Showing posts with label Shelley Shepard Gray. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shelley Shepard Gray. Show all posts

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Rendezvous update 2

So, part two of the JustRead Rendezvous 2024 reader event. You can read part one here. After lunch was another reader panel. Kimberley Woodhouse was the moderator of this one. Each author had to pick one of their characters to be and only answer as that character. It was hilarious. Several authors on the panel were suspense writers, and a couple were fantasy. Sara Ella was one of the authors and I loved her answers. She was in character as Alice in Wonderland from her book The Wonderland Trials. While I had read several authors books who were on the different panels throughout the day, hearing all the authors talk and interact made me want to read their books, even though several are genres I don't read. 

 

Friday, September 20, 2024

The Christy Award Finalist Tour

 The Christy Award 2024 Finalists JustRead Takeover Blitz

Welcome to the Takeover Blitz for The Christy Award Finalists 2024, organized by ECPA and hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! We extend our sincere and enthusiastic congratulations to the 2024 Finalists!

About the Gala

The Christy Award Gala will be held on Thursday, November 14 at 7 pm central in Downers Grove, Illinois, at the DoubleTree Conference Center, just outside Chicago. Winners from each category, plus the Christy Book of the Year and Amplify Award, will be announced during the celebration.

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Top Ten Tuesday- Let's travel!!

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Planes, Trains & Automobiles/Books Featuring Travel (books whose plots involve travel or feature modes of transportation on the cover/title) (submitted by Cathy @ What Cathy Read Next) I will do my best to come up with ten!! 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.  

Let's Travel-Here are several different modes of transportation

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, July 9, 2024

Top Ten Tuesday-Books With Single Word Titles

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic Throwback Freebie (Pick a TTT topic that has been previously done. Maybe you missed it, weren’t blogging then, or you’d like to update an old list you made.) I missed last week but not feeling that topic. I am going to go with topic #484-Books with single-word titles.  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 own to read with a single-word title:

 

Saturday, April 13, 2024

Stacking the Shelves #116, Sunday Post #113, Sunday Salon #107

Hey bookish friends! How are you doing? I am not as on top of the reading and blogging as I would like to be. This month is kicking my tail. My daughter had a choir concert Sunday night that we went to (an hour away) and she had a musical showcase last night (an hour and a half away) that we went to as well. She is graduating college in 3 weeks and it is A LOT right now, but we don't want to miss all the final things. I am still working 6 days a week, but I think we are almost to the end of that.

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)

 

Monday, December 4, 2023

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!)

 

Thursday, November 2, 2023

October Reading Wrap Up 2023

On the personal side, October was a hard month with my son's surgery and ongoing recovery, and having had (and still have) bronchitis for the last two weeks. I had some reading duds, but overall I think I had a decent reading month. I read 22 books and DNFed 1. Click on the cover of the book if you are interested in the review.

5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

Sunday, October 15, 2023

An Amish Cinderella

Title: An Amish Cinderella

Series: The Amish of Apple Creek #3

Author: Shelley Shepard Gray

Publisher: Kensington

Genre: Amish, Christian Fiction, Christian Fiction

Source: Author Provided

My Review:

An Amish Cinderella by Shelley Shepard Gray is the third book in The Amish of Apple Creek series. They easily read as stand-alone novels. I have read the second book, but not the first.

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Top Ten Tuesday-Fall TBR 2.0

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Secondary/Minor Characters Who Deserve Their Own Book. I stink at these lists so I am doing more books on my fall 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. 

I already made a September TBR list here, I have read or DNFed 6/10 books from that list. Last week I did a Fall TBR 1.5 list and I have sent back to the library 5 of those books, and read 2 out of the other 5. Here is my fall TBR 2.0 list:

 

Saturday, September 23, 2023

Stacking the Shelves #88, Sunday Post #85, Sunday Salon #79

Hey bookish friends! How are you all doing? Any plans for the weekend? I have a headache which is making it hard to want to do anything, LOL! I spent the morning reviewing my book goals for the remainder of the year. I am sending back library books that don't meet those goals, and trying to keep my focus, LOL!!

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

45 Favorite books

So, today is my birthday and I decided to do a fun post (for me😂), not sure if you will find it fun or not. I have a ton of favorite books (244 (that I have remembered to mark) on my Goodreads shelf), so it will still be hard for me to narrow this down to forty-five...I might cheat a little and say "series," but, it's my birthday and I can do what I want, LOL! So, not in any particular order, or linked to any reviews (because I am lazy), here are forty-five of my favorite books:

 

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

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.

5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thursday, April 6, 2023

Once Upon a Buggy

Title: Once Upon a Buggy

Series: The Amish of Apple Creek #2

Author: Shelley Shepard Gray

Genre: Amish, Christian Fiction, Retellings,

Publisher: Kensington

Source: Author provided/Net Galley

My review:

When asked if I would review Once Upon a Buggy, I knew I liked the author's books and figured I could squeeze it into my schedule. I had no idea it was a Beauty in the Beast retelling. I have not read the first book in the series, (yet) but Once Upon a Buggy can be read as a stand-alone novel. 

Saturday, March 25, 2023

Stacking the Shelves #66, Sunday Post #63, Sunday Salon #57

Hey bookish friends! How are things going for you? This was a long week, but an okay week. I ran errands this morning, but hope to spend most of the weekend relaxing 😀

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

January Reading Wrap-Up

January flew by! I started a new part-time job that I am loving and still had time for a good amount of reading 😁

I finished 22 books in January. Click on the cover of the book if you want to read my review.

5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thursday, January 19, 2023

Her Heart's Desire

Title: Her Heart's Desire

Series: A Season in Pinecraft #1

Author: Shelley Shepard Gray

Genre:Christian Fiction, Amish, Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Revell

Source: Net Galley

My review:

I enjoy Shelley Shepard Gray's books and was excited to read Her Heart's Desire, the first in a new series. 

Sunday, January 1, 2023

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Coming Home

Title: Coming Home

Series:Woodland Park Firefighters #1

Author: Shelley Shepard Gray

Genre: Contemporary Romance, Fiction,

Publisher: Berkley Romance

Source: Author Provided

My review:

Coming Home is a second-chance romance by Shelley Shepard Gray. It is the first in her newest series, Woodland Park Firefighters.