Christian Fiction Bloggers discussion

Monique
Sarita
Megan

Review Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Hi Team

Glad to play the game with you. Just popped in quickly to say I will pop in again Sunday eve/Monday morning... going camping this weekend so won’t be on goodreads.

Hello Team Ginger (Sarita and Megan)! I look forward to starting this challenge with you both in a few days. :)

I hope you enjoy your camping trip this weekend Sarita. I love camping! :)

Our first tasks are:

Thanksgiving/Round 1
November 19th-December 9th

-Tasks-
✔️1. Read a book with leaves on the cover
-Monique: From Eden to Bethlehem✔️
-Sarita: The Cumberland Bride✔️
-Megan: Trickery Treat✔️
✔️2. Read a book published in November
-Monique: Words of Thanksgiving✔️
-Megan: You Don't Own Me✔️
-Sarita: Lonestar Angel✔️
✔️3. Read a book that's title starts with one of these letters: T,H,A,N,K,S,G,I,V
-Monique: Anne Arrives: Inspired by Anne of Green Gables✔️
-Sarita: Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption✔️
-Megan: Notes from My Captivity✔️
✔️4. Read a book with food on the cover or in the title
-Monique: Sharing the Bread: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Story✔️
-Sarita: Spot Bakes a Cake✔️
-Megan: Better Than Chocolate✔️
✔️5. Read a book that involves sports
-Monique: Tacky and the Winter Games✔️
-Megan: Forever Mine✔️
-Sarita: I'll Be There✔️
✔️6. Read a book with an animal on the cover
-Sarita: The Silver Chair✔️
-Monique: A Leaf Can Be . . .✔️
-Megan: In Love with the Firefighter✔️
✔️7. Read a book with Christmas or Thanksgiving decorations on the cover
-Monique: The Finest Christmas Tree✔️
-Megan: Wyoming Christmas Quadruplets✔️
-Sarita: All Is Calm✔️
✔️8. Read a book that is part of a family series OR has the word FAMILY in the title
-Sarita: Faith of My Fathers✔️
-Monique: My Family Tree and Me✔️
-Megan: Courting Ruth✔️
✔️9. Read a book with a candle on the cover
-Monique: An Early American Christmas✔️
-Sarita: The Victorian Christmas Brides Collection✔️
-Megan: Something...✔️
✔️10. FREEBIE (read any book you want)
-Monique: The Dandelion's Tale✔️
-Sarita: The Last Battle✔️
-Megan: The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein✔️

I'll modify this post with all of our reads as this round progresses. :)

We'll receive one point per completed task (each task can be covered up to 3 times, once by each of us). We'll also receive one bonus point per every 100 pages of each book read for these tasks and read during the time period of this round.

My tentative reading list for Round 1:

1. Read a book with leaves on the cover
(10 pages)✔️
2. Read a book published in November✔️
(40 pages)✔️
3. Read a book that's title starts with one of these letters: T,H,A,N,K,S,G,I,V
(72 pages)✔️
4. Read a book with food on the cover or in the title
(40 pages)✔️
5. Read a book that involves sports
(32 pages)✔️
6. Read a book with an animal on the cover
(32 pages)✔️
7. Read a book with Christmas or Thanksgiving decorations on the cover
(32 pages)✔️
8. Read a book that is either part of a family series or has the word FAMILY in the title
(24 pages)✔️
9. Read a book with a candle on the cover
(32 pages)✔️
10. FREEBIE (read any book you want)
(40 pages)✔️

*just a reminder that each teammate can cover a task one time. So, for instance, the freebie can be done three times (once per teammate). :)

Melanie wrote: "*just a reminder that each teammate can cover a task one time..."

Thank you Melanie! I love that this gives each of us the chance to read books for any of the tasks we'd like. :)

Hi team! Looking forward to starting this challenge and I love our name. :)

Here's my tentative reading list for the challenge:
1. Read a book with leaves on the cover


2. Read a book published in November


3. Read a book that's title starts with one of these letters: T,H,A,N,K,S,G,I,V


4. Read a book with food on the cover or in the title
or

5. Read a book that involves sports
or

6. Read a book with an animal on the cover
or

7. Read a book with Christmas or Thanksgiving decorations on the cover


8. Read a book that is either part of a family series or has the word FAMILY in the title


9. Read a book with a candle on the cover


10. FREEBIE ( read any book you want )

Megan wrote: "Hi team! Looking forward to starting this challenge and I love our name..."

I love our team name as well, especially since I am a ginger/redhead and I am known on Instagram as TheGingerLibrarian. :)

Monique wrote: "Megan wrote: "Hi team! Looking forward to starting this challenge and I love our name..."

I love our team name as well, especially since I am a ginger/redhead and I am known on Instagram as TheGin..."

That is so cool! I randomly chose which team got which name, but I love that. ;)

Hi Team!

I'm back and ready to jump in this game.

So, options for the first ones:

-Tasks-
1. Read a book with leaves on the cover
- (behind her is trees with leaves)

2. Read a book published in November
-

3. Read a book that's title starts with one of these letters: T,H,A,N,K,S,G,I,V
-

4. Read a book with food on the cover or in the title
-

5. Read a book that involves sports
-

6. Read a book with an animal on the cover
- (snake type thing on the cover)

7. Read a book with Christmas or Thanksgiving decorations on the cover
-


8. Read a book that is either part of a family series or has the word FAMILY in the title
-


9. Read a book with a candle on the cover
- (small but its there)


10. FREEBIE ( read any book you want )

Monique wrote: "Hello Team Ginger (Sarita and Megan)! I look forward to starting this challenge with you both in a few days. :)

I hope you enjoy your camping trip this weekend Sarita. I love camping! :)"

Only starting to get into it now, but enjoyed this one, even though the bathrooms were far and the wind was crazy :-)

I'm glad you enjoyed your camping trip Sarita. I grew up camping in some beautiful places in California like Yosemite, in the redwoods, and in the Mount Shasta area, however I haven't been camping in years, not since my family and I moved to Georgia. This is largely due to allergies, poor weather conditions, and the massive amount of bugs in this state. I hope to someday live in a place where I can enjoy camping once again and can make good use of all of my camping gear.

I'm so happy that we've officially started this challenge and we're off to a good start with planning our reads. I'm really amazed you both (Megan and Sarita) can read so many books over 100 pages in less than a month! :)

Monique wrote: "I'm so happy that we've officially started this challenge and we're off to a good start with planning our reads. I'm really amazed you both (Megan and Sarita) can read so many books over 100 pages ..."

oh, I'm optimistic - might only get to 3 or 4 dependent on what is going on in life :-)

Started for number 1 :-)

Also, might use for 8 and for #9 but will see how the reading goes.

Finished my first book for category number 1 - number of pages 256 (so total 3 points)

Completed and posted in review thread for

3. Read a book that's title starts with one of these letters: T,H,A,N,K,S,G,I,V

Read for 4. Read a book with food on the cover or in the title

Finished for 8. Read a book that is either part of a family series or has the word FAMILY in the title

Update (4/10):

√ 1. Read a book with leaves on the cover
- (behind her is trees with leaves)

2. Read a book published in November
-

√3. Read a book that's title starts with one of these letters: T,H,A,N,K,S,G,I,V
-

√4. Read a book with food on the cover or in the title
-

5. Read a book that involves sports
-

√6. Read a book with an animal on the cover
- (snake type thing on the cover)

7. Read a book with Christmas or Thanksgiving decorations on the cover
-


√8. Read a book that is either part of a family series or has the word FAMILY in the title
-


9. Read a book with a candle on the cover
- - in progress


10. FREEBIE ( read any book you want )

Monique wrote: "I'm glad you enjoyed your camping trip Sarita. I grew up camping in some beautiful places in California like Yosemite, in the redwoods, and in the Mount Shasta area, however I haven't been camping ..."

Weather plays a huge role! Camping is not fun in icy or rainy weather.

I agree Sarita. Camping in wet weather isn’t much fun. I enjoy cold weather camping though because there are less bugs out and I love keeping warm with campfires, cozy winter clothing, and comfy sleeping bags and blankets. :)

Thank you for the books you’ve read so far for this challenge Sarita! :)

We have 8 days left of this first round, which ends December 9th, so I’m trying to wrap up my last few reads for this round. Also, I’m continually updating message #s 4 & 5 in this chat thread during Round One.

How are your reads going Megan?

I hope you both had a nice Thanksgiving. :)

Have 2 books going. One which will be 4 points and one 5 - will see if I can read a kiddies book or something just for the other categories to at least get 1 point. Last 2 days of reading was a bit slow due to being tired :-)

Thank you for the update Sarita! You’ve been doing great with this challenge! :)

I’ve also read several children’s books for the first round of this challenge, mainly because the last few weeks have been really busy and I haven’t had much time or energy to read... House and food prep projects leading up to Thanksgiving, out of state family visiting that I hadn’t seen in a very long time, several days of Christmas decorating, lots of house cleaning, and a ton of fall yard cleanup (I live in a forest)... Things should slow down now for a bit, so I can tackle some books with a higher page count. :)

My updated list:
1. Read a book with leaves on the cover
or

2. Read a book published in November - Completed


3. Read a book that's title starts with one of these letters: T,H,A,N,K,S,G,I,V - Completed


4. Read a book with food on the cover or in the title - Completed

(view spoiler)[other options, if I want to increase my page points: or (hide spoiler)]

5. Read a book that involves sports - Completed


6. Read a book with an animal on the cover
or

7. Read a book with Christmas or Thanksgiving decorations on the cover - Currently reading


8. Read a book that is either part of a family series or has the word FAMILY in the title - Completed


9. Read a book with a candle on the cover
or

10. FREEBIE ( read any book you want )

Thank you for the update Megan. :)

Thanks Megan and Monique

We doubled our points since Friday's update :-)

Update (8/10):

√ 1. Read a book with leaves on the cover
- (behind her is trees with leaves)

√2. Read a book published in November
-

√3. Read a book that's title starts with one of these letters: T,H,A,N,K,S,G,I,V
-

√4. Read a book with food on the cover or in the title
-

√5. Read a book that involves sports
-

√6. Read a book with an animal on the cover
- (snake type thing on the cover)

√7. Read a book with Christmas or Thanksgiving decorations on the cover
-


√8. Read a book that is either part of a family series or has the word FAMILY in the title
-


9. Read a book with a candle on the cover
- - in progress


10. FREEBIE ( read any book you want )

I only have nr 9 & 10 left...

Countdown to the end of round one and start of round two:

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

(hoping this works!)

Thanks Melanie! :)

The days are flying by! We now only have 2 days left before we start on the second round of this challenge. Next round I hope to read some books with longer page counts than the books I read for this round.

Finished category 10 - will post updates Monday morning - camping again.

84% done with category 9, should be able to finish it by the deadline

Our Round One review posts must be made before the deadline Melanie posted to count. As soon as the deadline ends, Round Two begins. :)

Sarita, I can make your review posts for you if you'd like. :)

My updated list:


1. Read a book with leaves on the cover - Completed


2. Read a book published in November - Completed


3. Read a book that's title starts with one of these letters: T,H,A,N,K,S,G,I,V - Completed


4. Read a book with food on the cover or in the title - Completed


5. Read a book that involves sports - Completed


6. Read a book with an animal on the cover
or

7. Read a book with Christmas or Thanksgiving decorations on the cover - Completed


8. Read a book that is either part of a family series or has the word FAMILY in the title - Completed


9. Read a book with a candle on the cover - Currently Reading


10. FREEBIE ( read any book you want ) - Completed

I don’t have access to a computer before Monday morning - so can post what books I’ve read but won’t be able to do the link to the books.

Thanks Monique :-)

The one I finished on the 12/8 was - The final battle (narnia) - 275 pages (read all) for the Freebie category - 4 stars

Thanks again for the update Megan! :)

Hey Sarita, I've made a review post for you with The Last Battle as your FREEBIE book. I can also make your review post for task #9, when you finish The Victorian Christmas Brides Collection. I hope you are enjoying your camping trip. :)

Almost done with category 9 - will post here as soon as I’m done :-)

Thank you Monique! I just finished the Victorian Christmas bride :-) read about 440 of the 448 pages (ebook - was on 2% when the challenge started).

So done :-)

Safely home now. Was a bit cooler this time but still enjoyed the trip.

Thank you for setting up the review threads!

You're very welcome Sarita. I've made a review post for you for The Victorian Christmas Brides Collection as well. :)

So, this is our current progress for Round One, which ends tonight:

-Tasks-
1. Read a book with leaves on the cover
-Monique: From Eden to Bethlehem✔️
-Sarita: The Cumberland Bride✔️
-Megan: Trickery Treat✔️
2. Read a book published in November
-Monique: Words of Thanksgiving✔️
-Megan: You Don't Own Me✔️
-Sarita: Lonestar Angel✔️
3. Read a book that's title starts with one of these letters: T,H,A,N,K,S,G,I,V
-Monique: Anne Arrives: Inspired by Anne of Green Gables✔️
-Sarita: Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption✔️
-Megan: Notes from My Captivity✔️
4. Read a book with food on the cover or in the title
-Monique: Sharing the Bread: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Story✔️
-Sarita: Spot Bakes a Cake✔️
-Megan: Better Than Chocolate✔️
5. Read a book that involves sports
-Monique: Tacky and the Winter Games✔️
-Megan: Forever Mine✔️
-Sarita: I'll Be There✔️
6. Read a book with an animal on the cover
-Sarita: The Silver Chair✔️
-Monique: A Leaf Can Be . . .✔️
-Megan: In Love with the Firefighter✔️
7. Read a book with Christmas or Thanksgiving decorations on the cover
-Monique: The Finest Christmas Tree✔️
-Megan: Wyoming Christmas Quadruplets✔️
-Sarita: All Is Calm✔️
8. Read a book that is part of a family series OR has the word FAMILY in the title
-Sarita: Faith of My Fathers✔️
-Monique: My Family Tree and Me✔️
-Megan: Courting Ruth✔️
9. Read a book with a candle on the cover
-Monique: An Early American Christmas✔️
-Sarita: The Victorian Christmas Brides Collection✔️
-Megan: Something...✔️
10. FREEBIE (read any book you want)
-Monique: The Dandelion's Tale✔️
-Sarita: The Last Battle✔️
-Megan: The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein✔️

Finished my last two books and posted them. Looking forward to the next round. :)

Great job so far team! The second round of this challenge starts now, so here we go… Keep in mind that this round is only 20 days long.

CHRISTMAS / ROUND TWO
December 10th-December 30th

-Tasks-
1. Read a book with a Christmas tree on the cover.
2. Read a book with a baby on the cover or in the title.
3. Read a book with a wreath on the cover.
4. Read a book with snow/snowflakes on the cover or in the title.
5. Read a book with mostly red and/or green cover.
6. Read a book with presents/gifts on the cover or in the title.
7. Read a book that's title starts with one of these letters: C,H,R,I,S,T,M,A.
8. Read a book with a sleigh on the cover or in the title.
9. Read a book published in December.
10. FREEBIE (read any book you want)

I'VE UPDATED OUR ROUND TWO TASK PROGRESS IN A MORE RECENT POST. :)

Here is the link to our team's review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Happy Reading Team! :)

My tentative reading list for Round 2:

1. Read a book with a Christmas tree on the cover.
✔️
2. Read a book with a baby on the cover or in the title.
✔️
3. Read a book with a wreath on the cover.
✔️
4. Read a book with snow/snowflakes on the cover or in the title.
✔️
5. Read a book with mostly red and/or green cover.
✔️
6. Read a book with presents/gifts on the cover or in the title.
✔️
7. Read a book that's title starts with one of these letters: C,H,R,I,S,T,M,A.
✔️
8. Read a book with a sleigh on the cover or in the title.
✔️
9. Read a book published in December.
✔️
10. FREEBIE (read any book you want)
✔️

I'll modify/update this post continually as this round progresses.

CHRISTMAS / ROUND TWO
December 10th-December 30th

So for this round I def have 5 books I should be able to get to, have options for 8...

-Tasks-
1. Read a book with a Christmas tree on the cover.



2. Read a book with a baby on the cover or in the title.



3. Read a book with a wreath on the cover.



4. Read a book with snow/snowflakes on the cover or in the title.
√ - 12/12/18


5. Read a book with mostly red and/or green cover.



6. Read a book with presents/gifts on the cover or in the title.



7. Read a book that's title starts with one of these letters: C,H,R,I,S,T,M,A.



8. Read a book with a sleigh on the cover or in the title.



9. Read a book published in December.


10. FREEBIE (read any book you want)
√ - 12/13/2018

My reading list for Round 2:


1. Read a book with a Christmas tree on the cover.

The Wishing Cradle by Donna Walo Clancy

2. Read a book with a baby on the cover or in the title. - Currently Reading

The Sheriff's Christmas Twins by Karen Kirst

3. Read a book with a wreath on the cover.

Holiday Amnesia by Lynette Eason

4. Read a book with snow/snowflakes on the cover or in the title.

The Lawman Returns by Lynette Eason

5. Read a book with mostly red and/or green cover.

The Pirate Bride by Kathleen Y'Barbo

6. Read a book with presents/gifts on the cover or in the title.

Christmas in Smithville by Kirsten Fullmer

7. Read a book that's title starts with one of these letters: C,H,R,I,S,T,M,A.

The Captured Bride by Michelle Griep

8. Read a book with a sleigh on the cover or in the title.

Cowboy Creek Christmas: Mistletoe Reunion / Mistletoe Bride by Cheryl St. John & Sherri Shackelford

OR


A Gift for Santa by Beth Carpenter

9. Read a book published in December.
or or

10. FREEBIE (read any book you want)

12/18/18 update

CHRISTMAS / ROUND TWO
December 10th-December 30th

So for this round I def have 5 books I should be able to get to, have options for 8...

-Tasks-
1. Read a book with a Christmas tree on the cover.



2. Read a book with a baby on the cover or in the title.



3. Read a book with a wreath on the cover.
√ - 12/30/2018


4. Read a book with snow/snowflakes on the cover or in the title.
√ - 12/12/18


5. Read a book with mostly red and/or green cover.
√ - 12/20/2018


6. Read a book with presents/gifts on the cover or in the title.



7. Read a book that's title starts with one of these letters: C,H,R,I,S,T,M,A.
√ - 12/26/2018


8. Read a book with a sleigh on the cover or in the title.



9. Read a book published in December.
√ - 12/17/2018

10. FREEBIE (read any book you want)
√ - 12/13/2018