Naomi Dawn Musch

I'm getting all keyed up with summer's Write Reason guest line-up and going to do some visiting around blog land myself. But if, like me, you're also soaking up summer by catching up on some reading then be sure and head on over to the Edgy Christian Fiction Lovers site http://edgychristianfictionlovers.ning.com/. Monday's, Wednesdays, and Fridays all summer long members will be choosing 4 Hot Summer Reads to talk about on a tour around the blogosphere. The first post will be hosted on July 6th by Joy Tamsin David at http://www.edgyinspirationalromance.com/

By the way, have you been taking advantage of the boat load of Free eReads that are offered for Kindle, Nook, CBD Reader and others?

Right now I'm reading the free download of The Swan House by Elizabeth Musser. It's a big one, just right for digging into during the long hot summer. I admit that I had a hard time getting into it at first. Ms. Musser spent a lot of pages with her protagonist mourning over the loss of her mother in the fiery plane crash that happens in the first couple of pages. But I stuck with it, and guess what? It's a gripping coming of age story set in 1960s Atlanta. One of those that pulls at your heart. 

It's definitely not fast paced, but like a slow, southern day in July, it soaks into your bones and wraps like a vine around you. I'm liking the story of 16 year old Mary Swan Middleton who is grieving her mother, a famous and disturbed artist, and torn between the upscale world she lives in and that of her friend Carl Matthews, a black boy from the inner city who's beginning to mean a lot to her. I haven't figured out the outcome, though I'm over half way and I'm starting to have inklings. It's making me nervous. This book definitely qualifies for a Secrets Sunday. The story winds around a bunch of them, including The Raven Dare, a mystery she's been elected solve about some famous missing paintings.

I've got 7 or 8 other free reads waiting in the Kindle line-up, and a couple that I just had to buy because I couldn't take it anymore! What are you reading right now, and what's next on your list?

Oh,and since it's we're swinging up to the July 4th holiday, my sweet, summertime novella Heart Not Taken should definitely be on your list! http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Not-Taken-ebook/dp/B004EEOKAE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1304804937&sr=1-1