What are you reading
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What I like best about the Halle Bridgeman Love and Honor series is how each book is different. Sometimes a series seems very cookie-cutter to me. I like the ribbon of some of the characters being in each story, but each story really being able to stand on its own. I started the 3rd one last night - Honor's Refuge.0
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I finished book three. I wish there were more.0
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I'm just getting ready to start book 2 in the Hallee Bridgeman series.
Wow, I thought for sure I had THE BLUE BOTTLE CLUB, Connie, but I just looked for it and I don't! Oh good, Hoopla had the audio version, so I borrowed that!
I'm reading one on Hoopla right now, they didn't have audio, it's a mild fantasy.
I'm still reading Christiana's story in Pilgrim's Progress. I think I like her story better because she doesn't fall into the same traps that Christian did, and she has Greatheart to lead her to a certain point, so he helped her avoid the same traps Christian fell into - hmmm, sounds like what a pastor does for us!
I'm also reading THE GOLDEN PRINCESS by Melanie Cellier, a retelling of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. So far it's very good. I don't think I haven't like any of her books.
I started PERIL by Tara Grayce but haven't gotten very far in it. I want to finish what I'm reading before getting into another book!0 -
Finished:
Ozark Mountain series: These were good and had some humor. I needed it!
AT LOVE’S BIDDING by Regina Jennings (historical)
HER DEARLY UNINTENDED by Regina Jennings (historical)
FOR THE RECORD by Regina Jennings (historical)
EXIT BETTY by Grace Livingston Hill (historical) 3* Cozy feel for a challenge.
MR. NICHOLAS: A MAGICAL CHRISTMAS TALE by Christopher de Vinck (Christmas) Christy finalist - short and pretty good
RODEO STANDOFF by Susan Sleeman (LIS)
SUNDOWN by Susan May Warren (susp) very good
HIS DELIGHTFUL LADY DELIA by Grace Hitchcock (historical) I have enjoyed this series.
SEEKING TRANQUILITY by Amy Schisler - good book, Catholic theology (not a lot), may have had one instance of slang, but I was about asleep and didn't go back to check if it really was or not.
Not reading anything right at this minute. I will get something picked out and started within the next few minutes. I still have a bunch of library books to get through.
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I watched a really good Hallmark movie the other night, using the categories on my Roku - they have a bunch of Hallmark or Hallmark-like stuff under Movies. This one was a Max Lucado one called The Christmas Candle - very good! Susan Boyle has a role in it, and oh my, how that woman can sing!
I started the second book in Hallee Bridgeman's series, Bill Sanders and the gang are just heading out to, I assume, help her take down this gang who killed her partner. Wow, that was a shocker beginning! Oops - spoiler alert!
I'm almost done with Christiana's Pilgrimage and will go on to Holy War after that.
I finished the Hoopla book I was reading, FORFEIT, but they don't have book two and I want to read it in order since they just move from one book to the next. This story takes places a couple of generations after her other series that begins with PROPHET. It takes place around where the Prophet came from, Parn, and the total destruction of that city because of their wickedness - now bad things happen in that general area! I've really enjoyed it so far, just have to wait to get book two - hmmm, Christmas is coming up! Yippee!
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Kim - have you looked under Roku Live? Hallmark Movies and More is on there...free. We use Ruku live more than most anything. Of course, you watch what it has live, like regular TV, but it has a good assortment of channels.
Finished:
LOVE AND THE DREAM COME TRUE by Tammy L Gray (romance) this is the last in the series, but is stand alone. It was really good.
THE COWBOY'S EASTER FAMILY WISH by Lous Richer (LI) This was a really good story about an autistic boy. There was a bit more to it than regular Love Inspired stories.
Targeted - boxed set These were all good.
ON THE RUN by Lynette Eason
DEADLY OBJECTIVE by Lynn H Blackburn
CAUGHT ON THE CROSSHAIRS by Natalie Walters
I need to figure out what I am going to read and listen to next. I have a couple of ebooks checked out on libby and a few audiobooks between libby and hoopla. The two audiobooks with the closest return dates are historical (Penelope Stokes WW2, and Tracie Peterson). I really would like a contemporary, so may go forward to one I just checked out.
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I'll check that out, Connie! Thanks.
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Well, my Tracie Peterson book really wasn't. It was A MODEL OF DEVOTION by Mary Connealy (historical). It was good, but I miss her more lighthearted books.
Currently I am reading HEALING SKYE by Janet Ferguson. It just won a Medallion award and I had read the rest of the series. It is very good.
Not sure what I will listen to tonight. I will probably do the WW2 book.
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Susan Sleeman's latest release came up on libby. It should be on KU soon. I always enjoy her books. With all of her health issues over the last couple of years, mostly due to her terrible fall, I marvel that she can still write. Anyway, I just finished MADE OF STEELE by Susan Sleeman (susp).
I am currently listening to HOME FIRES BURNING by Penelope J Stokes (WW2). I am having a hard time with this one. I try to listen before bed and fall asleep before it kicks off, then have to back up to find my place. I think.it is good, I'm just worn out.0 -
I've started several, but am consistently reading:
HOLY WAR by John Bunyan, very good. I have two more by him I'll read when I'm done with this one.
Still working on but am about 75% through the second book by Hallee Bridgeman - WORD OF HONOR,
I'm also working on FORFEITED by R J Larson
and RECRUIT OF TALIONIS by C J Milacci.
Ugh, my keyboard is starting to mess up - my Ctrl key is sticking and now my Caps Lock key is popping and beginning to stick. Time to look for a new one.
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I just finished Edge of Belonging by Amanda Cox. So good. I want to read her next one but it isn't on KU.0
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I finished the second book in the Hallee Bridgeman series, very good. Going to start book 3 tonight.
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Right now I am listening to AUTHENTICALLY, IZZY by Pepper Basham. I usually really enjoy her books, this this one is mainly email and messages. I am really not of fan, but the book is moving along at bedtime. It is about a gal that subscribes to a dating site, so some of the messages are from the site and some are to/from family members.
I am also reading a Christmas Anthology.
Destination Christmas anthology - KU
KISS ME ON CHRISTMAS by Sarah Monzon - I liked this one best, so far. It is about a single woman with a high functioning Autistic son.
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NOT ANOTHER CHRISTMAS by Jaycee Weaver - current
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A Heart Of Stone by Lyn Cote. Almost finished0
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Read more in RECRUIT OF TALIONIS, a fantasy.
Finished DEADLY INTENT by Christy Barritt, book 4 in Vanishing Ranch series. Wow, verying good.
Still working on the others I was reading.0 -
Kim - I just finished HIGH STAKES DECEPTION by Christy Barritt (Vanishing Ranch 6). I am really enjoying this series.
I also finished CONCRETE EVIDENCE by DiAnn Mills (susp) - her newest.
Currently I am reading a light cowboy romance by Hannah Jo Abbott. I needed a bit lighter book. I have read a few of her novellas that were included in anthologies, but this is the first series I have started by her.
Still working on Authentically, Izzy by Pepper Basham. It's good, but just not a format that I love.0 -
I enjoyed AUTHENTICALLY, IZZY. It finally got to more story than email.
Currently I am listening to the last book in the Faith on the Home Front series by Penelope Stokes. This last book is REMEMBERING YOU. It is a long book, but is tying up all of the loose ends of the series. It is a very good WW2 series.0 -
I am on the third book of the Hallee Bridgeman series and not liking it as much as the first two. I'm sure it will get more intense pretty soon, but it just feels like it is slogging along so far.
Still reading the RECRUIT OF TALIONIS story, so far it's been quite good.
Friends were telling me about a TV streaming station Enjoy that is like VidAngel - it takes out the bad stuff in TV shows and movies. You do pay, I think it was $5.99 a month. We had VidAngel for awhile, but the shows I wanted to watch weren't on there or I had to pay for netflix as well. This one seems to have the shows that I've been wanting to watch again but haven't been able to because they do have cussing in them. We ordered a new Amazon Fire stick to stream it through, so when that comes we'll sign up for it.
Hope y'all found some good deals on Black Friday and now Cyber Monday. I've found some good book ones on that site I linked in the free books thread. They are still doing their black Friday.
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Currently I am reading Happily Ever Amish by Shelley Shepard Gray. This is her newest book and came up on libby. It's pretty good, but I keep letting my mind wander.
I finished an anthology of Christmas stories that were set in castles. I really only liked two out of the 6 books. Oh well, it was KU: Keeping Christmas Volume One. I know I won't be checking out volume 2.
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Sigh, still working on the same books. I haven't been spending as much time reading as I used to.
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I also haven't been reading much lately. I started something but can't remember the name of it (or the author, or even what it's about)0
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I haven't been "reading" much at all, but I almost always have a book going in my ear...either text-to-voice or audiobook.
Current:
A CHRISTMAS MEMORY by Richard Paul Evans - his books are sometimes listed under Christian, but I think he is actually Morman. His beliefs aren't really obvious in his books.
Finished:
THE WAY OF WOMEN by Lauraine Snelling (Mt. St. Helens) - older book, but really a hard subject
A GINGERBREAD ROMANCE by Lacey Baker (Hallmark) - really cute
THE CHRISTMAS HOPE by Donna Vanliere (Christmas) - very good
Christmas in Garland series:
PROJECT SCROOGE by A M Heath (romance) KU
THE ENGAGEMENT COVER by A M Heath (romance)
IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR by A M Heath (romance) KU - These were fairly short easy to read books and I really enjoyed them.
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I started a book from Hoopla: WHEN THE DAY COMES by Gabrielle Meyer. This is about a young woman who lives in two times, 1774 Williamsburg and 1914 New York City. I've just started it and she is still in Williamsburg. She has been this way since birth. When she goes to sleep in one place, she wakes in the other with no time lost. So far it's been good.
I tried a couple of the freebies I got, but one was very teenagerish and the other had a cuss word right near the beginning, so no loss. I deleted them. I started a re-read called MECHANICAL HEART, it's a steampunk type fantasy and so far I re-like it!
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Kim - That was my #2 book of the year! I totally loved it. The second is due to come out in May and she lives in 3 times. I can't wait!
Just in case anyone is interested, here is my top list of books for the year.
Wow books:
THE EXTRAORDINARY DEATHS OF MRS KIP by Sara Brunsvold - libby 5++*
WHEN THE DAY COMES by Gabrielle Meyer (time travel) libby 5++
IN SEARCH OF A PRINCE by Toni Shiloh (royalty) Scribd 5++* totally amazing narrator.
TO WIN A PRINCE by Toni Shiloh (romance) Libby 5+* - amazing narrator
LONG WAY HOME by Lynn Austin (WW2) hoopla 5+*
LOOKING FOR LEROY by Melody Carlson (romance) libby 5+*
MRS WITHERSPOON GOES TO WAR by Mary Davis (WW2) hoopla 5+*
WORDS by Ginny L. Yttrup (women’s fiction #69) 5+*
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I am really enjoying it, Connie. She's gone forward to 1914 and, o boy, what a mama! I keep hoping Henry is a time-walker and 1914 is his other time! Not likely, but...0
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I have been listening to a bunch of Hallmark books. Most of them are 100% clean, but once in a while there will be a book with what I call limited light slang. Since they are not considered Christian fiction, it is not surprising to me. I have also been listening to Donna VanLiere Christmas books. They have a Christian influence and great story, but some words here and there that make me cringe - because they are Christian. Confusing to me.
Currently, I am reading the new anthology by Susan May Warren and three of the authors she has mentored: ONCE UPON A WINTER WONDERLAND.0 -
I'm reading a series by Lyn Cote: Opposites Attract. I just finished book 1 - Only Her Heart. Starting book 2 in a few minutes - The Heart Hopes.0
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I finished STAY WITH ME by Jody Hedlund (time travel) - part of her Waters Of Time series. I really enjoyed the first two in the series, but this was too much steam. I think I am about done with her books unless they are older. The last two new releases, in two totally different genres were more steam than story.
I also finished ON MY HONOR by Patty Smith Hall (Heroines of WW2) and it was so good. It was about a girl scout leader and her troop on the East Coast during WW2.
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Still working on The Heart Hopes - book 2 in the Lyn Cote: Opposites Attract series.. I enjoyed the first one and this is also good. It's only loosely connected to the first one through one ancillary character from the first story.0
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Connie, I didn't finish the second Jody Hedlund time travel book because it was a bit more steam than I am comfortable with. I'm with you, unless it changes a lot I won't be reading anything else by her.
I started FIRMAMENT: RADIALLOY by J Grace Pennington. It's a sci-fi type story and very good so far.
I finished a re-read of a K M Shea fairy tale re-telling, still very good.
I have started and finished several but having trouble getting into or staying into them. I read some more in the third Hallee Bridgeman military series and last night it was pretty good, so will probably continue with it. I've struggled to stay into this one.
I need to finish the one from the Christy Barritt Ranch series too!0
