Top Ten Tuesday -Eclipse titles

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday is a freebie. I decided with having a full eclipse yesterday to go with words that go with eclipse: sun, moon, and earth. I will also share a few pictures at the bottom of this post that other people took here of the eclipse. 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. 

TTT-Eclipse word titles: Sun, Moon, and earth (no particular order, ones I have read will link to the reviews)

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.

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Top Ten Tuesday-Let's Party!

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is atmospheric books. I regret that I am not feeling that topic at all, too much brain power that I don't currently have. So, tomorrow is my daughter's 21st birthday, so I am going to go with party themed covers/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. 

Ten-ish books that represent party/sweets: 

 

Lost and Found

Title: Lost and Found

Author: Suzanne Woods Fisher

Publisher: Revell

Genre: Amish Fiction, Christian Fiction, Contemporary Romance

Source: Revell

My Review:

While Lost and Found is a stand-alone novel. It reads more as a continuation of Anything but Plain by Suzanne Woods Fisher.

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:

 

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!!

Stacking the Shelves #82, Sunday Post #79, Sunday Salon #73

Hey bookish friends! How are you all doing? I am doing okay, it was a rough week. Today, I am in the car with my family and my daughter's boyfriend, headed to NC for a few days. They will be busy days and we will be back home on Wednesday. I hope to still get some time in for reading and blogging.

Stacking the Shelves #72, Sunday Post #69, Sunday Salon #63

Hey bookish friends! How are things going for you? I ended up working this morning and part of the afternoon, but I have BIG plans to do nothing the rest of the weekend 😂. I think reading/blogging/relaxing is just what is needed after an incredibly difficult week.

October Reading wrap-up

I can't even believe we are at the end of October (well, beginning of November, LOL!! This month has been insanely busy. We are packed up, our house closed on Tuesday, and we close on our new house next Friday! We are staying at my in-laws during this transition period.

I ended up reading 15 books in October and DNF 2. Click on the cover of the book if you want to read my review.

5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Anything but Plain

Title: Anything but Plain

Author: Suzanne Woods Fisher

Genre: Amish, Christian fiction, romance,

Publisher: Revell

Source: Net Galley & Revell

My review:

Suzanne Woods Fisher is one of those authors whose books I tend to read without needing to know anything about them. She has solid writing, and I always enjoy her books.

Stacking the Shelves #45, Sunday Post #42, Sunday Salon #36

Hey bookish friends! How are things going for you? This weekend is my daughter's fall break, so we are back in Cleveland, house hunting again! We are hoping to find something today so we can enjoy the rest of the long weekend (and ya know, rest 😜).

Stacking the Shelves #42, Sunday Post #39, Sunday Salon #33

Hey bookish friends! How are things going for you? I have been sick this week (still am), so this weekend I will continue to take it easy, while doing some packing, reading, and blogging.

Can't Wait Wednesday-Anything but Plain

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Typically they are books that have not been released yet. This week I am sharing Anything but Plain by Suzanne Woods Fisher. It comes out October 4, 2022. As far as I know, this is a stand-alone novel.

Top Ten Tuesday-Authors who taught me to enjoy historical fiction

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is books I wish had an epilogue. While this is a great topic, it's not one that I think much about. Usually I am pretty satisfied with the endings. So instead, I am going to discuss historical fiction authors that I am trying to catch up on. I picked this topic because I always say I don't care much for historical fiction, but my reading shows otherwise 😂 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. 

The Moonlight School

Title: The Moonlight School

Author: Suzanne Woods Fisher

Genre: Historical Fiction, Christian Fiction 

Publisher: Revell

Publication date: February 2, 2021

Genre: Historical Fiction; Christian Fiction

Can't Wait Wednesday-The Sweet Life

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Typically they are books that have not been released yet. This week I am sharing The Sweet Life by Suzanne Woods Fisher. It is the first book in her newest series, Cape Cod Creamery, and is set to release May 3, 2022. I love her books and can't wait to see what happens in this one!

Top Ten Tuesday-Celebrating Palindrome day-Two in Titles

Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend! Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is books with dynamic duos in them. I am not feeling the topic so I am going rogue. I will be celebrating Palindrome day and highlighting books that I have read or plan to read with "Two" in the title. Happy two day!!! (2-22-22) 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!

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Anticipated Releases for 2022

 Happy New Year!! I can't believe this is the last day of 2021. I am not sad to see it go and I always eagerly anticipate a new year. I am participating again in the Top 10 of 2021 hosted by Kimberly Faye Reads. Today's topic is books I am looking forward to in 2022. This will be an easy list for me to make since I started a Goodreads shelf a while back with my most anticipated releases of 2022, although most of them are in the early part of the year. The hard part will be narrowing it down to ten. So here we go: 

Best of the Best 2021

Today I am participating in the Top 10 of 2021 hosted by Kimberly Faye Reads. Today's topic is the best of the best books. I am excited to share my favorite reads of 2021. They were not necessarily released in 2021, I just read them in 2021. As of today I have finished 251 books and it will be difficult to narrow it down to just ten, so I am going to cheat just a little bit and do a couple of different categories. The books will not be in any particular order.

The Best Fiction I read this year: 

A Season on the Wind

Title: A Season on the Wind

Author: Suzanne Woods Fisher

Publisher: Revell

Genre: Christian Fiction, Amish, Romance,

My Review:

Opening a book and seeing a "meet the cast" section is a little scary for this reader. I was immediately leery because I have a hard time following quite a few characters, I am better with less. However, I need not have worried as the author took her time setting the stage and introduction of the characters.