The Challenge and series

The challenge series is a 4 book set, that tells the stories of the Philips and Jenson families, particularly Hope Philips and David Jenson. It is a series that focuses on betrothal and marriage, and the amazing commitments that the people in the series make. It is I think written mainly for ages 14 or 15+, but I read them (I'm 13) and I understood them easily. They are just not good for kids probably younger then 12 or maybe 13 depending on the understanding abilities of the person. Also, since they focus on engagement and marriage, they are not very good for a younger person. Anyway, the titles are (in order): The Challenge, The Choice, The Question, and The Concept. The Challenge focuses on David and Hope, The Choice focuses on Hope's sister Shelley, The Question focuses on basically all the characters' trials and tragedies in their lives, and the Concept is pretty unique, in the fact that half is the regular story of the Philips and Jenson families, and the other half is the story of the author. Speaking of the author, it is written by Carolyn. You are probably wondering "what is her last name" and she actually doesn't specify it, for 'fame' purposes. She  just didn't want a bunch of popularity and stuff. She explains it in one of the 'letter to readers' in the front of the books (I think it is the first one where she explains why she doesn't list her last name). The Challenge has 20 long (I mean longer then the rest of the books' chapters) chapters and 337 pages, The Choice has 33 chapters and 335 pages, the question has 34 chapters and 341 pages, and The Concept has 33 chapters and 317 pages, plus a prologue and epilogue. I cant remember how long it took for me to read each book, but I am guessing about 1 1/2 weeks per book as a rough estimate. but, it might be shorter for other people because each book has footnotes which are optional to read, and I read them. So it depends on whether or not you read the footnotes. Well, that's all for now.

Stepping Heavenward

Stepping Heavenward is the journal of a girl named Katherine. It is her life story from when she is 16 through when she is 43 and dying from a sickness. It goes through how she became a true christian, how her father dies, how she gets married, how her husband's father and sister come to live with them, how she gives birth to 5 children, how she looses her firstborn son, mother, best friend, and father-in-law, and many other trials in her life. It was written in the 1800's by Mrs. E Prentiss. It took me about 12 days to read it, but that is only including the days I read. Total, including the days I didn't read it, it was a total of 17 days. I am a pretty fast reader so that is a pretty long time for a 239 page book. But, I guess it has pretty small writing (my copy anyway), and has sort of old fashioned language, so you have to concentrate more then usual. But still, it is a great book to read, and really helps you to understand why God puts you under trials.
PS
I apologize that the pictures are backwards (if you were observant and noticed it), it's just that I took them with my computer camera and it flips the image.

What This is About

Hi! I wanted to start this blog so I could write reviews about all the christian novels I read. Each post (for the most part) will have a picture of the book, a description of what the book is about, how long it took me to read it, what age groups are good (even though they will mostly be about my age group, which is like for teens), and other info like that. I also might include a link to amazon or some other place that sells the book, if anyone was interested in buying it. I also am very open to any requests or suggestions to wholesome, christian novels that anyone might know of. Most of the books I will be reading are exciting books, in other words with a lot of action or suspense. But occasionally I will read other books, it just depends I guess. Well, that's all for the introduction.