What are you reading
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I'm still reading AN AMERICAN IMMIGRANT by Johanna Rojas Vann. I actually haven't picked it up in a few days. I've just been enjoying some light reads.
Finished:
BILLIONAIRE AT THE CHRISTMAS INN by Hannah Jo Abbott (rom)
BILLIONAIRE UNDER THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS by Hannah Jo Abbott (rom)
DREAM FOR THE COWBOY by Hannah Jo Abbot
SHORT SIGHTED by Rose Frezquez
Current:
A SWEET DAY FOR THE COWBOY by Willow White0 -
I haven't done any reading in at least the last week. 🙁0
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I did a Playlist of audiobooks on YouTube. It was 6 books by Willow White. I am on #5. She is pretty good, similar genres to some of Jessie Gussman's books, but not quite as good and not nearly the redeeming message.
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I finally got back into a book I'd started before this last trip. Now I have to go look up the name...
Until I Do (The Resolutions Series Book 1)
Book 1 of 3: The Resolutions Series | by T.I. Lowe and Christina Coryell0 -
I finished two of the fantasies I was reading.
I started reading a book on Prayer by E M Bounds.
I am almost done with the fourth book in my fantasy series so I can start on the new one ILLYSIA, book five.
I also started the last book (took forever to come out) in a cute fantasy about a resort called FARAWAY CASTLE.
I also started the second book in a spin-off of my favorite series by Tara Grayce. This is about the children of the characters in book one and the world is at war! This series isn't gripping me like the first one did, but the writing is excellent!
I'm still working on the third book in another fantasy series - it's an e-book on Hoopla and I'm not very good at going back to those!0 -
I thought I had better get back to AN AMERICAN IMMIGRANT by Johanna Rojas Vann. I don't know why I had a hard time getting into it. I think I must have been tired or distracted. It was really good. I gave it 5* and almost put a + by it to identify as a favorite. I would have if I had gotten into it right away. I just don't know if it was a slow start, or if I was slow getting into it.
I also read LEO AND HIS LOVE BUNNY by June Glass (romcom) - so funny!!!! This is a romcom actually written under a pen name of Jessie Gussman. It was a bit cheesy, but laugh out loud funny. A Christian lady (piano player at the church across the street from the Baplicodist Freewill Community church) owns a bakery and hires the radio station to do a live broadcast. She uses the last of her money to do this and hopes it will increase business. She bakes cupcakes and leaves the icing to her assistant. What is supposed to look like pink icing with dark pink over it winds up looking like breasts. She is mortified and the radio announcer broadcasts it over the airwaves. People come from everywhere that day to buy the 2000 cupcakes she made. She charges a fortune for them (almost 10x her normal amount). It goes from there, but is totally clean of course, and of course a local profession hockey player is there and she makes a fool of herself, again. I must say, don't listen to the beginning of this book while driving, though....could be dangerous with tears running down your face.
I have no idea where I am going from here....two absolutely opposite books that I loved are going to be hard to follow.0 -
I'm reading THE ESSENTIALS OF PRAYER by E M Bounds.
I'm also reading several fantasies as well as two fantasy re-reads.0 -
Current:
OF LOVE AND TREASON Christy finalist by Jamie Ogle - Ancient Rome during the time they killed Christians as sport. It is very good. I don't usually like the Ancient or Biblical books, but heard good things, and since it was a Christy finalist, I decided to try it.
BOLD OF HEART by Susan K Beatty- Suamalie Islands book #13. Somehow, I left this book out when I was reading the rest of the series last month. There are two books that are no longer available in kindle format. I don't understand why, since this is a fairly recent series and I think there may still be more to come. I am enjoying this as an opposite of the other book.
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Still working on the same books. I did start the fifth book in the fantasy series I've been re-reading! It has a strong Christian message as well, although they do tease each other a lot about the more intimate side of marriage. Nothing overt but suggestive.0
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I'm still working on OF LOVE AND TREASON Christy finalist by Jamie Ogle. It is very good, but I am not hurrying through it. I am about half way through it. I am trying to get through some ebooks, too.
I finally read True Crime Junkies THE DEAD OF NIGHT by Christy Barritt. I have two more checked out, but wanted something light in between.
Current: ONE FROSTY CHRISTMAS ROAD TRIP by Lucy McConnell. This series is about a reindeer ranch in South Dakota that breeds flying reindeer for Santa. Yep, a light and fluffy book, but they are cute. She usually does one of these a year, and one of Santa's adult children a year. I usually try to get them, just for giggles. I want one of the purses Santa's daughters have. You open it and can pull out anything that you are thinking about.
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Oh, I think those would sell like hot cakes! Hmmm, wonder where that saying came from.... well, it seems it could be from the 1700 to the 1800's when it was first noted. Several people had different views on what a "hot cake" was. I think of a pancake, but others thought of a fairy cake (which were popular in the Regency era, and then another said it was corn meal cakes (which I think of as Johnny cake which were made of corn meal and water in the civil war in the South), another said it was a cake fresh from the bakery. Most of them referred to a street food that sold so quickly they hardly had them cooked before someone wanted one, thus "hot".
I finished a very short bio on Amy Charmichael. Much of what this writer wrote was gleaned from the Benges. I finished the book on Prayer by E M Bounds, very easy reading.
I'm working on the fantasies still, although I did finish the Tara Grayce one. It was slow in the beginning but got better as I went along.
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I finished OF LOVE AND TREASON by Jamie Ogle. It was very good! It wasn't a happy book, but very good.
Current: THE WIND BLOWS IN SLEEPING GRASS by Katie Powner. It is good, another book that isn't easy, but good. The main character does have a pet pig, though.0 -
I finished listening to a book on Fanny Crosby, THE BLIND GIRL SINGS. It was very good. Amazing how many poems that she wrote. Someone would come to her with the music and tell her they needed words and she would sit down and give them the words. So blessed! I loved a line near the end. When asked if she ever regretted being blind, she said, "No, I want the first face I see to be Jesus." Wow.
Still working on the fantasies I was reading.0 -
Finished:
SECRETS ON THE WIND by Stephanie Grace Whitson - several years old, but very good!
BEFORE WE WERE US by Denise Hunter - her newest. Very good.
Current:
HER FAMILY WISH by Betsy St Amant (LI)
HIS STAND IN CHRISTMAS GIRLFRIEND by Kasey Stockton0 -
I finished: THE LARKSPUR HOUSE by Carla Laureano - I really enjoyed this series.
Current: MISTLETOE REUNION THREAT by Virginia Vaughan (LIS)
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I finished the fairy-tale re-telling by J M Stengl, the last book in this series; and it was very good.
I am working on the Autobiography of George Muller, so far it is really good as well.
Working on some other fantasies and then I have some suspense ones I want to read.0 -
I'm reading a boxed set by Kimberly Krey. They are considered Clean Fiction, and they are except for one slang that she has used repeatedly. I am on book 3 of 6. I have a couple libby books checked out now, so I may go to one of them after I get to the end of this one, and come back to these when I am done with the libby books.0
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I finished The Surf's Up Collection by Beth Wiseman, and now I'm working on one of two books from the Texas Hotline Series by Jo Grafford. First up: The Secret Baby Rescue.0
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I read listened to the Surf's Up series a long time ago, except for book #7. I wonder why I didn't get it? I guess I need to pick it up.
I have the first boxed set of the Texas Hotline series, but I haven't read it. I have read several of her books and enjoyed them. I have been seeing a lot of books by her that interest me, but so many books, so little time. It is strange, I had that series listed in my author file, but it only had book #12. I wonder why? I copied and pasted off of fantastic fiction, so it baffles me. I have got the other 11 in there now.
I am still working on the Kimberly Krey boxed set. I'm on book #4. When I finish this book, I will definitely be ready for something else, then I can come back and read the last 2 sometime later. I don't mind clean fiction once in a while (and this does has some redeeming factors), but I like a bit more Christian in my books.
I have also been periodically listening to NO SAFE HAVEN by Virginia Vaughn (LIS).
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Ohhh. I found 8 Down by Kimberley Woodhouse on sale for $2.99. I don't buy books, but was willing to pay to get it since I couldn't get the ebook through libby or Cloud library. It is soooo good!0
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It's on my wish list, but right now I'm not paying more than $.99 for a book, unless it's an author that I absolutely love and have most of the series. Sigh. My Hoopla does carry both of the books in this series. I'll have to download that in Oct.
I'm working on finishing up the Lisa Harris' FALLOUT SERIES. It's book 6. So far this is probably one of the first series (non-fantasy) that I have ever finished! LOL! I did have a couple of series by Christy Barritt mostly read, but never finished them.
I'm working on a couple more fantasies, trying to get those finished, and also am at least halfway finished with THE AUTHOBIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE MULLER.0 -
I loved 8 DOWN! I just don't buy books, but won't read Ebooks on hoopla or everand because text to voice doesn't work on them. I'm glad I splurged.
I am back to the Kimberly Krey series. I may finish this one, then do something else and then.come back for the last one. They are pretty good, but I miss the Christian aspect!0 -
I ended up buying 8 down as well! Now to fit it in.
I am almost done with the autobiography of George Muller. Some parts are dry, when he's doing some accounting stuff, but overall it's been a good listen to!
I was able to get more read in three other of my books as well, all fantasies. I even got to the very beginning of a new read! Gulp.0 -
Current: JORDAN by Robin Merrill. This is the first in her newest series. Book 2 just came out and is on KU, but said it would only be there a short time, so I'm heading there.
Finished: CHRISTMAS AT SUGAR PLUM MANOR by Roseanna M White. This was based on the Nutcracker and was so cute and good. Edwardian England.
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Thanks, Connie. I was able to get both (JORDAN and CODY) from KU0
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I finished three books, two fantasies and the six book Lisa Harris series. I enjoyed five of the books, one of them was just alright. I did skip over some cogitating sections though (yawn). I'm almost done with another fantasy started awhile ago, and still working on my George Muller autobiography. It bogs down sometimes when he goes through the same situations again and again and again. We have no money, God sent money, we got what we needed. It's amazing how even a shilling was such a blessing and could pay a bill!0
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I'll just give you what I'm reading from my new monthly reading list for October:
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE MULLER -
THE FLAME IGNITES by Donna Fletcher Crow – con susp rom -
THE HUNTSMAN'S HEART by Brittany Fichter – fairy tale re-tell -
GOOSE PRINCESS by Tricia Mingerink – fairy tale re-tell -
HEALER'S BLADE by Kyrie Wang, Allison D. Reid – fantasy -
A FRACTURED SONG by Deborah Grace White – epic fantasy -0 -
I'm not quite sure why Christian fiction has slang in it. I really liked the story line of LOW COUNTRY LOST by T I Lowe, but there was entirely too much slang.
OVER THE EDGE by Irene Hannon - so good! I always like her books, especially the ones set in St. Louis, since that is basically home for me. I was raised about 10 miles from St. Louis County and not much further into the city.
BRINGING ROSIE HOME by Loree Lough. This is one of her "clean" books through Harlequin. It didn't have a Christian message per-se, but it was really good. I was looking for some Maryland books and ran across one of her Christian historicals and when I looked it up, I found these. They interested me. This one is about a little girl that was kidnapped and the family that she was reunited with a few years later.
THE REDEMPTION OF LILLIE ROURKE by Loree Lough. This is another of her clean books. It is about a recovering addict and her trying to make restitution to people that she stole from and hurt during her addiction. I keep wondering away from it, so I need to go back a bit and give it my attention.
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I'm with you, Connie. I have called slang "sugar-coated cussing" for a long time. Your just putting a covering over what you really meant to say when you use a slang word instead of a cuss word. One of the books I was reading was a story set in the time of when the Normans took over England, but it's set in a pretend area. The word they used was strong slang, and a word that would have been common back then, but it is offensive. There was something like that at the beginning of the story too which I ignored, but I just couldn't ignore this one so quit reading it. I just don't want those words in my head!
I'm doing an ARC reading on a Christmas book that will be coming out. It's a compilation of Christmas stories and poems from the 1800's on. Some are quite good, some I can't understand (mostly the poems and the old English that they use) and one I didn't continue because of a cuss word, but read on from there. I am way behind in reading it because I do two or three of the stories and poems each night, and it's not the type of book I would read normally. I'd skip through and find something that looked good and read that one. I will get it read though. Working on mostly fantasy.0 -
Carole - I saw that you watch for my 5* reviews. So far this month I have 2! Plus one that I gave 5+*...
OVER THE EDGE
Irene Hannon
susp - 5*
BRAM BAXTER MARRIES THE WRONG SISTER
Latisha Sexton
rom - sounds like a romcom, but it really isn't. Very good and on KU
5*
ALL WE THOUGHT WE KNEW
Michelle Shocklee
hist - WW2 & Vietnam eras. 5+
Currently reading a LI book that was a Carol Award winner:
THEIR HOLIDAY SECRET
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