Stacking the Shelves #204 Sunday Post #201 Sunday Salon #195

Hey, my bookish friends!!  How are you all doing? It was another long week, but less busy (thankfully) than last week. I was able to exercise every day this week so we are counting that as a win. We are not doing much this weekend, we are pretty wiped out. We are planning to go to Church. Other than that just normal stuff around the house (grocery pick up, laundry, all the fun stuff ;)).

September Reading Wrap Up 2025

I don't know how we are already at the end of September! I didn't have as many 5-star reads this month, but I still read a lot of good books. I read 17 books (1 reread) and had 4 DNF's and one two star read (which I don't talk about on here). Click on the cover of the book if you are interested in reading my review.

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Top Ten Tuesday-Fall 2025 TBR part 2

 Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Books on My Fall 2025 to-Read List. Since I have almost twenty books I own that I want to read before the end of the year, plus a few ARCs, I started my fall TBR last week. You can see part 1 here. 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-Fall 2025 TBR Part 2

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte-this one intimidates me and I keep putting it off.

Top Ten Tuesday- "B" Book titles

Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Books that Surprised Me (in a good or bad way). I last did this topic in 2021 and you can see my post here. I might be able to come up with 10 again, but I am not feeling the topic. I am going to take a page out of Pam's book (Read!Create!Bake!) and do titles that start with a letter. I am going to do "B," A is here. 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.   

Ten books on my PHYSICAL shelves that I am might (should) going to read soonish that start with "B": 

Bittersweet by Cathy Marie Hake-Historical Fiction

 

Top Ten Tuesday-Books I think involve food

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books Involving Food (That are Not Cookbooks) (Submitted by Cathy @ WhatCathyReadNext and Hopewell’s Public Library of Life) I am tweaking the topic just a little bit to books I think involve food (because I have not read these so I don't know for sure). 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: Books I think involve food

 

Top Ten Tuesday-My most read authors

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books I Wish Had More/Less [Insert Your Concept Here]. These topics are hard for me, so I am going to go a different route. Today I am going to highlight some of the authors I have read the most (I don't know who originally did this topic, but thanks for the suggestion!) 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- Most Anticipated Releases Fall of 2024

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Most Anticipated Books Releasing During the Second Half of 2024. There are ALWAYS books I am looking forward to so this will be an easy topic for this week. 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. 

My top anticipated releases for the rest of the year:

 

March 2024 Reading Wrap-up

March is traditionally a very long month with no breaks. This month was weird with Easter being in March. I feel like I did a lot of reading this month, so let's see what it actually looks like 😂. I read 19 books and DNF'd one. Click on the cover of the book if you are interested in the review. As a reminder, I don't share anything lower than 3 star's on this page, or my DNFs.

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Top Ten Tuesday-Spring Into Books

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday is Books on my Spring 2024 TBR. I am not planning my reading out very far these days, or taking on very many ARCs, so going to tweak this slightly. 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 books I might Spring Into Next:

 

The Heart's Shelter

Title: The Heart's Shelter - Audiobook Review

Series: An Amish Legacy #4

Author: Amy Clipston

Narrator: Lauren Berst

Publisher: Zondervan

Genre: Amish, Christian Fiction, Contemporary Romance

Source: Net Galley & Zondervan

My Review: 

The Heart's Shelter by Amy Clipston is the fourth book in the Amish Legacy series. There is enough background given that it was easy to dive into this book without reading the other books (I have only read the first one). 

Stacking the Shelves #112, Sunday Post #109, Sunday Salon #103

Hey bookish friends! How are you doing? It was a long week, but more productive.  I have work this morning, but hope to relax for most of the day. Tomorrow morning is church, and then I plan to spend the rest of the day reading, blogging, and RELAXING 😀 while my son has friends over for a game day.

Stacking the Shelves #111, Sunday Post #108, Sunday Salon #102

Hey bookish friends! How are you doing? It was another long week. On Thursday I ended up at the doctor's office for an infected cyst on my face. She did not give me antibiotics, but sent me to a specialist. Thankfully, I was able to get in Friday morning. I am now on antibiotics and if all heals well, will have the cyst surgically removed on March 15. I have work this morning, but hope to relax for most of the day. Tomorrow morning is church, and then I plan to spend the rest of the day reading, blogging, and RELAXING 😀.

Top Ten Tuesday-Net Galley rejections that crushed me

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is things that are getting in the way of reading. I get a fair amount of reading time so this doesn't really apply to me.  So, I decided to go with a topic that Lisa @thePlain-Spoken Pen did recently: Net Galley rejections that hurt my heart. 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. 

10 Net Galley rejections that crushed me AND have I read them yet?!

10/31/20 no, nor is it on my TBR 🤷 when I finally read the first one I might put it on the TBR.

10/28/20-✔

Miles From Nowhere

Title: Miles From Nowhere

Series: Roadside Assitance #3

Author: Amy Clipston

Genre: Young Adult, Christian Fiction, Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Zondervan

Source: Own

Challenges: 23in23, Chantel's Read Your Bookshelf Challenge

My review:

Miles From Nowhere by Amy Clipston is a young adult novel. I love reading Amy's books. They are always well-written. 

First Line Friday #87-Miles From Nowhere

Happy Friday, my bookish friends! First Line Friday is hosted by Carrie at Reading is My SuperPower!!  I am also linking up with Gilion on Rose City Reader for Book Beginnings. This is where you share the beginning of the book that you are reading. This week I am reading Miles From Nowhere by by Amy Clipston.

Top Ten Tuesday-The books I am most excited to see released

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday is our Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2023. This should be fairly easy! 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. 

Books I am most excited to see released during the first part of the year:

Spell the month in books-January 2023

I am happy to be participating in this monthly meme again! It is hosted by Jana @ Reviews From the Stacks. Here is how she describes the meme: 

Spell the Month in Books is a linkup hosted here on Reviews From the Stacks on the second Saturday of each month.

November Reading Wrap-up

I am afraid to do this post, LOL. I have no idea how many books I actually read in November and I don't really want to see how far from my reading challenge goals I am. I have already started thinking about my goals for next year, but maybe I need to focus on completing this year first!

I finished 8 books in November and DNF 1. Click on the cover of the book if you want to read my review.

The Courtship Basket

Title:  The Courtship Basket

Series: Amish Heirloom #2

Author: Amy Clipston

Genre: Amish, Christian Fiction, Romance,

Publisher: Zondervan

Source: Own

Challenges: Literary Escapes and Mount TBR

Stacking the Shelves #38, Sunday Post #35, Sunday Salon #29

Hey bookish friends! How are things going for you? I am exhausted, we traveled to Ohio on Thursday, what should have taken 8ish hours took 11, moved my daughter back into her dorm on Friday, and we are back in the car, traveling the 8ish hours back to NC.