First Line Friday #110

 

Happy T.G.I.F.!!!! I've decided to go back to numbering my First Line Friday posts. I don't know why I ever stopped. LOL I was having a hard time choosing a book, and then Nicole Deese's new release came to mind. I am so behind in my reading. I've been so behind in my reading since I became the guardian and conservator of my mom. I read a lot . . . it's just not fun reading. It's the hospital, lawyer, rights, and responsibilities of the memory care facility she's living in. More information than you probably wanted to know. LOL, It's just frustrating when you love reading and can't do it as much as you used to.

Title: The Voice We Find

Author: Nicole Deese

Series: Fog Harbor #3

Publisher: Bethany House

Source: Purchased

Pages: 416 pages

Sophie Wilder returns home to California with nothing more than a failed Broadway career and a geriatric cat. Stuck working at the family winery with her egotistical brother and desperate for a way to revive her acting dreams, she takes a side gig as an audiobook narrator with Fog Harbor Books. But getting mixed up in the life of her reluctant sound engineer was never a part of her plans. 

August Tate is still reeling from taking guardianship of his teen sister. Determined to find a solution to her degenerative hearing loss and to prevent his private recording studio from going under, he agrees to produce audiobooks part-time. When Sophie breathes new life into his creativity and forms an unexpected bond with his sister, rooted in their common faith, he must confront the reasons he turned away from his own.

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First Line

August

I duck dive the nose of my surfboard under the next breaking wave using the same technique my dad endeavored to teach me back when I was a know-it-all punk who believed time was something to exhaust, not cherish.

Have you read any of the Fog Harbor series? I need to read books two and three. 

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Top Ten Tuesday - Featuring Authors From The Gem State

 

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday sponsored by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today's topic is author's from your state. This is a really fun prompt. 

Angela Ruth Strong, who lives in Boise, Idaho.

Brandilyn Collins lives in Couer De Laine, Idaho.

Carrie Stuart Parks also lives in Northern Idaho.

If you aren't familiar with the ladies above, I'm sure you know who this guy is: Frank Peretti. He also lives in Northern Idaho. 

Heather Woodhaven lives, I believe in the Boise area.

Lisa Phillips lives in Boise, Idaho.

Nicole Deese lives in Post Falls, Idaho.

Peter Leavell lives in Boise, Idaho.

Robin Lee Hatcher lives in Boise, Idaho. 

Rachelle Nelson lives in Boise, Idaho.

I have so many authors from Idaho that I need to meet!!! I read Robin Lee Hatcher's A Vote of Confidence in 2009 when it was released. I've met Angela Ruth Strong, and she's a hoot! I think I'm going to need to add author meetings to my bucket list. 

What authors are in your state? Let me know in the comments.

Top Ten Tuesday Springy Covers

 

Hi! I received a cortisone injection in my elbow, so I'm going to see if I can actually get an entire post done. 

While some of these are published in the Spring, they remind me of Spring with the bright cheery colors.

 I love the trailer on this cover! It reminds me of being a kid and living in one while my dad went to school in San Diego.

                                                                                 

Top Ten Tuesday My Spring TBR List

 

Happy Tuesday!! Welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday, sponsored by that Artsy Reader Girl. 

I'm afraid some of my Spring TBR may be from my Winter TBR. It's been a long winter with illness attacking me at every turn. I'm so ready for Spring and Summer!!

Sorry, this is so late!! I was exhausted last night and had an appointment this morning and am just getting this finished. Let me know if you have any of these books on your TBR!

Top Ten Tuesday 2025 Goals

 

Happy Tuesday, welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday sponsored by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today's topic, which is way smaller than I hoped on the graphic is our 2025 Goals. I try not to set reading goals as I get aggravated if I don't reach the goal; it also makes me feel like I'm reading to just reach the goal. Therefore, I don't enjoy reading. I'm a complete Ennegram 1.

I love debut books and I've already started my first one. It's by Jayna Breigh called The Hunted Heir.

I will read books I didn't read last year. Embers in the London Sky by Sarah Sundin, The Roads We Follow by Nicole Deese, catch up on Gabrielle Meyer's Timeless series.

 I will add biblical history that will be released this year. Before the King by Heather Kaufman, Noble (King David's Brides) by Mesu Andrews. The Pharisees Wife by Janette Oke.

What goals do you have? Are any of these books part of your 2025 goals? Let me know in the comments.

Top Ten Tuesday Featuring My Most Anticipated Releases From January - June

 

Happy Tuesday! Welcome to the first Top Ten Tuesday of 2025, sponsored by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today's topic is my most anticipated releases from January to June.

January

I look forward to a new Laura Frantz novel every January.

Heather Kaufman's debut Up From Dust, Martha's story was amazing! I can't wait to read this installment of her series Women of the Way.

February

This looks so good, and the cover is amazing!

I am reading this now and every reader needs to read it! Sarah Monzon has placed so many fun bookish things inside the book is super fun!!

I have loved Sarah Sundin's books since I read her first one. I'm behind, I need to read her last book. I love this cover and can't wait to see what Scottish twist she's put in her story.

I love lighthouses and the cover caught my eye, then the title made me very curious.

March

I really enjoy biblical fiction and this one sounds very interesting.

April

Nicole Deese writes such emotional books and in a good way, and her covers just pull you in.

I love Jamie Jo Wright's books. I'm behind in hers as well. 

May

Jen Turano is both hilarious in person and on the page. She is a must-read!!!!

Still catching up on this series, but it is so good!

We have a new year of books to look forward to. Are any of these on your list? Which ones? Let me know in the comments. I can't wait to see all the lists today!