Recommended Reading

     I fully admit to being incredibly picky about books I mark as "loved" or give five stars; however, here is a list of the books I've reviewed on this blog that I thought stood above the rest.

Historical Fiction
Nearly Anything by Julie Klassen
Wonderland Creek by Lynn Austin
Wings of a Dream by Anne Mateer
The Messenger by Siri Mitchell
Burning Sky and anything else by Lori Benton
Elizabeth Camden's novels
Sarah Sundin's books
The Soul of the Rose by Ruth Trippy
Prelude For a Lord by Camille Elliot
The Sweetest Thing by Elizabeth Musser
Bellfield Hall by Anna Dean
A Name Unknown by Roseanna M. White
Ain't We Got Fun by Emily Chapman and Emily Ann Putzke


Fairy Tale Retellings
Entwined by Heather Dixon
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George
The Merchant's Daughter by Melanie Dickerson
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Five Enchanted Roses (of course! ;)

Biblical Fiction
The Out of Egypt series by Connilyn Cossette (Counted With the Stars, Shadow of the Storm, & Wings of the Wind)
Bread of Angels by Tessa Afshar
Garden of Madness by Tracy Higley

Contemporary
Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay
Jane of Austin by Hillary Manton Lodge
The Girl in the Glass by Susan Meissner
June Bug by Chris Fabry

Mystery/Suspense
Bellfield Hall by Anna Dean
The Drew Farthering Mysteries by Julianna Deering

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