Top Ten Tuesday - Books Published in July 2025

 

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday sponsored by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today's theme is a freebie, so I chose to do books that will be published this July. And by the way, how did we get to July? It just doesn't seem possible.

The Sands of Sea Blue Beach has been on other lists of mine, but it will be published in July. Plus, the book is so pretty. 

In this top ten list, I chose to add some different genres. I've been mixing up my genres, and I've been reading more. More about that in another post. 

Are there any on my list that you are planning to read? Let's talk about that in the comments.

Top Ten Tuesday - Animals in books

 

Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! I'm finally back to posting after a short hospital stay for a septic uti! I never want to go through that again. I'm fine now.

I love it when animals pop their heads into a book and become part of the story. These are a few of my favorites.

Trinity from Trinity: Military War Dog

Falkor the dragon from The Neverending Story.

Stellaluna the bat

Mis-behave from Love at Any Cost

Bourbon-Belle from To Win Her Favor

Maine Coon Cat from The Christmas Cat

Crazy goat from Playing the Part

Tippy from Sit, Stay, Love

Gabby the duck from Finding Margo

And last but certainly not least . . . Aslan from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

What animals are your favorites in books? Let me know in the comments!

Character's That Remind Me of Me

Welcome to another Tuesday edition of Top Ten Tuesday. I think one of the reasons we keep reading is because we identify with characters and today's topic is which characters that remind me of me.


ONE - Liberty from For Love of Liberty

TWO - Temperance from Caught By Surprise

THREE - Stephanie from Fetching Sweetness

FOUR - Lady Sabine from For Love and Honor

FIVE - Betsy from For the Record

SIX - Alice from Wonderland Creek

SEVEN - Katie from A Dream Fulfilled


Each of these female leads remind me of me in so many ways. If you know me very well you know that I can be snarky, sassy, stubborn, outspoken, and bookish. You also probably know that I love with all of my heart, I'm protective of family and friends, and God is my center. Like the heroine's listed their heart is in the right place they just might not go about everything in the best way. Like me!

What about you? What character's remind you of you? Let me know in the comments!

Top Ten Tuesday - Favorite Troublemakers

This week's Top Ten Tuesday topic is characters I loved that were in Non favored/disliked books. Fair to say but if I didn't like the book then I probably didn't like any of the characters. Plus, I can't think of one book that I didn't care for but loved the character. So, I'm going rogue this week and posting my favorite troublemakers. I was going to do villains but most of the books I read have a character or two that just cause trouble.
You'll probably recognize some of these characters as the books have been featured on my blog over the years.

Tuck the father from A Woman of Fortune. . . he makes a mess of things causing a nightmare for his family to clean up.

Tara from Deliver Us From Darkness

Aunt Andra from Love's Fortune . . . she's not very nice to Wren which made me want to sock her!

Ben . . . from Unfailing Love (Isle of Hope #1) . . . Lacey's surgeon father who kicked her out years ago and is still kind of a putz when Lacey returns.

Stella from Love Arrives in Pieces . . . while she's the heroine she sort of gets in her own way.

Captain Luke Whitfield from Mist of Midnight . . . even though he's the hero, the heroine finds him in her family's home which he's claimed as his. Might make romance a little hard.

Sweetness from Fetching Sweetness . . . A lovable dog is the troublemaker in this cute canine book, and she gives the heroine a run for her money, literally.

Prince Nikola from Firstborn  . . . He's determined to kill the heroine over a secret she now remembers.

Charity from A Passion Denied . . . you knew one of the O'Connor girls would be apart of this list, huh?! Charity is a troublemaker with a capital T!

Jack from A Hope Undaunted . . . Katie's boyfriend who is determined to "encourage" her to do things that get her in trouble with her father, Patrick.

And there you have it! My favorite troublemakers! Looking at your current read or the one you just finished who's the troublemaker? Let me know in the comments!

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.