Christian Fiction Devourers discussion

Welcome to this month's Hidden Gems challenge!

Hidden Gems is a fantastic way to plow through those mountains of books claiming space in your house or e-reader. I have found that this challenge produces some fun group interaction as well, because someone else chooses which book you’ll read next.

If you sign up, you'll be matched up with a Hidden Gems partner. You will choose a book from the list your partner designates which you have already read and cannot believe your partner hasn’t read yet. Your partner will do the same for you with the list you designate. The point is to find that “Hidden Gem” that you think they’ll love… because you adored it when you read it!

Let us know which books you choose for each other. When you finish reading your gem, let us know what you thought about it. Perhaps your Hidden Gem might find its way to someone else’s wish list!

Match-ups will be created on the 10th of the month. Please choose books for each other by the 13th.

Sign up by telling us which list you’d like your partner to choose from.

Happy reading, friends!

I'm in! Please give me at least 2-3 options from me e-hidden-gems shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I'm in! And so behind, but I'm in. Please choose 2-3 options from my "want to read" and/or "tbr - physical books" shelves.

Feel your pain, Staci. I still have some HGs sticking around from 2021. :D Every time I think I can squeeze one in, work or a tight deadline pops up.

Glad I'm not alone! I've got May and June stacked up...both books I very much want to read, but I realized I had to turn most of my focus on the quarterly "south" challenge to have any hope of completing it. Hope to get caught up with HGs in July. A girl can hope. :-)

Right?! Maybe we ought to make a list with books that fit the USA Regional Tour challenge for our HG partners to choose from? Food for thought. ;)

I'm in - please choose 3-4 books from any of my shelves:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
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Good idea Andrea! I might do that for August or September.

I'm in - please choose 3 - 4 books from my possible hidden gems shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I'm in! Please choose 3-4 titles from my hg options shelf.

Well, I am going to jump on the "I'm overwhelmed with so many books to catch up on and behind in my Hidden Gems, but, hey...go ahead and pick me something for July's Hidden Gems" bandwagon with Andrea and Staci!!!

Please choose 3-4 titles from the temporary list that I have set up to help with a few other challenges along with this one. It is "Temp HG Series Forgotten List":
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I'm in. Behind as everyone else. Please pick 2-3 from my hidden gems shelf.


My first thought was, we have already done July, shouldn't this say August? Then I realized we are still only in June. Hahaha! Blaming it on my teeth problems the last few weeks.

I'm in! Please pick 3-5 bokks from my want to read shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I'm going to give it a miss this time, but will be lurking to see what other people pick. Have fun ladies!

We'll miss you, Alice, but summertime is usually pretty busy. Hope to see you join in again soon!

I'm going to skip this month also, and work on the finish the series challenge!

Loraine wrote: "I'm going to skip this month also, and work on the finish the series challenge!"

Or you can still join and make your hidden gem list all the series books you want to read :-)

Sarita wrote: "Loraine wrote: "I'm going to skip this month also, and work on the finish the series challenge!"

Or you can still join and make your hidden gem list all the series books you want to read :-)"

I know I do that when I'm in the middle of a series that I don't have time to finish right away . . . the next book goes on my HG list!

Loraine wrote: "I'm going to skip this month also, and work on the finish the series challenge!"

We'll miss you! But I understand. Happy series reading!

If there is still time I would like to join in this month :)

Please pick 3-4 from the following shelf’s

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Sign-ups are now closed. Match-ups are coming shortly.

To even things out, I'm in too. Please choose from my asap list.

Here are the match-ups for July. Happy reading!

Sarita (7) - Brittany (11)
Katrina (9) - Charlene (20)
Kate (2) - Jenn (10)
Melanie (13) - Staci (3)
Missy (12) - Andrea (22)

Missy, you have a bunch of great books on your list, so I could only narrow it down to four, all of which were five-star reads for me. Hopefully this works out for if you haven't yet read a book one in any of the series. :)

jenn wrote: "I'm in! Please choose 3-4 titles from my hg options shelf."

Hey, Jenn! You had a LOT of really good choices on your list, but I was able to narrow it down to the following 4:
The Fifth Avenue Story Society
Daughter of Rome
Lights Out
Set the Stars Alight
I look forward to seeing what you've chosen for me!

Hi Kate, here are a few options for you:

I've read and enjoyed the first two, and I've been wanting to read the Hannon book. Enjoy! :)

jenn wrote: "Hi Kate, here are a few options for you:

I've read and enjoyed the first two, and I'v..."

All 3 look really good, but I decided to go with Labyrinth of Lies for this month. Thanks!🙂

Staci sent me her choices and I'm choosing for this month. Excited to have the push to read it. :)

Kate, I think I'll be reading . I've been meaning to read that one for awhile now. Thanks!

Hope you enjoy Holding the Fort Melanie! It's a fun read.

I think I'll go with:

Sarita, you have so many books to choose from that I have really enjoyed. It was hard to narrow it down to four! I gave you two contemporary and two historical choices. I hope you find one you want to read!

Hi Charlene,

Great choices on your list, it was hard to narrow down to the following four, I hope one of them will work for you:

A Cowboy for Keeps
If I Run
The Nature of a Lady
A Light on the Hill

They were all 5 star reads for me!

Katrina

Andrea -

I am going to try and work in .

For you I have chosen these that I enjoyed. I hope you find a favorite in one of them too.

, , , and .

Thanks, Missy! Let's both read Joanne Bischof this round. I'll go for .

Hi Brittany

I hope I can help you get back to some series :-)

Here is 3 I've read from your list and really enjoyed:

Brittany wrote: "Sarita, you have so many books to choose from that I have really enjoyed. It was hard to narrow it down to four! I gave you two contemporary and two historical choices. I hope you find one you want..."

Thanks Brittany

I think I will either go with or

Katrina wrote: "I'm in - please choose 3 - 4 books from my possible hidden gems shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."

Hey Katrina,

I also found loads of favourites on your shelf. Here are the five I have picked for you:



I will be reading or

Thank you for the pick and happy reading :)

Hi Charlene,

You will enjoy either choice, but if you pick If I Run you will not be able to stop till you finish the whole series. I had such a hard time waiting for the sequels to be published, but you will have the opportunity to read them as soon as you like.

Thanks for picking those great choices for me. I think I will go with either or

Sarita wrote: "Brittany wrote: "Sarita, you have so many books to choose from that I have really enjoyed. It was hard to narrow it down to four! I gave you two contemporary and two historical choices. I hope you ..."

Thanks Sarita! I think I will read

Thanks to Melanie for choosing my hidden gem. It was a good one!

I'm glad you enjoyed it, Staci. :)

jenn wrote: "Hi Kate, here are a few options for you:

I've read and enjoyed the first two, and I'v..."

I just finished Labyrinth of Lies and it was super intense. Thanks for choosing it for me, Jenn!

Glad you enjoyed it, Kate! I hope to get to mine soon.

Melanie wrote: "Staci sent me her choices and I'm choosing for this month. Excited to have the push to read it. :)"

Finished . Thanks, Staci. I really enjoyed it and am working through the rest of the series now. 😁

Awesome Melanie! So glad. It's a fun and informative series.

I finished reading . This was definitely a hidden gem and I can't believe it took me this long to pick it up and read it. Definitely a new favorite for me! Thank you, Sarita!

Brittany wrote: "I finished reading . This was definitely a hidden gem and I can't believe it took me this long to pick it up and read it. Definitely a new favorite fo..."

Glad you loved it!

Hi Kate, I ended up reading Set the Stars Alight, which was really good! Thanks for choosing that one.

You're welcome, Jenn! Glad you enjoyed it.🙂