Top Ten Tuesday - Author"s I Have Met

Happy Tuesday and welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday blog link-up sponsored by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today's theme is author's I've met. I had the immense privilege to attend Christian Fiction Readers Retreat in 2019, where I met so many amazing authors. 

Mesu Andrews

Toni Shiloh, Sarah Monzon, Janet W.Ferguson, and Suzie Waltner who was my roommate.

Melissa Tagg

Stephenia H. McGee

Jen Turano

Mary Connealy

Mikal Dawn

Bethany Turner and Kristi Ann Hunter

Rachel Hauck, and Susan May Warren
 

Angela Ruth Strong

On my bucket list are Julie Lessman, Laura Frantz, Heather Kaufman, Jessica R. Patch, Rachel Dylan, Becky Wade, Kristy Cambron, and Jill Eileen Smith; and probably tons more.

Have you met any of these authors? What authors have you met? Tell me in the comments.

Top Ten Tuesday Young Adult Books Teen Me Would've Loved

 

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday blog link-up sponsored by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today's theme is about Indie authors and bookstores. I couldn't figure that one out so I chose an older topic that I missed. Young Adult books teen me would've loved. This was so fun to put together. I hope wherever you are you are still enjoying warm weather. Here in Idaho we are definitely moving into Fall.

The two at the bottom are technically not YA books, but I would've loved to have them to read.

My huge question. Would you have liked to have any ONE of these books when you were a teen? If so, which one(s)? Let me know in the comments.

Top Ten Tuesday Featuring Books With Nationalities in the Title

 

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another weekly blog link-up sponsored by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today's theme is books that have Nationalities in the titles. I was struggling until I figured it out with the help of Carrie from ReadingismySuperPower.

How was your week? Have your kiddo's gone back to school yet? We went back last week. Remember when no one went back to school until Labor Day. Some of my grands went back to school last week and others in September. 

Are you familiar with any of these? Did you find a new one you'd like to read? I sure hope so. Beside list making, I think finding a new book as we see each other's weekly list helps grow our TBR. Have a wonderful day.

Orange is the Color of Goodbye by Christina Suzann Nelson Reviewed

 

Title: Orange is the Color of Goodbye

Author: Christina Suzann Nelson

Source: Purchased

Format: Paperback

With a city deadline to abate her hoarder-mother’s yard and empty a condemned house for sale, a woman—juggling a medically fragile child back home and her own anxiety—must clear decades of wreckage and a lifetime of blame to finally see the truth.

Purchase a copy HERE

My Thoughts:

I saw an ad about this book on Instagram or Facebook and realized that it had been a long time since I'd read a Christina Suzann Nelson novel. All I remembered was that I really enjoyed the book I'd read. Ms. Nelson created an interactive reading experience when purchasing the book from her website. 

Christina Suzann created a story around estrangement. Eden and her mom are not on good speaking terms, and to make matters worse she has to take care of her mom's house. The story was real, and raw. It literally felt like my story. Beautifully, she gave Eden a village. You know that saying, it takes a village, it really does. There were also secrets hidden within the pages giving hints as to why their relationship was as bad as it was. From this reader's vantage point it seemed as though there were some assumptions and misunderstandings.

There is so much I want to say, but I don't want to give the story away. It will be on my top reads for the year!

My Bottom Line:

This book goes across generations, and it has a message to generations. Life is hard and sometimes you just want to throw up your hands and quit. But you can't, especially if someone is depending on you. This book has the ability to provide healing hope if you let it.

About Christina Suzann Nelson:

Christina Suzann Nelson is an inspirational speaker and the award-winning author of If We Make It Home,Swimming in the Deep End, More Than We Remember, and The Way It Should Be. Her newest title, Shaped by the Waves, releases February 1, 2022 .She writes and speaks about hope after dysfunction. Christina is over the top about her passion for faith, family, fiction, and foster care. When she’s not writing, she’s working with the Every Child initiative, chasing escaped steers, reading, breathing in the sweet smell of her horse, hiking with her dog, or enjoying her just-as-crazy family.

You can follow Christina on the following Social Media sites.

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Top Ten Tuesday Book Series I Need & Want To Catch Up On

 

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday blog link-up sponsored by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today's theme is book series I want to catch up on or start.

Mine is a mixture of the two.

Healing Spring Ranch by Jody Hedlund

Once Upon a Time in Texas by Karen Witemeyer

Checking Out Love by Sarah Monzon

Freddie & Grace Mystery #5 by Pepper Basham

True Blue Royal by Rachel Hauck

Home to Hearts Bend by Rachel Hauck

Tales From the Hollow by K.E. Ganshert

The Josey Series by Susan May Warren

Queen Esther's Court by Tessa Afshar

Allegiance Under Pressure by Sarah Sundin

Have you read any of these series? Are you wanting to read these, too? Please let me know in the comments. 

I'm on book two of the Checking Out Love series, book 5 of Freddie & Grace, and the last book of True Blue Royal. Outside of Horseshoes & Honeymoons from Healing Spring Ranch that I've read and reviewed, I have all of the beginning books to read. 

Top Ten Tuesday Books Thru The Decade

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday blog link-up sponsored by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today's theme is books I was reading on August 11th from 2016-2026. I went through my Goodreads and found books that were closest to that date. The last one Horseshoes & Honeymoons by Jody Hedlund I finished yesterday.

I hope you're not living in a smoke filled area like we are. I'd love to be outside, but asthma doesn't agree with it. 

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2017

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2019

2020

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2022

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 I hope you guys have a great Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by.

Horseshoes and Honeymoons by Jody Hedlund Reviewed

 

Title: Horseshoes and Honeymoons

Author: Jody Hedlund

Series: Healing Springs Ranch #4

Source: Publisher

Format: E-Book

Pages: 238

He thought he’d experienced the McQuaid legacy of love with his childhood sweetheart. But he’d been wrong. Or had he?

Executive protection agent Dustin McQuaid is always in control of himself and is considered the best bodyguard in his agency. But he has one Assignments to guard women are off-limits. When he’s asked to protect the woman he once loved and hoped to marry, he refuses at first, but the large bonus might be just what he needs to launch the app he’s been developing.

When a stalker begins to haunt billionaire heiress Silver St. James, she agrees to have Dustin as her bodyguard, telling herself that she won’t fall for him again—not after he rejected her back in high school. She’s happy running her equestrian therapy ranch, and she has no desire to renew a relationship with the man who broke her heart.

As the stalker closes in, Dustin concocts a plan to keep Silver safe by pretending that they’re honeymooners. But the more time he spends with her, the more out of control he feels as he falls fast and furiously for her again. Can they both let go of the insecurities of the past to embrace a new future together? Or will they push one another away once again?

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My Thoughts:

Second Chance romances is one of my favorite tropes, and toss in a sexy cowboy trying not to get all tangled up in romance again and I'm in.

The last thing Dustin wants is to get tangled up with Silver again. He was fine being her body-guard, sort of, he'd much rather have his partner Isaac do it, but he knew her which would make him the better choice. 

This was a fun book with both laughable and gritting your teeth moments.

I haven't read the previous books in the series so it can definitely stand alone.

My Bottom Line:

This was a fun, and enjoyable read. I loved the title as well as Silver's name. The push and pull of the romance was perfect. A fantastic end of Summer read.

About Jody Hedlund

Winner of the 2016 Christian Book Award and finalist for the Christy Awards, best-selling author Jody Hedlund writes inspirational historical romances for both youth and adults.

Jody lives in central Michigan with her husband, five busy children, and five spoiled cats. Although Jody prefers to experience daring and dangerous adventures through her characters rather than in real life, she’s learned that a calm existence is simply not meant to be (at least in this phase of her life!).

When she’s not penning another of her page-turning stories, she loves to spend her time reading, especially when it also involves consuming coffee and chocolate.

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