First Line Friday (week 369): Christmas Takeover

First Line Friday (week 369): Christmas Takeover

Posted November 23, 2023 / 5 Comments

Happy Friday & welcome to the First Line Friday link-up! It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. I hope those of you in the US had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday! I’m ready to start spotlighting Christmas reads in my First […]




Happy Bookish Thanksgiving 2023

Happy Bookish Thanksgiving 2023

Posted November 23, 2023 / 4 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving 2023, my reader friends! I am thankful for many things this year – Jesus, my family, my friends, my church, YOU, and – of course – books. So I thought I’d send y’all a little Thanksgiving greeting based on some of the books I’m thankful to have read […]



Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Butterfly Betrayal by Ruth J. Hartman

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Butterfly Betrayal by Ruth J. Hartman

Posted November 22, 2023 / 10 Comments

BUTTERFLY BETRAYAL by Ruth J. Hartman SERIES: A Seneca James Mystery #1 GENRE: Cozy Mystery (Clean) PUBLISHER: Level Best Books RELEASE DATE: November 21, 2023 PAGES: 289 Raising butterflies is peaceful and calm, until someone dies. Majestic Monarch Butterfly Farm might flitter away forever. That is, unless Seneca James acquires […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Rocky Mountain Promise by Misty M. Beller

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Rocky Mountain Promise by Misty M. Beller

Posted November 21, 2023 / 31 Comments

ROCKY MOUNTAIN PROMISE by Misty M. Beller SERIES: Sisters of the Rockies #2 GENRE: Historical Romance (Christian) PUBLISHER: Bethany House Publishers RELEASE DATE: November 21, 2023 PAGES: 314 “Misty Beller is one of the most amazing and enticing storytellers. I love reading her books and enjoy her ability to bring […]







Some Goodreads Giveaways and Weekly Update for November 19

Some Goodreads Giveaways and Weekly Update for November 19

Posted November 19, 2023 / 0 Comments

Happy Sunday! Here are the Goodreads giveaways ending the week of November 19 that I thought might be of interest to y’all 🙂 As always, clicking on the covers will take you to the giveaways and neither myself nor my blog are in any way affiliated with Goodreads or its […]


Book Review: I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died by Amanda Flower

Book Review: I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died by Amanda Flower

Posted November 19, 2023 / 5 Comments

I HEARD A FLY BUZZ WHEN I DIED by Amanda Flower SERIES: An Emily Dickinson Mystery #2 GENRE: Historical Mystery/Amateur Sleuth (Clean) PUBLISHER: Berkley RELEASE DATE: November 14, 2023 PAGES: 337 When a literary icon stays with the Dickinson family, Emily and her housemaid Willa find themselves embroiled in a […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): To Spark a Match by Jen Turano

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): To Spark a Match by Jen Turano

Posted November 19, 2023 / 35 Comments

TO SPARK A MATCH by Jen Turano SERIES: The Matchmakers #2 GENRE: Historical/Gilded Age Romance (Christian) PUBLISHER: Bethany House RELEASE DATE: November 14, 2023 PAGES: 364 “Turano takes readers on a lighthearted romp through matchmaking season . . . . This is a delight.”–Publishers Weekly on A Match in the […]