⋆.ೃ࿔࿐ྂfaith & fantasy⋆.ೃ࿔࿐ྂ discussion

I am currently reading The Red Badge of Courage by Stephan Crane, Tales of mystery by Edgar Allan Poe, and Almost There by Farrah Rochon

The Illyon Chronicles! (Book 3)

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

Morgan wrote: "I’m currently working my way through The Lunar Chronicles on audio, while reading “What the River Knows” in e-book format."

I LOVE TLC! What book are you on?

I must betray you

ohhhhh i LOVE that book!!!

I'm reading Sherwood

It’s goooddd

bruh I LOVE The Blades of Acktar!! what book are you on?

I am currently reading Of Love and Treason by Jamie Ogle

i remember living Martyn

olivia.margaret wrote: "I loved I must betray you!!

I'm reading The Blades of Acktar series by Tricia Mingerink"

😄

olivia.margaret wrote: "I'm on the fourth book. it's sooo good!! also Martyn"

I literally just started the fourth book last night! 😁

I am currently reading A Tale of Two Cities, but I actually might put that on hold and come back to it 🤭

I'm currently reading 'Resistance' by Jennifer A. Nielsen and 'Confound the Critics' by Bodie Hodge.

Ooh I’ve heard resistance is Rly good
Just came back from the lib and acc saw that there. I picked it up but didn’t get it bc I have way too many books to read rn haha

✨ Tazannah *Taz* Gresheld ✨ wrote: "Ooh I’ve heard resistance is Rly good
Just came back from the lib and acc saw that there. I picked it up but didn’t get it bc I have way too many books to read rn haha"

Yeah. You'll definitely want to read this book sometime; it's really good. I'm almost finished with it and can't wait to see how it ends! 👉📖

BooksNCrannies wrote: "✨ Tazannah *Taz* Gresheld ✨ wrote: "Ooh I’ve heard resistance is Rly good
Just came back from the lib and acc saw that there. I picked it up but didn’t get it bc I have way too many books to read r..."

nice! yeahh shes one of my fav authors

I just checked and my library has a bunch of her books so I'll have to get some next time I go.

Elisabeth wrote: "I just checked and my library has a bunch of her books so I'll have to get some next time I go."

You'll definitely enjoy her books. I've read three books of hers so far and really enjoyed them. Also, the books I've read of hers have been clean in their content, so that's a plus.

Awesome! I have a eye doctor appointment in town next week, maybe I’ll see if mom will take me to the library than. Since we’ll be in town anyways. I also can’t be in town too long then since I have to go to work not long after my appointment. Idk. I also have a ton of books here at home to read so I should just be patient and keep getting through the ones I’ve got. 😔🙃😂

I am currently reading: Mattimeo by Brian Jacques, Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, and The Star that Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson!

I love the Redwall books! Those are on my list of series to reread this year.

Elisabeth wrote: "I love the Redwall books! Those are on my list of series to reread this year."

They are so good!!! I've read the first two and a few in the middle of the series. This year I decided to try and finish all of them 🤭

Yeah I don’t think I actually ever read the whole series, I read the first half so fast that it burned me out and then I got really bored with The Outcast of Redwall and I haven’t read them since. I’m planning on reading the whole series this summer tho since I’ll be able to go to the library then and our library has the entire series.

Elisabeth wrote: "Yeah I don’t think I actually ever read the whole series, I read the first half so fast that it burned me out and then I got really bored with The Outcast of Redwall and I haven’t read them since. ..."

I always have to be in the right mood to read them lol! But they are really timeless!

Yeah. I really burned myself out on them tho since that’s all I read for a while. And I was just reading through them so fast it became too much. Lol I think both my brothers finished the series tho.

I'm currently 7 chapters away from finishing Rule of Wolves, re-reading Dare, reading Catching Fire aloud to my mom, and listening to Between Floors. Still haven't made any progress on Exiles, but I will definitely finish it at some point. The problem is, I found Daniel's chapters a lot more interesting, so I kind of looked ahead, and now I know what's going to happen, on top of having way too many library books. But I own the entire series (minus the novellas), so maybe I'll not only finish Exiles, but read the other two this year. Who knows?

Night
A gentleman in Moscow
The blameless

Has anyone here personally read the "Keeper of the Lost Cities" books? I'm looking for the next Narnia/Wingfeather/Green Ember feel books to read aloud to my kids but I don't want to invest a ton of time into it if it's going to be a flop.

I've read most of them. they were pretty good....I just lost interest because it started to get repetitive. but I think it could definitely be a hit with your kids!

Good to know. I might pick some up. I'm also open to other suggestions in that same "vein". :)

Becky wrote: "Good to know. I might pick some up. I'm also open to other suggestions in that same "vein". :)"

Maybe the The Prince Warriors series? Or Kingdom's Dawn?

I haven't heard of The Prince Warriors series and I forgot about putting Kingdom's Dawn on my tbr once long ago. Thanks!

Reading the calling (endgame #1)

I am currently buddy reading The Secret Garden, Anne of Avonlea, and the Mandie series (those are all rereads). And I'm also reading Sherlock Holmes. I'm listening to Hard is Not the Same Thing as Bad, but I ran out of time on my audiobook so now I'm waiting on it. lol

Becky wrote: "I haven't heard of The Prince Warriors series and I forgot about putting Kingdom's Dawn on my tbr once long ago. Thanks!"

I loved Prince Warriors when I read them but it's been so long. I'm wanting to reread them sometime.

@Becky, if you have a hard time getting into Kingdom’s Dawn like my family did, the Knights of Arethtrae (probably spelling that wrong) are wonderful. Same author, same world as the Kingdom’s Dawn series.

I loved the Knights of Arrethtrae series. The kingdom series was great but it was a wee bit more boring.

Elisabeth (Bets) wrote: "I am currently buddy reading The Secret Garden, Anne of Avonlea, and the Mandie series. And I'm also reading Sherlock Holmes. I'm listening to Hard is Not the Same Thing as Bad, but I ran out of ti..."

This is like my childhood. LOL I had every single Mandie book ever, most of the Anne books, I LOVED the Secret Garden (read it with my youngest recently and she loved it too) and I had multiple Sherlock Holmes books. Add Boxcar Children, Hardy Boys, "The Bronze Bow", "Little Women", "A Little Princess," and "A Tale of Two Cities" and you'd have the books I kept on repeat on my shelf from like age 8-14. I still love those books.

Elisabeth (Bets) wrote: "Becky wrote: "I haven't heard of The Prince Warriors series and I forgot about putting Kingdom's Dawn on my tbr once long ago. Thanks!"

I loved Prince Warriors when I read them but it's been so lo..."

I'm really thinking they might be a good choice.

Sharon wrote: "@Becky, if you have a hard time getting into Kingdom’s Dawn like my family did, the Knights of Arethtrae (probably spelling that wrong) are wonderful. Same author, same world as the Kingdom’s Dawn ..."

I'll look into that too. We don't mind a slow burn most of the time so it might be okay. :)

I'm currently doing buddy reads of The Secret Garden and the Mandie books, the Mandie books being a reread. (finished Madie and the Secret Tunnel last night), rereading Rilla of Ingleside (my fav Anne book), listening to Between Homes (the fifth City Between book), and reading Serpent and Dove. Also, Exiles (the fourth Ilyon Chronicles book) has been on pause for several months now, but I know how it ends because I looked ahead. (I blame Daniel for being the best character AND having the most interesting chapters, lol)

The books I am currently reading are:
- Because I could not Stop for Death
- The Sweetness of Forgetting
- Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm (A New English Version)
- Old Peter's Russian Tales
- Greek and Roman Folklore
- Old Swedish Fairy Tales

olivia.margaret wrote: "I'm on the fourth book. it's sooo good!! also Martyn"

Book 4 is my fav. And Martyn is the best. :)

Becky wrote: "Elisabeth (Bets) wrote: "I am currently buddy reading The Secret Garden, Anne of Avonlea, and the Mandie series. And I'm also reading Sherlock Holmes. I'm listening to Hard is Not the Same Thing as..."

Haha that's awesome! I've read all of those except A Tale of Two Cities. And they're all ones I loved. Especially Anne of Green Gables series, Secret Garden, Bronze Bow, and Little Women. I kinda got burned out on the Hardy Boys but I still feel like reading them every now and then. And I love the first 19 Boxcar children books but after that I don't really like them. lol

I'm reading:
Caraval (reread)
City of Bones (reread)
A Time to Die
LOTR
I Must Betray You
Once Upon A Broken Heart
Just Mercy (school)
ACOMAF (dramatized)

Becky wrote: "Elisabeth (Bets) wrote: "I am currently buddy reading The Secret Garden, Anne of Avonlea, and the Mandie series. And I'm also reading Sherlock Holmes. I'm listening to Hard is Not the Same Thing as..."

I used to LOVE A Little Princess, Little Women The Boxcar Children, and Anne of Green Gables. They were like my Fav when I was little. I still do love them in a way well, except for The Boxcar Children maybe, but I haven't read one in so long. The Anne books are prob my favorite of them now, although they weren't back then. I only just read A Tale of Two Cities a few years ago for school. I've never read The Bronze Bow or Sherlock Holmes, although I do plan on reading the latter eventually.

i’m rereading powerless rn cause reckless comes out next month!!

Ahh I loved powerless

it’s literally one of my favorite books