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Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of the weekly link-up sponsored by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's theme is green covers. It was fun to find GREEN covers or covers with green on them. I went over by a couple.
Do we share the same GREEN books? Have you read any of these, or are they on your TBR?
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday, sponsored by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today's theme is building a top ten around a genre. I almost didn't do this because I couldn't think of a genre, then I thought about one of my favorites, ROM-COM's.
I just want to be able to read again without my eye hurting. I never thought when I went to the Opthamalogist in December, I'd still be dealing with this in March. Oh, and face the possibility of actually having an injection in my eye.
Enough about me, how are you guys doing? Surviving the snow, or spring like weather? I hope you're doing great wherever you are and enjoying lots of books!!
My Top Ten image was created by CHATGPT
I have some saved images for this, which is really good since my brain decided to go off kilter without asking permission.
I hope you found some inspirational quotes as well as fun ones. If you haven't read the books, I suggest you give them a try.
My absolute favorite one about reading! ↓↓
Author: Jill Eileen Smith
Genre: Biblical Fiction, Christian Romance, Historical
Pages: 336
Publisher: Revell
Format: Audiobook
Source: Purchased & Received one from the publisher, which will be used as a giveaway.
Add to your Goodreads shelf.
In ancient Israel, soon after Nessa is of marriageable age, her father gives her to a wealthy widowed friend, capitalizing on her beauty to bring in the highest bride-price he can find. Nessa is devastated, as she had begged to marry Lavi, who returned her love and saw more in her beyond her appearance. But Nessa's betrothal leads to Lavi's departure, compounding her grief, and she can never forget her forbidden first love.
Nessa tries to accept her fate, but after only a year of marriage, tragedy hits her new family. She is sent back to her father, who quickly finds a wealthy young man who wants to marry the most beautiful woman in Sychar. Misfortune follows Nessa as she is passed from one marriage to another--until she meets an unusual Jewish rabbi at the town's well one afternoon, and her life is forever changed.
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My Thoughts
When I look back at the woman at the well story I'm not sure I viewed it as Jill Eileen Smith wrote it. In the biblical account in John 4 it seems as though Christ is scolding her. Not in a mean or harsh way, yet the story that Jill Eileen Smith wrote is so tender, and kind. We watch Nessa get married off to whomever her father desired, and all because her beauty will bring a higher price. Yet Nessa only wants one man, a boy she fell in love with as a child. The bottom line is that this book is an absolutely beautiful book. It has love and romance, but most of all it has God from beginning to end. It shows His love for His creation, as well as compassion for them. And His desire for us to be better than we are.
I have an extra book that I am going to be giving away. Just follow the guidelines so you can be entered.
About Jill Eileen Smith
Jill Eileen Smith is the bestselling and award-winning author of the biblical fiction series The Wives of King David, Wives of the Patriarchs, and Daughters of the Promised Land, as well as The Heart of a King and Star of Persia: Esther's Story. She is also the author of the nonfiction books When Life Doesn't Match Your Dreams and She Walked Before Us. Her research into the lives of biblical women has taken her from the Bible to Israel, and she particularly enjoys learning how women lived in Old Testament times. Jill lives with her family in southeast Michigan.
You can learn more about Jill at her website and follow her on the following social media platforms. Facebook || Instagram || Twitter
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of the weekly link-up sponsored by That Artsy Reader Girl . This week's theme is green c...
