Top Ten Tuesday-Bookish confessions

Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Non-bookish Freebie (The sky is the limit here. Make a top ten list on any topic of your choosing, bookish or not!). I am going to go with some bookish confessions. 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.   

Swinging on a Star

Title: Swinging on a Star

Series: Weddings by Bella #2

Author: Janice Thompson

Publisher: Revell

Genre: Christian Fiction, Contemporary Romance,

Source: own

My Review:

Swinging on a Star did not live up to the first book. I was actually disappointed in it.

Stacking the Shelves #182 Sunday Post #179 Sunday Salon #173

Hey my bookish friends! How was your week? We did go for that long walk/hike on Sunday. We went to Cuyahoga Valley National Park. I took a ton of pictures, so click on the link if you are interested in that. The only problem, is that after such a big hike on Sunday, I started the week off exhausted, and it just kept going. By Friday afternoon, I was so overtired and done. We do hope to hike again this weekend, but other than that and my daughter coming in for a short visit, we don't have much plans. 

The Tangled Tale of the Woolgathering Castoffs

Title: The Tangled Tale of the Woolgathering Castoffs

Series: Purls and Prayers #2

Author: Sharon J. Mondragón

Publisher: Kregel

Genre: Christian Fiction, Women's Fiction, Contemporary Fiction

Source: own

My Review:

The Tangled Tale of the Woolgathering Castoffs is the second book in the Purls and Prayers series. I recommend reading the books in order, as we meet several of the ladies in the first book.

Johnny Tremain

Title: Johnny Tremain

Author: Esther Forbes

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Genre: Young Adult, Middle Grade, American Revolution, Historical Fiction, Classics

Source: Library

My Review:

I was not looking forward to reading Johnny Tremain, this month's book club pick. However, I didn't dislike it as much as I had anticipated. I don't read many war stories or middle-grade fiction.

Top Ten Tuesday-Chunkster Books

Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Books with a High Page Count (Share those doorstop books!) I think "high" page count is subjective, so I am going to go with 400+ pages as those are books that count toward the "Big Book Challenge" and the limit of what some of my book club members will read for our meetings. So, let's see what I come up with today, I know I don't read as many chunkster books as I used to. I did not include anthologies or Bibles in my list. 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-Chunkster books I have read and enjoyed

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 521 pages 3-star read-not sure I should say I "enjoyed" this one or not.

Enchanting the Heiress

Title: Enchanting the Heiress

Series: Hearts on the Heath #3

Author: Kristi Ann Hunter

Publisher: Bethany House

Genre: Historical, Christian Fiction, Regency, Romance

Source: Library

My Review:

Enchanting the Heiress is the third and final book in the Hearts on the Heath series. It can be read as a standalone novel, but I recommend reading the first two books, or at least the second, as Jonas and Harriet are first introduced in those books. It will give you a broader understanding of their character and interactions with their friends.