Books I Recommend
Required Reading/Classics
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Dystopias
The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (I didn’t love Mockingjay)
Brave New World Aldous Huxley
1984 George Orwell
YA
13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Divergent Veronica Roth (The jury’s still out on Insurgent)
Graphic Novels/Comic Books
Identity Crisis
Christian Fiction
REDEEMING LOVE and the MARK OF THE LION trilogy by Francine Rivers
Christian NonFiction
God’s Pursuit of Man by A.W. Tozer (and anything else he’s written… he’s my fave)
Rid of My Disgrace by Justin and Lindsey Holcomb
Other NonFiction
RENTING LACY by Linda Smith with Cindy Coloma
Books about Writing
On Writing by Stephen King
Middle Grade
The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye
*If I’ve reviewed any of the books in the list, the title is also a link to my review… but beware, I do not even try to avoid writing spoilers.
lawrencochran
May 26, 2011 at 11:54 pm
Oh my goodness…I JUST read Redeeming Love and LOVED it! So glad to meet a fellow fan!
wordprocessor
August 12, 2011 at 8:29 pm
Hi Katie,
I just commented on your post about your nephew’s baptism. Now I’m checking out your whole blog. Looks like a cozy place! I wanted to ask if you’ve read the Mark of the Lion trilogy, by Francine Rivers. If not, I highly recommend it. Good, good stuff! Blessings to you. I just started this whole blogging thing a few months ago…on mine I mainly process spiritual things – kind of an extension of my journaling/quiet time with the Lord. Please feel free to stop by anytime
wordprocessor
August 12, 2011 at 8:32 pm
duh…guess i should tell you my blog: it is http://www.processingtheword.wordpress.com
Jordan Cain
August 14, 2011 at 10:14 am
Hi, wordprocessor, I recently bought the Mark of the Lion series, and just started the first book. It has taken me a little while to “get into it”, but I am beginning to enjoy it. I hope I like it as much as Redeeming Love.
Glad you found Katie’s page! She’s pretty great. =) I can’t wait to check out your blog too!
wordprocessor
August 14, 2011 at 7:01 pm
Hi Jordan! It does take a little bit to get into it, as you said…a lot of 1st century Rome/Jerusalem details. But, it is so worth it! I read both Redeeming Love and the Mark of the Lion trilogy about once a year, and I enjoy them more each time. Hope you like them
Kathryn Leigh
August 15, 2011 at 3:36 am
Wordprocessor – I have not yet read the MARK OF THE LION trilogy. I totally want to, but I never seem to have enough time to get through all of the awesome books I want to read. It’s good that you recommend it, though, because I was firmly opposed to reading REDEEMING LOVE until it had been recommended to me so many times that I read it just to make people stop telling me to read it
So good, though.
I’ll definitely move the MARK OF THE LION up on my tbr (to be read) list.
wordprocessor
August 16, 2011 at 5:50 pm
I do that, too…so many books I want to read. It is a long trilogy. I read it for the first time when recovering from a surgery. Now, I just let my kids run amuck and neglect my hubby and other responsibilities whenever I want to read it
On another topic, I just saw where Hunger Games is going to be made into a movie. I loved that trilogy (except thought last book sort of stopped short…didn’t wrap up everything like I wanted).
Kathryn Leigh
August 16, 2011 at 8:18 pm
Yeah… MOCKINGJAY wasn’t my favorite book ever. I definitely thought it did way too much telling when it should have been showing. Katniss kept passing out and waking up after all the action was over. That was frustrating.