritage of Lancaster series.

[Barbara]

Rachel wrote: "Hi Barbara, welcome to the group! There's nothing special required for the group read. The plan is just that we all read the same book and discuss it during the month of October. You could ask any ..."

Rachel -- Thanks for the welcome. I can't wait to participate. I'm doing my best to finish "The Thorn" before Friday so I can start with everyone else. I was able to meet Beverly Lewis at her booksigning in Lancaster earlier this month.

I loved the series you're finishing up.

[Gail]

Hi everyone and Happy Holidays! Right now I am reading "Oogie" about a dog used in dog fighting but when I am finished with that I just received "Sarah's Garden" today from UPS so I will start that as soon as I'm done with Oogie!

[Brenda]

Gail, I loved the story of Oogie. He was such a great dog.

[Lorie]

I'm reading The Journey by Wanda Brunstetter got it from Netgalley. so far it pretty good and I like that its about my home state KY and I have been to several places in the book although I" don't remember any Amish there.

[Gail]

Yes he is a great dog!

[Barbara]

Lorie wrote: "I'm reading The Journey by Wanda Brunstetter got it from Netgalley. so far it pretty good and I like that its about my home state KY and I have been to several places in the book although I" don't..."

Lorie, thanks for posting this. The family gave me a kindle for Christmas and this is one of the first things I've downloaded. I'm excited!

I'm also reading . A friend loaned it to me and I'm having trouble getting into it. Has anyone read any by Wally Lamb?

[Diane U]

Congrats on your kindle Barbara!

[Rachel]

I'm also reading a book on my new Kindle, A Prairie Christmas Collection: 9 Historical Christmas Romances from America's Great Plains. It's a NetGalley book and I definitely recommend it if you're a fan of historical romances! They're all really sweet and about 50 pages long so they're not too short but you can read one in an evening before you go to bed.

[Rachel]

Can't believe we've not commented on this post since December! Well, I'm currently reading Wrangler in Petticoats by Mary Connealy. How about everyone else?

[Camille]

I'm reading The Lord Is My Shepherd. It's very intriguing already! :)

[Gail]

I just finished reading "Lydia's Charm" but now I am taking a break from Amish reading and read a book by Linda Lael Miller called "A Creed in Stone Creek"!

[Tina]

I am reading "The Journey" by Wanda E. Brunstetter.
She picks up on a family she's already wrote about in a series. Now it's about one of their children in the spot light. So far very interesting and enjoying it.

[Barbara]

I am reading The Caregiver: Families of Honor, Book One by Shelley Shepard Gray and Plain Wisdom: An Invitation into an Amish Home and the Hearts of Two Women by Cindy Woodsmall.

[Diane U]

I am reading A Time to Heal by Barbara Cameron for Net Galley.

[Kristy]

I am reading by Linda Ford

[Rachel]

I'm currently reading The Summer Book by Tove Jansson. Not my normal kind of book, but someone lent it to me. It's sort of like a collection of snapshots of a grandmother and granddaughter spending a holiday together and the adventures they have. Quite cute.

[Barbara]

Diane U wrote: "I am reading A Time to Heal by Barbara Cameron for Net Galley."

: ) !!

[Barbara]

Barbara wrote: "Diane U wrote: "I am reading A Time to Heal by Barbara Cameron for Net Galley."

: ) !!"

I realized this went on the post as "Barbara" and may confuse everyone. It's from Barbara Cameron. : )

[Camille]

I just finished The Lord Is My Shepherd by Debbie Viguié.

I have to say, if you love murder mysteries and Christian fiction this is a great book! I especially loved that one of the main characters is a Jewish Rabbi, and in the book you learn a lot about the Passover traditions and Seder. I thought it was a really nice dimension to the book, and it was really cool that two people from different religions who both love God came together.

It's a great mystery book! It was a freebie on Amazon so I think a lot of us have it, move it up on your to-read list! :)

[Barbara]

I realized this went on the post as "Barbara" and may confuse everyone..."

We do seem to have a number or Barbara's, so I've opted to include my middle name. But I have found that Barbaras do tend to stick together. We have four at our church here in Virginia and seven at the church we went to in Pennsylvania.

[Barbara]

Ann is a popular middle name for Barbara. Mine is May because my mom used her first name for my middle name.

[Rachel]

Just started Mine Is the Night: A Novel by Liz Curtis Higgs and loving it!

And yes, we do seem to have a few Barbara's in our group! I don't actually think I know many women by that name, maybe it's not so popular over here in the UK?

[Tia]

Diane U wrote: "I am currently reading The Storekeeper's Daughter by Wanda E. Brunstetter. This is the first book of hers that I have read and I am really enjoying it.

I just finished the Heritage of Lancaster..."

I read that series and it was a favorite of mine. I really enjoyed it.

[Camille]

I'm in the middle of Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins.

It's definitely YA, but I studied abroad in Paris, which is where the book is set. It's so cute so-far. It makes me miss Paris more than anything though...

[Tina]

"Lilly's Wedding Quilt" by Kelly Long.

[Susan]

I am reading Virgin River by Robyn Carr. I have been wanting to start this series for a long long time. I dont know why I waited--it's great so far!!!

[Rachel]

I'm reading Kilmeny of the Orchard by L.M. Montgomery, one of my favourite authors (she wrote Anne of Green Gables). You can get most of her books free on Kindle, yay! :)

[Lorie]

I finished The Caregiver last night. It ended up taking me a lot longer to read than I planned. I just had a lot of things going on in my life that made it hard to read. The book was great just had a hard time getting into because I had so many other things on my mind. Guess I'll read The Protector: Families of Honor, Book Two next although I really want to read Lilly's Wedding Quilt next. Hopefully The Protector will move faster for me.

[Camille]

I decided to pick up several books at once so I am reading:

The Outsider by Ann H. Gabhart
A Time to Heal by Barbara Cameron who I did not realize until last night is the mother of Candace Cameron and Kirk Cameron, did everyone else know this?
&
Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid by Wendy Williams which is a nonfiction book about squid!

[Diane U]

Camille wrote: "I decided to pick up several books at once so I am reading:

The Outsider by Ann H. Gabhart
A Time to Heal by Barbara Cameron who I did..."

No I did not realize who her children were! Cool and we know her!!!! Does that indirectly mean that we know someone famous???!!! LOL!

[Camille]

I found that out last night! She actually wrote a book about her life as a parent to famous children and raising them Christian in the entertainment world. It is called A Full House of Growing Pains. It looks like it would be an interesting read.

[Rachel]

I've been wondering if that was her or if there were two authors named Barbara Cameron. Interesting...

I'm still reading Kilmeny of the Orchard by L.M. Montgomery and also Baby Bonanza by Maureen Child which was a Kindle freebie that I downloaded for a laugh and isn't quite as cheesy as it sounded from the blurb/cover.

[Barbara]

There are two authors named Barbara Cameron -- the one who wrote the Quilts of Lancaster County series & is part of our group; and the one who has the famous children.

[Camille]

Oh really? Interesting! It's all merged under the same author, so I assumed it was the same. Bummer!

[Barbara]

Maybe one of our librarians will need to rectify the situation...

[Camille]

I can do that. Do we have a middle initial for either author?

[Barbara]

Neither seem to use a middle initial, but we know that our Barbara's middle name is May from a post by her on March 29.

[Camille]

Alright, so I switched the Amish fiction author to Barbara M. Cameron, and created a new author, Barbara Cameron, who is the mother of the famous kids. So don't be surprised when you go to look for an Amish fiction book by Barbara Cameron and find her listed as Barbara M. Cameron everyone!

[Barbara]

I'm the Barbara Cameron who is the author of the Quilts of Lancaster County series and not the mother of the famous tv children. The two of us have had a laugh about it together and we're Facebook friends. Even though I wish I looked like that other Barbara, that would mean I hadn't had my wonderful children if I were here.

Barbara Cameron is actually not a rare name. There are quite a number of us Barbara Camerons: a Native American activist, an astronomer, an opera singer, the mom of famoous tv kids. It all gets sorted out when you look at what type of book you're looking up.

But I never use a middle initial or middle name for my professional name on my books -- or anywhere, actually. I dislike my middle name and dislike middle initials in author names in general. I shared it with you guys but not with anyone else so it shouldn't be added to your library. : )

[Camille]

I can go through and delete your middle initial, but i need a middle initial from the other Barbara in that case or it will merge the two author profiles together and list you as having written her book about raising famous kids...