Great Reads to relax

As I was perusing through an old issue of Woman’s World magazine, I came across an item I’d like to share.

People were asked what would be the quickest way to relax and were given three choices: Read a good book, watch TV or sip tea.

Reading a good book was found by researchers to calm nerves faster. Researchers from Britain’s University of Sussex found that silent reading for a mere six minutes can reduce stress levels by as much as 68 percent.

With that in mind, let’s begin our quest for stress relief.

What would you do if you received an email asking you to participate in a study? Would you delete immediately or sign up? When Alice Buckle, who lives an ordinary life, responds to this email the questions and her relationship with the caseworker known as researcher 101 transpires into a life-changing event in Melanie Gideon’s Wife 22.

A man Jason Bourne retrieves from the water has amnesia. As Bourne seeks to find out more about this man, others are on the prowl looking for him in Eric Van Lustbader’s Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Imperative.

Nick and Amy Dunn are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but when she disappears he becomes the prime suspect in Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.

U.S. Marshal Anita Blake is back in Kiss the Dead by Laurel K. Hamilton. A 15-year old girl has been kidnapped by vampires and Blake must find her.

Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee continue the Books of Mortals series with Book 2 entitled Mortal. Nine years have passed and more danger lies ahead in this futuristic thriller that began with the novel Forbidden.