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Top 10 Tuesday — I Like(d) Big Books!

19 Aug

Happy Tuesday! Today bloggers are featuring their favorite books with BIG page counts. In my youth, I was a big reader of chunksters. The longer the better. But my advanced age, limited free time, and reading deadlines keep me from choosing those mega-books. I know, I know — I am retired. But my husband’s retirement earlier in the year really impacts my reading time. LOL! So today I am going to highlight my favorites from the distant past and those books that qualify as BIG books that I have read more recently and enjoyed. I define a Big Book as 450+ pages.

For more bloggers’ favorites, please visit That Artsy Reader Girl.

Top Big Books!

Five from The Past

Bleak House by Charles Dickens (800+ pages)

Exodus by Leon Uris (500+ pages)

Poland by James Michener (600+ pages)

The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas (500+ pages)

Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd (900+ pages)

More Recently Read

Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon (450+ pages)

A Noble Calling by Rhona Weaver (450+ pages)

When We Were Young And Brave by Hazel Gaynor (450+ pages)

The Women by Kristin Hannah (450+ pages)

The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray (500+ pages)

CSSF Blog Tour Day 2 — Wingfeather Saga

20 Sep

This month the Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy Blog Tour is featuring Andrew Peterson‘s newest book, Monster In The Hollows. Since it is book 3 in the Wingfeather Saga (with one more on the way), I thought it would be good to let you know about the first two books in the series.

On The Edge Of The Dark Sea Of Darkness. When the three Igiby siblings find a mysterious map, they embark on an adventure to discover family secrets about the father they never knew and a hidden treasure that many have long desired to find. Leeli, the youngest, can sing with a beauty that captivates dragons; Tink, the middle sibling, has the makings of a king; and Janner, the eldest, possesses a bravery that will protect them all. But the children’s curiosity get the entire Igiby family into trouble with the Fangs of Dang—frightening, scaly-skinned, lizard creatures that drip venom—who have ruled the land of Scree since the Great War. Soon, the Igibys are scrambling for their lives.

North!  Or Be Eaten.  Janner, Tink, and Leeli Igiby thought they were normal children with normal lives and a normal past. But now they know they’re really the Lost Jewels of Anniera, heirs to a legendary kingdom across the sea, and suddenly everyone wants to kill them.  In order to survive, the Igibys must flee to the safety of the Ice Prairies, where the lizardlike Fangs of Dang cannot follow. First, however, they have to escape the monsters of Glipwood Forest, the thieving Stranders of the East Bend, and the dreaded Fork Factory.  But even more dangerous are the jealousies and bitterness that threaten to tear them apart, and Janner and his siblings must learn the hard way that the love of a family is more important than anything else.

Tomorrow I will post my review of Monster In The Hollows, but for now, check out what others on the tour are saying:

Gillian Adams
Red Bissell
Jennifer Bogart 
Thomas Clayton Booher
Beckie Burnham
CSFF Blog Tour
D. G. D. Davidson
Cynthia Dyer
Amber French
Nikole Hahn
Ryan Heart
Timothy Hicks
Jason Joyner
Julie
Carol Keen
Krystine Kercher
Shannon McDermott
Rebecca LuElla Miller
Mirriam Neal
Eve Nielsen  (post will be later this month)
Joan Nienhuis
Donita K. Paul
Sarah Sawyer
Chawna Schroeder
Tammy Shelnut
Kathleen Smith
Donna Swanson
Rachel Starr Thomson
Robert Treskillard
Fred Warren
Phyllis Wheeler
Nicole White