Turn to Me by Becky Wade (with giveaway) All That It Takes by Nicole Deese (with giveaway) The Buy-In by Emma St. Clair Sunrise by Susan May Warren with giveaway

Bookish Question of the Week

Quoftheweek

Thanks for your patience these last few weeks while posts have been sporadic! All will be back to normal come Monday.

I’m excited about this year of books and writers –  there’s so much to look forward to, don’t you think?

Debut authors, authors branching out into new genres, new series from beloved authors, indie books that are getting better and better…I tell you, we the readers are the winners in this book wonderland.

So, a very simple question of the week today…

What 2015 releases are you excited about?

Top 10 Reads, 2014

Top-10I tell myself I keep this post for the last day of the year because it seems fitting – truthfully, I think I’m procrastinating as I always find this my most challenging post every year! Many of my favourite authors published multiple books this year and as it’s my list, I can do with it as I will so no calling me out on having a few more than 10 books on my list 😉

In the past, my Top 10 has only featured traditionally published novels but this year I read so many quality indie books with many being …

2015 INSPY AWARD NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN

inspyrs2The Inspy Awards were created to select and showcase books with the highest literary standards that grapple with the Christian faith and were designed to help readers in their search for the preeminent faith-inspired literature of today.  This program is organized and judged by book bloggers who have considerable experience and knowledge of books published for both the CBA and general markets. The dates of eligibility will include books published between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014

Books may be nominated in any of the following categories:

  • Debut Novel
  • General Fiction
  • Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense
  • Historical Romance
  • Speculative Fiction
  • Mystery

Merry Christmas

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The INSPYs are coming…

The INSinspyrs2PY Awards for 2015 are almost here!

Nominations open 27th December so be thinking now about the books you wish to nominate.

Be sure to check out the nomination tips on the INSPYs website so you will be good to go come Saturday.

I love honouring excellent writers in this way – hope you do to!…

Character Spotlight: Joanne Bischof’s Tucker & Sarah with a giveaway

This Quiet SkyMeet two young dreamers in

Joanne Bischof’s

Historical Novella

This Quiet Sky

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The Story

There is nothing extraordinary about Tucker O’Shay’s dreams. 
Go to college. Become president. Fall in love. 
And pretend like he has enough time to get it all done.

Sixteen-year-old Sarah Miller doesn’t expect anything out of the ordinary when she begins her first day at the one-room-school house in her new hometown of Rocky Knob. But when she meets seventeen-year-old Tucker O’Shay—the boy with the fatal illness who volunteers to tutor her in algebra—she finds herself swept up in a friendship that changes the way