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2018 Reading List
Firstborn by Brandon Sanderson Perfect State by Brandon Sanderson Legion: Skin Deep by Brandon Sanderson Detective Strongoak and the Case of the Dead Elf by Terry Newman Trailer Park Fae by Lilith Saintcrow Cheyenne Sunrise by Janalyn Voigt The Bride Wore Constant White by Shelley Adina Dreams of my Heart by Barbara J Scott Zeroes: A Novel by Chuck Wendig Porch Swing Girl by Taylor Bennett The Sleuth’s Miscalculation by Kimberly Rose Johnson Boundaries by Harry Cloud and John Townsend Carrick House by Shelley Adina Island Refuge by Kimberly Rose Johnson The Immortal Circus by A.R. Kahler Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron The Redemption Road by Christa MacDonald A Caffeine Conundrum by Angela Ruth Strong The Cloud Roads by…
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Book Review: Stagecoach to Liberty
I read this book in about 2 days. The first thing I have to say is be sure you have read the first two books first or you will have no idea what is going on. The author picks up the story and doesn’t slow down. Which you should read those books anyway because they’re great. Again, Janalyn Voigt takes us on a journey through a snippet of a the past and I came away with a smile and feeling like I learned something. She gathers up the characters from the previous books and introduces a couple new ones, specifically a young German woman Elsa. Elsa came to America to…
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Book Review: The Plum Blooms in Winter
Where do I even start. First things first, be sure to read the Author Note at the beginning and at the end of this one. Even if this book wasn’t exceptionally well done, I would give it a high rating just for the Authors Notes. Linda Thompson introduces her book with an explanation of why she did what she did and touching on what she is lifting from history and what is a fictional invention. And then at the end of the book, she takes a deep dive into dividing this is what happened in this time in history and this is a character she made up. And she goes…
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Book Review: The Awakened
I have a rule of thumb that I always review a book within a few days of reading it. It keeps me accountable to not be late and the story is freshest in my mind. That said- it has been much longer than a few days since I had the opportunity to read The Awakened. Which means it already feels like it has been forever that I have been waiting for the second book and why is it not here now. I had serious doubts about this book. End times fiction? Flashbacks that are essentially Biblical fiction? The author having Christ as a character in the story and having fictional…
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Book Review: A Caffeine Conundrum
Usually when I finish book and really like it I think oh so-and-so would like this. Or how one friend would like it but it just wouldn’t be another friend’s cup of tea. That isn’t a reflection on a book, just individual peoples taste. I honestly think all of my reader friends would find something they like in A Caffeine Conundrum. Tandy Brandt and Marissa Alexander have similar goals, though you would never guess from looking at them. Tandy loves to wear black, almost as much as she loves her pomeranian Cocoa, whereas former beauty Marissa is all about fashion and has little interest in the licky furball Tandy carries around.…
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Book Review: The Sleuth’s Miscalculation
Nancy Daley has this life thing down. She works as a librarian, everyone knows she’s someone they can turn to in times of trouble and she is an unofficial consultant for the sheriff department. The sheriff who happens to be her mom. She is an independent woman who is doing fine on her own and appears perfectly content to live out her days just as she is. And then she gets paired up with the new deputy, Carter Malone for a mystery. This is a fun little book. It’s first of all a mystery, it reminded more of an old Murder She Wrote in tone than Nancy Drew. There is a touch…
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Book Review: Porch Swing Girl
Olive Galloway’s life has been turned upside down and she has been dumped at her Gramma’s house in Hawaii, along with her little sister. Her mother just lost her fight with cancer and her dad has deposited them with their grandmother so he can go deal with things at home in Boston. “Deal with things” being something which has Olive in a complete panic that her dad will deconstruct what is left of her world by getting rid of her mothers things and selling their house. Full disclosure- Olive annoyed the ever living daylights out of me for the beginning of the book. Her behavior toward her sister, her gramma,…
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Book Review and Blog Tour: Cheyenne Sunrise
This is something new and I’m super excited about it. Instead of a normal review, today I get to be part of the 2018 Romantic Reads Blog Tour. What is a blog tour you ask? It’s like a progressive dinner, except with books and you don’t have to find parking for each stop. Now onto the introduction. (Don’t forget to scroll to the bottom for the giveaway) Hello Reader! Thank you for joining Homemade Mythology on Mountain Brook Ink’s “Romantic Reads Blog Tour.” Follow the tour schedule below from February 23 – March 2 for opportunities to win free e-books, Amazon gift cards, and the grand prize, a Kindle Fire…
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Book Review: Finding Love in Eureka, California
There is so much going on in this book. I kinda wonder if the author went, “I want to take all the controversial issues that are important to me and make a story from them, yes, I’ll do that!” Genevieve Wilson is happily living her life. She enjoys her job, she’s building her photography business and daydreaming about the pilot from work. She is a happy person who just…sorta ignores the bad in her life. It’s so much better to make up her own narrative right? Matt Lake is one of those guys who has crafted the “perfect life”. He has everything he wanted, he is on a path to…
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2017 Reading List
The One Thing by Gary Keller Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson Blowing on Dandelions by Miralee Ferrell The Genesis Tree by Heather LL Fitzgerald If You Feel Too Much by Jamie Tworkowski Forget Me Not by Miralee Ferrell Wishing on Buttercups by Miralee Ferrell Dreaming on Daisies by Miralee Ferrell Fields of Gold by Shelley Adina Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller Hills of Nevermore by Janalyn Voigt Presumed Dead by Angela Ruth Strong An Anchor on Her Heart by Patricia Lee The Princess and the PI by Angela Ruth Strong I Thought it Was Just Me (But it’s Not) by Brene Brown —- Financially Fearless by Alexa von Tobel Adopted by Kelley Nikondeha At the Crossroads…