Stacking the Shelves #177 Sunday Post #174 Sunday Salon #168

Hey my bookish friends! How was your week? Last Sunday, I did as little as I could. Which meant I mainly sat on my couch and caught up on blogging, I was so tired! This week has been a blur of cleaning, house showings, working, a paddleboarding class (2-hours) Monday night, and helping my daughter pack for her move. We are helping her move to Columbus today, and tomorrow my plan is to do nothing! Here is to the start of year 47, happy birthday to me. Also, our house is under contract (again), but they have to sell their house before we can close. Their house goes on the market Friday, pray all goes smoothly and this contract doesn't fall through.

Top Ten Tuesday-Books with Honorifics in the Title

Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Books with Honorifics in the Title (“…an honorific is a form of address conveying esteem, courtesy or respect. These can be titles prefixing a person’s name, e.g.: Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms., Mx., Sir, Dame, Dr., Cllr, Lady, or Lord, or other titles or positions that can appear as a form of address without the person’s name, as in Mr. President, General, Captain, Father, Doctor, or Earl.” For more info, click here.) (Submitted by Joanne @Portobello Book Blog) This sounds like a fun topic and I am curious to see what I can come up with. I don't think I read a lot of books with titles, but we will see! 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 with Honorifics in the Title

Physical copies I have not read:

The Governess of Penwythe Hall by Sarah E. Ladd

Top Ten Tuesday-Recap of Anticipated releases early in 2025

Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Freebie/Throwback (Come up with a topic you’d like to do or go back and do an old topic you missed or just want to do again!) With us doing our most anticipated releases for the last half of the year last week, quite a few of you revisted your 1st half list and said how you did. So, this week, I am looking back at what I anticipated from the first half of the year and seeing how many of them I read. 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-Did I read all of my anticipated reads from the first half of the year? Spoiler alert-no. But, you can click on the cover to see my review of the ones I did read, if you are interested.

First Love, Second Draft by Becca Kinzer -Read it, it was a 5-star read

 

Top Ten Tuesday-Historical books I own that I need to read

Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Books Set in Another Time (These can be historical, futuristic, alternate universes, or even in a world where you’re not sure when it takes place you just know it’s not right now.)  I really don't read books that are alternate universes, or futuristic, but I do read Historical fiction, so I will focus on ten historical fiction books I own that I still need to read. 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-Anticipated releases Jan-Jun

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 First Half of 2025. I had read it wrong and thought it said first quarter, so it was going to be a short list. But, I might actually get ten by doing the first half of the year. I am sure there are a ton of books coming out I am going to want to read, I just don't know about them yet 😂 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 most anticipated releases for the first half of the year:

First Love, Second Draft by Becca Kinzer, love her books!

April 2024 Reading Wrap-up

April was another weird, busy month. I feel like I did a lot of reading again this month, so let's see what it actually looks like 😂. I read 17 books and DNF'd one. Click on the cover of the book if you are interested in the review.

5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple

Title: The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple

Author: Joanna Davidson Politano

Publisher: Revell

Genre: Historical Fiction, Christian Fiction,

Source: Revell

My Review:

The Elusive Truth by Joanna Davidson Politano is wildly creative and draws you in from the opening scene. I have wanted to read this book since I first saw the beautiful cover. 

Stacking the Shelves #115, Sunday Post #112, Sunday Salon #106

Hey bookish friends! How are you doing? I hope you all had a great Easter weekend. I decided to take a mini-blog break and spend time with my family, and just relax, I wasn't feeling the greatest. This week has been long, I put in my notice at my nanny job, and have worked long days with my business, I am wiped out. I am going to share books I have gotten over the last 2 weeks.

Top Ten Tuesday-Halloween/Fall vibe books I still need to read

Happy Tuesday and Happy Halloween my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is a Halloween Freebie. Today I am going to highlight some books with Halloween or fall vibes that are still on my 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. 

Ten-ish books with Halloween or fall vibes that I still need to read: 

 

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)

A Novel-Tea Evening & The Metropolitan Affair Review + Giveaway!

Welcome to the Blog Tour for A Novel-Tea Evening with Authors including Lynn Austin, Susie Finkbeiner, Jocelyn Green, Laura Frantz, Kate Breslin, Amanda Barratt, and Joanna Davidson Politano, sponsored by JustRead Publicity Tours!

ABOUT THE BOOK

Title: The Metropolitan Affair
Series: On Central Park #1
Author: Jocelyn Green
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Release Date: March 14, 2023
Genre: Christian Historical Romance

My Review:

The Metropolitan Affair is a riveting start to Jocelyn Green's newest series, On Central Park. 

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 Lost Melody

Title: The Lost Melody

Author: Joanna Davidson Politano

Genre: Historical Fiction, Christian Fiction, Victorian, Romance

Publisher: Revell

Source: Revell

My review:

The Lost Melody is the second book I have read by Joanna Davidson Politano, and I enjoyed it more than the first one. Unfortunately, this is another book I will not be able to do justice to with my review, but I will give it my best shot.

First Line Friday #69- The Lost Melody

Welcome back to First Line Friday 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. To join in the fun grab the book you are reading and leave a comment with the first line (or your link). This week I am reading The Lost Melody by Joanna Davidson Politano.  

Top Ten Tuesday-Creepy Book Titles

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is a Halloween Freebie. I am going to do Creepy Book Titles and try not to do ones that I did for Morbid Titles last year! 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 Creepy Book Titles on my TBR (a few have not released yet):

Stacking the Shelves #44, Sunday Post #41, Sunday Salon #35

Hey bookish friends! What are you all up to this weekend? I plan to spend quite a bit of time packing. I also plan to read (of course!).

September Reading Wrap-Up

Summer is officially over, the trees are starting to change, we have a lot of changes going on over here, especially with the move, which affected my reading for September. It will most likely affect October and November as well, but I will do what I can!!

I ended up reading 14 books and DNF 4 in September. Click on the cover of the book if you want to read my review.

5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

Can't Wait Wednesday-The Lost Melody

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Typically they are books that have not been released yet. This week I am sharing The Lost Melody by Joanna Davidson Politano. It comes out October 4, 2022. As far as I know, this is a stand-alone novel.  

First Line Friday #64- A Rumored Fortune

Happy Friday, my bookish friends! Welcome back to First Line Friday 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. To join in the fun grab the book you are reading and leave a comment with the first line (or your link).  This week I am reading A Rumored Fortune by Joanna Davidson Politano.

 

Stacking the Shelves #36, Sunday Post #33, Sunday Salon #27

Hey bookish friends! How are things going for you? I had a superficial keratectomy Thursday evening, so I am recovering, it's hard to see, read, or do just about anything.  Please be patient with me as it will take a while to visit your blog, my eye sight will take a while to return to normal.