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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 5/30/2008 2:11:07 PM
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cherish405
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I've never heard of Terri Blackstock and I've never read any of Karen Kingsbury's books.
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 5/30/2008 2:38:37 PM
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The one Kingsbury book I read dealt with a drunk driving accident and was very sad, real, and modern... it wasn't romantic (as in idealistic) and light like Oke. It was heavy and a real tear jerker!! I know I have read Terri Blackstock, but can't figure out which book I read a long time ago. But I won't read another. When I read Oke, I voraciously breezed my way through them... not unlike the way I'm seeing you breeze through books.
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 5/30/2008 3:02:53 PM
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Hmmm. Sounds like I'll really have to give a closer look to Karen Kingsbury before I start getting any of her books, if I get any of her books. Thanks for the heads up.
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 5/31/2008 10:12:33 AM
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The one Kingsbury book I read dealt with a drunk driving accident and was very sad, real, and modern... it wasn't romantic (as in idealistic) and light like Oke. It was heavy and a real tear jerker!! I know I have read Terri Blackstock, but can't figure out which book I read a long time ago. But I won't read another. When I read Oke, I voraciously breezed my way through them... not unlike the way I'm seeing you breeze through books.
Are you talking about A Time to Dance?
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 5/31/2008 9:46:53 PM
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Kingbury's books are semi-modern (so to speak). I know she has a series which fictionalizes the September 11th attacks as well as some other books.
I would make the correlation as far as Kingsbury being very realistic in her writing & down to earth (not unlike Oke). Also--both authors stick fairly close to true Biblical Christianity & have a good message. With many other authors I have read, one might as well stick a Christian label on a secular book....even if it does mention going to church or having a tiny relationship with God.
As far as Blackstock--I didn't make that recommendation so I don't really know how to compare the two. I think I've read a Blackstock book; however, it's been so long ago that I don't even remember.
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 6/1/2008 1:33:51 PM
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I've just started reading, "My heart remembers" by Kim Vogel Sawyer. It's boasts the style of Janette Oke and is about 3 orphaned Irish children who are put on an orphan train, and the older sister who promised her father that she would protect the 'wee ones' as they get out of a fire in the tenement they'd been living in.
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 6/2/2008 12:03:15 PM
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Also--both authors stick fairly close to true Biblical Christianity & have a good message. With many other authors I have read, one might as well stick a Christian label on a secular book....even if it does mention going to church or having a tiny relationship with God.
That's very true. I knew I was missing something you were remembering.
Roberta- The Kingsbury book I read was Waiting for Morning. There was nothing wrong with the book, but it didn't fit my novel preferences. I read novels for entertainment and don't want a bunch of modern reality. I don't find dealing with the effects of the death of a spouse and child entertaining.
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 6/2/2008 7:04:43 PM
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Yeah, each of us has different taste in novels and television programs. I just finished reading A Vow to Cherish by Deborah Raney. It was very good IMO. I told my husband that I was now ready to watch the movie. But then when I googled it, I realized...there is a sequel. Hmmm...I guess I'll have to check it out!
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 6/2/2008 8:49:39 PM
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I guess that's why there are so many styles of books.
I love sequels!
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 6/2/2008 9:52:10 PM
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Terri Blackstock has several series out there. I can't say that I have a favorite series because I loved all of them. Each series ministered to me in a different way.
She has several books our there that are not part of a series. Those are good too, but personally I like the series better.
I got my friend hooked on reading Blackstock's books. We would take turns buying them or ordering them from the local library. It is like the characters became part of our lives.
I started off reading her Cape Refuge series and cried my eyes out. As a matter of fact, I cannot recall a book that I read of hers & did not cry. She is an excellent author.
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 6/3/2008 9:29:17 AM
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Yes, sequels are great....because then the story continues. The "people" you've gotten to know over the last book just become more and more familiar....like family almost.
In a way, I guess that's why the Bible is so good. It relates the lives ("stories") of people on down through the generations and you really get to "know" them.
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 6/3/2008 11:40:27 AM
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I guess that's why I liked Janette Oke's, "Love Comes Softly" series and the series that came after it, following Belinda and the family. You got to stay with the familiar family and you saw the younger ones 'grow up' on the pages before you.
I've seen the movie, "A Vow To Cherish". I saw it several years ago. I didn't know there was a sequel though.
I'll have to check out Blackstock.
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 6/11/2008 12:19:12 PM
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Anybody else got any more ideas?
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 6/11/2008 7:23:12 PM
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I just finished a Laraine Snelling book. Not sure if you've heard of her or if it has been suggested, but she has the "female protagonist"--at least in this book she did. It was called "Race for the Roses" & it's classified as inspiration "romantic" fiction. Now I'm reading a novella!!!
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 6/12/2008 2:46:43 AM
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I have heard of Lauraine Snelling. I've read some of her books - Pearl, Opal, Amethyst and Ruby. I really liked that series, but some of her other books I didn't find as interesting.
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 7/4/2008 3:50:16 PM
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Saw this forum and thought I would put in a few words for my family's favorite authors. My parents and I all read a lot and Jeannette Oke's children's books were staples for the long car rides in the summer. A few of our other favorite authors include The Thoene's, Lori Wick, and Karen Kingsbury. But all three write very different books.
I can not say enough good things about Lori Wick, her writing is very similar to Oke in that she writes shorter books that can be read over a weekend/week and she interrelates her characters, don't know if you noticed in reading Oke but a few characters have crossed over series, though I can't think of which ones right of the top of my head. Though our family has noticed that Wick does kill some one off with in the first few pages of every book to get her stories going. But it is never part of main plot, so no murder mysteries and doesn't take away from the story, more of just a plot point to show flaws or strengths of characters. She writes the majority of her historical books in a series of 4 books that are linked usually by either the setting or the family the books are about. The books are pretty light for the most part, my favorites being the Californians and the Place Called Home series and for her stand alones The Princess and Pretense, though that one is somewhat heavy and takes a while to get to your happy ending.
Brock and Bodie Thoene have been a part of my life and my family's library just as long as Jeannette Oke. Their stories are rich with action, adventure and romance, though it is never the main part of the story. Their story telling is their selling point. They take you into the Ghettos during the rise of Nazi Germany and into Old Jerusalem as Israel becomes a nation. Like Oke they have characters that you identify with and wait breathlessly for the conclusion of each book. A fun fact is to note that their characters, at least in their defining series Zion Covenant, Chronicles and Legacy are based on real people. And they even keep you up to date on the characters in the prologues to the A.D. Chronicles, which is a series of books on the life of Christ. They also have a series or two that is set in Ireland and Broke Thoene has also written a series based in the old west. I am going to assume, since I have not read them, that they read a bit like a John Wanye movie since they were both writers for Wanye before his death.
As for Kingsbury, she is very good but if you are looking for more historical fiction that is fairly light she is not for you. Her books are well written and pull you in, but you need to have tissues near by because she makes you cry at least once. And in contrast to Oke she allows her characters to have real flaws and struggles. To me Oke always made her characters a little too perfect. Her books are also a bit longer than your typical Oke book. She does deal with more true to modern life problems in her books such as trial separations, divorce, infidelity, infertility, adoption, death and remarriage. But she never portrays the choices that are bad as being good, for example in Ocean's Apart the story line is based off of the main male protagonist has been unfaithful and a child has resulted from the affair. Kingsbury never tries to reason away the unfaithfulness of her character but instead takes the character and his entire family on a journey through his growth as a father, husband and Christian. She stretches and grows her characters in ways that I can see as actually happening in my family and in my church. She doesn't pull any punches, there is no miracle healing of her injuried or dying characters. I think the reason I love her books so much is that fact alone, her Baxter stories deal with the dying process of one of the main characters which was occurring as my family was going through a very similar circumstance as my grandmother was dying of cancer. I'll be honest I probably cried harder because of it, but I could relate and it made the books that much better.
Another author that hasn't written a lot of fiction and whose books are a quite bit longer than your typical Oke book is Liz Curtis Higgs. You may have heard of the Bad Girls of the Bible, Bible Study Series, and she is also a Christian Comedian. She has written a series of books that is a retelling of the story of Jacob, Leah, and Rachel set in the Scottish Highlands. It is very good series that is 4 books long, but they are long books.
My mom also really likes Beverly Lewis, most of her books are based in and around Amish communities and are pretty good.
If you can't tell I come from a family of bookworms, as our family library can attest to. Hope I've given you at least an idea of what some of the books out there are like. And I apologize for the long winded post.
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 7/5/2008 11:21:43 AM
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jgirl, thankyou so much for your input! You've put a lot of time into telling me about the authors and the books.
I'm currently reading a Lori Wick series, (The Tucker Mills Trilogy) and have read some of her other books.
I have a Beverley Lewis book waiting for me to read.
I haven't read any of the other authors yet, but they're certainly authors I can keep in mind for future books.
Thanks again.
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 7/5/2008 8:58:26 PM
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Another great book that I read a couple of years ago is The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom. She was such an amazing woman of God.
Also, Joel Rosenberg has some good books. I have read the Copper Scrolls.
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 7/7/2008 12:24:19 PM
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I've heard of Corrie Ten Boom, but not read her book.
I haven't heard of Joel Rosenberg, so that is another author I'll have to look out for.
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 7/8/2008 5:22:44 PM
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Cherish,
I loaned a Terri Blackstock book to a friend the end of last year. She loved them so much she has read just about every Terri Blackstock book. She loaned a series to her sister, who is a pediatric nurse, and couldn't put the book down. Now she has her whole office reading them.
She really speaks to your heart through her books.
I'll have to check out some of the other authors too!
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 7/10/2008 11:12:50 AM
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I can see that I'm going to really have to look into Terri Blackstock's books when I go looking for my next lot of books.
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 7/10/2008 8:20:50 PM
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I just finished Deep in the Heart of Trouble by Gist. Have you read that one, yet? It was cute and light. I believe I recall you reading the others by Gist recently.
I just bought A Daughter's Inheritance by Peterson & Miller, Just Jane by Moser, and Lady of Milkweer Manor by Klassen. I'm excited about reading the first two because I'm familiar with the authors and like their other works. The last one is Klassen's first novel and while the story looks good and light, you never can tell about writting style.
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 7/11/2008 12:02:53 AM
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I have read Deep In The Heart Of Trouble.
I haven't read Lady Of Milkweed Manor, but it looks interesting. A friend has Just Jane, but I haven't read that. I haven't read A Daughter's Inheritance either.
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 8/5/2008 8:50:56 PM
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My favourite author is Janette Oke. I've just about read all of her books. I love her style and the way she writes. Thinking ahead to when I've finished the last of her books, does anybody know of another author who is very similar in style and genre?
WOO. If I knew you in real life, you'd def be my best friend! Janette Oke is one amazing author. I love romance, not going to lie.
I really like Debbie White Smith.
LIke a lot of the books I have are all Christian and most of them are romance. When I get married, I'm gonna read my hubby my books. ahah.
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RE: Any authors like Janette Oke? - 8/6/2008 11:00:03 AM
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I've bought some books by Debbie White Smith, but they are a gift for somebody else. Looks like I might have to borrow them. LOL.
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