Stacking the Shelves #211 Sunday Post #208 Sunday Salon #202

Hey, my bookish friends!!  How are you all doing? This week was hard! I am on day 13 of a vertigo flare-up. I tried to get into my doctor's office for it this week and I was told to go to the emergency room. I was so frustrated (and yes I cried)!

Now and Then and Always

Title: Now and Then and Always

Series: Maple Valley #1

Author: Melissa Tagg

Narrator: Nancy Peterson

Source: Hoopla

Top Ten Tuesday-Satisfying book series

Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Satisfying Book Series. I love this topic, I think the hardest part will be narrowing it down to ten! I will apologize in advance if I have mentioned all of them a thousand times already 😁. I narrowed it down by choosing series that I have read all the books and none of the books in the series have less than four stars. I narrowed it down further by not allowing myself more than one series per author (I started with over 30 series). 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- Twelve satisfying book series (because I narrowed it down far enough, LOL!)-the first book in each series will be pictured and linked to Goodreads

1. The Holly Series by C.C. Warrens-suspense, thriller, no romance, Christian 

CrissCross

Christmas Reading Challenges 2025

I know, I know, I said I was tired of challenges, and I am, BUT, hear me out. I am tired of the ones I am already working on, I'm not tired of Christmas yet 😂. I am going to read Christmas books anyway, I might as well support some fellow bloggers 😁. So, I am going to try to finish up my other challenges this month, so that I can clear the deck to read as many Christmas books as my heart desires. This year has been super hard and I am looking forward to the hope/happy feels that Christmas reads generally bring.

Spell the Month in books October 2025

I am happy to be participating in this monthly meme again! It is hosted by Jana @ Reviews From the Stacks. Here is how she describes the meme: Spell the Month in Books is a linkup hosted on Reviews From the Stacks on the first Saturday of each month.

February Reading Wrap up 2025

February was a weird month. We had a lot of sickness, followed by a lot of working having to make up canceled classes. I read 16 books in February and DNFed 1. Click on the cover of the book if you are interested in the review.

5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐    

 

Wedding At Sea

Title: Wedding at Sea

Series: Muir Harbor #3

Author: Melissa Tagg

Publisher: Lakespur Press

Genre: Christian Fiction,

Genre: Contemporary Romance, Mystery, Christian Fiction,

Source: Library

My Review:

Wedding at Sea by Melissa Tagg is a dramatic conclusion to the series. Happy sigh. I reiterate what I said in my review of A Seaside Wonder: read the books in order! Do not read this book without reading the first two or you will get major spoilers, and you do not want this series spoiled. It is so enchanting.

A Seaside Wonder

Title: A Seaside Wonder

Series: Muir Harbor #2

Author: Melissa Tagg

Publisher: Lakespur Press

Genre: Christian Fiction, mystery, Contemporary Romance

Source: Own

My Review:

A Seaside Wonder overlaps just a little bit with Autumn by the Sea, but now it is Indi's perspective. Details the reader didn't even know they needed are revealed, immediately engaging the reader. I highly recommend reading this series in order. You will get huge spoilers by reading it out of order. 

Autumn by the Sea

Title: Autumn by the Sea

Series: Muir Harbor #1

Author: Melissa Tagg

Publisher: Lakespur Press

Genre: Christian Fiction,

Source: Library

My Review:

Autumn by the Sea is the first book in the Muir Harbor series. The series needs to be read in order as each book builds upon the previous one. 

Stacking the Shelves #152, Sunday Post #149, Sunday Salon #143

Hey my bookish friends! How was your week? We got more snow, which canceled a few of our classes, and my book club that was supposed to meet Thursday evening. I am feeling a bit under the weather, a respiratory thing, I think. I have another big book haul this week, but mostly library and review books. I plan to relax and do very little this weekend, what about you?!

Top Ten Tuesday-Ten books to read in a snow storm

 Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books to Read During a Storm (these can be cozy/comfy reads, books with storms in them, atmospheric reads for dark and stormy nights, light reads to combat the heavy weather, etc.) (Submitted by Astilbe.) While it is a great topic, I am going to tweak it for books to read in a snow storm. These books might have a snow storm in them, or they might just have snowy covers, we'll see what I come up with.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-Ten + books to read in a snow storm

It does have a blizzard in it, my full review will be up on Thursday, but I LOVED Waiting for Gilbert by Tasha Hackett, so much witty banter, overall a fun story.

Stacking the Shelves #145, Sunday Post #142, Sunday Salon #136

Hey bookish friends! These past couple of weeks have been busy. This one had quite a bit of hard and stressful things. I have no idea what we are doing today,
possibly a hike, but probably just catching up on chores. Tomorrow will be church and a whole lot of relaxing. Are you doing anything fun this weekend?

Top Ten Tuesday-Short Memorable Reads

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday is Top Ten Quick Reads/Books to Read When Time is Short (Books under 150 pages, or if you’re not a novella reader maybe spin this to be books you could read in a day or a single sitting.) (Submitted by Jennifer @ FunkNFiction.com and Angela @ Reading Frenzy) 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. 

I am not a huge novella reader but here are 10 novellas/short memorable reads

 

Top Ten Tuesday-Favorite Christmas Stories

Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is a freebie, so I went in a pretty obvious direction with the season-favorite Christmas stories (so far!) 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 Favorite Christmas Stories (so far!)

 

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: 

 

Stacking the Shelves #68, Sunday Post #65, Sunday Salon #59

Hey bookish friends! How are things going for you? I feel like I am starting to sound like a broken record, LOL, but it was another long week. It was a good week though, just busy. My daughter came home Wednesday night for Easter break and yesterday we celebrated my son's 18 birthday. My daughter's boyfriend is coming in a while and we are going to hang out and play some games. I am working this evening and then tomorrow we will go to church in the morning, then rest, hang out, play games, read and relax! Happy Easter ♰

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

4 Mini Reviews!!

I am taking a page out of Lark's book and I am going to do a few mini-reviews (she actually does Haiku reviews but I am NOT that creative). Mostly because I finished quite a few books this week and I don't have the brain capacity to do "real" reviews, and I don't want to get behind on my reviews because then I lose the motivation to do them.

Stacking the Shelves #32, Sunday Post #29, Sunday Salon #24

Hey bookish friends! How are things going for you? We had a change of plans for this weekend, but I am planning to get quite a bit of reading done.

Top Ten Tuesday-Library wishes granted.

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is bookish wishes. While this is a great topic, I am not able to gift books this time, so I don't feel right putting my list out there. I am on vacation and meant to schedule a post but ran out of time so this one will be quick. Today I am doing library books that I have requested and my library has bought 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. 

Library wishes granted: