tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post1440391747403866744..comments2023-06-13T07:50:37.866-05:00Comments on payton marie: a book you lovepayton mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10481551796083786939noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-33597704856881118572014-07-24T22:11:18.251-05:002014-07-24T22:11:18.251-05:00One of the books I have reread (mostly I peruse in...One of the books I have reread (mostly I peruse instead of rereading the whole book) is "Don't Waste Your Life" by John Piper. Its has been a refreshing read - encouraging and challenging.(hannah)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11544240427740841517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-42582517876581879752014-07-20T15:25:30.395-05:002014-07-20T15:25:30.395-05:00Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss comes to...Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss comes to mind, as do the Narnia books. :) Charissa C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00519537888270021348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-11830770359108644402014-07-19T11:01:00.427-05:002014-07-19T11:01:00.427-05:00While reading some of your old posts, I found the ...While reading some of your old posts, I found the site PaperBackSwap.com... Wow! Free books!! I joined yesterday, and my first book (The Atonement Child, also recommended by you :D), should be here in a few days! Thanks for posting about that! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-2228468599268698622014-07-18T23:45:07.417-05:002014-07-18T23:45:07.417-05:00Well, hello there, dear! Lovely to meet you. :) Oh...Well, hello there, dear! Lovely to meet you. :) Oh my goodness... You hit the nail on the head. Unfortunately I've only read To Kill A Mockingbird once, but I count it among my favourite books. And yeah, it is hard to pinpoint what exactly about it draws me so much, but man... that book gets me. I need to give it a re-read! payton mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481551796083786939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-2951243902394303102014-07-18T23:43:01.032-05:002014-07-18T23:43:01.032-05:00Girl, if anyone has a bias against Christian ficti...Girl, if anyone has a bias against Christian fiction, it's me. I pretty much stay away from it at all costs. But The Last Sin Eater is a definite exception that busts through that stereotype you mentioned! It's really incredible and certainly restores *some* faith in Christian novels. :) payton mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481551796083786939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-76455433095144043552014-07-18T23:39:35.707-05:002014-07-18T23:39:35.707-05:00Mmmmmm, I love when a reader has a rambling passio...Mmmmmm, I love when a reader has a rambling passion for a certain book, so this is a title I will be checking out. :)payton mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481551796083786939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-75643486928399779462014-07-17T23:52:41.340-05:002014-07-17T23:52:41.340-05:00Hi Petie! I discovered your blog a little over a y...Hi Petie! I discovered your blog a little over a year ago, and although I have never commented before, I absolutely love your writing! I especially love this post, because my standard for how much I like a book is how many times I reread it! I have lots of books that I have reread many, many times (every Sherlock Holmes story ever written, all of Lucy Maud Montgomery's works that I can get my hands on, the Scarlet Pimpernel... the list could go on...), but To Kill a Mockingbird is right up there near the top. I have reread it at least a half-dozen times in the last two years alone. It is hard to pin-point exactly why I love it so much (since I haven't your gift for writing :D), but it's just... so... real. I can feel every ounce of Scout's pain as she tries to understand this crazy, mixed up, messed up, adult world. It's like the Bible; every time I read it, I notice something that I didn't catch before! <br /><br />Keep up the blogging, Petie! I've been going back and reading your old posts (from before I discovered you), and you really have a gift for writing. I'd love to read a whole book by you! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-73975189112112757692014-07-16T23:52:55.703-05:002014-07-16T23:52:55.703-05:00Hey Petie! I've tagged you over at my blog:-) ...Hey Petie! I've tagged you over at my blog:-) bethcreative.blogspot.comBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996539581546622108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-89649204655164594102014-07-15T05:38:47.967-05:002014-07-15T05:38:47.967-05:00seriously. that book though. IT IS ONE OF MY FAVOU...seriously. that book though. IT IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITEST BOOKS EVER. also, AHHHHHHH I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW SOON IT IS TILL YOU'RE HERE AHHHHHH.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09918620925842970244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-73471585738203427222014-07-15T00:12:41.251-05:002014-07-15T00:12:41.251-05:00Pride and Prejudice I think....my parents have see...Pride and Prejudice I think....my parents have seen the movie of the Last Sin Eater. I should read the book though:)Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996539581546622108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-7747866573764732982014-07-12T21:32:26.238-05:002014-07-12T21:32:26.238-05:00Ooh...hard one! A Garland for Girls (L.M. Montgome...Ooh...hard one! A Garland for Girls (L.M. Montgomery) is one I've picked up and re-read many times over the years, but not recently. I think I love it because it's just stories of the mundane, the everyday, and how people blossomed in it.<br /><br />Also, I've always had kind of a bias against Christian fiction - I'm not exactly sure why, maybe because a lot has little depth and can be a bit sappy? Probably just a stereotype - but I'm interested in the Last Sin Eater.... I'll have to try it out. :) Elisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07324880915095879920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-26695822097543944002014-07-11T12:05:17.250-05:002014-07-11T12:05:17.250-05:00Goodness, I think I'd have to go with either A...Goodness, I think I'd have to go with either Anne of Green Gables or An Old-fashioned Girl. I think I picked up the latter at least once every month when I was 12-14. Not necessarily to read the whole thing, but just to look over my favorite bits again. And L.M. Montgomery is one of those authors who speak to my soul. I can't count the times she's put my feelings into words...Anne of Green Gables, Anne of the island, and Rilla of Ingleside -and even The Blue Castle, which is newer to me- are books I keep coming back to over and over again.Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463147465564735374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-46509715541814449192014-07-11T10:07:27.406-05:002014-07-11T10:07:27.406-05:00Beauty by Robin McKinley. Just like you said, it a...Beauty by Robin McKinley. Just like you said, it always the first to pop into my head when someone needs a book suggestion, I have read it at least 10 times. It is the book I read when I am tired and need comfort. Each time I read it, I fall in love which the story again because it so beautifully written and such a lovely enticing story. It is a retelling of the classic story, beauty and the beast. Over the course of the book, she grows so much in becoming a young lady you in comfortable in herself and the world. ---<br /><br />As you can see, I could on on about this book forever, so why don't you just try it out, before I give away the entire story line. ; )<br /><br />~Rose<br /><br />little-rose-serendipity.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-10490908213101667642014-07-11T08:55:06.521-05:002014-07-11T08:55:06.521-05:00Johnny Tremain hands down. I wouldn't call it ...Johnny Tremain hands down. I wouldn't call it my FAVORITE {one can't really have a favorite book I believe} but it is the one I have read the most and turned to the most. It's not a blatantly christian book but there's something about it that calms me and stirs me at the same time. Anne-girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14879811254464226204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-92071015076512470422014-07-11T04:55:55.557-05:002014-07-11T04:55:55.557-05:00You've gotten me really interested in that boo...You've gotten me really interested in that book. It sounds great. <br /><br />The book I've revisited the most? That would probably be The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - my favorite in The Chronicles of Narnia. I've read that one (and listened to the radio theatre) so many times that I've lost count. Hannah Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11989588874705188098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-19658608690125683262014-07-10T23:10:08.655-05:002014-07-10T23:10:08.655-05:00Hey Petie! :)
Hope you got my email! now your que... Hey Petie! :) <br />Hope you got my email! now your question:<br />"What one book do you think you've read the most times in your life, and why have you revisited it so much?"<br />Gosh Almighty! ummmm I think probably Harry Potter.. as cheesy as it sounds... or "The Famous Five" by Enid Blyton.. They offer a sense of comfort to me. I don't know why though...<br />ah well! I enjoyed your post. My copy of the last harry potter is all blotchy from my tears.. also I am watching Downton Abbey now :D<br />Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946413686778364463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313625459145095841.post-16224257405755635282014-07-10T23:09:42.513-05:002014-07-10T23:09:42.513-05:00This is a tough question. When it comes down to it...This is a tough question. When it comes down to it, I think my Most Read Book would be either UNDERSTOOD BETSY by Dorothy Canfield Fisher or A LITTLE PRINCESS by Francis Hodgson Burnett (that is, if we cancel out the American Girl and Ramona Quimby books I devoured over and over as a child). These two classic children's books are ones I've probably read a good four or six times each -- not to mention the picking out of my favorite sections and reading them for pure pleasure.<br /><br />I've always been a lover of lighthearted reads, but a good gut-wrenching book is always welcome. (Except for THE FAULT IN OUR STARS. She is not welcome.) For example, I finished reading MOONBLOOD by Anne Elisabeth Stengl about two weeks ago. Oh my soul.<br /><br />Anyway, I love that quote and I'm having a feeling I need to read this THE LAST SIN EATER. ^.^Emily Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213215810280870330noreply@blogger.com