Reading is pleasure
My pleasure is greatest when not only the writing style is perfect or the story compelling, but when the book widens my horizon and helps me to see our world as it is, to understand people who live in different circumstances than I do, to see the world through different eyes, when it feels real and authentic.
That's what these 15 books do in a great variety of ways.
These are the 15 books that impressed me the most out of the 140 I've read in 2016 so far (we've still 10 more days to read) and will be remembered for a long time.(The links lead to my reviews.)
is not only one of the best crime thrillers I've ever read.
I learned things I hadn't known about the British atrocities during the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya and about body modification and suspension.
Child abuse and human trafficking happens everywhere at any given time and is a horrible crime we need to be aware of. This excellent novel shows this reality in a very authentic way.
Asaad Almohammad: An Ismael of Syria
This very personal and unconventional book throws some light on the conflict in the Middle East and on life as a Muslim immigrant.Angela B. Chrysler: Broken
This incredibly honest memoir gives insight in an insane mind and shows the brokenness after child abuse and rape.
This excellent crime thriller reflects the life of undocumented immgrants in the USA.
Zeke is in prison and he shows us in a mixture of youth slang, poetry and philosophy that people in prison aren't all monsters but human beings struggling not to lose their mind.
This books reveals the freedom we find through God's amazing grace.
Satanists are evil, manipulative and power-obsessed and in this gripping novel they literally stop at nothing to reach their goals.
Christian faith and homosexuality - a difficult issue.
Laila describes the hypocritical and dangerous attitude of christians who put law over love.
Sometimes it's worth reading a book not because of the story but just for the way it is written.
This is one of the few science fiction books I really like.
Roger Deloach: Truth
This lovely novel is a book for all who know that something is missing in their life, who know that the life to the full promised by Jesus (John 10:10) should be different from what they experience.
The unfathomable horror of addiction gets under your skin in his sequel to the even better Milk Blood.
This deep, thorough, sometimes challenging Bible study explores Paul's epistel to the Ephesians on over 500 pages.
This dark, intense short stories (actually there are two stories) make you feel what depression is like.
Temptation, guilt, child abuse, growing-up in the ghetto within a highly disturbed Maori family are hidden in this very sexy and unsettling novel.
Thanks Barb!!
ReplyDeleteWell that's quite a mix you've selected, Barbara! Thank you for including my latest too. :-)
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