The Confession...

It's time I confess something to y'alls... I have a guilty pleasure... Something I'm kinda embarrassed about... Something I have been doing for over a year now... Something I hurry and hide should anyone drop by...

You see I am totally addicted to... (Ohhh... this is harder then I thought...) Here goes...

I can't stop reading Beverly Lewis' Amish fiction...

There... I said it... Please don't judge me...

See, I'm kinda a book snob... I didn't realise this about myself until one day a little over a year ago. Just before we left Tennessee a friend gave me a box of books she was done reading. The box went onto the truck as is, I didn't even peek inside... You can imagine my surprise that under the top layer of books was about a dozen of these books. I immediately called her and teased her. She claimed these were her mother-in-laws, but she did say "Don't be such a book snob, they are a quick, fun read..." (Mother-in-law's huh??) 

I planned to drop these off at the Goodwill, but Paul suggested I donate them to a church library or assisted living / nursing home. So I put them aside until last July (2010) when I realised I was completely out of books to read... (I am always reading something... I have to in order to fall asleep.) I was looking at the books I'd already read, but was uninspired when Paul dug out that box of books...

I told him I wasn't interested, but bed time came and I really needed something to read so I grabbed book one of a series... How bad could it be? After a mild ribbing from Paul I announced we were taking a trip to Goodwill tomorrow for new reading material, but for one night how bad could they be?

That was all it took... I was hooked. Sure the plot lines were simple and at times plodding, but the character lines were rich and well formed. Sure by book two I saw a plot pattern that I still see in nearly every book, but they are, well, sweet. I tend to take a break between series, but I do find myself going back to these books. I have found myself reading them all summer... They are fun summer reads... Easy, light, and fun... I even (gulp) ordered several from Amazon to have an ample supply.

There I said it... Please don't think less of me.

Thanks for listening,

PS. This confession is not a review, or endorsement... I most certainly didn't receive anything for writing this... I did pop over to Beverly Lewis' site and borrow pictures of a few of her many books... and I may still hide them when company comes over, but maybe not...