Top Ten Tuesday: Looking back at spring and summer

 Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books I Was Assigned to Read in School (These can be books you loved or hated. Or just tolerated. Bonus points if you give us a tiny review of your thoughts!) I have been out of school for a LONG time, including graduate school, so I am going to go a different direction today. I will revisit my spring and summer TBRs and see how I did. Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and you can head over there to see what our other bookish friends are up to today.  

Top Ten Tuesday Spring and Summer TBR update:

A Surefire Love

Title: A Surefire Love

Series: Many Oaks Romance #1

Author: Emily Conrad

Narrator: Emily Conrad

Publisher: Hope Anchor, LLC

Genre: Christian Fiction, Contemporary Romance, 

Source: Hoopla

My Review:

A Surefire Love is the first book I have read by Emily Conrad. I love the striking colors of the cover. The author narrates this book and she did an incredible job.

The Story People

Title: The Story People

Author: Heather Kaufman

Publisher: Concordia Publishing House 

Genre: Christian Fiction, Books about Books, Contemporary Romance

Source: Library

My Review:

The Story People is the first book I have read by Heather Kaufman. It's always hard to know what to expect when you read an author for the first time.

Stacking the Shelves #140, Sunday Post #137, Sunday Salon #131

Hey bookish friends! How are you doing? I am doing alright. It was a super busy week, the colonoscopy went fine, other than putting me down longer than
anticipated. The sleepy drugs didn't wear off until late Tuesday, which was super weird and unwelcome. I will get the results back from the biopsies this week. I did not get much reading done this week. I worked on random stuff this morning, and hope to relax the rest of the weekend!

But He's My Fake Fiancé

Title: But He's My Fake Fiancé

Series: But He's A Carter Brother #3

Author: Annah Conwell

Narrator: Hayden Bishop

Publisher: Independently Published

Genre: RomCom, Contemporary Romance, 

Source: Hoopla

My Review:

I have been waiting for Grayson's story and But He's My Fake Fiancé did not disappoint!! While each book could be read as a stand-alone novel, I highly recommend reading this series in order.  

Top Ten Tuesday-Bookish Confessions

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Bookish Brags (or Confessions!) (what are you proud of or… not-so proud of in your bookish life?) (submitted by Lydia @ https://lydiaschoch.com) I am not much for bragging, and can't think of any bookish things to brag about, so I am going to go with confessions...should be easy enough, right? Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and you can head over there to see what our other bookish friends are up to today.  

Top Ten Tuesday 10 Bookish Confessions (don't judge, LOL):

1. as of today, 10/8/24-I have 201 unread fiction books on my physical shelves - I have been actively trying to read from my shelves, but still have quite a ways to go

But He's My One Regret

Title: But He's My One Regret

Series: But He's A Carter Brother #2

Author: Annah Conwell

Narrator: Rusty Mewha

Publisher: Independently Published

Genre: RomCom, Contemporary Romance, 

Source: Hoopla

My Review:

But He's My One Regret is the second book in the But He's A Carter Brother series. I highly recommend reading the Sweet Peach series first, as this is where the brother's are first introduced, then read this series in order.