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title: "Offsite: Read This, Not That"
description: "The Parchment Girl blog is back.  Parchment Girl (aka Kate) after a hiatus has started blogging again.  Today she posted, \"Read This, Not That: Overrated Christian Bestsellers and Lesser Known..."
url: https://bookwi.se/offsite-read-this-not-that/
date: 2013-02-11
modified: 2013-02-11
author: "Adam Shields"
categories: ["Off Site Reviews"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Offsite: Read This, Not That

The [Parchment Girl blog](http://parchmentgirl.com/) is back.  Parchment Girl (aka Kate) after a hiatus has started blogging again.  Today she posted, “[Read This, Not That: Overrated Christian Bestsellers and Lesser Known Alternatives](http://parchmentgirl.com/book-reviews/read-this-not-that-overrated-christian-bestsellers-and-their-lesser-known-betters/)“.

I think this is a great idea for book bloggers to highlight lesser known (and often better) books.  I am not an expert in Christian Fiction, so I gladly defer to others.  If you like Christian fiction, check this out and maybe offer up some of your own options.

> Romance
> Read this: Zora and Nicky by Claudia Mair Burney
> Not that: Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
> [![zoraandnicky](http://parchmentgirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/zoraandnicky1-201x300.jpg)](http://parchmentgirl.com/book-reviews/read-this-not-that-overrated-christian-bestsellers-and-their-lesser-known-betters/)Redeeming Love, a western romance based on the biblical story of Hosea, has held a spot on the CBA’s bestseller list for over a decade. At its core,Redeeming Love is a moving story of redemption. But it has some major flaws, including clunky writing, repetitiveness, and a hero who is, at times, completely lovable and at others, maddeningly anti-feminist. Enter Zora and Nicky, a lesser known story about a southern playboy who looks like a Calvin Klein model and a spitfire African American woman who fall in love while learning to set aside their prejudices. It’s bold, it’s steamy, and it deserves a lot more attention than it’s received.

[read the rest of the recommendations at Parchment Girl Blog.](http://parchmentgirl.com/book-reviews/read-this-not-that-overrated-christian-bestsellers-and-their-lesser-known-betters/)