Stacking the Shelves #174 Sunday Post #171 Sunday Salon #165

Hey my bookish friends! How was your week? It was a busy, weird week. I can't remember most of what happened, LOL, but on Wednesday my daughter passed her kidney stone, praise the Lord! Then she immediately got in the car and drove to Columbus for a job interview. Talk about perfect timing! I also had a job interview on Wednesday and got the job. I start work on Monday. The bad news I got last Friday is that my mom's cancer is now in both lungs, and we were expecting to get a short this is it notice, like 6 months, but her doctors said that without treatment she should live several years, for this we are thankful. We are hoping to go back out to the beach lake this weekend, depending on the weather. We need some serious vitamin D and downtime. 

Hearts Aweigh

Title: Hearts Aweigh

Author: Shannon Sue Dunlap

Publisher: Kregel

Genre: Christian Fiction, Humor, Contemporary Romance

Source: Library

My Review:

The Shippers are back in Hearts Aweigh and are up to more matchmaking shenanigans. While this book can be read independently, I recommend reading Love Overboard first. This is where we are first introduced to the Shippers.

Tell Me It's Real

Title: Tell Me It's Real

Author: Megan Byrd

Publisher: Ardenville Press

Genre: Contemporary Romance, RomCom

Source: Author provided

My Review:

Tell Me It's Real is Megan Byrd's newest release. It is a perfect light summer read.

Top Ten Tuesday-Anticipated releases for second half of 2025

Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the Second Half of 2025. Yay, thank you Jana, for an easy topic this week 😁. I keep a list on Goodreads for 2025 book releases, so this should be fairly easy. The hard part will be narrowing it down, (and I ended up adding more to my list, LOL). 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-ish Tuesday-my most anticipated releases for the second half of 2025

Tempting Tait

Title: Tempting Tait

Series: Marriage of Conviction #2

Author: Chautona Havig

Publisher: Havilah Press Publications

Genre: Christian Fiction, 

Source: Kindle own

My Review:

Tempting Tait is the second book in the Marriage of Convictions series. I recommend reading them in order to avoid spoilers.

Stacking the Shelves #173 Sunday Post #170, Sunday Salon #164

Hey my bookish friends! How was your week? I started Monday at the ER with my daughter, she has a kidney stone that she has been trying to pass all week. My book club met Thursday night, we had a new member, and despite not loving the book we were discussing, we had a great time. I was finally well enough to make it back to the gym Friday morning, and finally feel like I am back in the land of the living. I got hard news Friday afternoon and am still trying to process it. We are planning to see a few houses this weekend (still no luck on selling ours), go to Church, and hopefully go back to the beach lake we found last weekend.

Blessing Bentley

Title: Blessing Bentley

Series: Marriage of Conviction #1

Author: Chautona Havig

Publisher: Havilah Press Publications

Genre: Contemporary Romance, Christian Fiction, 

Source: Kindle own

My Review:

Blessing Bentley is the first book of the Marriage of Conviction series. I would recommend reading them in order, as the main character of book two is introduced in this story.