My Stubborn Heart

Title: My Stubborn Heart

Author: Becky Wade

Source: Own

My Review:

I have had this book on my TBR for years, and have owned it for quite a while as well. It has really been hyped up, so I had high expectations for it.

TTT-potential books to read for Valentine's Day

Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Love/Valentine's Freebie. At the beginning of the month I compiled a list of books I thought I might want to read for Valentine's Day, so I think I will share ten of those here. February, to me, is mostly for lighter reads. 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-Forgotten Books

 Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday is books I meant to read in 2023 and didn't get to. This is definitely one of the easier topics, but I'm not sure I want to know, LOL! 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.  

Here are my forgotten books:

 

Stacking the Shelves #81, Sunday Post #78, Sunday Salon #72

Hey bookish friends! How are you all doing? I am doing good. Yesterday I was in the car all day, I just got home from visiting my sister in Tennessee. I loved spending time with my sister and brother, and their families. I got to spend a lot of time in the pool this past week, so I finally feel like I had summer 😃 Today, I am catching up and relaxing.

45 Favorite books

So, today is my birthday and I decided to do a fun post (for me😂), not sure if you will find it fun or not. I have a ton of favorite books (244 (that I have remembered to mark) on my Goodreads shelf), so it will still be hard for me to narrow this down to forty-five...I might cheat a little and say "series," but, it's my birthday and I can do what I want, LOL! So, not in any particular order, or linked to any reviews (because I am lazy), here are forty-five of my favorite books:

 

Top Ten Tuesday-Book Wishes

 Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is book wishes. I know I have a ton of books I want and I am constantly tweaking my wish list. I have a million things to do today, so only managed to get five on 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 Five Books I would love to own:

Top Ten Tuesday-Random books on my Shelves

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is The First 10 Books I Randomly Grabbed from My Shelf (close your eyes and touch/grab/point to 10 random titles and tell us what they are! And tell us what you thought if you’ve read them!) 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 Randomly Grabbed From My Shelf: (if it has a star rating I have read it and you can click on the cover if you want to see my full review)

Top Ten Tuesday-Audiobook Love

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is TTT Rewind (Pick a previous topic that you missed or would like to re-do/update.). I went back to 2019 (before I was blogging) and decided to do the audio freebie where Jana did 5 audio books she loved and 5 she was excited to listen to. 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. 

5 Audio books I loved:

Stacking the Shelves #63, Sunday Post #60, Sunday Salon #54

Hey bookish friends! How are things going for you? We are all feeling MUCH better this week. My husband made it through the whole week and my job let me go back to work on Thursday. This morning we played tourist and visited the Cleveland Public Library. The rest of the day will be family board games, reading, blogging, and relaxing :)

Top Ten Tuesday-Authors I discovered in 2022

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is new-to-me authors I discovered in 2022. I did not focus on new authors as much in 2022 as I did in 2021 (I read over 146) . So, I am curious how many I read as well 😀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. 

New-to-me authors discovered in 2022 and the first book I read by them:

Well, looks like I read 55 new ones 🤯 so I will link to my Goodreads shelf and highlight my top 10 favorites:

December Reading Wrap-up

As I pause to reflect on the month of December, I am thankful I found more time to read than I did in November. I don't know what my reading life will look like in the new year since I am going to be getting a part-time job, but I hope to still have a decent amount of time for reading and blogging!

I finished 17 books in December and DNF 2. Click on the cover of the book if you want to read my review.

5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Sweet on You

Title: Sweet on You

Series: A Bradford Sisters Romance #3

Author: Becky Wade

Genre: Contemporary fiction, Romance, Christian Fiction,

Publisher: Bethany House

Source: Hoopla/Library

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.

Falling for You

Title: Falling for You

Series: A Bradford Sisters Romance

Author: Becky Wade

Genre: Contemporary Romance, Christian Fiction,

Publisher: Bethany House

Source: Hoopla

My review:

With the craziness of this move, it took me a month to listen to Falling for You, so it is hard to review the book with the credit it deserves. I think for my own sake I will make this a highlights review.

October Reading wrap-up

I can't even believe we are at the end of October (well, beginning of November, LOL!! This month has been insanely busy. We are packed up, our house closed on Tuesday, and we close on our new house next Friday! We are staying at my in-laws during this transition period.

I ended up reading 15 books in October and DNF 2. Click on the cover of the book if you want to read my review.

5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Book Tag

I came across this Book Tag watching Oceana over at GottaReadEmAll channel on YouTube. She is a book tuber I have recently started following and I love her videos! She is so real and authentic. Anyway, I thought this was a fun prompt so I decided to do it here!

Here are the prompts: 

Stacking the Shelves #46, Sunday Post #43, Sunday Salon #37

Hey bookish friends! How are things going for you? This weekend is going to be full of packing as the moving truck comes in one week!!! We DID get a house last weekend, in our second multi-offer bid 🤦 Picture below!

True to You

Title: True To You

Series: A Bradford Sisters Romance #1

Author: Becky Wade

Genre: Contemporary Romance, Christian Fiction,

Publisher: Bethany House

Source: Own

Challenges: Mount TBR and Literary Escapes

My review:

Becky Wade has been on my radar for quite a while but True to You is the first book I have read by her.

Top Ten Tuesday-Literary Escapes Challenge (States)

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books Set In a Place I’d Love to Visit (real places or fictional). This is not how I think of books and I don't really have a list of places I'd love to visit, so I am tweaking today's topic. I am participating in The 2022 Literary Escapes Challenge Challenge hosted by Lori over at Escape with Dollycas Into A Good Book. So, for today's topic, I will be sharing 10 books and the state they are set in that I am still planning to read for this challenge. 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 Books I need to read for the Literary Escapes Challenge: 

 

West Virginia

Top Ten Tuesday-Couples

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is books with [__] on the cover. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do today's topic on. I started looking through the books I physically own and decided to feature couples. Out of 158 books only 13 had couples on them... and I'm not entirely sure one of them counts...I will let you decide 😂 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 own that I still need to read with couples on them: