The Latest and Greatest In My Kindle

I love to read. I should probably say I love to read good, well written books. I know that seems like a given, but what I've found since buying a Kindle and realizing there are literally thousands upon thousands of options for fiction out there is that there are some extremely badly written books available for the masses. For example, in one historical western novel I was recently reading one of the characters said, "More power to ya'" and my personal favorite, "Git 'er done". That, my friends, is not good writing.

Rather than review and critique all of the books I've read in the fifteen months or so . . . which is way too many to cover and no one cares about the bad ones . . . I decided to highlight the ones I really enjoyed.

Dystopian (Youth) Fiction

I blame Hunger Games for getting me hooked on youth fiction. In particular, youth fiction of the dystopian variety. Because of this addiction, I read a number of dystopian fiction novels in the last year. If you like this type of book then I encourage you to check them out. The first book of each one links to either the author's page or Amazon. If you hate this category of fiction, I apologize profusely.

Divergent and Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Infraction and The Burn by Annie Oldham

Matched, Crossed, and Reached by Ally Condie
(As a side note, you cannot click to look inside. If you click on the book it will take you to Amazon where you can purchase it).

 Delirium Trilogy by Lauren Oliver

Suspense and Mystery (moving on from dystopian fiction . . . yay!)

Mortal  . . . the second book in The Book of Mortals Series by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee (as a side note the third book, Sovereign, has also come out, but these books, while extremely good, take a lot of concentration and time to read) (And yes some people consider these a bit dystopian . . .)

Intervention and Vicious Cycle by Terri Blackstock (there is also a third book, Downfall)

The Michelli Family Series: Secrets, Unforgotten, and Echoes by Kristen Heitzmann

The Last Jihad Series: The Last Jihad and The Last Days (I've yet to read the final installment The Ezekiel Option) by Joel C. Rosenberg

Historical Fiction

Whistling Past the Graveyard  by Susan Crandall

Diamond of the Rockies: The Rose Legacy, Sweet Boundless, and The Tender Vine by Kristen Heitzmann

Biblical Fiction

Chronicles of the Kings: Gods and Kings and Song of Redemption by Lynn Austin (there are three more books in this series that I've yet to read)

That just about covers it for the books I really enjoyed reading over the past twelve to fifteen months. As you can see I sometimes stop in the middle of a series. I'll often go back and finish it later. Although, sometimes I forget (obviously). Needless to say, I have a lot of finishing up to do. 

Hopefully, you'll find something here that interests you.

Happy reading!