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Will you help choose the next book for the Simply Faithful book club?
Here are four that have been recommended. Have you read any of them?
Swipe by Evan Angler: The first in a series about Logan Langly, who is about to turn 13 and receive the government’s mark. The mark allows him to get a job, use public transportation and experience freedom.
Promise Me This by Cathy Gohlke: Annie Allen loses her brother on the Titanic and her life is forever linked to the man her brother sacrificed himself to save.
I want to find the book that everyone wants to read this summer — the book that is so good that you keep turning it over and over in your head. Is that book on this list?
Are there other novels that we need to consider? Let me know by May 15.
About Marketta Gregory
I never meant to be a columnist. I trained to be a newspaper reporter -- one who tried to her best to be objective. I covered religion for a few years and felt like it was the best job a curious woman like me could ever have. Every day I got to listen as people told me about the things that were most important to them, the things that were sacred. But the newspaper industry was changing and few papers could afford to have an army of speciality reporters. So, I moved to cover the suburbs where, as luck would have it, they have plenty of religion, too.
Eventually, children came into the picture. One by birth and another two months later by foster care/adoption. I struggled to chase breaking news and be home at a decent hour, so I made the move to what we journalists call the dark side: I took a job in public relations. (Don¹t worry. I work for a great non-profit, so it¹s not dark at all.)
When I gave my notice at the Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle, the executive editor asked me to consider writing a column on a freelance basis. She didn¹t want the newspaper to lose touch with its religious sources, and she still wanted consistent faith coverage. I was terrified. It took me about 10 months to get back to her with a solid plan and some sample columns.
And so it began, this journey of opening up my heart to strangers.
