I’m so glad you’ve come back to the Literary Lodge! Isn’t it a beautiful day? But come on in.
This year seems to be giving us beautiful weather! The nights are chilly and perfect for gathering around the bonfires with blankets to talk about our favorite stories. During the day, however, the sun has been out and today doesn’t appear to be any different. The bikes are waiting to be taken for a spin out the dirt road or along the trials. Someone left some books on one of the benches yesterday so if that was you, please make sure you pick them up at the barn. Do you need a bushel basket yet? If you think a backpack will do, there are still a few unused ones on the porch. Help yourself. The boats are tied up just waiting for you to take them out on the lake. You should have seen the lake early this morning! It was like a mirror! But anyway, have fun and enjoy the day here at the Literary Lodge!
If you haven’t been here before, the giveaway is down below, and so are the buttons to the other party rooms. Be sure to visit them all as there are some great books being recommended, and one blog is offering a FREE kindle book!
Just a reminder, if we reach 75 people entered into the giveaway, we’ll add a 2nd place winner, so be sure to invite your friends!
Medical
This genre was difficult. Not trying to find books, but deciding which ones to share. I grew up reading and loving books about doctors and nurses, so I could have given you a long list of books, but I did narrow it down to five.
[Just click on the cover image to visit the book page on Goodreads.]
An Endless Chain by Isabella Alden
Once again I get to share a book by my favorite author! This one is one of the Chautauqua series, although it is more about one of the side characters in one of the books. The Christian focus, the amazing characters, and the writing style all combine to make this a story to read and reread.
Sue Barton series by Helen Dore Boylston
I’m actually rereading this series right now. It starts out with Sue Barton beginning her nurses training and goes along through her life as the wife of a doctor. The scrapes she gets into, the interactions with people of all sorts, and the interesting bits about nursing in the 1930s make this series so much fun. There are a few minor euphemisms and a few swear words in these books that can be marked out.
Doctor Kate by Adele Comandini
I’d never heard of this doctor until I read a fiction story loosely based on her life. This is a fat book, but so interesting that I didn’t mind. It was a well written biography and if you enjoy stories of real doctors, you should try this one.
Take My Hands by Dorothy Clarke Wilson
You’ve probably never heard of Dr. Mary Verghese, have you? She was training to be a doctor in India and she became paralyzed after an accident. But she didn’t give up her dreams of helping her people. Instead, she became a surgeon.
The Doctor by Ralph Connor
I really enjoy books by Ralph Connor. They are deep, with characters that make you feel for them. This story started out a little slow but before I knew it I was hooked and when I set the book down at the end, I knew that was a good book. There was one scene that I wanted to step in and stop the characters from making a wrong choice, but it was brief, not emotionally descriptive and then it was over.
Are you ready to visit all the other Party Rooms–er, blogs? Have fun and don’t forget to leave comments, add books to your TBR list and enter the giveaway! Oh, and these will open in a new tab, so don’t worry, you won’t get lost in the acres of land around the Literary Lodge. 🙂
Grand Prize Giveaway!
- Jim Wood by Rebekah Morris
- Adventures and Adversities by Sarah Holman
- The Whispers God Gives by Ellen Senechal
- Promise’s Prayer by Erika Mathews
- Bridgers by Angie Thompson
- A Question of Honor by Jesseca Wheaton
- A Five Fall Favorites Book Bag
And there might be an Amazon Gift Card in there too.
This giveaway is open to everyone. International as well as US. However, if we have an International winner, they will get kindle copies of all these books, and an amazon gift card. (Sorry, we just can’t mail this internationally.)
If we get more than 75 different people entered into the giveaway, we will add a 2nd place winner, so be sure to tell you family and friends!
Please be honest in your entries because they will be checked.
This has to be updated manually, and I can only do that every 3 hours, so if you enter and don’t see any progress, don’t despair, I will update it. 🙂
These books look really good!
They are. 😉
Okay, these all sound SO interesting!!
Maybe you can find some to read yourself. 😀
These books sound so good! I really want to read them all now! I’m loving the super creative categories:)
I hope you can read them, Edith! Glad you are enjoying the genres. 😀
“Take My Hands” sounds so interesting! I’ll have to read it. 🙂
It was very good and interesting.
All of these books look amazing! I really need to read an Isabella Alden book, and the Sue Barton series sound fun. 🙂 I think I’ve heard of Dr. Mary Verghese before, but I might be thinking of a different story. (It’s been a while so I don’t remember exactly. XP)
Yes! You really should read some Isabella Alden books. 😉
Oh really? That would be neat if you had hear of Dr. Verghese.
I REALLY loved gathering books for this genre, it was so much fun!
😀 It was fun. But I had a hard time choosing. 😉
Workers Together is the only one I had read before, but some of these other ones look interesting!
I hope you can read some of them, Ruthann. 🙂
I absolutely LOVE Sue barton!!! Those are SOOO good! I’m glad you included it!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Wow! Someone who has read Sue Barton! They aren’t common so I wasn’t sure if anyone would have even heard of them. 😀
Its really a shame! Its a lot of fun to read them since there pretty old! Sue is such a likable character too!
Yes, she is. 🙂
Take My Hands by Dorothy Clarke Wilson sounds like an amazing story!
It is! And Dorothy Clarke Wilson is a really good author. Hopefully you can find and read the book sometime.