Janette Oke's books

Subject: Janette Oke's books Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:39 am

I know we've discussed the "Love Comes Softly" series before, but I didn't see a separate topic for it in this section. A few weeks ago I was at Wal-Mart and since I wanted something new to read, I was looking through the paperbacks and I was thrilled to find the first four books of the series, by Janette Oke. So, I purchased the first 2 and over the last few weeks I've been reading "Love Comes Softly". It was really a great book, I just finished it last night and am now onto "Love's Enduring Promise". I loved how the first book spoke a lot about God's love and trusting in Him, it was really refreshing and with everything going on lately, I feel like I came across the book at the right time. If you've read these books, what did you think? I might search for some others on eBay or Amazon, since WalMart only had the first 4. Next time I'm there, I'm going to buy books 3 and 4. I was reading online about the differences between the books vs. the movies, which I've noticed since I saw the first movie, but, as with Little House, I find that I enjoy both versions of the story. In fact, it seems like this series has some things in common with Little House - the time period, love of God, love of family. I think the Grahams or possibly another family, I can't remember at the moment, have daughters named Laura and Nellie. I was wondering if maybe Ms. Oke was a fan of the Little House books and wrote that knowingly. Does anyone know anything about her? I'm glad to have found another great book series to get into.
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Subject: Re: Janette Oke's books Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:23 pm

I look around a bit all i found was when she was born and where she was born 18 February 1935, Champion, Alberta, Canada My sisters are a Huge Fan so is my Mom She has lots of Books that my sisters Say are Good i'm sure what they are call though
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Subject: Re: Janette Oke's books Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:39 pm

Thanks Jacob :) I was looking a little bit on eBay earlier, I think I'm going to have to search some more to find more of the books.
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Subject: Re: Janette Oke's books Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:47 pm

i LOOOOOOVVVVVEEEEE Janette Oke's books i have read almost all of them! her site is that: janette oke website click here! well it has all of her books they are very good!
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Subject: Re: Janette Oke's books Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:02 pm

Thanks, Emilyanne. I'm going to visit that site now :)
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Subject: Re: Janette Oke's books Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:55 am

Christina, I have been a fan of these books since I discovered them back in High School. (Not much homework got done after I did...!) I now have in my collection about 17 of her books. I have also written to Mrs. Oke, and she was kind enough to write back. She thanked me for being such a dedicated reader and told of all the books she has co-written with T. Davis Bunn and her daughter Laurel.
That was in 2004. I'm not certain if she's had any books since, but she certainly has left a great bundle of good reading.
Keep reading.... I wish I could discover these all over again for the first time. They are such a treasure.
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Subject: Re: Janette Oke's books Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:50 pm

Thanks for the info, Gin I'm really enjoying "Love's Enduring Promise", which I'm trying to read now before school stuff. That will be one other benefit of graduating this year - I'll have more time for *fun* reading!
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Subject: Re: Janette Oke's books Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:56 pm

yeah! i have alot of her books!
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Subject: Re: Janette Oke's books Sat Mar 01, 2008 4:39 pm

I own the first four movies, and really liked the first 3. I didn't like the 4th as well, and when we sign up on netflix, I think we'll get the 5th. Someone told me the first ones are more like the books than the later ones. Is that true?
That's neat that you found the books @ wal-mart. I'll have to look next time I'm there and see if ours have them!
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Subject: Re: Janette Oke's books Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:21 pm

yeah i didn't like them all! the first 2 were okay!
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Subject: Re: Janette Oke's books Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:50 am

Just finished reading the fourth book yesterday! I totally love them. I think I'm going to try to order the rest of the series online.
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Subject: Re: Janette Oke's books Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:37 pm

they are worth the money you might have to pay for them!
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