book club

Today I got a manicure and a pedicure. It was wonderful. There are few things I can justify spending a good bit of money on but this is one thing I allow myself every now and then. It was much needed. I got the gel nail polish that dries hard as a rock in a second and lasts for up to 3 weeks! I hope I don't chip them too early. I will be disappointed.

I got home and started reading my book that I got for Christmas. It is called Maid to Match by Deanne Gist. I read some other books by the same author and loved them so I picked another one. So far...I'm hooked.

Here is a list of books I would have in my book club if I were Oprah.

• Never the Same by Steven James
• tells stories of people who encountered Jesus and how that encounter left them forever changed
• Crazy Love by Francis Chan
• challenges you to look at Christ's intense love
• Sex God by Rob Bell
• deals with the relationship of God and sex and how waiting until marriage is what He desires
• Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
• a biblical story told in novel form. so wonderful
• A Bride Most Begrudging by Deanne Gist
• Courting Trouble by Deanne Gist
• both of the above are fictional stories. they're funny and very sweet
• Romantically Challenged* by Beth Orsoff
• this woman tells her crazy stories of dating or the lack thereof
• Bella by Lisa Samson
• this was made into a movie and it was not very good but the book is great
• Song for Night by Chris Abani
• the story is told in the point of view of an african child soldier. it is pretty intense and not for children
• At First sight by Nicholas Sparks
• if i tell you the story line I will ruin it. Let's just say I bawled crying reading it by the pool. so incredibly sweet and sad all at the same time. duh. its nicholas sparks

The first 3 are challenging spiritually. The last 2 aren't spiritual at all. The ones in the middle are fiction stories by Christian authors and one is just plain hilarious*. I highly reccomend them all. If you read any of them, let me know what you think!