20 Books of Summer & Big Book Challenge 2025

It's no secret that I have been trying to whittle down my physical TBR shelves, as
well as my Goodreads shelf (although I am continually adding to that one 😂).

Top Ten Tuesday-Unique Animal Encounters

Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Animal Companions (These animals can be real or fantasy!) (submitted by P.S. I Love Books). I am going to do with Unique Animals and Unique Animal Encounters. Let's see how many I can come up with. 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 Tuesday-Unique Animals/Animal Encounters

The Goodbye Bride

Title: The Goodbye Bride

Series: Summer Harbor #2

Author: Denise Hunter 

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Christian Fiction, 

Source: Library

My Review:

The Goodbye Bride is the second book in the Summer Harbor series, but can easily be read as a standalone novel. 

Stacking the Shelves #169 Sunday Post #166, Sunday Salon #160

Hey my bookish friends! How was your week? It was another long week, but we made it!!! I have officially closed down my business and I am jobless. It was a hard week of goodbyes and see ya laters. Our house went on the market yesterday. We were supposed to be in NC this weekend, but my son has a bad cold, my husband's family said not to come, so we are in TN instead, at my sister's house. We are hoping to relax a little bit over the next few days.

Unshaken

Title: Unshaken

Author: Shelley Shepard Gray

Publisher: Revell

Publication date: June 3, 2025

Genre: Christian Fiction, Amish, Contemporary 

Source: Author provided

My Review:

Unshaken is Shelley Shepard Gray's newest upcoming release. 

As You Ice It

Title: As You Ice It

Series: Appies #7

Author: Emma St. Clair

Publisher: Independently Published

Genre: RomCom, Contemporary Romance, Fiction

Source: Kindle Unlimited

My Review:

 As You Ice It is the final book in Emma St. Clair and Jenny Proctor's Appies series. While this book could stand alone, having read the Oakley Island series helped me better understand Naomi and Camden's relationship.

Top Ten Tuesday-Books that feature travel

 Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Books that Feature Travel. I am not really feeling the topic but let's see what we can come up with anyway! I am going to go with books I think feature travel. 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 Tuesday-Books (I think) feature travel (that I own physical or Kindle copies of)

A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie