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.

June Reading Wrap Up 2025

You guys, I have no idea how it is July! Where did June go? And, will July go just as fast (I hope not!)? Anyway, June was a pretty good reading month. I read 18 books and DNF'd one. Click on the cover of the book if you are interested in reading my review.

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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

An Honorable Deception

Title: An Honorable Deception

Series: The Imposters #3

Author:  Roseanna M. White

Publisher: Bethany House

Genre: Historical Fiction, Christian Romance, Mystery

Source: Library

My Review:

An Honorable Deception is the final book in The Imposters series by Roseanna M. White.

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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20 Books of Summer & Big Book Challenge 2025

It's no secret that I have been trying to whittle down my physical TBR shelves, as
well as my Goodreads shelf (although I am continually adding to that one 😂).

Top Ten Tuesday-Unique Animal Encounters

Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Animal Companions (These animals can be real or fantasy!) (submitted by P.S. I Love Books). I am going to do with Unique Animals and Unique Animal Encounters. Let's see how many I can 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-Unique Animals/Animal Encounters

Stacking the Shelves #169 Sunday Post #166, Sunday Salon #160

Hey my bookish friends! How was your week? It was another long week, but we made it!!! I have officially closed down my business and I am jobless. It was a hard week of goodbyes and see ya laters. Our house went on the market yesterday. We were supposed to be in NC this weekend, but my son has a bad cold, my husband's family said not to come, so we are in TN instead, at my sister's house. We are hoping to relax a little bit over the next few days.

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.

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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.   

A Beautiful Disguise

Title: A Beautiful Disguise

Series: The Imposters #1

Author: Roseanna M. White

Narrator: Susan Lyons

Publisher: Bethany House & Recorded Books

Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Christian Fiction, Romance

Source: Hoopla

My Review:

What a fabulous start to The Imposters series!

Top Ten Tuesday- Winter 2024-2025 Pile of Possibilities

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books on My Winter 2024-2025 to-Read List. How are we already talking about 2025??? I had not started thinking much about it what I would be reading, I am happily absorbed in all the Christmas reading, but now I am, LOL! Let's see what we can 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 possibilities for my Winter TBR

ARCS for early 2025:

The New Loneliness by Cindi McMenamin

Top Ten Tuesday-Authors I discovered in 2022

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is new-to-me authors I discovered in 2022. I did not focus on new authors as much in 2022 as I did in 2021 (I read over 146) . So, I am curious how many I read as well 😀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. 

New-to-me authors discovered in 2022 and the first book I read by them:

Well, looks like I read 55 new ones 🤯 so I will link to my Goodreads shelf and highlight my top 10 favorites:

Top Ten Tuesday-10 books I meant to read in 2022

 Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday is most recent book additions. I do stacking the shelves every weekend, so I will do a different topic today. Today I will feature 10 books I meant to read in 2022 but didn't! 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 son got me this for Christmas, what books did you get for Christmas??:

Spell the Month in Books-December 2022

I have seen this meme around a few times but never on the day it posts. Today I happened upon it and decided to participate. 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 here on Reviews From the Stacks on the second Saturday of each month.

Top Ten Tuesday-Book Series I want start that I own

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Series I’d Like to Start/Catch up on/Finish. I am going to go with series I want to start.I feel like this will be a pretty easy topic. 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. 

August Reading Wrap-Up

Welcome to September, my bookish friends!!!  Where has the summer gone?! While I am not quite ready to say good-bye to summer, I am ready for some cooler temps.

With my eye procedure this month, my reading was a little lower. I ended up reading 15 books in August. Click on the cover of the book if you want to read my review.

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Whispers From the Shadows

Title: Whispers From the Shadows

Series: The Culper Ring #2

Author: Roseanna M. White

Narrator: Sarah Zimmerman

Genre: Historical Fiction, Christian Fiction, Romance

Publisher: Harvest House

Source: Scribd

Ring of Secrets

Title: Ring of Secrets

Series: The Culper Ring #1

Author:Roseanna M. White

Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Christian Fiction, Romance

Publisher: Harvest House

Source: Scribd

Challenges: Literary Escapes, Virtual TBR

My review:

 I knew once I read my first Roseanna M. White book, I would enjoy her writing.

First Line Friday #60-Whispers from the Shadows

Happy Friday, my bookish friends! Any plans for the weekend? I am still recovering from my superficial keratectomy, had a follow-up yesterday, my eye looks good, but the blurry vision could persist for another few weeks. I will visit blogs as I can.

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 Whispers from the Shadows by Roseanna M. White. It's the second book in The Culper Ring series series. I am listening to it on audio since my vision is still good for reading.