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.
5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Series: Carolina Coast #1
Author: T. I. Lowe
Narrator: Natasha Soudek
Genre: Christian fiction, Contemporary romance
Publisher: Tyndale Fiction
Source: Hoopla/Library
Challenge: Virtual TBR
My review:
Beach Haven is my first book by T. I. Lowe. I started listening to the audio, but after the eighth chapter I switched to reading the book.
I had a hard time getting into this book. I felt like it dragged. I don't know if it's because I started on audio or what, but there was a disconnect for me.
Spunky, well-written characters, a solid story line, and a beautiful setting are what kept me reading. I just don't know what else to say 🤷
I will read other books by this author as I have heard fantastic things about her books.
★★★/5
Challenge:
Synopsis:
Free-spirited Opal
Gilbert seems to have everything she needs to keep living a happy life
in Sunset Cove as she refurbishes vintage furniture to sell at her funky
ocean-side boutique, Bless This Mess. Until Lincoln Cole, a new-to-town
ex-Marine nursing deep wounds and harboring hurts he can't seem to
shake, wanders into her shop. Opal knows a person in need when she sees
one and offers Lincoln a job in her workshop. But the brooding former
soldier has no interest in Opal's offer. Thanks but no thanks.
But
then a hurricane strikes, damaging Bless This Mess. Feeling guilty for
how he treated Opal, Lincoln decides to help her repair the store. And
soon it becomes clear Opal wants to restore not only her business, but
also help Lincoln find restoration. As much as Lincoln tries to keep her
at arm's length, Opal's well-meaning meddling begins to heal his wounds
. . . and capture his heart almost before he realizes it.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Today I am participating in the Top 10 of 2021 hosted by Kimberly Faye Reads. Today's topic is books I wish I had made time to read in 2021. While I did read a ton of books this year (246 so far) there were still quite a few that I wish I had gotten around to. All of these I either checked out of the library and didn't actually get to them or I heard so much about them that I kept saying I was going to read them!
As we enjoy the last few days of the summer season I decided to honor the end of this season with a tribute of books. What better way for book lover to recognize the end of a season, right?! Summer has been good to me but I did not actually read any books with summer in the title this year (did you?!).
Here are a few books I have read that have summer in the title:
