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Summary: Change is Good; Change is Hard
Review: Taking Cynthia and the Rector out of Mitford appears to be hard for many -- but some of the message seems to be that change is a natural and special part of life. Didn't the rector resist retirement? Don't we all resist change? Every Jan Karon book is inspirational and satisfying of some deep need in me. I made a gift of the set of earlier books to an elderly great aunt -- and she loves them too! Just sign me up to preorder any upcoming books.
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Summary: Just not quite up to the past books
Review: I enjoyed A New Song --- but it just didn't come up to the standards of her previous stories. I couldn't follow the characters through the story -- found myself leafing back to refresh in my mind who they were. I did not connect with the characters in this book, as I did with the others. The story just seems to float along without much substance or "meat". I was just a bit disappointed.
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Summary: Missed my old friends....
Review: Have been waiting for this book. Even preordered it! Found it very slow and missing the charm of the last four. Will there be another? Maybe "Back at Home in Mitford?" Sure hope so.
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Summary: This book is good for the soul.
Review: A friend recommended the Mitford books to me. After reading the first book, I shared it with my pastor's wife and she has shared it with others. I have now read them all including "A New Song" and I can't wait for Jan Karon to write the next ones. I hope that she will never stop writing. These books about small town life and the people in them have brought me such joy.I thank you Jan Karon for writing such a clean book that can be read by all. I appreciate your spiritual insights and your understanding of the ongoing joys and trials of our everyday lives.
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Summary: I was wondering . . .
Review: It occurred to me also that the last scene could be Father Tim meeting his maker, but I think more likely Jeffrey Tolson, who's story line remains dangling. I enjoyed the peacefulness of the novel as always.
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Summary: A very pleasant place to go!
Review: Number 5 in the series is another wonderful, simle, loving place to be. The reader easily can jump right into the story and almost be a part of. I hope Jan Karon continues telling us how things are doing in Midford!
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Summary: Oh so interesting, yet didn't abuse the spirit in its unfold
Review: Jan Karon has done it again! Loved the Mitford series and thought A New Song did not disappoint me. It was a book to enjoy in the evening after a hectic day, knowing that while the happenings to the Kavanaughs were realistic,as the story unfolded it did not complicate the mind. It was a vacation away for a few hours. I looked forward to visiting with them after a hard day at work. Sure hope Karon keeps it going. We need more books like these. It's amazing that in this intense world Jan Karon can write so interestingly about simple uncomplicated people and it isn't boring in the least. I truly recommend to all readers who are fed up with the excesses and intensities and dramas of everyday life.
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Summary: The Best Since To Kill A Mockingbird!!!
Review: I have read many books throughout my days, even though I am only 20 and I find Jan Karon to be one of the best authors of her time. She presents a book with clean pages, no filth scornes the book. I have desperately searched for an author of this quality and was blessed to have found it on the best sellers list at my library. I am always reading books, to just discover the filth that they think America wants to hear.Well, they are wrong! We are searching for quality above and beyond that. Our hearts desire is to see a comical point of view with people that remind us of home. How I rejoiced to see characters like those in my home town. It made me smile, it made me laugh. Any writer that can do this to me deserves a Noble Prize for Literature. I applaud her in every since. To be so bold as to give her Christian point of view is to go above and beyond the call of duty. Thank you for all you have writen!
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Summary: Anxiously awaiting the next volume
Review: I found Jan Karon's latest book in the Mitford series to be as good as the rest. Unable to put down the book, I become transported to a place where life is simple and slow. Karon has a marvelous way of creating a brilliant cast of characters, all of whom interact and mesh beautifully. As I read, I feel like one of the group, becoming drawn into the lives and happenings of all. As I reached the last page, I was happy to have enjoyed the story, yet frustrated by the hanging ending, glad again knowing that another novel should be coming soon, and frustration again wondering how soon! Superb and spectacular!
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Summary: Jan Karon's characters fit like a glove.
Review: After finishing "A New Song" I raced to the local library to check out all of the available books from the Midtford years. Soon after, I realized that I must buy the entire collection so that I may visit Mitford again and again. Karon's gentle wit and humor are inspiring. I am altogether uplifted and refreshed by her neighborly web of 'real' christian people. The characters in her books have a dignity to them that I find endearing. Thank you for writing stories about people with common sense morals and values.!
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