The power of fiction, the beauty of words, and the God who made us to wield them for His glory.

Top Ten Tuesday – Christmas-Themed Reads

Happy Tuesday, reader friends, and welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday post thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl. Today we’re talking about holiday reads, or as I’ve tweaked it for today, Christmas-Themed Reads. I have a wide selection for you today, from Bodie & Brock Thoene’s Fourth Dawn, which is a fictional retelling of the birth of Christ, right through to historical and contemporary Christmas novellas and even an adrenaline-packed Discarded Heroes novella from Ronie Kendig. Plenty of Christmas reading for you to choose from!

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Top Ten Tuesday – Changes in My Reading Life

Happy Tuesday, reader friends, and welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday post thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl. Today we’re talking about changes in our reading lives, and when I sat down to think about this one, I discovered there have actually been more changes than I thought.

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Top Ten Tuesday – Bookmarks and Quitter Strips

Happy Tuesday, reader friends, and welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday post thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl. Today’s topic is Favourite Bookmarks, a topic that poses a bit of a dilemma for someone who reads about 95% of her books via Kindle. I very rarely need a bookmark these days, and I don’t have a big collection. But I do have a few to share with you. To round out my post, though, I do have an interesting collection of bookmark memes to share with you!

But first, the bookmarks. I have three bookmarks I’m going to share with you, all of which have been gifts from other bookish people in my life. 

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Top Ten Tuesday – Covers with Summer Vibes

Happy Tuesday, reader friends, and welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday post thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl. Today’s topic is Books That Give Off Autumn Vibes, but since I live in the southern hemisphere (Australia), where it’s most definitely giving off summer vibes (even though we’re still technically in spring), I’ve decided to got with Covers with Summer Vibes for my Top Ten Tuesday list today.

When you get to one particular book on today’s list, please be assured that I’m too far south for crocodiles to be a feature of my summer, but if you’re further north, like northern Queensland or the Northern Territory…

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Top Ten Tuesday – Historical Mystery TBR

Happy Tuesday, reader friends, and welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday post thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl. Today’s official topic is Extraordinary Book Titles. I’ve veered off to the side a little bit and collected some titles that, while not exactly extraordinary, are at least enough out of the ordinary to make you stop and take a second look. Titles that make you go “Hmmm… Now what’s that all about?” Except for the first one, which just makes me giggle! Enjoy!

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Top Ten Tuesday – Guess the Real Title

Happy Tuesday, reader friends, and welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday post thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is Books I’d Give Different Titles To, but as I often do, I’ve given the topic a bit of a tweak.

Many of you will know that the Christy Awards gala is coming up. This year’s winners will be announced on 6 November, and so I thought I’d get into the spirit of things a little by changing the titles on ten of the finalists and seeing if YOU can guess which books they refer to.

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Top Ten Tuesday – Titles That Make You Go Hmmm…

Happy Tuesday, reader friends, and welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday post thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl. Today’s official topic is Extraordinary Book Titles. I’ve veered off to the side a little bit and collected some titles that, while not exactly extraordinary, are at least enough out of the ordinary to make you stop and take a second look. Titles that make you go “Hmmm… Now what’s that all about?” Except for the first one, which just makes me giggle! Enjoy!

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