Recap, for those who are new/don't remember: I never used to be a series girl, aside from a brief obsession with Baby-Sitter's Club: Little Sister and Mary-Kate and Ashley Mysteries in 3rd grade. I read stand-alones only. Or I'd occasionally read a riveting book one and think, "Wow, book 2 is going to be great!" knowing I'd never read it.
There were a few notable exceptions, all secular and none which meet my moral standards these days (😬) but that changed when I finally dove into The Baxters.
If you're new here, The Baxter Family books are like a much more conservative version of the TV shows Parenthood and This is Us... All the family! They do tackle edgier topics but they do it from a Christian worldview and characters experience consequences + repent.
That series made me brave enough to try others and now, cue Sesame Street, I'm a serial girl 😉.
I have two Baxter books left (and I am dying to watch the show!) and these are the series I hope to read next! Again I'll reiterate that I have NOT read these and can't review their content.
Angels Walking... Another by Karen Kingsbury and the premise reminds me of Touched by an Angel. I have wanted to read these for so long! There are 3 in this series.
Christiansen Family by Susan May Warren... I mainly just want to read this one because of the family element. I think it'll be romance-heavy (not my fav) and probably more episodic than serialized (one family member's relationship in each book rather than ongoing stories) but I still want to try it! There are six novels in this series + two Christmas novellas. (This one doesn't pull up in the series list)
Fog Harbor Romance by Nicole Deese... This one is also a romance series and seems to be episodic as well with a different set of characters in each one. I loved book one (and another Nicole Deese novel) enough that I at least want to try book 2 nut hopefully want to read all of them! At this point there are 3 in the series.
Left Behind... I always love dystopian/post-apocalyptic movies but still wasn't a series girl when I tried the first 2 or 3 Left Behind books, set after the rapture. I believe there are 12 in the series, plus some spin-off series, and I keep meaning to come back to these again.
Legacy of Faith by Robin Lee Hatcher... This is another of my favorite authors and I have loved the premise of this trilogy since I heard about it in a podcast interview. This follows a family Bible as it's passed down to different family members. I think it'll be more episodic for that reason but that common thread might make it feel more serialized? We'll see!
Promises of God... I loved Though I Stumble. It was exactly the kind of family-focused, issues-driven, growth-filled book of spiritual content I love! But I realized there are books about these family members even before this series so I have been meaning to start at the beginning.
Thatcher Sisters by Beth K Vogt... Another family-focused series because that's a favorite fiction theme for me... Families supporting and encouraging each other, learning from each other, and working through conflict! This series has three novels and a Christmas novella.
These sound so good! As if my TBR wasn't already overwhelming! I have read the first two Fog Harbor books- loved them both- will definitely be looking for the 3rd. I blew through most of the Left Behind series from my local library the summer I was pregnant with my son -so 22 years ago! But I don't think I made it to the end...or maybe it wasn't finished in 2002, I can't remember. And so far I have only read the first of the Baxter series- and have not checked out the show yet- but I want too.
ReplyDeleteI read the first couple of Left Behind books when I was pregnant with my second! 😆
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