The latest book I’ve read is The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. It was so good and easy to read that I read it in 1 day. I couldn’t put it down. It is a fictional book set in the South around 1964.

Here is the synopsis about the book:

“In Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees, 14-year-old Lily Owen, neglected by her father and isolated on their Georgia peach farm, spends hours imagining a blissful infancy when she was loved and nurtured by her mother, Deborah, whom she barely remembers. These consoling fantasies are her heart’s answer to the family story that as a child, in unclear circumstances, Lily accidentally shot and killed her mother. All Lily has left of Deborah is a strange image of a Black Madonna, with the words “Tiburon, South Carolina” scrawled on the back. When Lily’s beloved nanny, Rosaleen, manages to insult a group of angry white men on her way to register to vote and has to skip town, Lily takes the opportunity to go with her, fleeing to the only place she can think of–Tiburon, South Carolina–determined to find out more about her dead mother. ”

–Regina Marler –

Another book I’ve been reading is The Beloved Disciple by Beth Moore. This one is way more serious and spiritual. I can do about a chapter at a time and then I need time to digest everything. I really enjoy reading about John and how he saw Jesus. It is a good book and I would recommend it as well. Here is it’s synopsis:

“Beloved Disciple: The Life and Ministry of John by Beth Moore, explores the life of the apostle John. Beth conveys that John had the God-given gift of seeing a larger picture and that his love relationship with Christ profoundly influenced everything he did and wrote.”

So, 2 very different books but both good. This is what I have been reading lately. Tell me what you’ve been reading lately in a comment and you might be featured in a post.