July Reading Wrap Up 2023

July was another busy month with my reading being low again...I am already hoping August has more time for reading!!

I finished 13 books again in July. Two of them were re-reads. Click on the cover of the book if you want to read my review.

5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

Land of Silence

Title: Land of Silence

Author: Tessa Afshar

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishing

Genre: Biblical Fiction, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction

Source: Own

Challenge: Twenty-Three in 2023

My Review:

Tessa Afshar has a way of writing that captivates you from the beginning. In Land of Silence, Afshar has taken a passage from Scripture and built a beautiful story around it while staying faithful to Scripture.

Top Ten Tuesday-Book Covers with colors from the US Flag

Happy Independence Day to those in the USA!!! Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Book Covers In the Colors of My Country’s Flag (It’s the 4th of July in the USA today, so tell us what country you live in and share book covers that match the colors of your country’s flag!) I am going to tweak it slightly and do Ten Books I am planning to read before the end of the year that have colors of my country's flag. 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 books that have the colors of the US Flag that I plan to read this year:

March Wrap-Up

 I think March went just as fast as February did!!! I had a pretty good reading month (I think!).

I read 18 books, dnf 2. Click on the cover of the book if you want to read my review.

5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

In the Field of Grace

Title: In the Field of Grace

Author: Tessa Afshar

Publisher: River North

Genre: Biblical Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction

Source: Owned

My review:

In the Field of Grace is based on the story of Ruth and Boaz in the Bible. It stays true to the Biblical accounts while fleshing out the story. It is a slow and easy read. 

Top Ten Tuesday-Books on my Spring TBR

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend! Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is books on your spring TBR list. I shared a similar list last week and some of these are repeats, so I am very sorry for the ones you have already seen!  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 on my spring tbr:

Top Ten Tuesday-No library month

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend! Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is books with your favorite trope/theme. While I am sure I do have favorite tropes/themes, it's not something I think too much about. So, I will be going in another direction today. Kami from Kami's Library Thoughts, is doing a "no library month" and I have decided to join her, a little belatedly. So, today I am going to feature the top ten books I own that I plan hope to read this month (especially since I have a few review books too). 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 and hope to read this month:

Jewel of the Nile

Title: Jewel of the Nile

Author: Tessa Afshar

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers

Genre: Biblical Fiction/Historical Fiction

Synopsis:

Whispered secrets about her parents' past take on new urgency for Chariline as she pays one last visit to the land of her forefathers, the ancient kingdom of Cush.

Raised as an orphan by her aunt, Chariline has only been told a few pieces of her parents' tragic love story. Her beautiful dark skin is proof that her father was Cushite, but she knows nothing else. While visiting her grandfather before his retirement as the Roman official in the queen's court, Chariline overhears that her father is still alive, and discovering his identity becomes her obsession. Both her grandfather and the queen have reasons for keeping this secret, however, and forbid her quest. So when her only clues lead to Rome, Chariline sneaks on the ship of a merchant trusted by friends.

First Line Friday #4-Jewel of the Nile

 First Line Friday is hosted by Hoarding Books. 

This week I am sharing from Jewel of the Nile by Tessa Afshar. This is the second book that I have read by her and I enjoy her writing. There is just an easy flow to her words and descriptions.

Pearl in the Sand

 Title: Pearl in the Sand

10th Anniversary Edition

Author: Tessa Afshar

Publisher: Moody Publishing

Genre: Biblical Fiction

Synopsis :

Can a Canaanite harlot who has made her livelihood by looking desirable to men make a fitting wife for one of the leaders of Israel? Shockingly, the Bible's answer is yes.