Wow! Can you believe it’s Thursday already? Where has the time gone? Only today and tomorrow to enter the giveaway! And we’ve added a 2nd Place Winner! Help us spread the word so we can reach 100 people and add a 3rd place winner!
Come in out of the rain! Those clouds did bring cooler weather, didn’t they? It looks like the rain is almost gone, so that’s a good thing, but it sure is chilly. A few brave folks have gone out and started the bonfire. I think I’d wait to join them until it stops raining. When the rain does stop, the trails might be slippery, so be careful if you use one of the bikes. The barn would be a nice place to be right now if you took a blanket along with your books. I don’t think anyone has been down to the boats yet this morning. And the bushel baskets are waiting in the barn to be taken and filled with more apples. If they aren’t all filled with books. Of course today you might be able to get away with just filling a backpack with books instead of a full bushel basket. If you want to go read on the benches later, there’s a box of old towels you can use to dry them off.
Just listen to that wind though! It makes me cold just looking out the window. I think I’ll head to the kitchen and get something hot to drink. Want to come along? We’ve got hot chocolate, apple cider, and yes, we do have coffee, for all you coffee lovers. I never cared for the stuff myself.
If you haven’t been here before, let me give you a quick tour before you get lost. Each of the participating blogs/party rooms, have their own Top 5 books to share. The buttons to read these rooms are down below. And one of them is going to give a FREE short story to anyone who wants it! It’s the Books room, and somewhere on their post they’ll share the link to it.
But don’t forget to visit all the other rooms and comment, follow, sign up, etc. because that’s going to earn you more entries into the amazing giveaway we are offering! It’s so good that we all wish we could enter it ourselves.
Okay, I’ll stop talking and share my Top 5 books in today’s genre. If you wish to add a book to your TBR (To Be Read) list on Goodreads, or just read more about the book, find the link on Amazon, or whatever, click on the book image.
Missionary
And yes, you will probably notice I have a favorite country. 🙂
“By Faith” by Dr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor
A wonderful story written about the life of Henry W. Frost and the China Inland Mission. I read this many years ago and was blessed by it. Written by Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor, it isn’t one of those dry, and dull books. This is full of life and encouragement.
Goforth of China by Rosalind Goforth
The story of the Goforths (don’t you just love that name for missionaries?) is very interesting. It was written by Mrs. Goforth, so you get first hand accounts of what life in China was like. Everything from sending your children off to school, to dealing with sickness, or those who don’t want you in their country. It’s a book I highly recommend.
With P’u and His Brigands by Mrs. Howard Taylor
I doubt many people have ever heard of this story. It’s not very long, but it is the story of Mrs. Howard Taylor and her husband when they were captured by brigands in China and what happened. It’s a story that will keep you turning pages.
Exodus to a Hidden Valley by Eugene Morse
This is the continuing story of the Morse family who were missionaries in China until the Communists took over. (For that story read Dogs May Bark but the Caravan Moves On.) Then they were forced to flee. Disappearing into the jungles of Burma (where they were not wanted) with their Christian converts, this family settles and lives for six years like Swiss Family Robinson. And when they were discovered and deported, the reactions of some of their children to modern civilization will leave you chuckling.
(Side note, the author, one of the sons in the story, actually lived in my city and we met him personally many years ago! I just wish I had been old enough to have read this book first.)
A Foreign Devil in China by John Pollock
I never step into an elevator without thinking of this book. Dr. Nelson Bell, the father of Ruth Bell Graham, served as a medical missionary in China for over twenty-five years. During his time there, he worked in a hospital and saw the arrival of the Japanese at the start of WWII. It’s a fascinating read.
And now, here are the doors to take you to the party rooms! Have fun and don’t for get 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 many acres of land around the Literary Lodge.
Don’t worry about trying to write all these books down. I’ll have a download for you on Saturday with ALL of them, from all the blogs.
Grand Prize Giveaway!
• Signed copy of Dylan’s Story by Rebekah A. Morris
• Signed copy of Dandelion Dust by Faith Potts
• Signed copy of Kate’s Innocence by Sarah Holman
• Signed copy of The Twin Arrows by Kate Willis
• Signed copy of Journey to Love by Amanda Tero
• Coffee Nut M & M’s
• Packets of Apple Cider
• Cute Fall Mug
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 have reached 75 people and will add a 3rd place winner if we reach 100, 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. 🙂
I haven’t heard of any of these, except for maybe Goforth of China. Looks good 😀
I thought I’d be sharing unheard of books. At least for the most part. 😀
My review of “Debt of Mercy” by Amanda Tero:
A good reminder of forgiveness. I was *not* fond of Raboc, but I would have liked to see him saved. 🙂 The dialogue is pretty accurate to the setting, though in my head this story was set in like Israel or Arabia somehow, so I have to wrap my brain around England instead. ;P I found no typos, but the type sometimes became smaller, which was a bit annoying. 5 stars.
Favorite quote: “The dungeon is a terrible prison for the physical body. But bitterness is a far worse prison of the heart.”
I’m enjoying your reviews, Katja. Thanks for sharing them.
Thank you for your sweet remarks on my reviews, Rebekah. “Journey to Love” was my first review ever. 😉
You did a great job of it! Don’t stop writing them because reviews are loved by authors! They are very important for selling their books. 🙂 Do you mind if I copy your reviews of Amanda Tero’s books and email them to her to use?
Sure!!! 😀
I have never seen any of these books! Missionary books are so good!
I agree! They are good!. I tried to pick some that were my favorites and yet weren’t ones everyone would have read. 🙂
I haven’t heard about any of these! I do enjoy reading about missionaries though. 😀
I enjoy them too. 🙂
Wow, I haven’t read any of these. 😉 Great recommendations!
Thanks. They are so worth reading!
I haven’t read any of these but the one that interests me the most is the Goforth of China. I love reading about missionaries! My parents were missionaries to England and I lived there for 12 years. We came back to America about 3 years ago.
“Goforth of China” is very good. It’s well worth reading.
I will!
Wow, Victoria! That is super cool! Did you like England?
Oh yeah! I loved it! I would love to go back and visit when I’m older!
Six more books for my list! I’m especially interested in “Exodus to a Hidden Valley”. China is a very interesting country. Reading the missionary biographies about it helps keep in perspective the people that are over there, rather than just the government we hear in the news. Hudson Taylor’s story was one of my favorite missionary stories for a long time. And the Chinese language is fascinating to listen to, especially if one has no idea what is being said. =) My favorite missionary biography right now is probably “Evidence Not Seen” by Darlene Deibler Rose (I saw it on a couple of blogposts today, too. 😉 with “God’s Smuggler” as a close runner up. God’s hand in those two people’s lives is evident, as is their strong relationship with Jesus Christ. =)
Thanks for the recommendations!
~Liberty Bluebelle
“But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein,
he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”
~James 1:25
Yes, so many story about the people who served Christ in other lands. I’ve always loved stories from China, hence my list. 😉 You should get a copy of “Exodus to a Hidden Valley” and the book that comes before it: “Dogs May Bark but the Caravan Moves On” which is written by Gertrude Morse, the mom.
Thanks for coming over today!
I haven’t heard of most of these! They look awesome!
Yay! New books for you! 🙂 They are good.
Ooh, I haven’t read any of these, but I want to read Exodus to Hidden Valley, that sounds really interesting! A WONDERFUL missionary – type book that I love is “Kisses from Katie” by Katie Davis, it’s life changing! And the sequel, “Daring to Hope” released 2 days ago and I’m reading it and LOVING it! 😀
Oh, I’ve heard about “Kisses from Katie” from a friend and want to read it! I didn’t know there was a sequel! Thanks for telling me.
I got five and then commented on Stories by Firefly, Faith Blum, and With a Joyful Noise! And thank you for trying to help me with the two I can’t comment on, you’re so thoughtful, and I’m not blaming you at all for the problem, I’ve had that problem for a long time – haha! I did enjoy the posts by the two I can’t comment on though! I added SO many to my TBR list today, haha! 😀
Since you can’t comment on those two, go ahead and do the other entry. It’s the first time we’ve tried combining the commenting entries.
Glad you could enjoy their posts even if you couldn’t comment.
Do you think your backpack is full or have you already started on a bushel basket? 🙂
What exactly do you mean by do another entry?
Haha, I definitely need a bushel basket if not two by now, hahaha! 😀
Just enter the “comment on the other 5 blogs” and just put which ones you did and say something about not being able to comment on the other two. I’ll count it.
Two bushel baskets? Wow! You’re not going to be lacking for good books to read this winter! 😉
Oh, thanks so much! I just did it! 😀
Haha, yeah, and the thing is, I have that list for when I exhaust the huge pile already waiting to be read here at home! Hahaha! 😀
🙂 Hmm, so maybe you need a wagon to transport all your books home from the Literary Lodge! Girl, you’re going to be one busy reader! 😉
Wow, those look like some great books! The only China missionary books I’ve read would be… a biography on Hudson Taylor and then “These are My People” about Gladys Aylward.
Oh, you should read more! If you lived closer, I’d lend mine to you. 🙂 I have almost two shelves full of missionary type books about China. 🙂
Aw, thanks! <3 That's amazing!! 🙂 🙂
One of my favorite missionary books is “The Story of David Livingstone” by Vautier Golding. <3
I’ve read at least one biography of David Livingstone, but I don’t know who wrote it. 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
Here is a review on “Kisses From Katie” by Katie Davis (for extra points, hehe):
‘”Kisses from Katie” follows the life of an ordinary teen named Katie Davis who was called to be something extraordinary. On Christmas break of her Senior year of high school, Katie left Tennessee for a short terms mission trip to Uganda, never imagining how God would change her heart and bring her to love that country. Full of joy and triumphs, along with seeing the pain of the suffering in that country, “Kisses From Katie” will change your life. How Katie opened her arms to adopting 13 local Ugandan girls will forever remain in your mind. This book is about how one ordinary person can change this world for many, many people, bringing so many people out of poverty, and spreading Jesus’s love and hope everywhere she goes. A wonderful read for ages 13+!’
There you go! I hope you enjoyed it! 😀 Are you even more excited to read Kisses from Katie now? 😉
Yes! Thanks for sharing this. 🙂
I’m an MK in Uganda, and now I want to read this book! 🙂 I have heard some stuff about it, and also, I think it would be neat to read about “my” country from someone else’s perspective. 🙂
How neat. Yes, I’m sure that would make me more interested too.
*sighs* So tragic you don’t like coffee. 😉 I haven’t read any of these, so I must look them up!
😛 That just means more coffee for you. 🙂 Oh, yes, you should go look them up! They are well worth the read.