Deeanne Gist - www.deeannegist.com - Inspirational Romance Author

Monday, January 22, 2007

Dear Reader

The Measure of a Lady is being featured this week on DearReader.com. This is an online book club where members read the same book and then discuss it. The facilitator has a whole bunch of categories--nonfiction, classics, audio, business, teen, all kinds of things. The inspirational category (called "Good News") doesn't seem to be too active, so I thought I would send a few of you over there to participate in a discussion (if you want to).

When you get to the main page, click on the "Forum" tab at the top, then scroll down and click on "The Measure of a Lady," then click on "Respond to this Message" to offer up your comment. You don't need to be a member of her book club to participate.

Have fun!

posted by Deeanne at 9:56 AM

15 Comments:

Barb said...: OK, I took a stab at it, but a conversation doesn't happen until there's more than one person talkin'!
Deeanne said...: Looks like all comments have to be approved by a moderator before they are uploaded, so you're post should hopefully show up soon, Barb!
Barb said...: Unless they don't approve of my comments?! Ack! I was a good girl!
Sharlene MacLaren said...: Barb, you're too funny.
Shar

I'll give it a whirl.
Sharlene MacLaren said...: Okay, I did my duty...wrote rave remarks about "Lady". Then I scrolled down at some of the other titles. Saw Max Lucado's book titled "Next Door Savior." Guess what...Instead of showing Max's actual cover, they show "Lady's" cover there too. Hm. Are you and Max in cahoots, Dee?

Shar
Sarah said...: i havent read it yet.. so theres not much i can say about it.
but right now i am reading this book my grandma wanted me to read. its called Sophies Heart by Lori Wick. My grandma read it and liked it because its kind of about a women who puts her life in Gods hand because she moves from her home counrty Czechoslovakia to America. It in a way kind of seems like your book Bride. On the back it talks about her moving form her country and living with a man and his 3 kids, and his wife passed away. It says "Sophie, a highly educated woman, now finds herself keeping house for Alec and his family.
it looks good. i just started it this morning. so i have a while to go. you guys should Barnes and Noble it and check it out. go under author and type in Lori Wick and it should be on the 2nd page. =)
Deeanne said...: I've heard of it, Sarah, but haven't read it yet. My favorite of Lori's is the Yellow Rose triology.

Thanks for going over, girls. I saw Max's book, Shar, but no cover art. My Internet Explorer doesn't always work right, though.
Barb said...: Lori Wick lives in my neck of the woods. It's funny because for years around here the name Wick was associated with the building company owned by her husband's family. Now many people only know about Lori the author, and know nothing about the family business.
angela said...: My post is listed as BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE:)
Sarah said...: i read about 20 pages today when i was done with my exams. its pretty good. but the girl Sophie is getting upset with her boss and the people she works with because they talk to her like shes a child because of her accent.
Barb said...: Better than chocolate is a pretty high compliment!
I luv sneaking a little time to read a good novel, but I so often feel guilty if I do it during the day. I usually wait until bedtime, and then I'm lucky to get a whole chapter in before I zonk out.
Katybug said...: I gave it my best shot...we'll see if my comments were tame enough. ;-) Angela, I loved your post! I'm like you...whenever I get a good romance novel, my hubby benefits!!! :-)
Sharlene MacLaren said...: Okay, who's Kiki--and what did she mean by too tittilating?
angela said...: We had a woman in our reading group who said similar things as Kiki about Bride. She was looking for spiritual value rather than entertainment (not that Bride doesn't have spiritual value), she was a new Christian, and recently divorced, so she just didn't get it.

Personally, I think that since God created sex (and it is good) that we need to portray it that way in the Christian market. As for not recommending books like this to young women is doing them a disservice. The young adult marktet today is full of sex.

There are always going to be critics. The editor at Harvest House told me they got letters about Siri Mitchell's books containing alcohol. Hey, my pastor's Dad brews his own beer. This is real life, and I applaud Deeanne for being real.
Katybug said...: I feel the same way, Angela. With so much out there in the entertainment world portraying sex as a recreational sport, it's nice to be able to recommend good books like Dee's so that a good example can be shown. As I mentioned in my response to Kiki (on the Dear Reader website), I gave a friend of mine & her 2 teenage daughters "Redeeming Love". Not only did all 3 of them love it--and I think it's pretty spicy.:-)--but they also got to read an updated version of a great Bible story AND get a good idea of what true unconditional love looks like. Now my friend is reading "Bride", and her oldest daughter (who is a freshman at Blinn College in Bryan, Dee) begged to be the next one to read it because everyone at college is raving about it. How wonderful it is to be able to recommend something to non-believers that they will see as "real life"!!!