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Have you reached your 2024 reading goal?

December 18, 2024 By D'Ann Mateer

Do you do the reading challenge on Goodreads? I confess I love picking the number of books I want to read for the coming year and then trying to reach that goal.  Of course, I’ve been keeping spreadsheets for years that include “books read” column which I tally up at the end of the year.  I went back to see if the numbers for the past few years of Goodreads challenge compare to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Reading Tagged With: Goodreads, reading goal

Doing life with these amazing people

December 17, 2024 By Tamera Alexander

Happy Tuesday evening, friends. Sorry for my lateness in posting. The past few days have been an absolute blur of gatherings, birthday parties, neighborhood parties, Christmas parties, and a family wedding. Such rich time with family and friends! Here are some quick glimpses... My attempt at the themed cake Kellie wanted. I made the wrong kind of fondant, though. Marshmallow fondant, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Books, Christmas, Faith, Family

Favorite Reads of 2024

December 6, 2024 By Robin Lee Hatcher

Well, the year is winding down. Christmas is around the corner, and New Year’s Day is less than four weeks away. Can you believe it? I know that many “rabid readers” will continue to read over the course of these last 25 days of 2024. However, today I’m going to ask what your favorite reads of the year (so far) were. When my first book was published back in 1984, a paperback book had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books

Waiting for Gilbert with Tasha Hackett

December 5, 2024 By Karen Witemeyer

When Tasha Hackett reached out to me about her new Christmas book, Waiting for Gilbert, I was eager to help her get the word out. I grew up with the Anne of Green Gables books, and I loved that they served as inspiration for Tasha's story. So I invited her here to share about it with you. Take it away, Tasha . . . Tasha Hackett here! A few years ago, I read and re-read all of Karen’s books … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Friendship, Reading Tagged With: Power of Friendship, Tasha Hackett, Waiting for Gilbert

Something Delicious

November 15, 2024 By Robin Lee Hatcher

On Monday, I finished writing my 94th book. To Capture a Mountain Man is the third book in The British Are Coming series, and it will release in February 2025. (To confuse things, my 93rd book doesn’t release until summer 2025.) To celebrate typing “The End,” I went to see “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” on Tuesday. I laughed. I happy-cried. It is a delight from start to finish and should … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies & TV, Writing

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