First, turn the television off! Second, find a book, Nook or Kindle and a comfy chair. If you’re a fiction fan, dive into a story and make the adventure yours. If non-fiction is your preference, exercise your brain, then apply what you learn in real life.

The funny thing about being a writer is that I have a hard time reading strictly for enjoyment. My internal editor won’t shutdown. I’ve read (or re-read) many books over the past few years, but these are the works I’ve enjoyed enough to share.

Recent Fiction Favorites

• Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
• Truck Stop Jesus by Buck Storm
• As Waters Gone By by Cynthia Ruchti
• Maggie’s War by Terrie Todd.
• When the Morning Glory Blooms by Cynthia Ruchti
• The Rocking Horse of Tuscumbia by Kimberley Gardner Graham
• Boo by Rene Gutteridge
• They Almost Always Come Home by Cynthia Ruchti
• Gideon’s Call by Peter Leavell
• Moe by Jim Hamlett
• A Morning Like This by Deborah Bedford
• On Folly Beach by Karen White
• Cloverdale by Daphne Simpkins
• Hinds Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard
• Emma by Jane Austen
• Paper Angels by Billy Coffey
• Miss Budge In Love by Daphne Simpkins
• Snow Day by Billy Coffey

Recent Non-fiction Favorites

Whether it has been in Bible study, book club, or in my personal devotions, these are some non-fiction works I’ve read (or re-read) and highly recommend.

• Praying Ephesians by Christin Ditchfield
• Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus by Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg
• In Every Pew Sits a Broken Heart by Ruth Graham
• Sensitivity of The Holy Spirit by R.T. Kendall
• Jesus, the One and Only by Beth Moore
• Morning and Evening by Charles H. Spurgeon, edited and updated by Alistair Begg
• Come Thirsty by Max Lucado
• Knowing God Intimately by Joyce Meyer
• When a Nation Forgets God: 7 Lessons We Must Learn from Nazi Germany by Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer
• Relentless Grace by Rich Dixon
• Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray