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christianreader I read a lot the past two months (thanks in good part to spring break, a road trip, and some shorter selections), but honestly, there's really only one book I truly enjoyed in this lot. A couple of these I ended up skimming, and one was so uninspiring I kept forgetting the main characters' names while I was reading. 😛 Hopefully we'll get to some better selections soon!
"𝐀 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞"
"𝐀𝐧 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞"
"𝐀𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩"
"𝐀𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲" 𝐛𝐲 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢 𝐀𝐧𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫
The Hawthorne House series focuses on four siblings in Regency England. The second one was my favorite by far (review HERE). I actually actively disliked the rest and can't imagine reading them again.
"𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧" 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫
This was a quick and easy read loosely based off Beauty and the Beast. By "loosely based," I mean I might not have picked up on it except for the title.
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝" 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝
I dipped into some non-fiction but had a hard time with the underlying tones, finding this not at all what I was looking for.
"𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚" 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫
This book would have been better if the main characters were 40 instead of 25. So unrealistic and not relatable at all.
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫" 𝐛𝐲 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐧
This was another tough read. It was split time with both timelines being set during WWII. I was so confused that I never could connect with the characters.
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐲" 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐡
Most of this book is brilliant. However, without any sort of faith aspect, it left me wanting.
"𝐂𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞" 𝐛𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬
This was a spur of the moment read. It set Jane Austen's "𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑒" in the Old West. I found some parts overdone and some woefully underdone.
"𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐧 𝐓𝐨 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞" 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐖. 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐨𝐧
Wedding planner Hope heads to Wyoming to plan the last-minute wedding of a good friend. This is one of those "everything that can go wrong will go wrong" stories, with a dash of faith and unrequited romance.
𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑛 2023: 18
"𝐀 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞"
"𝐀𝐧 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞"
"𝐀𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩"
"𝐀𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲" 𝐛𝐲 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢 𝐀𝐧𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫
The Hawthorne House series focuses on four siblings in Regency England. The second one was my favorite by far (review HERE). I actually actively disliked the rest and can't imagine reading them again.
"𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧" 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫
This was a quick and easy read loosely based off Beauty and the Beast. By "loosely based," I mean I might not have picked up on it except for the title.
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝" 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝
I dipped into some non-fiction but had a hard time with the underlying tones, finding this not at all what I was looking for.
"𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚" 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫
This book would have been better if the main characters were 40 instead of 25. So unrealistic and not relatable at all.
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫" 𝐛𝐲 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐧
This was another tough read. It was split time with both timelines being set during WWII. I was so confused that I never could connect with the characters.
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐲" 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐡
Most of this book is brilliant. However, without any sort of faith aspect, it left me wanting.
"𝐂𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞" 𝐛𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬
This was a spur of the moment read. It set Jane Austen's "𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑒" in the Old West. I found some parts overdone and some woefully underdone.
"𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐧 𝐓𝐨 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞" 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐖. 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐨𝐧
Wedding planner Hope heads to Wyoming to plan the last-minute wedding of a good friend. This is one of those "everything that can go wrong will go wrong" stories, with a dash of faith and unrequited romance.
𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑛 2023: 18
