Top Ten Tuesday: Looking back at spring and summer

 Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books I Was Assigned to Read in School (These can be books you loved or hated. Or just tolerated. Bonus points if you give us a tiny review of your thoughts!) I have been out of school for a LONG time, including graduate school, so I am going to go a different direction today. I will revisit my spring and summer TBRs and see how I did. 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 Spring and Summer TBR update:

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.

5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

Needing the Next-Door Neighbor

Title: Needing the Next-Door Neighbor

Series: California Dreamin' #6

Author: Kristin Canary

Publisher: Dreaming of You Press

Genre: RomCom, Contemporary Romance

Source: Kindle Unlimited

My Review:

Happy sigh. I finally finished the California Dreamin' series. Needing the Next-Door Neighbor is the 6th and final book. They are best read in order as each book builds upon the last one. The series follows a group of friends. 

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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Engaging the Office Enemy

Title: Engaging the Office Enemy

Series: California Dreamin' #5

Author: Kristin Canary

Publisher: Dreaming of You Press

Genre: RomCom, Contemporary Fiction,

Source: Kindle Unlimited

My Review:

Engaging the Office Enemy is the fifth book in Kristin Canary's California Dreamin' series. They are best read in order as each book builds upon the last one. The series follows a group of friends. 

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:

 

February 2024 Reading Wrap-Up

February passed in a blur of work. I had some reading duds, but overall I had a decent reading month. I read 25 books and DNF'd two. Click on the cover of the book if you are interested in the review.

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Belonging with Her Best Friend

Title: Belonging With Her Best Friend

Series: California Dreamin' #4

Author: Kristin Canary

Publisher: Dreaming of You Press

Genre: RomCom, Contemporary Romance, Fiction,

Source: Kindle Unlimited

My Review:

Belonging with Her Best Friend is the fourth book in Kristin Canary's California Dreamin' series. They are best read in order as each book builds upon the last one. The series follows a group of friends. 

Top Ten Tuesday-New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2023

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday is New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2023. I read 57 new-to-me authors in 2023, so I will narrow it down to my top 10 that I am likely to read again. 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 10 New-to-me authors in 2023: (clicking on the book cover will take you to my review)

Kristi Ann Hunter - read 5 books and the book that made me want to read more

Top Ten Tuesday-Favorite Books of 2023

Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Favorite Books of 2023. I am not going to try to narrow my favorites down to ten. With over 40 books added this year to my favorites shelf on Goodreads, I will do my best to narrow it down to a reasonable number. 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 15 Favorite Books of 2023-Click on cover if you want to read my review

 

Top Ten Tuesday-Recent additions to my TBR

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Ten Most Recent Books I Did Not Finish. I would not normally put my DNF books on my blog, so I am going to skip this topic. Instead I will do the last ten books I added to my "Want to read" list on Goodreads. Most of them are books that haven't been released 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.

 

April Reading Wrap Up 2023

April was a good reading month! I had some days off this month and more time in the car, so I was able to get in a few more audiobooks than normal. I also finished up a few series and tried several new authors.

I finished 22 books this month. I did not have any books under three stars or any DNFs!!! Click on the book cover if you want to read my review.

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Stacking the Shelves #69, Sunday Post #66, Sunday Salon #60

Hey bookish friends! How are things going for you? My husband and I took a nice walk this morning, and then I ran some errands. I am spending some time this afternoon catching up on blogging. Tomorrow will be church and more relaxing in the afternoon 😁 Enjoy your weekend, I hope the sun is shining as brightly for you as it is here today 🌞

Saving the Secret Prince

Title: Saving the Secret Prince (audio)

Series: California Dreamin' #3

Author: Kristin Canary

Genre: Chick Lit, Women's Fiction, RomCom, Humor, Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Dreaming of You Press

Source: Hoopla

My review:

Saving the Secret Prince by Kristin Canary is my favorite of the series so far.

Top Ten Tuesday-Indie Authors

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Indie/Self-Published Books (submitted by Nicole @ BookWyrm Knits). I am excited about this title because I have read quite a few Indie Authors 😂 The hard part will be remembering WHO they all are, 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 Indie/Self-Published Authors:

You all know I am going to start with Emma St. Clair! I love her books. These represent two of her series. Emma writes sweet, closed-door romantic comedies. They are hilarious. Her heroines are typically sassy and there is always some kind of animal in each book (notice I didn't say pet 😂).

Desiring His Dating Coach

Title: Desiring His Dating Coach (Audiobook)

Series: California Dreamin' #2

Author: Kristin Canary

Genre: RomCom

Publisher: Dreaming of You Press

Source: Hoopla

My review:

Desiring His Dating Coach is just as much fun as the first book. I recommend reading the books in order as each one of them follows a group of friends.

March Reading Wrap Up

I blinked and March was gone. We need to make the most of the days because they are going by so fast!

I finished 22 books in March and DNFed 2. Click on the cover of the book if you want to read my review.

5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Loving the Ladies' Man

Title: Loving the Ladies' Man

Series:California Dreamin' #1

Author: Kristin Canary

Narrator: Lorana Hoopes

Genre: Contemporary Fiction, RomCom

Publisher: Dreaming of you Press

Source: Hoopla

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 #56, Sunday Post #53, Sunday Salon #47

Hey bookish friends! How are things going for you? I survived my first week of being a part-time nanny and I love it! I was actually able to read more than I thought I would this week, with starting a new job. Have a wonderful weekend!