Stacking the Shelves #188 Sunday Post #185 Sunday Salon #179

Hey my bookish friends! How was your week? Mine was busy with a few extra appointments, and Wednesday was A DAY, but then Friday rolled around and I got off 2 hours early, with pay! So, I can't complain too much. Friday evening was just lots of relaxing, ordering pizza, watching tv with the family, and reading. We had no plans for the weekend, but now we have 2 house showings, and I woke up sick again this morning. I don't know if whatever I had decided to rear it's ugly head again, or if this is another virus. I had felt mostly better this week, still a slight cough and some congestion, but now my cough is worse again and a ton of congestion. (Update 10/12-secondary bacterial infection from my previous illness that never completely went away)

The Christy Award Finalists

 

Welcome to the Takeover Blitz for The Christy Award Finalists 2025 organized by ECPA and hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! We extend our sincere and enthusiastic congratulations to The Christy Award 2025 Finalists & Winners (announced on November 7th)!

Fairest of Heart

Title: Fairest of Heart

Series: Texas Ever After #1

Author: Karen Witemeyer

Publisher: Bethany House

Genre: Historical Fiction, Fairy Tale retelling, Christian Fiction, Western

Source: Own

My Review:

Fairest of Heart is the first of Karen Witemeyer's Texas Ever After series. With the stories being fairy tale retellings, they don't need to be read in any particular order.

Top Ten Tuesday-Satisfying book series

Happy Tuesday my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is: Satisfying Book Series. I love this topic, I think the hardest part will be narrowing it down to ten! I will apologize in advance if I have mentioned all of them a thousand times already 😁. I narrowed it down by choosing series that I have read all the books and none of the books in the series have less than four stars. I narrowed it down further by not allowing myself more than one series per author (I started with over 30 series). 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- Twelve satisfying book series (because I narrowed it down far enough, LOL!)-the first book in each series will be pictured and linked to Goodreads

1. The Holly Series by C.C. Warrens-suspense, thriller, no romance, Christian 

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Christmas Reading Challenges 2025

I know, I know, I said I was tired of challenges, and I am, BUT, hear me out. I am tired of the ones I am already working on, I'm not tired of Christmas yet 😂. I am going to read Christmas books anyway, I might as well support some fellow bloggers 😁. So, I am going to try to finish up my other challenges this month, so that I can clear the deck to read as many Christmas books as my heart desires. This year has been super hard and I am looking forward to the hope/happy feels that Christmas reads generally bring.

Spell the Month in books October 2025

I am happy to be participating in this monthly meme again! It is hosted by Jana @ Reviews From the Stacks. Here is how she describes the meme: Spell the Month in Books is a linkup hosted on Reviews From the Stacks on the first Saturday of each month.

Stacking the Shelves #187 Sunday Post #184 Sunday Salon #178

Hey my bookish friends! How was your week? I had Monday off of work since I was still sick, so I had a few extra days to rest this week. I spent the time reading, blogging, and taking naps. It was still a long week and I am still exhausted. We don't have any set plans for this weekend. I will be catching up on laundry, maybe some cleaning, and we might go for a hike.