Christian Fiction Devourers discussion

Our next 'author match' is #7! So, post your numbered lists and read whatever author 'matches' the number 7 slot. Then, don't forget to take that author out of the game for next month!

(*****Note that your list should have 9 selected authors from which to choose this month.*****)

(An explanation of the rules and a yearly tracker can be found here.)

My #7 is Melissa Tagg

01 ~ Melanie Dobson
02 ~ Lynette Eason
03 ~ Richard Paul Evans
04 ~ Debbie Macomber
05 ~ Cara C. Putman
06 ~ Betsy St. Amant
07 ~ Melissa Tagg ~ A Place to Belong
08 ~ Courtney Walsh
09 ~ Colleen Wright

My #7 is Melissa Tagg, also :)

01 Melanie Dobson
02 Toni Shiloh
03 Lisa Phillips
04 Betsy St Amant
05 Ronie Kendig
06 Karen Witemeyer
07 Melissa Tagg
08 Natalie Walters
09 Julie Klassen

May:
1-Francine Rivers
2-Ted Dekker
3-Toni Shiloh
4-Randy Alcorn
5-Neta Jackson
6-Kim Vogel Sawyer
7- Katie Powner
8-Cindy Woodsmall
9-Karen Witemeyer

#7 Katie Powner
Read:

My #7 is Shelley Shepard Gray.


❌ 1) Catherine Palmer➖April
1)-2) Becky Wade
2)-3) Samantha Price
3)- 4) Terri Blackstock
❌ 5) Suzanne Woods Fisher➖February
4)- 5)-6) Jennifer Rodewald
❌ 7) Lisa Wingate➖January
5)-6)-7)- 8) Deborah Raney
6)-7)-8)- 9) Robin Lee Hatcher
7)-8)-9)-10) Shelley Shepard Gray➖May
8)-9)-10)-11) Dan Walsh
❌10)-11)-12) Dee Henderson➖March
9)-10)-11)-12)-13) Angela Elwell Hunt

My #7 is Susan May Warren

01 - Lynette Eason
02 - Candace Calvert
03 - Margaret Daley
04 - Lisa Harris
05 - Roxanne Rustand
06 - Francine Rivers
07 - Susan May Warren
08 - Lyn Cote
09 - Laura Scott

#7 - Susan May Warren
(5/26/25)

My #7 is Terri Blackstock. She's is a new author for me.

1. Sarah Sundin
2. Karen Witemeyer
3. Rachel Fordham
4. Robert Whitlow
5. Gilbert Morris
6. Robin Jones Gunn
7. Terri Blackstock
8. Dee Henderson
9. Mary Connealy

My #7 is Steven James!

1-Joanna Barker
2-Amanda Cabot
3-Elizabeth Camden
4-Heather Day Gilbert
5-Michelle Griep
6-Jody Hedlund
7-Steven James
8-Susan May Warren
9-Lisa Phillips

My #7 is Dan Walsh

01. Joel C. Rosenburg
02. Gabrielle Meyer
03. Lisa Wingate
04. Creston Mapes
05. Julie Klassen
06. Connilyn Cossette
07. Mesu Andrews
08. Francine Rivers

07. Dan Walsh - May

My #7 is Carrie Turansky



01 ~ Suzanne Woods Fisher
02 ~ A. L. Sowards
03 ~ Jody Hedlund
04 ~ Ann H. Gabhart
05 ~ Julie Klassen
06 ~ Melanie Dickerson
07 ~ Carrie Turansky
08 ~ Rachel Fordham
09 ~ Janice Thompson

Not doing so well on this challenge though. Haven't yet finished January's author. Maybe I will catch up in the summer.

Keep on keeping on, Katrina! If you catch up, fine . . . if not, fine. The challenges are meant to stretch us, yes, but also not to entirely set our teeth on edge! 😉

May #7 - Dulcie Dameron

01 ~ Kortney Keisel
02 ~ Marion De Ré
03 ~ Emma St. Clair
04 ~ Toni Shiloh (CF)
05 ~ Jenny Proctor
06 ~ MJ Padgett (CF)
07 ~ Dulcie Dameron (CF)
08 ~ Courtney Walsh (CF)
09 ~ Annah Conwell

May #7 - Dulcie Dameron

May my #7 is James Rubart

1. Tracie Peterson
1. Misty Beller
2 Michelle Massero
3. Denise Hunter
5. Irene Hannon
4.Jill Eileen Smith
7. Melody Carlson
5 Kelly Irvin
6. Sarah Hanks
7. James Rubart
8 Randy Singer
10 Deborah Raney
9 Stepanie Grace Whitson

January Melody Carlson

February Irene Hannon

March Deborah Raney

April Tracie Peterson

May James Rubart

My #7 is Angela Elwell Hunt!


1. Joel C. Rosenberg
2. Karen Witemeyer
3. Regina Jennings
4. Lynette Eason
4. Tessa Afshar
6. Davis Bunn
7. Angela Elwell Hunt
8. Jerry B Jenkins
9. Lynn Austin

My number 07 is C.S. Lewis- I plan to read as much of The Chronicles of Narnia series that I can this month. Starting with:

01- Karen Kingsbury
02- Pepper Basham
03- Michelle Shocklee
04- Lori Wick
05- Christina S. Nelson
06- Amanda Dykes
07- C.S. Lewis
08- Julie Klassen
09- Francine River

7. Sarah Sundin

1. Emma St Clair
2. Tessa Afshar (CF)
3. Leah Brunner
4. Toni Shiloh (CF)
5. Katherine Reay
6. Jess Mastorakos
7 Sarah Sundin (CF)
8. Irene Hannon (CF)
9. Jessica R Patch (CF)

Nr 7 - Lisa Phillips


1. Susan Sleeman
2. Dani Pettrey
3. Abigail Wilson
4. Becky Wade
5. Melissa Tagg
6. Rachel Scott McDaniel
7. Lisa Phillips
8. Colleen Coble
9. Christy Barritt

Number 7 - Sarah Sundin Midnight on the Scottish Shore


1. Dee Henderson
2. Carrie Fancett Pagels
3. Elizabeth Goddard
4 Tracy Higley
5. Tim LaHaye
6 Robin Lee Hatcher
7. Sarah Sundin
8 Debbie Macomber
9 Connilyn Cossette

1. Ann H. Gabhart
2. Lynn Austin
3. Kristy Cambron
4. Renee Ryan
5. Tracie Peterson
6. Carolyn Miller
7. Elizabeth Camden
(5/15/25)

8. Denise Hunter
9. Stephenia H. McGee

I finished by Terri Blackstock.

good job, Michelle! (I don't know how I missed seeing this post until today . . . oops!)

finished with Melissa Tagg's A Place to Belong

I completed two for this month’s author!

My #7 is Dan Walsh

01. Joel C. Rosenburg
02. Gabrielle Meyer
03. Lisa Wingate
04. Creston Mapes
05. Julie Klassen
06. Connilyn Cossette
07. Mesu Andrews
08. Francine Rivers

07. Dan Walsh - May

I finished and enjoyed by Shelley Shepard Gray. Helped me complete another series. YAY‼️

love it!

For the second month in a row, I didn't read any books by my author of the month. I am tracking this one all year so hope to read something by Tessa Afshar and Steven James later this year. Both great authors!

Finished my Angela Elwell Hunt ...and started a new series now lol!

nice!

finished my author match with a day to spare for Sarah Sundin

two more books and I'll be caught up with her back list

well done!

My May books:

good job!

*archiving, but leaving open to comments*