February Wrap Up

I started the month with 30 unread books. Got my owlcrate book which brought my total to 31. Both two books bring my total to 33. Read 3 owned books and DNF (1) owned book knocking it down again to 29. But So I am ending the month at TBR books.

I read a total of 6,458 pages across 21 Books this month.

The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson

Only A Breath Apart by Katie McGarry (owned)

Dead as a Door Knocker by Diane Kelly

The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

Menace at Mammoth Cave by Mary Casanova

Wild beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore (owned)

Betrayal at Cross Creek by Kathleen Ernst (audio)

Never Let Go by Elizabeth Goddard (owned) 5 stars

Murders and metaphors by Amanda Flower 4.5 stars

The Red Door Inn by Liz Johnson (e-book owned)

Past Due for Murder by Victoria Gilbert

The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene (audio)

Tending Roses by Lisa Wingate (e-book owned)

All Made up by Kara Isaac (E-book owned) 5 stars

My Life Among the Underdogs: A Memoir by Tia Torres 4.5 stars 

Where Two Hearts Meet by Liz Johnson (e-book)

The Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene (audio)

The Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene (audio)

The Apothecary’s Daughter by Julie Klassen (audio)

The Anatomist’ Wife by Anna Lee Huber (e-book)

One Love’s Gentle Shore by Liz Johnson

Reading this week

I read a total of 1,492 pages this week.

Finished

Tending Roses by Lisa Wingate

All Made Up by Kara Isaac

My Life Among the Underdogs: A Memoir by Tia Torres

Where Two Hearts Meet by Liz Johnson

The Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene

Reading

The Anatomist wife by Anna Huber Lee

Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare

Non-fiction reading

Classic

Mary Poppins Comes back by P.L. Travers

Audio on the Way to Work

The Apothecary’s Daughter by Julie Klassen

The Mystery of Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene

Getting ready to read

Once Upon a Laugh by Pepper D Basham

Finding Ever After by Pepper D Basham

Five Days in Skye by Carla Laureano

Reviewing

Devotional reading

Did not Finish

Reviews Posted this week

Reading this week

I read a total of 1,154 pages this week.

Finished

Betrayal at Cross Creak by Kathleen Ernst (audio)

Never Let Go by Elizabeth Goddard

Murder and Metaphors by Amanda Flower

The Red Door Inn by Liz Johnson (Stamp in your Passport challenge)

The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene

Past Due for Murder by Victoria Gilbert

Reading

Tending Roses by Lisa Wingate

All Made Up by Kara Isaac

Non-fiction reading

My Life Among the Underdogs: A Memoir by Tia Torres

Classic

Audio on the Way to Work

The Apothecary’s Daughter by Julie Klassen

Getting ready to read

Once Upon a Laugh by Pepper D Basham

Finding Ever After by Pepper D Basham

The Anatomist wife by Anna Huber Lee

Five Days in Skye by Carla Laureano

Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts

Reviewing

Devotional reading

Did not Finish

Beauty in Disguise by Mary Moore

The Rancher’s Unexpected Baby by Jill lynn

Reviews Posted this week

Blog Tour for Never Let GO

Title:  Never Let Go

Author: Elizabeth Goddard

Series: Uncommon Justice Book 1

 

Chapters: 68

Pages: 362

Genre: Christian Suspense, Christian Romantic Suspense   

Rating: 5 stars

Never Let Go is the first book I’ve read by Elizabeth Goddard and it will not be my last. When I read the blurb on the back I knew it was a book for me. Willow is a Forensic Genealogist which is a term I’ve never heard before but I was intrigued, as someone who majored in Criminal Justice in college and now works as a library assistant in the genealogy and local history department of my library this sounded like I a job I would be interested in.  Because after all with genealogy you are trying to solve the mysteries of the near past as well as the far past.

So it makes since that a Forensic Genealogist would help the police and FBI with missing people’s cases.   Makes me want to research and see if there are actual Forensic Genealogist in real life in case I ever want a career change.

Reading Never Let Go was bittersweet for me as I to have a late grandfather who fostered my love of genealogy. So it was easy to picture and understand what Willow was going through with her own loss of her grandfather. The ex FBI agent Austin McKade and Willow’s ex was the kind of hero I enjoy reading about in Christian Suspense novels.  The kind while being a man of faith have a flaws and issues in their past that they need to deal with. It shows that they are human but God can still use them.

I enjoyed this action packed Christian Suspense novel. That I think anyone who loves suspense will enjoy. I even learned about a possible new forensic career.  I look forward to new books in the series as well as other books from Elizabeth.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher as part of a blog tour. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

Favorite Laura Frantz Heroes

Tied for first place is Magnus MacLeish from A Bound Heart.  Magnus is a Scottish Laird complete with kilt though by the time this story takes the wearing of kilts in the Highlands has been banished.  This is the first book of Laura’s that I want to listen to the auto if only to hear Magnus Scottish brogue. 

And General Seamus Ogilvy from The Mistress of Tall Arce hero of the American Revolution he’s a scared hero both physically and emotionally. Which makes him a more believable hero.

Noble Rynallt from The Lacemaker a Welsh hero and a Patriot in Williamsburg   Virginia on the cusp of Revolution. A Hero that does indeed live up to his name.

Sion Morgan from A Moonbow Night A Frontiersman that reminded me a bit of Daniel Boone.

Red Shirt from Courting Morrow Little and Jack Turlock from Love’s Awakening tied for 5^th both these heroes start out a little rough around the edges both with violent past, but the love and prayers of the loves of their lives and their own choice to live by faith help them to become better man.

Silas Ballantyne from Love’s Reckoning A Heroes whose faith is stronger than the heroines and who shows her the love of God.

Tied for 7^th is James Sackett from Love’s Fortune and orphan boy who grows to make something of himself. And Colonel Cassius McLinn from The Colonel’s Lady who’s a Soldier on the Kentucky Frontier who’s full of Secrets and guilt.

And last is Ian The Frontiersman’s Daughter surprisingly the only hero of Laura’s that I did not like. I was actually hoping Lael would have chosen differently in this novel.

Reading this week

I read a total of 1,475 pages this week.

Finished

The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson

Only Breath Apart by Katie McGarry (owned book)

Dead as a Door Knocker by Diane Kelly

Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore (TBR Jar)(owned book)

The Vanishing Star by Maureen Johnson (library)

Kit Menace at Mammoth Cave by Mary Casanova

Reading

The Red Door Inn by Liz Johnson (Stamp in your Passport challenge)

Non-fiction reading

Classic

Audio on the Way to Work

Betrayal at Cross Creak by Kathleen Ernst

Getting ready to read

The Rancher’s Unexpected Baby by Jill lynn

The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene

Reviewing

Never Let Go by Elizabeth Goddard

Murder and Metaphors by Amanda Flower

Devotional reading

Did not Finish

Reviews Posted this week

February TBR

To finish

The Gown by Jennifer Robson

All Made Up by Kara Isaac

To Be Read

Wild Beauty by Anna-Maria McLemore (TBR Jar pick)

The Red Door Inn by Liz Johnson (Stamp in your Passport pick)

Only a Breath Apart by Katie McGarry (review book)

The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

Never Let Go by Elizabeth Goddard (review)

Betrayal at Cross Creek by Kathleen Ernst (audio)

January Wrap Up

I started the month with 28 unread books. I pre-order two books, got a book for review. Got my owlcrate book which brought my total to 32. I read one own book which knocked it down to 31 and DNF another owned book knocking it down again 30. So I am ending the month at 30 TBR books.

I read a total of 15 Books this month. One owned physical. One owned E-book. Listened to two audios. For a total of 5,117 pages.

A Bound Heart by Laura Frantz (owned)

The Family Tree Scottish Genealogy Guide by Amanda Epperson

The Girl with the Broken Heart by Lurlene McDaniel

Code of Valor by Lynette Eason

Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott

Slayer by Kiersten White

My Heart Belongs in the Blue Ridge: Laurel’s Dream by Pepper D. Basham

Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon (audio)

Room for Cream: A Maya Davis Novel by Erynn Mangum (owned e-book)

The Lost Traveller by Sheila Connolly

Queen Vicotira: Twenty-Four Days that Changed Her Life by Lucy Worsley

Code of Ethics by Lynette Eason

The Copycat Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner (audio)

That Churchill Woman by Stephanie Barron

In Defense of Andrew Jackson by Bradley Birzer

Reading this week

I read a total of pages this week 574

Finished

The Copycat Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warnerr (audiog)

That Churchill Woman by Stephanie Barron

In Defense of Andrew Jackson by Bradley Birzer

Reading

All Made Up by Kara Isaac

The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson

Non-fiction reading

Classic

Audio on the Way to Work

Getting ready to read

The Red Door Inn by Liz Johnson

Reviewing

Devotional reading

Did not Finish

Fight or Flight by Samantha Young

Famous in a Small Town by Emma Mills

Reviews Posted this week