Christian Fiction Bloggers discussion

Team Sunshine
Hannah
Andrea
Bess
Monique
Caitlyn
Amber
Chat: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

We will be using Eastern Time for this challenge
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Week 1: June 22-June 28
Week 2: June 29-July 5
Week 3: July 6-July 12
Week 4: July 13-July 19
Week 5: July 20-July 26
Week 6: July 27-August 2
Week 7: August 3-August 9
Week 8: August 10-August 16
Week 9: August 17-August 23
Week 10: August 24-August 30

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Template for how to post finished books for this challenge:

Book: OR The Pawn by Steven James
Pages: 427
Date Started: 6/22
Date Finished: 6/25
Rating: 5 stars
Link to book on your shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Does it work for one of this week's "IT" categories: Yes (*names which one it works for*)

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***Please post finished books as soon as possible, as we will be going off of finished dates, so it won't matter to "hold" off posting books for a better category.

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Week One: IT categories for bonus points for books finished June 22-28

Genre: Young Adult
Word: Fence
Number: 18

Book: by Debra Clopton
Pages: 218
Date started: 6/22
Dated finished: 6/22
Rating: 2
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
IT category: fence on cover; 18 in pages

Team Sunshine:

Week 1 | June 22-28

Player | Book | Pages | IT? | Points

Hannah | His Cowgirl Bride (Mule Hollow, #12) by Debra Clopton | 218 pages | Yes | 9 points (2x page + 5 bonus)

Total Points: 9 points

Book:
Book title: Sacrifice by KM Shea
Pages: 254
Date Started: June 22
Date Finished: June 22
Rating: 4 stars
Link to book on your shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Does it work for one of this week's "IT" categories: young adult

Team Sunshine:

Week 1 | June 22-28

Player | Book | Pages | IT? | Points

Hannah | His Cowgirl Bride (Mule Hollow, #12) by Debra Clopton | 218 pages | Yes | 9 points (2x page + 5 bonus)
Bess | Sacrifice by KM Shea | 254 | Yes | 9 points


Total Points: 18 points

Divergent by Veronica Roth
Pages: 487
Read: 6/22/20
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It category: Young Adult | fence "The fence, the hub..." Ch. 37

Book: by P.D. Atkerson
Pages: 240
Read: 6/22/20
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It category: YA genre (teen protagonist)

Book:
Book title: A Horse for Kate by Miralee Ferrell
Pages: 208
Date Started: June 23
Date Finished: June 23
Rating: 3 stars
Link to book on your shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Does it work for one of this week's "IT" categories: fence on the cover, teen main character

Team Sunshine:

Week 1 | June 22-28

Player | Book | Pages | IT? | Points

Hannah | His Cowgirl Bride (Mule Hollow, #12) by Debra Clopton | 218 pages | Yes | 9 points (2x page + 5 bonus)
Bess | Sacrifice by KM Shea | 254 | Yes | 9 points
Andrea | Divergent | 487 | Yes | 13 points
Hannah | Phantom Thief | 240 | Yes | 9 points
Bess | A Horse for Kate | 208 | Yes | 9 points


Total Points: 49 points

Book:
Book title: Marrying Miss Milton by Ashtyn Newbold
Pages: 228
Date Started: June 23
Date Finished: June 23
Rating: 3 stars
Link to book on your shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Does it work for one of this week's "IT" categories: published in 20"18"

Book:
Book title: Rook & Shadow by A.G. Marshall
Pages: 337 (not on Goodreads)
Date Started: June 24
Date Finished: June 24
Rating: 3 stars
Link to book on your shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Does it work for one of this week's "IT" categories: young adult

by Tracie Peterson
Pages: 320
Date started: 6/22
Date finished: 6/23
Rating: 4 stars
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It category: set in 1855; fence in text (chapter 23)

Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Pages: 525
Read: 6/23-6/24/20
Rating: 3 stars
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It category: Young Adult

A Worthy Pursuit by Karen Witemeyer
Pages: 341
Read: 6/23-6/24/20
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It category: fence on cover (and in text)

by Karen Rose Smith
Pages: 305
Read: 6/23-6/24
Rating: 4
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It category: fence in text: “wants me to mend fences” p. 27

Book: by Toni Shiloh
Pages: 223 according to Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...
Date Started: 6/23/2020
Date Finished: 6/25/2020
Rating: 5 Stars!
Link to book on your shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Does it work for one of this week's "IT" categories: No

by Jody Hedlund
Pages: 341
Date read: 6/25/20
Rating: 2
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It category: published in 2018

A Bride for Keeps by Melissa Jagears
Pages: 331
Read: 6/25/20
Rating: 4 stars
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It category: fence "She stood behind the garden fence..." Ch. 11

This post: 11 pts
Running Total: 141 pts

Note: My back's been giving me fits lately, so I'll be catching up on reviews this weekend.

Book:
Book title: The Story Peddler by Lindsay A. Franklin
Pages: 349
Date Started: June 24
Date Finished: June 25
Rating: 3.5 stars
Link to book on your shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Does it work for one of this week's "IT" categories: young adult

Andrea wrote: "
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Praying for a quick recovery, Andrea!! <3

Thank you!!

Book:
Book title: Romancing Lord Ramsbury by Ashtyn Newbold
Pages: 230
Date Started: June 26
Date Finished: June 26
Rating: 4 stars
Link to book on your shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Does it work for one of this week's "IT" categories: takes place in "18"14.

Book:
Book title: Forest of Firelight by Shari L. Tapscott
Pages: 304
Date Started: June 26
Date Finished: June 26
Rating: 4 stars
Link to book on your shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Does it work for one of this week's "IT" categories: young adult

Book:
Book title: Miss Weston's Wager by Ashtyn Newborn
Pages: 218
Date Started: June 26
Date Finished: June 27
Rating: 3 stars
Link to book on your shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Does it work for one of this week's "IT" categories: takes place in "18"14.

Book:
Book title: Serving the Prince by Lucinda Whitney
Pages: 111
Date Started: June 27
Date Finished: June 27
Rating: 2 stars
Link to book on your shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Does it work for one of this week's "IT" categories: book was published in 2018.

by Rhonda Starnes
Pages: 224
Date read: 6/27/20
Rating: 4
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It category: fence on cover

A Refuge Assured by Jocelyn Green
Pages: 413
Read: 6/26-6/27/20
Rating: 3 stars
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It category: published in 2018

This post: 13 points
Running total: 210 points

Book:
Book title: Spelled by Camille Peters
Pages: 344
Date Started: June 27
Date Finished: June 28
Rating: 4.5 stars
Link to book on your shelf: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3414070920
Does it work for one of this week's "IT" categories: published April "18"

Team Sunshine:

Week 1 | June 22-28

Player | Book | Pages | IT? | Points

Hannah | His Cowgirl Bride (Mule Hollow, #12) by Debra Clopton | 218 pages | Yes | 9 points (2x page + 5 bonus)
Bess | Sacrifice by KM Shea | 254 | Yes | 9 points
Andrea | Divergent | 487 | Yes | 13 points
Hannah | Phantom Thief | 240 | Yes | 9 points
Bess | A Horse for Kate | 208 | Yes | 9 points
Bess | Marrying Miss Milton. | 228 | Yes | 9 points
Bess | Rook & Shadow by A.G. Marshall | 337 | yes | 11 points
Hannah. | Cherished Mercy | 320 | yes | 11 points
Andrea |Insurgent | 525 | yes | 15 points
Andrea | A Worthy Pursuit | 341 | yes | 11 points
Hannah | Murder with Clotted Cream | 305 | yes | 11 points
Caitlyn | The Truth about Fame | 223 | no | 2 points
Hannah | Searching for You | 341 | yes | 11 points
Andrea | a Bride for Keeps | 331 | yes | 11 points
Bess | The Story Peddler | 349 | yes | 11 points
Bess | Romancing Lord Ramsbury | 230 | yes | 9 points
Bess | Forest of Firelight | 304 z| yes | 11 points
Bess | Miss Weston's Wager | 218 | yes | 9 points
Bess | Serving the Prince | 111 | yes | 7 points
Hannah | Rocky Mountain Revenge | 224 | yes | 9 points
Andrea | A Refuge Assured | 413 | yes | 13 points
Bess | Spelled | 344 | yes | 11 points

Total Points: 221 points

Note: My review link for A Refuge Assured is added to message #34. Sorry for the delay, Melanie. :)

no problem. :)

A Bride in Store by Melissa Jagears
Pages: 363
Read: 6/28/20
Rating: 4 stars
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It category: set in 1881

This post: 11 points
Running Total: 232 points

Book:
Book title: An Unexpected Bride by Ashtyn Newborn
Pages: 208
Date Started: June 28
Date Finished: June 28
Rating: 3 stars
Link to book on your shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Does it work for one of this week's "IT" categories: takes place in 1818 (double 18!!)

by Anne Perry
Pages: 173
Date read: 6/28/20
Rating: 4 stars
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It category: published in 2018

by Jill Lynn
Pages: 224
Date read: 6/27-6/28
Rating: 4 stars
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It category: fence on cover

by Melissa Jagears
Pages: 361
Read: 6/26-6/27
Rating: 5
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It category: fence in text “a quaint little house, and a whitewashed fence” p 159; set in 1885

Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Pages: 526
Read: 6/25-6/28/20
Rating: 2 stars
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It category: young adult; fence mentioned many times in text

by Jenna Night
Pages: 220
Read: 6/28
Rating: 4
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It category: fence on cover; 2018 pub.

Week 2: June 29-July 5
Here are the IT categories for week two. Reminder that books read that don't work for any of the IT categories still count for page points, just not the bonus or double page points.

Genre: Contemporary
Word: ( can be found in title, author's name, series' name, object found on cover, or even in the book's text) flower
Number : (can be found in the title/series/name, page count, time/setting, or publication date) 11

Thank you!

by Albert Payson Terhune
Pages: 173
Read: 6/29
Rating: 4
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It category: contemporary to 1922 pub date; flower in text: "That even flowers and crops will desert him and run again to wildness"--chapter 2

Book:
Book title: Sugarplums & Mistletoe by Michelle Pennington
Pages: 147
Date Started: June 29
Date Finished: June 29
Rating: 3 stars
Link to book on your shelf: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3416876346
Does it work for one of this week's "IT" categories: contemporary fiction

A Bride at Last by Melissa Jagears
Pages: 361
Read: 6/28-6/29/20
Rating: 4 stars
Link: (soon as the wifi gets turned back on)
It category: flower “... she arranged the dried flowers...” p. 279