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message 1: by Staci, Book Awards Specialist (new)

Staci | 3871 comments Mod
Hello and happy May! I'm assisting Beth due to some technical difficulties in getting this thread added.

Please share what you've read/plan to read in May.

Looking forward to learning about your reading plans for this month.


message 2: by Megan (last edited May 25, 2023 04:52PM) (new)

Megan | 182 comments Finished: Charity's Cross (Charles Towne Belles, #4) by MaryLu Tyndall In This Moment (Timeless, #2) by Gabrielle Meyer The Unveiling (Age of Faith, #1) by Tamara Leigh

Currently Reading: While We're Far Apart (A World War I Homefront Novel Set in New York) by Lynn Austin Anna's Crossing (Amish Beginnings #1) by Suzanne Woods Fisher

Up Next: Fairest of Heart (Texas Ever After, #1) by Karen Witemeyer My True Love Gave to Me (The Marvelous Munroes #1) by Regina Scott


message 3: by Katrina (last edited May 31, 2023 10:37PM) (new)

Katrina Lybbert | 886 comments Here is my reading in May:

May 2023

Finished:
Drummer Boy at Bull Run (Bonnets and Bugles, #1) by Gilbert Morris An Unlikely Match (Amish Inn #2) by Beth Wiseman Hearts of Steel (The Blackstone Legacy, #3) by Elizabeth Camden Halifax Explodes! (Canadian Flyer Adventures #17) by Frieda Wishinsky The Warmth of Sunshine (Amish Blessings, #2) by Kelly Irvin The Potter's Lady (Refined by Love, #2) by Judith McCoy Miller The Letter Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #2) by Charles Martin Heart Adrift by Laura Frantz Something Old, Something New by Amy Clipston To Treasure an Heiress (The Secrets of the Isles, #2) by Roseanna M. White Lotus & Feather by Ji-li Jiang Blue Bird Her Little Tree A Story in English and Chinese by Jin Bo

Finishing Soon:
A, B, C, Go! (Collier's Junior Classics The Young Folks Shelf of Books, Volume 1) by Margaret E. Martignoni Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell My Treasury of Christmas Carols & Stories by Hinkler Books To Dwell Among Cedars (The Covenant House, #1) by Connilyn Cossette Mind Games (Kaely Quinn Profiler, #1) by Nancy Mehl The Love Note by Joanna Davidson Politano

Currently Reading:
Amish Values for Your Family What We Can Learn from the Simple Life by Suzanne Woods Fisher The Sheriffs of Savage Wells (Savage Wells, #1) by Sarah M. Eden Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez When Stone Wings Fly A Smoky Mountains Novel by Karen Barnett This Time Around by Denise Hunter The World Above by Cameron Dokey

Up Next:
Beneath His Silence by Hannah Linder Dear Henry, Love Edith by Becca Kinzer The London House by Katherine Reay Dancing to Freedom (Dream's Edge #0.5) by Traci Hunter Abramson North Country Mom by Lois Richer

If I had more time:
The Bishop's Daughter by Patricia Johns Hadassah One Night with the King by Tommy Tenney Love Amid The Ashes (Treasure of His Love) by Mesu Andrews The Roses of Feldstone by Esther Hatch Yours is the Night by Amanda Dykes Come Back to Me (Waters of Time, #1) by Jody Hedlund Isabelle and Alexander (Proper Romance Victorian) by Rebecca Anderson Count the Nights by Stars by Michelle Shocklee Edge of Dusk (Annie Pederson, #1) by Colleen Coble Hidden Current (The Dancing Realms, #1) by Sharon Hinck Sandpiper Cove (Hope Harbor, #3) by Irene Hannon


message 5: by Karen (last edited May 11, 2023 06:09AM) (new)

Karen | 1329 comments Getting ready for a long RV trip - so haven't finished much yet. Primary focus is catching up on quarterly challenges and working to finish the Statehood challenge.

Finished:
Elixir by Davis Bunn Follow Me Christ's Call, Our Response by John F. MacArthur Jr. Restoring the Jewishness of the Gospel A Message for Christians by David H. Stern Dead Sea Rising (Dead Sea Chronicles #1) by Jerry B. Jenkins

Currently Reading
Love on a Dime (Ladies of Summerhill, #1) by Cara Lynn James Due or Die (Library Lover's Mystery, #2) by Jenn McKinlay Blessed Bouquets by Lyn Cote Leaving Lavender Tides (Lavender Tides #1.5) by Colleen Coble Gideon's Gift (The Red Gloves, #1) by Karen Kingsbury Under Cover of Darkness (The Texas Gatekeepers #1) by Elizabeth White Running Blind (Heroes for Hire, #3) by Shirlee McCoy Tidewater Inn (Hope Beach, #1) by Colleen Coble Glimmer of Hope by Sarah M. Eden

Up Next:
The Friends of Jesus (Heart of the Story, #2) by Karen Kingsbury A Lineage of Grace (Lineage of Grace #1- 5) by Francine Rivers An Eye for an Eye (Heroes of Quantico, #2) by Irene Hannon No Safe Harbor (Edge of Freedom, #1) by Elizabeth Ludwig The Glassblower (The Glass Goldfinch #1) by Laurie Alice Eakes Echo of Danger (Echo Falls #1) by Marta Perry Legacy of Love (Haven Manor, #1.5) by Kristi Ann Hunter October Kiss by Kristen Ethridge

Hoping for:
Code of Honor (Secret Agent #3) by Lenora Worth Once Upon a Wine (Black Dog Bay, #4) by Beth Kendrick Protection Detail (Capitol K-9 Unit #1) by Shirlee McCoy Mountain Hideaway by Christy Barritt Rainbow in the Mist by Phyllis A. Whitney Mountain Rescue (Operation K-9 Brothers, #3) by Sandra Owens Belle of Charleston (Southern Legacy, #1) by Jerri Hines Missing Persons (Reunion Revelations #2) by Shirlee McCoy Retribution (Deadly Reunions #3.5) by Lynette Eason Deep Waters (Security Specialists #1) by Jessica R. Patch One Little Lie (The Pelican Harbor, #1) by Colleen Coble Obsession (Natchez Trace Park Rangers, #2) by Patricia Bradley Bruce by Albert Payson Terhune The Kidnapped Prime Minister (Hercule Poirot Short Story #2) by Agatha Christie The Revolutionary War 1775-1783 by Alan Axelrod

(There will also be a hidden gem in there)


message 6: by Missy (last edited May 11, 2023 07:26AM) (new)

Missy | 939 comments My May plans:

Heirlooms by Sandra Byrd , The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis , Bernice Runs Away by Talya Tate Boerner (GM), The Keys to Gramercy Park (Doors to the Past) by Candice Sue Patterson , Isaiah's Daughter (Prophets and Kings, #1) by Mesu Andrews , and The Printed Letter Bookshop by Katherine Reay (Hidden Gem)


message 7: by Natalie (last edited May 11, 2023 06:44PM) (new)

Natalie (creativecountry0407gmailcom) | 437 comments April finished listening to and reading:
The Colors of All the Cattle (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #19) by Alexander McCall Smith and The Letter from Briarton Park (The Houses of Yorkshire, #1) by Sarah E. Ladd
Started listening to :
A Promise of Ankles (44 Scotland Street #14) by Alexander McCall Smith and Husband Auditions by Angela Ruth Strong and reading:
A Bride Most Begrudging by Deeanne Gist
May plans:
Continuing listening to: A Promise of Ankles (44 Scotland Street #14) by Alexander McCall Smith
and reading:
A Bride Most Begrudging by Deeanne Gist
Mighht startr listening to eithe To the Land of Long Lost Friends (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #20) by Alexander McCall Smith or Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes start reading either:
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett by Frances Hodgson Burnett or Beyond the Desert Sands (Love on the Santa Fe, #2) by Tracie Peterson
We'll see what happens.
(****will fix cover images later)


message 8: by Loraine (new)

Loraine (librarydiva) | 4440 comments Finished: Work in Progress (Secrets of Mary's Bookshop, #16) by Cara C. Putman Luke (Bible #42), ESV by Anonymous 1 Samuel (Bible #9), ESV by Anonymous In Feast or Famine (The Egyptian Chronicles, #2) by Mesu Andrews Heirlooms by Sandra Byrd After the Storm (Finding Love in the Low Country) by Yvonne Lehman Man of Shadow and Mist (Of Monsters and Men #2) by Michelle Griep

Currently reading: Lost in Darkness (Of Monsters and Men #1) by Michelle Griep John (Bible #43), ESV by Anonymous 2 Samuel (Bible #10), ESV by Anonymous

Plan to read: Counter Attack (Pearl River #1) by Patricia Bradley Lights Out (The SNAP Agency, #1) by Natalie Walters Fatal Code (The SNAP Agency #2) by Natalie Walters Blind Trust (The SNAP Agency #3) by Natalie Walters Within These Gilded Halls by Abigail Wilson His Flower Girl by Erin Landy Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg Promises to Keep by Ann Tatlock A DIFFERENCE OF PURPOSE A Novel Of The American Civil War by Terry Soileau A Marriage for the Marine (Brush Creek Brides, #7) by Liz Isaacson By the Waters of Babylon (Psalm, #2) by Mesu Andrews Ready or Not (Aggie's Inheritance, #1) by Chautona Havig Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini The Day the World Came to Town 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede


message 9: by Lynnette (last edited May 26, 2023 07:19AM) (new)


message 11: by Leslie (new)

Leslie | 12 comments Smitten (Smitten, #1) by Colleen Coble Currently reading

The Words We Lost (Fog Harbor Romance) by Nicole Deese Finished
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
All My Knotted-Up Life A Memoir by Beth Moore


message 12: by Lauri (last edited Jun 01, 2023 08:20PM) (new)

Lauri Gentry | 443 comments Books I have finished reading in May
Heirlooms by Sandra Byrd Love Amid The Ashes (Treasure of His Love) by Mesu Andrews Pretty Little Pieces by Carmen Schober The Lost Melody by Joanna Davidson Politano Where the Blue Sky Begins by Katie Powner Windswept Way (Hope Harbor, #9) by Irene Hannon The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip by Sara Brunsvold Picking Daisy (New England Inspirations #3) by Valerie Howard Sea Rose Lane (Hope Harbor, #2) by Irene Hannon A Month of Summer (Blue Sky Hill #1) by Lisa Wingate The Hidden Prince by Tessa Afshar The Unlikely Yarn of the Dragon Lady A Novel (Purls and Prayers) by Sharon J. Mondragón


message 13: by Kelli (new)

Kelli | 103 comments just finished A Heart Adrift by Laura Frantz!


message 14: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer Penrose | 13 comments Currently Reading: Wings of the Morning (Kensington Chronicles, #2) by Lori Wick
Just Finished Reading: The Hawk and the Jewel (Kensington Chronicles, #1) by Lori Wick


message 15: by Sarita (new)

Sarita | 2293 comments Finished:

A Worthy Pursuit (A Worthy Pursuit, #1) by Karen Witemeyer Dead Sea Rising (Dead Sea Chronicles #1) by Jerry B. Jenkins In Feast or Famine (The Egyptian Chronicles, #2) by Mesu Andrews The Gentleman Spy (Serendipity & Secrets, #2) by Erica Vetsch Deceit by Brandilyn Collins Expired Promise (Last Chance Fire and Rescue #3) by Lisa Phillips Christy's Choice by C. Archer

Currently reading: The Swindler's Daughter by Stephenia H. McGee Hidden Peril (Code of Honor, #2) by Irene Hannon Illusion by Frank E. Peretti Dog Days of Summer (Gone to the Dogs #2) by Kathleen Y'Barbo

next:
The Secret to Happiness (Cape Cod Creamery, #2) by Suzanne Woods Fisher Counter Attack (Pearl River #1) by Patricia Bradley Ned (The Minnesota Marshalls #3) by Susan May Warren


message 16: by Crystal (last edited May 22, 2023 12:05PM) (new)

Crystal | 744 comments Finished in May!
The Tapestry of Grace A Novel by Kim Vogel Sawyer Code Name Edelweiss by Stephanie Landsem River's Edge (Cape Refuge #3) by Terri Blackstock A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon Something Old, Something New by Amy Clipston A Healer's Promise (Brides of Laurent, #2) by Misty M. Beller Miss Newbury's List (Proper Romance Regency) by Megan Walker


message 17: by Grace (new)

Grace | 0 comments Just finished ‘The innkeepers Daughter’ by Michelle Griep. Excellent Read, kept me up well past midnight :) onto book 3 ‘ The Noble Guardian’ from the series : The Bow Street Runners Trilogy.
Also have read ‘ The Moonlight School’ and just finished ‘A Mosaic of Wings’ all excellent reads for May!


message 18: by Natalie (new)

Natalie (creativecountry0407gmailcom) | 437 comments I'm about a quarter of the way through Beyond the Desert Sands (Love on the Santa Fe, #2) by Tracie Peterson . I'm enjoying it so far.


message 19: by Matthew (new)

Matthew Runals | 9 comments Not a fiction read but still pretty good. Making Hope Happen: Create the Future You Want for Yourself and Others

We ARE living in a hopeless society. This is a great little book that has helped me and others. Might be a decent thing to put on the "desktop".


message 20: by Jan (last edited May 31, 2023 03:14PM) (new)

Jan | 185 comments I have not read what I planned to read! There are still a few more days, so maybe I'll get to one of them. I teach 3rd grade. Each year the students can earn a bronze, silver, or gold medal and enter the Reading Hall of Fame! They have to read a certain number of books of various genres. I have been trying to finish up the last two books in order to get the GOLD! I like to earn the medal as a motivator for my students. This year I only motivated one! Oh well!

I've read:
Teaching Writing in Small Groups
Mountain Breezes
Merchant
M.C. Higgins, the Great
20000 Leagues Under the Sea

Currently reading and will NOT finish today...
Shiloh Autumn
Let Go


Listened To:
Secrets Unforgotten


message 21: by Jan (new)

Jan | 185 comments Sarita wrote: "Finished:

A Worthy Pursuit (A Worthy Pursuit, #1) by Karen WitemeyerDead Sea Rising (Dead Sea Chronicles #1) by Jerry B. JenkinsIn Feast or Famine (The Egyptian Chronicles, #2) by Mesu AndrewsThe Gentleman Spy (Serendipity & Secrets, #2) by Erica VetschDeceit by Brandilyn Collins[bookcover..."



I LOVE the book Christy. I've read it 3 times over the past 30 years. I think it might be time to read it again. 😊


message 22: by Jan (new)

Jan | 185 comments Leslie wrote: "Finished: The Words We LostThe Invention of WingsAll My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

Working on:Smitten"


I really liked All My Knotted Up Life. I listened to the audiobook.


message 23: by Sarita (new)

Sarita | 2293 comments Jan wrote: "Sarita wrote: "Finished:

A Worthy Pursuit (A Worthy Pursuit, #1) by Karen WitemeyerDead Sea Rising (Dead Sea Chronicles #1) by Jerry B. JenkinsIn Feast or Famine (The Egyptian Chronicles, #2) by Mesu AndrewsThe Gentleman Spy (Serendipity & Secrets, #2) by Erica Vetsch[bookcover:Deceit|744..."


I'm enjoying the shorter installments from the big novel.


message 24: by Karen (last edited May 26, 2023 10:24AM) (new)

Karen | 1329 comments I haven't finished as many as I hoped. Have also changed some from original plan.

Finished from plan:
Love on a Dime (Ladies of Summerhill, #1) by Cara Lynn James Due or Die (Library Lover's Mystery, #2) by Jenn McKinlay Leaving Lavender Tides (Lavender Tides #1.5) by Colleen Coble Gideon's Gift (The Red Gloves, #1) by Karen Kingsbury Running Blind (Heroes for Hire, #3) by Shirlee McCoy Legacy of Love (Haven Manor, #1.5) by Kristi Ann Hunter October Kiss by Kristen Ethridge Retribution (Deadly Reunions #3.5) by Lynette Eason The Kidnapped Prime Minister (Hercule Poirot Short Story #2) by Agatha Christie The Revolutionary War 1775-1783 by Alan Axelrod Unveiled Tamar (Lineage of Grace #1) by Francine Rivers (first story in A Lineage of Grace (Lineage of Grace #1- 5) by Francine Rivers )

Additional finishes not in original plan:
Up & Down The Adventures of John Jeffries, First American to Fly by Don Brown Let's Learn about The Lord's Prayer (HeartSmart Series) by Catherine DeVries

Currently reading and hope to finish by end of month:
Blessed Bouquets by Lyn Cote The Confession (The Heritage of Lancaster County, #2) by Beverly Lewis The Glassblower (The Glass Goldfinch #1) by Laurie Alice Eakes A December Bride (A Year of Weddings, #1) by Denise Hunter All Dressed Up in Love A March Wedding Story (A Year of Weddings Novella 2, #4) by Ruth Logan Herne A Match for Addy (The Amish Matchmaker #1) by Emma Miller Protection Detail (Capitol K-9 Unit #1) by Shirlee McCoy Mountain Hideaway by Christy Barritt Rainbow in the Mist by Phyllis A. Whitney Mountain Rescue (Operation K-9 Brothers, #3) by Sandra Owens Belle of Charleston (Southern Legacy, #1) by Jerri Hines


message 25: by MKay (new)

MKay | 36 comments Recent library book sale and garage sales have given me a 'new' box full of books. Since one of my favs is Tracie Peterson I chose the Bells of Lowell stories to start. Already finished Daughter of the Loom and currently reading A Fragile Design.


message 26: by Karen (last edited May 29, 2023 05:16PM) (new)

Karen | 1329 comments Additional finishes: Blessed Bouquets by Lyn Cote A December Bride (A Year of Weddings, #1) by Denise Hunter In Grandma's Attic (Grandma's Attic, #1) by Arleta Richardson

With the few days left, hoping to finish: Bruce by Albert Payson Terhune Happily Ever Amish (The Amish of Apple Creek #1) by Shelley Shepard Gray The Cowboy's Bride by Carolyne Aarsen Code of Honor (Secret Agent #3) by Lenora Worth Bayou Corruption (Bayou Series, #2) by Robin Caroll


message 27: by Staci, Book Awards Specialist (new)

Staci | 3871 comments Mod
In May, I read:

The Metropolitan Affair (On Central Park, #1) by Jocelyn Green Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan Henry Love in the Headlines by Penny Zeller A Match in the Making (The Matchmakers, #1) by Jen Turano Famous for a Living by Melissa Ferguson Deception (Natchez Trace Park Rangers, #4) by Patricia Bradley Along a Breton Shore by Arlem Hawks The Heart's Choice (The Jewels of Kalispell, #1) by Tracie Peterson Shelter in the Storm (Johns Mill Amish Romance #1) by Laurel Blount Playing It Safe (Electra McDonnell, #3) by Ashley Weaver Theodore Boone Kid Lawyer (Theodore Boone, #1) by John Grisham Rosemary Cottage (Hope Beach, #2) by Colleen Coble Counterfeit Faith (Hidden Hearts of the Gilded Age, #3) by Crystal Caudill Pearl of a Great Price (Secrets from Grandma's Attic, #5) by Shaen Layle Beneath a Peaceful Moon (Heroines of WWII) by Debby Lee The Secret to Happiness (Cape Cod Creamery, #2) by Suzanne Woods Fisher The Laws of Attraction (Wyoming Sunrise, #2) by Mary Connealy Fairest of Heart (Texas Ever After, #1) by Karen Witemeyer The Heart of Splendid Lake by Amy Clipston

Non-Fiction (Audible)
Fostered One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care by Tori Hope Petersen Twilight in Hazard An Appalachian Reckoning by Alan Maimon


message 28: by Pegg (new)

Pegg | 51 comments I got exactly 1 - ONE! - CF book read in May. It was a very busy month. But I thoroughly enjoyed Ann Gabhart's new release! In the Shadow of the River by Ann H. Gabhart


message 31: by Katrina (new)

Katrina Lybbert | 886 comments Here is what I finished in May:

E-books:
Hearts of Steel (The Blackstone Legacy, #3) by Elizabeth Camden The Warmth of Sunshine (Amish Blessings, #2) by Kelly Irvin Heart Adrift by Laura Frantz Something Old, Something New by Amy Clipston

Paperback:
The Potter's Lady (Refined by Love, #2) by Judith McCoy Miller To Treasure an Heiress (The Secrets of the Isles, #2) by Roseanna M. White

Audiobooks:
An Unlikely Match (Amish Inn #2) by Beth Wiseman The Letter Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #2) by Charles Martin

Children's Books:
Drummer Boy at Bull Run (Bonnets and Bugles, #1) by Gilbert Morris Halifax Explodes! (Canadian Flyer Adventures #17) by Frieda Wishinsky Lotus & Feather by Ji-li Jiang Blue Bird Her Little Tree A Story in English and Chinese by Jin Bo


message 32: by Missy (new)

Missy | 939 comments May finishes (low because I forgot we were going on vacation and I get zero reading done):

Heirlooms by Sandra Byrd , The Printed Letter Bookshop by Katherine Reay , The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis (GM)


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