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  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,701 Member
    Still moving around between several stories. I need to just get through some of them! Nothing I'm reading has gripped me yet.
  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,908 Member
    I know what you mean, Cindy. I really need those giggles once in a while. Trixie is up to no good in Pete, too.

    I am listening to FINANCE FINALE by Angela Ruth Strong. It's good. It's considered a romcom, and I can understand, but doesn't make me giggle like June Glass.
    I am reading book 5 in Wayside Ranch series: OPERATION: INTEGRITY by Kari Trumbo. This is a series about a ranch that takes in trafficked women. It isn't really as heavy as it sounds, it is mostly about the workers there. This book does deal a bit more with one of the women.

    Hopefully I will get through both of them by the end of October.

  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 18,910 Member
    edited November 2
    I started PETE AND HIS PRECIOUS by June Glass yesterday afternoon and finished it this morning. Then discovered I will have to wait until April 2015 for CAL AND HIS CUTIE (the third book in the series.)

    I did a little yard work and then started CATCHING THE COWBOY by Shanna Hatfield. The beginning was just okay; hopefully it gets better.
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 18,910 Member
    edited November 2
    CATCHING THE COWBOY did get better. I enjoyed it and downloaded (from KU ) the next in the series. (The title of which escapes me right now.)
  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,701 Member
    I tried to download THE MAKING OF ELIZABETH ELLIOT from my library, but I couldn't get it to go onto my Kindle, so I let it go. I don't read on my computer and that seemed to be the only place I could put it! I am working on a biography of GEORGE MCDONALD by Michael Phillips - years ago I read some books by him about Scotland, he had a very good series. So far it is purely about his secular life before he came to have a vibrant relationship with the Lord.

    I have a bunch of books that I am working on: I'm working on the second story in the COURTSHIP anthology and well, having to push through it.
    I think THE HUNTSMAN'S HEART will have to wait for another time, I'm not into it at all.
    THE COMANCHE TOUR by Ally Katz (her real name???) has been pretty good so far. The cover doesn't give the feel for the story within.
    I'm also reading the fourth book in the Donna Fletcher Crow series. Wow, it jumps 20 years ahead from the last book and they are on a Jane Austen Holiday.
    There are different fantasies that I have been trying, but nothing that is grabbing me. We'll keep hunting.
  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,908 Member
    I just finished:
    FOR EACH TOMORROW byTracie Peterson & Kimberley Woodhouse - very good, about the beginning of trying to get Glacier National Park started.

    Current:
    SPECTERS IN THE GLASS HOUSE by Jaime Jo Wright. I have been looking forward to, and dreading starting this book. I love her books, but they are intense and rather spooky. I just started it, so we will see how often I need to switch to something lighter before I finish.


  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 18,910 Member
    I finished RESCUING THE RANCHER by Shanna Hatfield and downloaded book 3, PROTECTING THE PRINCESS.
  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,908 Member
    About an hour before bed last night, I started a Love Inspired book, so I wasn't listening to "spooky" before bed - and it is "spooky"! I finished it this morning early (Bill woke me up at 3am this morning and he got up at 3:30. Now I am on another Love Inspired. I can do other things and let my mind go where it wants while listening to Love Inspired books, I can't do that and not get lost when I am listening to SPECTERS IN THE GLASS HOUSE. I will get back to it when I finish this book in a few minutes.

    Right now, I have so many library books checked out through libraries that I can't get to some of the books I want to read on everand and KU.
  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,701 Member
    I have a ton of books on my Kindle already that I haven't read, I don't think that I will ever get them all done! Well, I might if I read as many as you do, Connie! LOL!

    I'm re-reading a missionary bio: LAUREN CUNNINGHAM I believe is the name. At first I thought it was a woman, but it's a guy! He is the person who started YWAM - Youth with a Mission. He wanted to get the youth in the Churches involved in missions and so started this to send them on short term missions hoping to get them interested in going into full time missions. It's this group that does these audiobooks.

    Still working on my Elizabeth and Richard book. This one is a little bit slow. They are on a Jane Austen holiday and I am learning more about Jane than I ever wanted to know - but we do have a dead body now and a mystery about a missing box of Jane Austen's stuff!

    I started one called MISS PERCY'S POCKET GUIDE TO THE CARE AND FEEDING OF DRAGONS. Miss Percy is a 40 something spinster who received a box of stuff as her inheritance from her Great Uncle, and in it is this big rock and some other interesting things that she and the vicar are cataloguing. Then one day the rock moves... This is what they are calling a fantasy cozy story, not heavy like the epic fantasies. So far it's pretty cute and she is rather funny (with many asides in her head while being polite on the outside).

    I haven't picked up the CHEROKEE one for a couple of days, but it's still on my reading list!
  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,908 Member
    I finished SPECTERS IN THE GLASS HOUSE by Jaime Jo Wright. I didn't like it as much as the others. It may have been me, but just couldn't call it a 5* read....could call it 4.5*, though.

    I also finished a historical England book (Regency, maybe?). Of course, you know that I will read them, but they aren't my favorites. This one came up from the library and I had never heard of the author, so I decided to try it out. It was okay, but definitely not as good as some of the better known authors. SAVING LORD BERKSHIRE by Laura Beers.

    I started INHERITED: UNEXPECTED FAMILY by Gabrielle Meyer. This is a Love Inspired Historical. I kind of forgot about the Historical line. I have another of hers on hold from Libby.

    I will probably start an audiobook before bed tonight. I'm not sure what, but I have a bunch checked out.

    I just looked up Miss Percy - It really sounds cute. How in the world did you find it?

  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,701 Member
    I've read Laura Beers and she can have some bad language in some of her stories, so I just set her aside, not knowing which ones would be clean or not.

    It was in a list of books for free or cheap so I tried it out. There were two cuss words in the same sentence a few chapters in; that may be the only cussing because the story takes place in the 1800's somewhere and the vicar plays a bit role in the story. They told me they cussed when the saw what was inside the egg, but then they actually did it! Sigh.

    I almost done with the Loren ? biography. I'm just going to go back and re-listen to the ones that really spoke to my heart so I can get those stories more into my head (and heart). I'm working on several others as well.
  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,908 Member
    Currently I am reading THE BLOOMING OF DELPHINIUM by Holly Varni. This is her second book. The first one is in my favorites list for the year. This is really good, too. They are small town romance with a bit of humor. I kind of think Jan Karon style would fit best, but with a bit more romance.

    Finished:
    THE DOCTOR’S CHRISTMAS WISH by Renee Ryan (LI)
    INHERITED: UNEXPECTED FAMILY by Gabrielle Meyer (LI hist) this kind of disappointed me. I'm not sure why, but just didn't resonate with me.

    I have soooo many books checked out from the library and I really want to get into some of my KU books. I am just going through as quickly as I can.
  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,701 Member
    I finished the second book in the COURTSHIP anthology. I couldn't get into it at first, but about mid-way I really enjoyed it. I really liked the Christian message in this one.

    I finished one of the fantasies I was reading as well, and started re-reading a missionary biography I really liked JOHN WILLIAMS who was a missionary to the cannibals in the South Pacific Islands.

    I found SUSPENDED IN THE STARS for $.99 this morning. Hoopla had the e-book, but I like listening so I didn't finish it when I borrowed it. Now I can listen on my Kindle! This is a sci-fi, futuristic story.

    I am reading a fantasy called HUNTER and it is extremely violent. It becomes eye-rolling after awhile, but slowly the hunter that is the main character of the story is seeing who the people really are who he has been killing, their goodness and kindness and love for each other. All of this takes place in a "prison", where men are kidnapped from their homes to give the hunters a hunt! A girl disguises herself as a man to go in and find her brother and realizes she will probably never get out alive!
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 18,910 Member
    edited November 9
    Still working on PROTECTING THE PRINCESS by Shanna Hatfield. Having a hard time getting into this one. I think it's because the storyline is less believable.
  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,908 Member
    I am reading: A SECOND CHANCE CHRISTMAS KISS by Taylor Hart. It's pretty good

    Finished:
    A TRUTH REVEALED - Tracie Peterson.
    SHADOW OF FEAR - Susan Sleeman
    LETHAL DANGER - Jerusha Agen
    FROM A DISTANCE -Tamera Alexander. This was actually a re-read. It showed up in KU and I thought it was new. It has probably been 15 years since I read it and it wasn't even familiar to me. I really enjoyed it.



  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 18,910 Member
    I finally finished PROTECTING THE PRINCESS by Shanna Hatfield. It wasn't as good as the first two, but I'm still willing to give the series a chance. I downloaded and started book 4, DISTRACTING THE DEPUTY.
  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,701 Member
    I finished a fantasy I was reading and am still working on a Sci-fi futuristic one called STRANDED IN THE STARS and so far it is pretty good.
    I'm still working on the Donna Fletcher Crow one, but just not getting into it - too informational. Unless you want to know tons of stuff about Jane Austen this one just gets boring. I'm fast forwarding through the informational parts and trying to get into the story.
    I finished the third story in the anthology, the one associated with Lady Wynwood's Spies - it was very good. I have a couple of books in that series and may hunt them down and start them!
  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,908 Member
    edited November 14
    Editing: This is definitely going to my "WOW" books of the year. Right now, I have 8 for 2024.

    Oh my, I am reading TEA WITH ELEPHANTS by Robin Jones Gunn. I am loving it. It's about 2 old friends that wanted to travel when younger, but life got in the way. One of the in-laws gifted one of the ladies a trip for 2 to Kenya. I would compare it to her Sister Chicks series. Evidently it is the first in a new series. It's about the African landscape and about the problems of the characters. It is considered women's fiction.
  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,701 Member
    Just say elephants and I'm interested! We watch a YouTuber for HERD which is an organization that watches an area of Africa and a herd of elephants. It's just fun to watch their encounters with other animals at their watering hole and romping in it during the day. They have a young female who is an albino elephant and I can always pick her out - I have no idea how they tell the others apart! Women's Fiction is not a genre that I enjoy, but I do like contemporary if it's in an interesting place.
  • pianolady831
    pianolady831 Posts: 291 Member
    Tea with Elephants is on my reading list, Connie. Hoopla has it, so hopefully I will start soon. Thanks for your recommendation.
  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,908 Member
    edited November 16
    Carole - I think it would be something you would enjoy. I really want to go to Africa, now. Of course, they had a really posh trip.

    Finished the first 3 books from Jessie Gussman's newest series:
    Mistletoe Meadows Sweet Christmas
    SLEIGH BELL DREAMS
    ICYCLE DREAMS
    SUGARPLUM DREAMS
    There will be more, but these are the ones that have been released.

    Also finished:
    A HOPE UNBURIED - Kimberley Woodhouse
    ZEKE - Laura Scott

    Current:
    WISHING FOR MISTLETOE - Robin Lee Hatcher. Part of Love on Sanctuary Shore series.



  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,701 Member
    I finished the fourth book (I think that's the one) in the COURTSHIP anthology. I didn't like this one as much as the others so far. This is the one about the girl who loved a sailor but found out he was a pirate. They hadn't met but had fallen in love through letters. They don't know who the other is when he is brought to her tavern (no alcohol, just a place for people without to come and get help) after he is thrown off of his ship. I'm going to start the next one tonight or tomorrow night.

    I started re-listening to another missionary bio - IDA SCUDDER, she becomes a doctor to minister to the women in India because they will not let a man doctor see them.

    RUNNING TO YOU by Robin Patchen. So far the attitude of the male main character is making me want to poke him in the eye! But overall I am enjoying the story and trying to figure out what is going on!

    I started MAKE ROOM FOR MURDER by Amerie Brand, but not getting into it yet.

    I'm almost finished with SUSPENDED IN THE STARS by E A Hendryx. Very good Sci-fi.

    I'm also reading ACROSS THE AGES by Gabrielle Meyer, very good!
  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,908 Member
    I was able to get ACROSS THE AGES in audio through Everand. It will be a little while before I get to it, but I'm looking forward to it.

    Current:
    I THINK I WAS MURDERED by Colleen Coble/Rick Acker. This is a very different premise. I am really enjoying it.

    Finished:
    THE SOLDIER’S BABY PROMISE by Gabrielle Meyer - LI
    CHRISTMAS WITH YOU by Susan May Warren Tari Farris
    COLD CASE TRACKER by Maggie K Black - LIS



  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 18,910 Member
    I finished DISTRACTING THE DEPUTY by Shanna Hatfield, then switched genres and read WINNING THE MOUNTAIN MAN'S LOVE (Brothers of Sapphire Ranch Book 5) by Misty M. Beller. I have to wait until tomorrow for book 6 to be available on KU.
  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,701 Member
    Still working on IDA SCUDDER missionary bio, also RUNNING TO YOU by Robin Patchen. I finished STRANDED IN THE STARS, a sci-fi; I haven't gotten back to the cozy mystery yet.
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 18,910 Member
    Back to the Shanna Hatfield series... I just downloaded GUIDING THE GROUCH. I'll probably read this tonight. (I flew to Barcelona on Friday and have had time in the evenings to read.)
  • connierandel
    connierandel Posts: 1,908 Member
    Cindy - share pictures of Barcelona. Weren't you there about this time last year and there was a Christmas Market?

    I really enjoyed I THINK I WAS MURDERED! If you get a chance to read it, do! It actually deals with AI...a bunch of other stuff, and a little romance, too. I'm trying to decided if this is a 5* read or a WOW book...

    I also finished NEW YEAR AT MISTLETOE LODGE by Amy Rafferty - a bit of mystery and romance.

    Current: ACROSS THE AGES - time travel - by Gabrielle Meyer



  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,701 Member
    I checked the Colleen Coble book to see if Hoopla or my library has it yet, but neither do so it went on my wish list. I'll keep checking to see if Hoopla gets it.
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 18,910 Member
    edited November 19
    I WAS in Barcelona last year, but I actually went to the Christmas market the year before - when this meeting was in Frankfurt. Our meeting for Thursday was cancelled, so I'll probably get out and do some sightseeing then as I don't fly home until Friday.
  • Restfinder
    Restfinder Posts: 2,701 Member
    Oh yeah, beautiful pictures! Have a good time and be careful!

    I read some more in ACROSS THE AGES by Gabriella Meyer. Trying to remember who Ann Reed was in the last book - it seems I remember the name, but I can't place her!

    Listen more to the IDA SCUDDER bio, very good again.

    THE SNOWY FOOTPRINTS by Abigail Manning - it's a fairy tale re-tell.

    Still working on RUNNING TO YOU by Robin Patchen, so far it's been good.

    I read some more in MAKE ROOM FOR MURDER (the cozy) and it's alright, but then again, cozies aren't my thing. The guy in this is just weird.

    Haven't gone on to the next story in ONCE UPON A COURTSHIP yet!