TBR: To Add or Not To Add

As an avid reader we all know our TBR piles grows daily, sometimes hourly. Today's Top Ten Tuesday is books you've recently added to your to be read pile.

In a way this topic is a little unfair because we're still in January of 2019 however, there is always a new read popping up in the most unlikely places.

I pulled the last ten books I had just added to my Goodreads shelf and I know I'll probably add ten more by the end of the week.

Are any of these books on your 2019 TBR pile? If not, what do you have on yours? Tell me in the comments!

The Christy Awards Blog Blitz and Giveaway

If there were a Christian fiction version of the Oscars, The Christy Awards would be it. And we are teaming up with The Christy Awards to help you read good fiction!

Some of the best of the best, in fact. Last year's 2017 Christy Award winners included The Lady & The Lionheart (Joanne Bischof), A Note Yet Unsung (Tamera Alexander), Her One and Only (Becky Wade), The Mark of the King (Jocelyn Green), The Silent Songbird (Melanie Dickerson), The Long Journey to Jake Palmer (James Rubart), and more!

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The 2018 Christy Award Celebration Gala is coming up on November 7, 2018 but first the finalists will be announced on September 19th!! And you don't want to miss it! Make sure you're following along with their social media accounts so you don't miss the big announcement!

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The Christy Award team invites you to two events that celebrate fiction, both held on November 7, 2018 at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN!

First, from 1-5:30pm, is the Art of Writing Conference - a focused conference for writers, storytellers, and publishing curators. This is a half day of intensive seminars that celebrate the creative life, provide practical tips for overcoming challenges in a rapidly-changing industry, and answer questions authors are asking. Head here for a full list of speakers, including Carla Laureano, Joanne Bischof, Donald Miller, and Charles Martin.

Then, starting at 7:00pm, The Christy Award Dinner Gala will celebrate the art of Christian fiction, announce the 2018 winners of The Christy Award, and honor the power of Story, the legacy of Madeleine L’Engle, and the year's best in Christian fiction.

Wanna know which authors will be at The Christy Awards gala? How about Charles Martin, Carla Laureano, Francine Rivers, Sarah Arthur, and Cynthia Ruchti, for starters? Many of the finalists will be there too so make sure you follow The Christy Award on social media for the big announcement on the 19th!

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Top Ten Tuesday - Books With Olympic Sports

Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic sponsored by The Artsy Reader Girl, is books that I decided I no longer want to read. Well, I don't have any of those so, I decided to do books that have a sports theme. Four of the books feature sports that are in the winter Olympics, which I thought would be fun, since the Olympics are on.

Each cover will take you to my blog review or the book's Goodreads page.

                                   

Race for the Gold by Dana Mentink is the only book in this list that I haven't read. In my defense it did just release, and I just got it. 😊
Have you read any of these sport's themed books? Do you have any sports themed books to add? I couldn't find a swimming or tennis one.
I'm a definite football fan. With the winter Olympics I enjoy snowboarding, speed skating, bobsled, and of course figure skating.
Add your favorite sports themed books in the comments.