Christian Fiction Devourers discussion

Welcome to this month's Hidden Gems challenge!

Hidden Gems is a fantastic way to plow through those mountains of books claiming space in your house or e-reader. This challenge produces some fun group interaction as well, because someone else chooses which book you’ll read next.

If you sign up, you'll be matched up with a Hidden Gems partner. You will choose a book from the list your partner designates which you have already read and cannot believe your partner hasn’t read yet. Your partner will do the same for you with the list you designate. The point is to find that “Hidden Gem” that you think they’ll love… because you adored it when you read it!

Let us know which books you choose for each other. When you finish reading your gem, let us know what you thought about it. Perhaps your Hidden Gem might find its way to someone else’s wish list!

Match-ups will be created on the 10th of the month. Please choose books for each other by the 13th.

Sign up by telling us which list you’d like your partner to choose from.

Happy reading, friends!

I'm in! Please select 3-4 books from my Hidden Gems shelf:

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I'm in! Please choose 3-4 from my series-in-progress shelf or physical book shelf.

I'm in. Please choose several from my hidden gems shelf
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I'm in! Please give me at least 3 options from my 2025-hg shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I’m in. 3-4 books, no specific shelf.

I'm in! Please choose 2-3 from my Hidden Gems shelf.

I'm in! Please choose 3-4 books from my Temp Read Soon shelf:

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I'm in. Choose 5 books from my Christmas shelf.

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I'm in. Please choose 3-4 books from my Hidden Gems shelf:

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I'm in. Please select 4-5 from my CFD Current Challenges shelf:

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I’m in! Please pick 3-4 from any of the following shelf’s

My 2025 Must Read Shelf

My Hidden Gems Shelf

My 2025 TBR Shelf

I’m in this month. Please choose 3-4 from this shelf..

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Sign-ups are now closed. Matchups are coming soon.

Here are this month's matchups. Happy reading!

Brittany (8) - Kathi (9)
Missy (7) - Charlene (12)
Sarita (6) - Bridget (4)
Loraine (10) - Karen (11)
Michelle (2) - Staci (3)
Kate (5) - Annette (13)

Hi Kathi,

Here are 5 choices for you:

Happy Friday Kate~~

These three were 4 or 5 stars for me. I hope one or more is to your liking.

Michelle chose for me:


I chose for Michelle:


Happy reading all!

Annette wrote: "Happy Friday Kate~~

These three were 4 or 5 stars for me. I hope one or more is to your liking.

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Thanks for the options, Annette! All of them look really good, but I've decided to go with [book:The Filling Station|216052948] .

These 4 are my choices for you. The first 2 I've read, and the second 2 are by authors I've read and enjoyed in the past:

Paper Hearts , The Beloved Christmas Quilt , Dry Creek Sweethearts , Leah's Choice

Happy Reading!

Hi Loraine - unfortunately I have not read any of the books on your shelf. Therefore, my choices are from authors I've read and would read more from them:


I hope one of these is a good read for you.

Thank you Kate. My choice is Leah's Choice 😉

Brittany, I picked out these 4 books to choose from:


The book I picked for myself is

HI Bridget

These are all I enjoyed:

Hey Missy,

For you I pick


Hope you enjoy the book you pick :)

Thanks, Kathi! I hope you enjoy it! I really liked that one.

I think I will read . I love a good fake dating trope!

Thanks, Sarita! I am not sure which one I am going to go with yet, but leaning towards or

Here are my picks for you: All 5 star reads for me.

Enjoy!

Charlene wrote: "Hey Missy,

For you I pick


Hi Charlene - I think I am going to pick . This would be a new author and genre that I don't normally read.

Hi Charlene -

Here are my picks for you. I enjoyed all of them, I hope you enjoy them too.

, , ,

Karen wrote: "Hi Loraine - unfortunately I have not read any of the books on your shelf. Therefore, my choices are from authors I've read and would read more from them:
[b..."

I will choose: [book:And the Shofar Blew|95619]

My choices for you are:



Unfortunately I was not familiar with any of the authors you had listed other than the first and last book I chose.

Thanks Loraine for the great choices.

I'll go with and hope to get one or two more.

Thanks Bridget. Also not yet sure what I will be reading.

I finished reading . Thank you Staci! It was very good. The Old Mines, MO settings is unique. I only wish more of the history was given in the story.

I read & it was a fun story. Thanks!

Staci, I finished reading and enjoyed it. Thank you!

Loraine - I ended up reading instead and really enjoyed it. Thank you.

I'm still hoping to read before the end of the month.

Michelle wrote: "Staci, I finished reading and enjoyed it. Thank you!"

Awesome Michelle! That was my favorite of the series. Glad you enjoyed it.

Michelle wrote: "I finished reading . Thank you Staci! It was very good. The Old Mines, MO settings is unique. I only wish more of the history was given in the story."

Wonderful! Out of Time is a pre-order sitting on my bookshelf waiting to be read.

Annette, I finished The Filling Station last night. What a difficult, yet powerful book!

Brittany I finished It was good Christmas book!

Charlene -

I finished . It was so good. And it is a new author to me. It is a genre I don't normally read. Now I have to read the rest of the series. It was good! Thank you for recommending it.

I finished And the Shofar Blew

Thanks Karen. It was a great read.

Kate~~

I’m glad you picked …Amish Fiction is a favorite genre and was an enjoyable read. Thank you.

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

finished (10/29/25)
Thanks Sarita!

Thanks to Michelle for choosing my HG. It was a good one and I've now completed the series.

Loraine wrote: "I finished And the Shofar Blew

Thanks Karen. It was a great read."

Glad you enjoyed it, Loraine. I've added it to my TBR pile.

I'm glad you liked it!