Oh, I absolutely loved Hadassah. I saw a preview of the movie some time ago, and I look forward to it.The book also has a sequel called The Hadassah Covenant, but I only got about half-way through it The first book was based largely on research of Esther, but the sequel seemed to take a different direction, so I lost interest.
I don't read Sue Grafton, I don't care much for mysteries, but I do read alot of fiction. I tend toward the more fantastic genres, compareable to Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Fictional retellings of Biblical characters always intrigue me. I recommend The Red Tent. I also read books on writing and grammar and such almost obsessively because I want to be an author, and I am currently working on my first novel (42 pages so far). Sometimes I will pick up a science-related book as a result of my college years in biology courses.