It's the first Mother's Day without my mom, and I've been thinking about her a lot lately. She was loving, kind, generous to a fault, and an extremely hard worker. She could work rings around my sisters and me. She valued education, family, and her faith. She told me bedtime stories, enjoyed music, and made the best chocolate chip cookies. She loved peanut butter and jam, and chocolate. And she LOVED to read: mysteries, travel adventures, heartwarming stories, biographies, nonfiction books, and thrillers. But she loved historical fiction most of all. So, in honor of my mom, and to celebrate her love of reading on this first Mother's Day without her, I thought I'd share three of her most favorite historical fiction series.
Bodie Thoene's Zion Covenant series set in WWII:
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The Stone of Light series set in Ancient Egypt by Christian Jacq:
And Gerald N. Lund's The Work and The Glory series:
I love you, Mom.
Happy Reading!
What a great tribute to your mom! I'm praying for you, Lark!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ashley. I really appreciate that!
DeleteYour mom sounds like a lovely person! How wonderful to have such great memories of her. Take care today, Lark.
ReplyDeleteMy mom was great. And I miss her. But I do have very good memories of our times together. :D
DeleteThat's a lovely way to remember your mother.
ReplyDeleteI felt it worked for a bookish blog to list some of her favorite reads. :D
DeleteI'm so sorry Lark, it is my first one without my Mom as well. This is a nice way to honor her. I hope you have a good week.
ReplyDeleteThat's a lovely tribute to your mom, Lark. She sounds like a great person. I haven't read any of those books but I did enjoy some others by Christian Jacq.
ReplyDeleteA perfect Mother's Day post, Lark. I know this has to be a tough day for you, but you did your mom proud.
ReplyDeleteA great tribute to your Mom and I feel I got to know her a bit from your post.
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely. Loss hits especially hard during the first year, when so many milestones are experienced for the first time without the people we love. I'm sorry for your loss.
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