53 Loyally Luke by Pepper Basham 6/1 (audio/hoopla)
Challenges Met: 52 Bookclub 28. A Yellow Spine
54 A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon 6/3 (kindle/prime)
Challenges Met: 52 Bookclub 9. A Character-Driven Novel
This book took me so long to get through! I feel like I was reading it for months- almost 6 as a matter of fact. It was a little slow to start and of course being the mood reader I am I kept setting it aside for other things. After I read Noble Salt last month by the same author I decided to commit to finishing it. I also made it a June goal to try and clean up some of those books hanging out on my currently reading list 😂
It is the story of a young woman, who wanting to fight in the American Revolution, disguises herself as a man.
I hope you will not think me wicked, but if running is a sin, I will simply have to remain a sinner, as it is the only thing that quiets my mind.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,’” I began. He huffed under his breath, like I’d surprised him again, and I paused in my recitation. “You’ve memorized it?” he asked. “Yes, sir.” “Why?” “Because I believe in it.”
55 Chosen People by Robert Whitlow 6/11 (print/own)
Challenges met: A-Z "C"
Book club pick for Alive. LOVED this book. I waited too long and barely finished in time for book club but I did! Literally like an hour to spare.
A legal thriller with some crazy twists. I loved how the faith of the main character Hana was woven through the story.
There is a sequel which I very much want to read.
Hana often woke up in the middle of the night to pray and seek the Lord. She didn't worry that she might wake up tired in the morning. Instead she slipped out of bed in anticipation of that the night watch might hold instore for her.
Regardless of what people say about the influence of mass media, human understanding takes place one person at a time.
But my relationship with God through Jesus is my core. I know that's a religious statement, but it's not just a belief or an idea; it transforms everything about who I am and how I relate to people, regardless of who they are and where they come from.
56 Rocky Road by Becky Wade 6/14 (audio/hoopla)
This was a fun fake dating romance. The main character in this book Gemma, is a perfumer. Hence why I picked it for a "smelly book".
57 The Roads We Follow by Nicole Deese 6/20 (ebook/hoopla)★★★★★
This book was such a delight. The follow up to The Words We Lost, which I reread last month for Alive BC. But this is almost an entirely new cast of characters. Our main character is roped into a cross country road trip with her mother and two sisters. There are complicated family dynamics at play. The characters felt authentic and real.
"You put that thumb down right now, Harriet Josephine." Luella scolds. "No child of mine is going to hitchhike."
"Then I hope you're fine with me stealing a cow.""Peace isn't passive Raegan. It's proactive. And the way I see it, you've been a passive character in your own story for far too long."
"Nonsense," Mama laughs. "Nobody is ever fully qualified for anything. That's why we need Jesus."
58 Funny Story by Emily Henry 6/22 (audio/library)★★★★★
“Now there’s no good way to get out of it. I mean, when we ‘break up,’ Peter will get to feel smug and superior about that.”
“That’s no problem,” Miles says, pouring a taste of white wine for each of us. “All we have to do is get married, and then stay together until they split up. And if they have kids, just have one more than them. If they get a dog, we get a cuter dog. If they buy a new house, we get a mansion.”
“A perfect plan,” I say. “Why didn’t I think of it?”Those are the moments that make a life. Not grand gestures, but mundane details that, over time, accumulate until you have a home, instead of a house.“The library is, like, the single best cross section of humanity,” I tell him. “You meet all kinds of interesting people.”
The premise is our main character Lauren comes home one night and finds a man, her husband in her flat.... only she's not married. In short order she finds that her attic is manufacturing husbands. And when one husband goes up, a different husband comes down.
60 Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber 6/30 (print/library)
Challenges met: 50 States - Alabama
Bookclub selection for LBC- turns out I already read it but thoroughly enjoyed the re-visit.
We survive on sweet tea and complaining, plain and simple. Mostly the sweet tea, if I’m tellin’ it to you straight.
It was a choice. I could either keep dwelling on what had happened, letting it define me, or take the valuable—and sometimes painful—lessons I’d learned from the relationship and move on. Maybe find someone eventually who loves me the same way I do them.
Total: 8 2024: 60
Kindle/Ebook: 2 Print: 3 Audio: 3
Library: 5 Owned: 2 Prime: 1 Kindle Unlimited: 0
Favorite: Funny Story or The Roads We Follow
50 States: Alabama (Do you have any book recs for the states I have left?)
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