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.
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Friday, September 20, 2024
The Christy Award Finalist Tour
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.