Ready for Summer?

I am certainly ready for the summer break. Only five school days left with students. My garden is growing, growing, growing -- along with the grass. Tulips are done blooming and irises are budding. Hopefully in between curriculum development, research for my master's degree, helping my husband, digging my desk out from under the paper mountain I need to file (no time to do that while teaching!), landscaping our patio, etc., etc., I'll have some time to Oh, perhaps read a book this summer?

I continue to add books to the recommended reading list as I read them or as I remember them. There are so many good ones, and I know I've forgotten many. I am also working on selecting books for the next round of Faith and Fiction, starting in the Fall of 2007. I'm 95% certain that Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds and CHRIST THE LORD: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice (yes, that Anne Rice!) will be on the list for the fall, if you'd like to read ahead.

I owned the Reynolds book before it was an Oprah Book Club book (I usually don't read those, don't know why?). I just love Southern Fiction with its quirky characters and twisting plots, so this continues to be a favorite I'd like to share with others.

I've never been to into Anne Rice and her vampire stories, and thought it a strange leap for her to make. However, she returned to her Christian (Catholic) heritage some years ago. CHRIST THE LORD is a fantastically researched, extremely well written account of Christ's early years, based on New Testament and scholarly research. Not dry at all, Rice presents a complex young Yeshua, trying to figure out who he is in the grand scheme of life. A sequel is in the works for release in the near future as well.

If you have any suggestions, please reply to this posting! I know I'm always looking for a good read, as are others! Happy Summer & God Bless!