Okay, I know this is a day early, but for this month’s Nightstand post, I wanted to share about the rest of the novels on my original Spring Reading Thing list. I still haven’t made any progress on the nonfiction books I planned to read, unfortunately, but there’s still time. 
A Hundred Years of Happiness: A Fable of Life After War by Nicole Seitz
This is a brilliant story with a modern day fable woven throughout, and it completely pulls you in to the mystery of what really happened forty years before in Vietnam and how it is affecting two daughters now.
I don’t really want to give away any of the story, but just wanted to say that this is definitely worth the read.
The Sweet By and By by Todd Johnson
When I was done reading this book, I looked for more and was surprised to learn that this is actually Johnson’s first novel. The Sweet By and By is a compelling story of the friendships among five women from different generations–two who are living out their last days in a nursing home, their nurse, her daughter, and a hairdresser.
Each of the characters has been through different struggles and sorrows in her life. As the relationships between the women develop, you see the real power of friendship as they share what they have learned with each other.
Love Starts With Elle by Rachel Hauck
As in much of Christian fiction, this book involves a young woman, Elle, who falls in love with someone who is not a good match for her and later meets someone else with whom she makes a real connection.
But Love Starts With Elle has a lot more to do with her growing relationship with the Lord than with her romantic future or even her career. She joins an older woman from her church in prayer every morning and learns how to be intimate with God and hear His voice, and from that foundation she is able to make the right decisions in the other areas of her life.
A few other books I’ve read recently are:
The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble – I recently after I got this home from the library that I had read it before, but ended up reading it again because I didn’t really remember a lot of the details.
Healing Stones by Nancy Rue & Stephen Arterburn – This is actually the book that came before Healing Waters, which I wrote about in my last Spring Reading Thing update.
Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos – Although I usually get most of the books I read from the library, I actually bought this one because I enjoyed Love Walked In so much.
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