Review of Tired and True

Title: Tired and True

Author: Mary Connealy

Series: Wild at Heart book 1

 

Chapters: 24

Pages: 317

Genre: Christian Historical Fiction

Rating: 4.5 stars

Kylie Wilde and her sisters Shannon and Bailey fought in the Civil war by posing as boys. They had plans to homestead as man so that they could cut the time down from five to three years. However that doesn’t work the way Kylie had planned. For one reason she likes dressing as a woman, and has let her hair grow out.  Aaron Materson the land agent sees through her act.

I love Mary Connealy’s books. They are my go to books for Christian Westerns. Like her previous books there is the right balance of faith, romance, and action throughout the whole book.  Kylie is the right balance of a strong heroine who is also feminine.  It was nice to read a fictional novel about women homesteaders posing as man, which could have actually happened.  This book was a fairly quick read and I enjoyed it. I cannot wait for the next two books in the series. 

Thoughts and whatnots

Reading this week

Finished

Moonnshine Nation by Mark Spivak

Lord, Teach me to study the Bible in 28 days by Kay Arthur

Murder Sends a Postcard by Christy Fifield

Take Me on by Katie McGarry

Rites of Passage by Joy N Hensley

If Catfish Had Nine lives by Paige Shelton

Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

Second Star by Alyssa Sheinmel

Currently reading

Grimm’s Complete fairy tales by Jacob Grimm

Blue Ridge Reunion by Mia Ross

The Captive Maiden by Melanie Dickerson

Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

Non-fiction reading  

Good Call by Jase Robertson

Getting ready to read

Mafia Girl by Deborah Blumenthal

The Rules for Breaking by Ashley Elston

Made to Last by Melissa Tagg

Full Steam Ahead by Karen Witemeyer

Pirates and Prejudice by Kara Lousie

Five Glass Slippers by Elisabeth Brown

Austenland by Shannon Hale

Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen

The Reliance by Marylu Tyndall

Cover Story by Erika Chase

A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams

Clammed up by Barbara Ross

The Legend of Sleepy Harlow by Kylie Logan

Off Kilter by Hannah Reed

Final Sentence by Daryl Gerber Wood

A Broth of Betrayal by Connie Archer

Storybook Romance by Lissa Manley

In Honor by Jessi Kirby

Classics

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

Reviewing

Devotional reading

Bible through in a year

The Girl’s still Got it by Liz Curtis Higgs

Did Not Finish

Audio

Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich

Reviews Posted this week 

Mini review: Teen fiction

Title: The Year of Chasing Dreams

Author: Lurlene McDaniel

Series: a companion novel
 
Chapters: 49

Pages: 323

Genre: Teen chick lit

Rating:4 stars

A quick summerish read.

Title: Forevermore

Author: Cindy Miles

Series: no

 

Chapters: 22 plus epilogue

Pages: 280

Genre: teen

Rating: 4 stars 

A teen novel that is set in Scotland with a bit of a ghost story. Other than the paranormal parts it is a  pretty clean book. 

Reading this week

Finished

Couldn’t finish reading anything because I was to tried after work to even read anything. The library I work at is in the process of moving and getting a new branch open.

Hopefully I can read this weekend an finish a couple of books.

Currently reading

Grimm’s Complete fairy tales by Jacob Grimm

Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

Blue Ridge Reunion by Mia Ross

The Captive Maiden by Melanie Dickerson

Take Me on by Katie McGarry

Rites of Passage by Joy N Hensley

Murder Sends a Postcard by Christy Fifield

Non-fiction reading  

Normally This would be cause for Concern by Danielle Fishel

Moonnshine Nation by Mark Spivak

Getting ready to read

Mafia Girl by Deborah Blumenthal

The Rules for Breaking by Ashley Elston

Made to Last by Melissa Tagg

Confessions of a Prayer Slacker by Diane Moody

Full Steam Ahead by Karen Witemeyer

Pirates and Prejudice by Kara Lousie

Five Glass Slippers by Elisabeth Brown

Austenland by Shannon Hale

Good Call by Jase Robertson

Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen

The Reliance by Marylu Tyndall

Classics

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

Reviewing

Devotional reading

Bible through in a year

The Girl’s still Got it by Liz Curtis Higgs

Lord, Teach me to study the Bible in 28 days by Kay Arthur

Did Not Finish

Audio

Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich

Reviews Posted this week 

 Just mini reviews 

Books read in September

Books Read in September

1. Guidebook to Murder by Lynn Cahoon
2. Rival Hearts by Tara Randel
3. Forevermore by Cindy Miles
4. Love’s Fortune by Laura Frantz
5. Stealing Adda by Tamera Leigh
6. Rodeo Song by Shannon Taylor Vannatter
7. The Redemption by M.L. Tyndall
8. Murder Buys a T-Shirt by Christy Fifield
9. A Killer read by Erika Chase
10. The Red Siren by M.L. Tyndall
11. Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay
12. Small-Town Homecoming by Lissa Manley
13. Tried and True by Mary Connealy
14. The Blue Enchantress by M.L. Tyndall
15. Murder Hooks a Mermaid by Christy Fifield
16. The Raven Saint by Mary Lu Tyndall
17. Read and Buried by Erika Chase
18. Death of a Mad Hatter by Jenn McKinlay
19.  

Mini Reviews: More Christian Romance

Title: Single Dad Cowboy

Author: Brenda Minton

Series: Love Inspired Cooper Creek

 

Chapters:17 plus epilogue  

Pages: 214

Genre: Christian Romance

Rating: 4.5 stars

     Another sweet Love Inspired romance read. It’s also the last book in the Cooper Creek series. 

Title: Splitting Harriet

Author: Tamera Leigh

Chapters: 25

Pages: 386

Genre: Christian Romance

Rating: 4.5 stars

Harriet or Harri Bisset is a preachers kid that had a rebellious streak as a teen and young adult.   The book starts with her trying to make amends. Enter Maddox McCoy who happens to be a reformed bad boy.

It was an a unique read and also the first Tamera Leigh book that I have read. I can’t wait to read more