Christian Fiction Bloggers discussion

Donna
Jenny
Grace
Kimberly
Brittany
Caitlyn

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

Hello everyone. Glad to be in your group
HUGS

Hi everyone! I'm excited to be a part of this group! 😊💕

Hi! Looking forward to being on this team!

Hi everyone! I'm so excited to be part of this team! Today's the big day! Day one in the challenge!

Right now I am reading and I am on page 156 (I was reading it before the challenge, so only page 156 and onward counts). I was thinking about using it for 5. Read a book that involves sports as there is swordfighting/fencing in it. If everyone is okay with that. =)

So what is everyone else reading for the challenge?

Hi there! I am currently reading , which has a candle on the cover. I was already reading it when the challenge began. I am on page 49.

And I definitely would count fencing as a sport, Grace.

Brittany wrote: "Hi there! I am currently reading , which has a candle on the cover. I was already reading it when the challenge began. I am on page 49.

And I definitely would ..."

Alright, I will use it for that one then. =)

"The Gilded Curse", looks like it will work great for the one with candle on the cover. =)

I probably won't be able to comment for the next couple of days, going to spend some time with my family for our Thanksgiving. I am going to read during this time though. =) I hope to be back online on Monday or Tuesday.

I hope no one minds with me keeping track of our books. ;)

Thanksgiving:
November 19th-December 9th

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

Donna ---- The English Son DONE ✔
Jenny
Grace
Kimberly
Brittany
Caitlyn ---- The Wedding List DONE ✔

2. Read a book published in November

Donna ------ Once Upon a Winter's Eve DONE ✔
Jenny
Grace
Kimberly ----- Night of Miracles DONE ✔
Brittany ------ Wait for Me DONE ✔
Caitlyn

3. Read a book that starts with one of these letters: T,H,A,N,K,S,G,I,V-

Donna ---- Sweet Caroline DONE ✔
Jenny
Grace
Kimberly
Brittany ---- A Love Restored DONE ✔
Caitlyn ---- Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge: A Biography for Children DONE ✔

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

Donna ---- Death of a Dapper Snowman DONE ✔
Jenny
Grace ----- The Saturday Night Supper Club DONE ✔
Kimberly
Brittany ---- Sweet Blizzard, a Green Pines Novella DONE ✔
Caitlyn ---- Ice Cream: The Full Scoop DONE ✔

5. Read a book that involves sports

Donna ---- Bats, Balls & Altar Calls DONE ✔
Jenny
Grace ---- Heartless {started on page 156, has 363 pages} DONE ✔
Kimberly --- Head Over Heels DONE ✔
Brittany
Caitlyn ----- Little Granny Quarterback DONE ✔

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

Donna ---- Driftwood Lane DONE ✔
Jenny
Grace
Kimberly ----- Gracie Meets a Ghost DONE ✔
Brittany ----- The Dad Next Door DONE ✔
Caitlyn ----- God Gave Us You DONE ✔

7. Read a book with decorations on the cover (Christmas lights, Thanksgiving decorations, etc.)

Donna ---- Christmas at Harrington's DONE ✔
Jenny
Grace
Kimberly ---- It Is Well DONE ✔
Brittany ----- Comfort & Joy: The Christmas Lights Collection 2018 DONE ✔
Caitlyn ----- True Love at Christmas DONE ✔

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

Donna ----- The Divided Family DONE ✔
Jenny
Grace
Kimberly
Brittany ---- With This Vow DONE ✔
Caitlyn ---- A Fiancé for the Firefighter: A Fuller Family Novel DONE ✔

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

Donna ---- Light This Candle ✔
Jenny
Grace
Kimberly
Brittany --- The Gilded Curse {started on page 49, has 260 pages} DONE ✔
Caitlyn ---- A Time to Keep DONE ✔

10. FREEBIE ( read any book you want )

Donna ---- The Selfless Act DONE ✔
Jenny
Grace ----- Forest Born DONE ✔
Kimberly ---- The Minimalist Home: A Room-By-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life DONE ✔
Brittany ----- The Liberty Bride DONE ✔
Caitlyn ----- 12 Days at Bleakly Manor DONE ✔

Great idea, Grace!

The Battle For England: Women at war in Medieval England
does this count as an animal?

never mind

I would count that. 😊

Updating here. I did finish The Gilded Curse and posted it for Candle.

I have now also finished Wait for Me and posted it for Published in November. (326 pages)

Hi everyone! I'm back from my vacation! I just got my post above updated with everyone's updates so it should be up-to-date now. =)

So what I have just read and posted is Heartless for task 5 and The Saturday Night Supper Club for task 4.

The next book I am reading is Forest Born which I am reading for 10.

Brittany wrote: "Great idea, Grace!"

Thanks, Brittany! Just got it all updated! =)

Kimberly wrote: "The Battle For England: Women at war in Medieval England
does this count as an animal?"

Hey, Kimberly! I'm just now seeing this as I was on vacation, but I think it would work great for the animal task. =)

I have finished this novella (109 pages) for "Food on the Cover"

Here's what I've completed so far:

#1 (trees in background on cover) finished 11/26 (128 pgs):

#3 (starts with "S") finished 11/23 (322 pgs):

#6 (dog on cover) finished 11/25 (336 pgs):

Read this one for task #3 (letter A) 237 pg:

Donna wrote: "Here's what I've completed so far:

#1 (trees in background on cover) finished 11/26 (128 pgs):

#3 (starts with "S") finished 11/23 (322 pgs): [bookcover:Sweet..."

Hey Donna! Welcome! Yay on the books you finished so far! I didn't see them posted in our review thread though, I was wondering if you could post them there so they can be counted for the challenge. Our review thread is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/19608595-team-candy-cane-non-competitive---review-thread

Thanks, and have a wonderful day! =)

I'm so sorry and thanks for the help! I've never done these challenges and didn't know how it worked. I'll follow the link you provided and thanks again for your help!

Donna wrote: "I'm so sorry and thanks for the help! I've never done these challenges and didn't know how it worked. I'll follow the link you provided and thanks again for your help!"

No problem, I'm happy to help! And don't worry, it took me some time to figure how the challenges work the first time I done one as well. But once you know how they work they are really fun! =D

Tried posting in the review thread about the novella collection I just finished for Decorations (task 7), but it gave me a bunch of gibberish in an error code. (614 pgs)

Brittany wrote: "Tried posting in the review thread about the novella collection I just finished for Decorations (task 7), but it gave me a bunch of gibberish in an error code. [bookcover:Comfort & Joy: The Christm..."

Ok, finally got it to post :)

Brittany wrote: "Brittany wrote: "Tried posting in the review thread about the novella collection I just finished for Decorations (task 7), but it gave me a bunch of gibberish in an error code. [bookcover:Comfort &..."

I get similar errors when I try to post on Goodreads sometimes. I think it has to do with the internet connection. (I don't have too great of internet, so this happens a lot =0). What I do to solve the problem is copy my comment and refresh the page, past the comment back and try again. Sometimes I try a different browser as well. I'm glad you got it working again though!

And yay on your read! My post above is all updated now! =)

finished for a book with leaves on the cover
HUGS

Grace wrote: "Brittany wrote: "Brittany wrote: "Tried posting in the review thread about the novella collection I just finished for Decorations (task 7), but it gave me a bunch of gibberish in an error code. [bo..."

Yes, I think it was a connection issue. Our internet had been a little spotty that day.

Read this book for task 8 (family series) 102 pages

Kimberly wrote: "finished for a book with leaves on the cover
HUGS"

I updated my post above! Congrats on your read! Hugs ;)

Brittany wrote: "Read this book for task 8 (family series) 102 pages"

Congrats on your read! I just got the post above all updated.

So I just read and posted Forest Born.

My next read is going to be Retrieve, though I don't think I will be able to finish it in time for this round, so I think I will save it for the next one instead.

Grace wrote: "Brittany wrote: "Read this book for task 8 (family series) 102 pages"

Congrats on your read! I just got the post above all updated."

Thanks, Grace!

Just posted on the review thread for FREEBIE: 253 pgs

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

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

(hoping this works!)

I read It Is Well for a book with a decoration on the cover (banner)

Hey everyone!

So I my post updated above so it should have all of the books which we have read for round one on it. We are now on round two Christmas December 10th-December 30th

I will make a new tracker post in just a moment.

So I did get Retrieve all read, but because it is a ARC and I don't know the page count I decided not to count it for the challenge.

My next read is The Time I Saved the Day which I got to page 88 before this round started. I was thinking about using it for 5. Read a book with red and/or green cover (i.e. when you see the cover, you think "red" and/or "green". I'm leaving this up to each individual person's interpretation). (I think the bottom part looks mostly red).

So what is everyone else reading?

Round Two Tracker

Christmas
December 10th-December 30th

-Tasks-

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

Donna
Jenny
Grace
Kimberly
Brittany
Caitlyn

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

Donna
Jenny
Grace
Kimberly
Brittany
Caitlyn

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

Donna
Jenny
Grace
Kimberly
Brittany
Caitlyn

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

Donna
Jenny
Grace ----- Branwen's Quest
Kimberly
Brittany
Caitlyn

5. Read a book with red and/or green cover (i.e. when you see the cover, you think "red" and/or "green". I'm leaving this up to each individual person's interpretation).

Donna ----- The Christmas Dog DONE ✔
Jenny
Grace ----- The Time I Saved the Day {started on page 88, has 210 pages} DONE ✔
Kimberly
Brittany
Caitlyn

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

Donna
Jenny
Grace
Kimberly
Brittany
Caitlyn

7. Read a book that starts with one of these letters: C,H,R,I,S,T,M,A.

Donna ---- Rocky Mountain Cowboy DONE ✔
Jenny
Grace
Kimberly ---- Running with Rhinos: Stories from a Radical Conservationist DONE ✔
Brittany
Caitlyn

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

Donna ---- Christmas Every Day DONE ✔
Jenny
Grace
Kimberly
Brittany
Caitlyn

9. Read a book published in December.

Donna
Jenny
Grace
Kimberly
Brittany
Caitlyn

10. FREEBIE ( read any book you want )

Donna
Jenny
Grace
Kimberly
Brittany
Caitlyn

I finished this book on Dec 9th, but just got it posted on the review thread. Works for animal on cover, task 6.

Brittany wrote: "I finished this book on Dec 9th, but just got it posted on the review thread. Works for animal on cover, task 6.

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Just got it added in my first tracker for round one. YAY!

Just got my post updated above. ;)

I also just got done reading

My next read is which I am reading for 4. Read a book with snow/snowflakes on the cover or in the title.

Have a nice day everyone. =)

Just finished my book for snow on the cover (task 4).
323 pages

Posted my book for task 7 (letter S)

338 pages

Posted my book for task 9 (published in Dec)
329 pages

Posted my book for task 3 (wreath on cover)
224 pages

I just finished for my freebie
HUGS

Posted my book for task 2 (Baby in title) 217 pages

Posted by book for task 10 (freebie) 224 pages

Countdown to the end of round two and start of round three (final round):

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

I posted for a book with snow on the cover

My first final round entry:

Task 7 (dress) 242 pages