The Golden Verses, by Barbara Miller

I read like up to 3 books at once. If you are wondering if I do get them mixed up, I don't. But for this month I thought that we would start out with something short and a easy read. So I thought of "The Golden Verses" by Barbara Miller. How about we all try and finish this book on February 9. If you do finish early make a comment, tell people what you think, ask questions and so on. If you have already read this book, then just brush up on it, and just jump in on the discussions.

If you have a kindle, you can add this to your kindle library. Sorry Nook owners, this book is not yet available for the Nook.


Synopsis: "Obey your compassionate instincts, Charles. Buy them!"

So declares the old bookseller as he shuffles into Charles's bookshop. He unloads what appear to be beat-up and worthless Bibles on the hapless Charles, proclaiming that certain people in the small town need the books desperately. He promises that when the passages printed in gold are read, the scriptures come to life.

Among the six people to buy the Bibles are Theo Atwood, an agnostic mortician whose business is suddenly threatened by a new, believing undertaker; Lottie Mariah, a hairdresser with a dubious reputation who yearns for true friendship; Nancy Rutledge, a recent widow with a shameful secret; William Hicken, a greedy banker obsessed with counting and acquisition; Charles himself, whose generosity is deplored by his shrewish wife; and Dory, Charles's young assistant, who learns that the Bibles are accompanied by a dark and threatening adversary.

The Golden Verses, a tale of good versus evil, is as old as time and as familiar as your face in the mirror.


Cheers Everyone!