Welcome to the January 2016 edition of the Christian Fiction Book Club Connection. Thanks for stopping by! Whether you’re a pastor or ministry leader thinking of forming a book discussion group at your church, a current member of a book club, or simply a fan of Christian fiction hoping to connect with other readers, you’re in the right place. Please consider subscribing to my blog so you won’t miss future posts.
Today I’m providing information on Christian fiction discussions scheduled to take place around the web this month. I’m also featuring a handful of recently released Christian fiction titles for which a discussion guide is available, either included in the book itself or on the author’s or publisher’s web site.
Online Discussions Coming Up This Month
The ACFW Book Club‘s January selection is Through Waters Deep by Sarah Sundin. You can subscribe to the group’s e-mail list now, by following the instructions on their Web site, to be sure not to miss any announcements or discussion questions.
For January, the Christian Fiction Devourers group on Goodreads is discussing The Story Keeper by Lisa Wingate AND Lady Maybe by Julie Klassen. Grab your copies and head on over to the discussion forum to check in with others who are in the midst of reading these books.
The Fans of Amish Fiction Goodreads group discusses one Amish fiction title and one Christian fiction title per month. The selections for January are Change of Heart by Molly Jebber AND A Passion Most Pure by Julie Lessman. To join in, visit the group’s online discussion board.
Jamie of the Books and Beverages blog hosts a monthly Inklings discussion series for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Sometimes fiction, sometimes non-fiction, the title for the month of January is the second half of The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, continuing the discussion from December.
The Cherished Book Club, the Christian Fiction Book Club, and the Fans of Christian Romance Goodreads group are taking breaks from discussion for the time being.
Recent Christian Fiction Releases Featuring Discussion Guides
My Brother’s Crown by Mindy Starns Clark and Leslie Gould (October 2015, Harvest House, Contemporary/Historical)
The Imposter by Suzanne Woods Fisher (October 2015, Revell, Amish Romance)
The Wedding Chapel by Rachel Hauck (November 2015, Zondervan, Contemporary Romance)
A Respectable Actress by Dorothy Love (October 2015, Thomas Nelson, Historical)
The Five Times I Met Myself by James L Rubart (November 2015, Thomas Nelson, Time Travel)
So, friends, what have you been reading lately? Any titles you’d recommend for book club discussions?
The last book to be read in 2015 was my favorite of 2015 — The Girl from The Train by Irma Joubert. This one would be a great book club book — great writing style and characterization, history and culture that was generally unknown to me, and from an author who publishes in Afrikaans! I highly recommend this book.
Thanks for keeping your readers in the know about books and discussions!
Beckie, thanks so much for mentioning that book. It does sound like it could make for a great book club discussion! And that’s saying a lot that it was your favorite. I’m just back from vacation and still need to figure out which were my favorites of the year. Hopefully that post will be coming soon.