{"id":12044,"date":"2016-12-08T11:32:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T16:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=12044"},"modified":"2016-12-08T11:32:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T16:32:23","slug":"favorite-fiction-authors-for-grown-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/08\/favorite-fiction-authors-for-grown-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Fiction Authors for Grown Ups"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spend a lot of time reading, unfortunately it’s almost always for the under 10 crowd. And it’s not that I don’t love reading to and for my kids, but sometimes it’s nice to read something that is more geared towards my own interests, life and reading abilities.<\/p>\n

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I don’t get to read for pleasure a lot anymore (and even when I do have time, I’m usually just too tired!) but when I do have the opportunity to read for fun, these are the books I reach for:<\/p>\n

My favorite fiction authors for grown ups\"adult-fiction-authors\"<\/a><\/h2>\n

Sheri Reynolds<\/a>\"\"<\/h3>\n

I first discovered Ms. Reynolds when her book\u00a0The Rapture of Canaan<\/a>\"\"<\/em> was featured in the Oprah Book Club which my mommy was a member of at the time (I was in high school). I read the book, mesmerized by her style and the way she brought people and places to life. I’ve since read every single one of her books (seriously, I own every.single.one) and eagerly await the publication of new ones (which is usually years and years between!) I even used a passage from my favorite book of hers, A Gracious Plenty<\/a><\/em>\"\", as inspiration for a dance piece I choreographed years ago. Her words resonate with me as I am pulled into the familiar yet somehow faraway places of her books (mostly set in the Southern US) and her characters have a realistic depth that isn’t always easy to create in written words.
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