
Saturday, August 2, 2025
Stacking the Shelves #179 Sunday Post #176 Sunday Salon #170

Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Top Ten Tuesday-Anticipated releases for second half of 2025
Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the Second Half of 2025. Yay, thank you Jana, for an easy topic this week 😁. I keep a list on Goodreads for 2025 book releases, so this should be fairly easy. The hard part will be narrowing it down, (and I ended up adding more to my list, 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.
Top Ten-ish Tuesday-my most anticipated releases for the second half of 2025
Friday, May 30, 2025
May Reading Wrap Up 2025
May was busy and went by so fast, I think things will slow down for June. I read 18 books and NO DNFs, yay! Click on the cover of the book if you are interested in reading my review. Flabbergasted by Ray Blackston continues to be a family favorite, we just listened to it for the third time.
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Just a Kiss
Title: Just a Kiss
Series: Summer Harbor #3
Author: Denise Hunter
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Christian Fiction,
Source: Own
My Review:
Just a Kiss is the third book in the Summer Harbor series. The series follows three brothers, but this story can also easily stand alone, although you might get some spoilers from the first two stories.
Monday, May 26, 2025
The Goodbye Bride
Title: The Goodbye Bride
Series: Summer Harbor #2
Author: Denise Hunter
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Christian Fiction,
Source: Library
My Review:
The Goodbye Bride is the second book in the Summer Harbor series, but can easily be read as a standalone novel.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Top Ten Tuesday-I want to read them all
Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Ways in Which My Blogging/Review Style Has Changed Over Time (submitted by Susan @ Bloggin’ ’bout Books). My answer: my font has gotten larger, and I occasionally do more of a list type review, other than that, my review style has not changed, so it would be pretty boring and impossible to come up with 10 ways my blogging style has changed. Instead, I am going to share ALL the books I am currently wanting to read, and either have downloaded to my kindle, have out from the library, or own. 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-I want to read them all right now! (just the tip of the iceberg, I have more I want to read right now 😂)


Sunday, May 11, 2025
Stacking the Shelves #167, Sunday Post #164, Sunday Salon #158

Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Top Ten Tuesday-Marriage of Convenience
Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Books that Include/Feature [insert your favorite theme or plot device here] (for example: unreliable narrators, coming of age, darkness vs. light, time travel, metafiction, a specific romantic trope, good vs. evil. cliffhangers, flashbacks, plot twists, red herrings, loose ends, stories within stories, meet cutes, symbolism, etc.) (submitted by Alice @ The Wallflower Digest) I really enjoy the Marriage of Convenience trope, so that is what I am going to share about today. 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-ish Marriage of Convenience stories (click on the cover if you want to read my review):
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Top Ten Tuesday-Last ten books added to my want to read list
Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Things Characters Have Said. While this is a cool topic, I don't track things characters say, so it would be difficult for me to come up with a post. So, since my TBR is ALWAYS growing, I decided to post the last ten books I have added to my "want to read" list on Goodreads (currently 763 just on this list). 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.
Last Ten Books I added to my want to read list on Goodreads:
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Top Ten Tuesday-Location, location, location!
Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Destination Titles (titles with name of places in them. These places can be real or fiction! Thanks to Rachel @ Sunny Side for the idea!) Today we are traveling through books, which is one of my favorite things to do. So, where are we going? 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 will take us to a specific location. Where are we going? These are all books on my physical or kindle shelves that I have not read.


Tuesday, July 30, 2024
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.
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
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:


Thursday, June 6, 2024
May 2024 Reading Wrap Up
May was a crazy, busy month with two trips. I feel like I did more reading toward the end of the month. So let's see what it actually looks like 😂. I finished 16 books and apparently it was RomCom/Contemporary fiction month, LOL! Usually I have more of a mixed bag of genres. Click on the cover of the book if you are interested in the review.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
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.
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Love, Unscripted

Author: Denise Hunter
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Genre: Christian Fiction, Contemporary Romance,
Source: Library
My Review:
Denise Hunter is an auto-read author for me. I know I am getting a good story when I pick up her books. Love, Unscripted is the perfect summer/beach read.
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Top Ten Tuesday-Bookish Books
Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday is Books I’m Worried I Might Not Love as Much the Second Time Around. As someone who rarely rereads, I am going to skip this topic. I thought about doing books with "March" in the title, I have exactly zero on my Goodreads account. I also thought about books with "spring" in the title, yeah, it wasn't working either. Instead, I am going to do ten books with "book" in the title. 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 8 Bookish Books (clicking on the book cover will take you to my review)
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Monday, January 15, 2024
Wildflower Falls

Series: Riverbend #4
Author: Denise Hunter
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Christian Fiction
Source: Library
My Review:
While Wildflower Falls by Denise Hunter could be read as a stand-alone novel, I highly recommend reading the Riverbend series in order. There are cameos from characters in previous books which will help the reader make all the connections.
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Top Ten Tuesday-Most anticipated 1st quarter new releases of 2024
Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Most Anticipated Releases for the first half of 2024. I am going to narrow it down to first quarter releases. 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.
Most Anticapted New Releases for the first quarter of 2024:


Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Analyzing my 2023 reading goals and Reading Challenges
At the beginning of the year I listed my 2023 Bookish goals. I am very much a type A personality. When I set a goal I have every intention of getting it, and I feel this internal pressure to finish what I started. As the year progressed, I was really feeling pressure to hit my book challenges, but had lost sight of my reading goals. So, let's see how I did!