Stacking the Shelves #167, Sunday Post #164, Sunday Salon #158

Hey my bookish friends! How was your week? It was another long week, with lots of extra appointments. The best thing about this week is that my husband and I went to the Cain concert on Wednesday night and we had a blast. I hope to get a post up about it soonish. We looked at a house yesterday, and the only good thing about it is that it was near a library we had not been into yet, so I decided to check it out 😂. Happy Mother's Day to those of you who are moms. My kiddos are working/gone today, so it will just be me and my husband hanging out, sorting through things today.

March Reading Wrap Up 2025

March was a mix of hard moments and fun moments. We had some sickness and I feel like I read more this month trying to relax from the stressful times. I read 25 books in March, but several were 2-stars so they won't be mentioned here. Click on the cover of the book if you are interested in reading my review.

5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  

The Cupid Chronicles

Title: The Cupid Chronicles    

Series: Only Magic in the Building    

Author: Courtney Walsh

Publisher: Independently Published

Genre: Contemporary Romance, RomCom, 

Source: Kindle Unlimited

My Review:

The Cupid Chronicles by Courtney Walsh is the second book in the Only Magic in the Building series. It is a standalone book. These closed door, whimsical romance books are all set in the same historic building, which has a habit of playing matchmaker with its residents. There are light magical elements, but no spells, shifters, or dark magic.

Top Ten Tuesday-Spring Possibilities round 2

Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Books I DNFed for whatever reason. I feel like we had this topic recently, but it's not one that I care to do, so I am going to do round two of my spring TBR. 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 on my spring TBR round 2: (a mix of library books and books I own)

Top Ten Tuesday-Characters with glasses

 Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic Covers with [Item] on the Cover (You choose the item! It can be anything at all.) I decided to go with characters with glasses on, but think I should have gone a different direction, LOL! It was hard! Not surprisingly, most of the ones I found were romcoms. 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 with characters that wear glasses: 

 

September 2024 Reading Wrap Up

September was a blur. I don't really feel like I accomplished or did much. I read 18 books and DNF'd two, but I had more variety in reading this month!! Click on the cover of the book if you are interested in the review.

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Top Ten Tuesday-FALLing for reading

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books I Read/Avoided Because of the Hype (and did you make the right choice?) I tend to avoid books that are super hyped, for whatever reason that is a turn off to me. Sometimes I will end up reading a hyped book years later, but probably wouldn't have enough to make a list from. So, I am going to go with books that are great to read in the fall. 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-ish books that are great for reading in the fall: (click on the book cover if you want to see my review of the book)

The sweater weather series are loosely tied together by their cozy fall romcom vibe and take place in the same town, Harvest Hollow.

  

Summer of Yes

Title: The Summer Of Yes

Author: Courtney Walsh

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Genre: Women's Fiction,

Source: Library

I recommend reading several reviews before deciding whether or not to read The Summer of Yes. Don't rely on my words alone, but find the critical reviews. Stop looking at reviewers who only give 4 or 5 stars because not all books should be rated that high. On my blog I only feature books that (to me) are 3 stars or higher, but I do rate lower and mark my DNF books on Goodreads.

Stacking the Shelves #135, Sunday Post #132, Sunday Salon #126

Hey bookish friends! How are you doing? Last weekend, we were supposed to be in NC, so I hadn't planned to do this meme because I wanted to be present with my husband's family. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we didn't end up going. So, on that Friday, my husband and I went to the final quilt stores I needed to visit to finish the All Ohio Shop Hop!! I have a post linked below if you want to see all the quilt squares I ended up with 😉. We ended up doing a staycation the rest of the weekend. We played a lot of board games together and relaxing, which was good because this week we finally got back to our "normal" routine and it kicked my tail, with extra appointments and stuff. This weekend is going to be very low-key.

Top Ten Tuesday- Let's travel!!

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Planes, Trains & Automobiles/Books Featuring Travel (books whose plots involve travel or feature modes of transportation on the cover/title) (submitted by Cathy @ What Cathy Read Next) I will do my best to come up with ten!! 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.  

Let's Travel-Here are several different modes of transportation

July 2024 Reading Wrap Up

I am not sure how July is over already. It was a busy month but I feel like I still got a decent amount of reading in. Let's see what the month actually looks like. I read 17 books and DNF'd one (which is the exact same as June 😮, although I had more novella's in July). Click on the cover of the book if you are interested in the review.

5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

Just Look Up

Title: Just Look Up

Series: Harbor Pointe #1

Author: Courtney Walsh

Publisher: Tyndale Fiction

Genre: Christian Fiction, Contemporary Romance,

Source: Kindle Own

My Review:

I love reading Courtney Walsh's books and have been going back and reading some of her older works. However, Just Look Up was somewhat of a disappointment.

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:

 

Top Ten Tuesday-Authors I would love to read a new book from

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic Authors I’d Love a New Book From (These could be authors that have passed away, who have retired from writing, who have inexplicably gone quiet, or who might jut not be able to keep up with how quickly you read their books!) 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. 

Stacking the Shelves #118, Sunday Post #115, Sunday Salon #109

Hey bookish friends! How are you doing? I am doing pretty good. I am finally finished with my nanny position, which means I am finished working 6 days a week, YAY! (at least with 2 jobs, LOL). Today, I am working until about 12:30, having a quick lunch, then heading over to Mount Vernon, OH for my daughter's final Spring Concert, all the feels. It will be a very long day. Tomorrow on the agenda, is church and relaxing, recharging!

Top Ten Tuesday-Top books read for the first quarter of 2024

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday Characters I’d Like to go on Vacation With (Pretend you’re going on vacation and can bring 10 of your closest friends with you. Pick your vacation spot and tell us who you’d like to bring! Bonus point if you tell us why. Or maybe you like the idea of traveling in small groups, so plan 10 trips or 5 trips!)  I don't have the best memory for remembering characters and honestly wouldn't want to go on vacation with most of them. Therefore, it will be a week where I go off topic again. Today, I will be sharing my Top books read for the first quarter of 2024. 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 9 (out of 72) books read for the first quarter of 2024 (in no particular order, click on book cover if you would like to see my review)

My Lucky Charm by Courtney Walsh

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.

5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

My Lucky Charm

Title: My Lucky Charm

Series: Holidays with Hart #2

Author: Courtney Walsh

Publisher: Sweethaven Press

Genre: RomCom, Holidays, Hockey Romance, Contemporary Romance,

Source: own

My Review:

My Lucky Charm is the second book in the Holidays with Hart series by Courtney Walsh. It can easily be read as a standalone novel, but I recommend reading My Phony Valentine first.

A Sweethaven Christmas

Title: A Sweethaven Christmas

Series: Sweethaven Circle #3

Author: Courtney Walsh

Publisher: Guideposts

Genre: Christian Fiction, Contemporary Romance,

Source: Library

My Review:

A Sweethaven Christmas is book three in the Sweethaven Circle by Courtney Walsh. This is a series that needs to be read in order.

A Sweethaven Homecoming

Title: A Sweethaven Homecoming

Series: Sweethaven Circle #2

Author: Courtney Walsh

Publisher: Guideposts

Genre: Christian Fiction, Contemporary Romance,

Source: Library

My Review:

A Sweethaven Homecoming is book two in the Sweethaven Circle by Courtney Walsh. This is a series that needs to be read in order.