It's me, Charity

Pull on your nicest cowboy boots and get ready because once again LJ Evans is taking us to CHURCH in the finale of the Swift Rivers series.  And by church I mean the church of love.  Reading this book, and receiving it as an ARC, was very emotional for me. Since I first discovered LJ's books a few years ago, I have been a huge fan of her writing, and an even bigger fan of her as a human being.  Knowing that this book would be her last on the docket so to speak, while she rightly takes care of her beloved husband as they navigate this new stage of health and life for him was so very bittersweet. I look forward to her books like a kid on Christmas morning. I devour the book and then I'm immediately counting down until I can read her next book and get caught back up with the characters she has made me know and love.    Andie and Cooper gave me major Rafe and Sadie vibes. (The Last Dance you saved) and I would say now I have to re read their book but let's be real, ...

  If I had to rank all of my favorite tropes in books it would be Marriage of Convenience (even though it took me three times to get that word close enough for spell checker to correct it) and Surprise Baby and what do you know this book HAD BOTH OF THEM!! Cue a *VERY* Happy me!! Jace and Rory were an absolute delight! I didn't expect Jace to be such a loveable, golden retriever type of a guy, especially with his Rock Star role, but he was all that are more! And Rory, Rory is all of us! As a nerd, I completely identified with her character! I loved that she gave him sass and didn't fall drooling at his feet when she met him. She made him WORK FOR IT and work for it he did!!!! Cue me Swooning multiple times in this book.  I will be reading this book again because I read it in between surgeries when I was feeling miserable. I still absolutely loved it and gobbled it up as fast as my puny body would let me. But I'm going to have to read it a second time so I can soak in the ro...

  We are back in the Mile High Series! Or what maybe she be renamed to the Guinea Piggies Parents series. HA! I'd love to know how the love for guinea pigs came about in these books. I find it absolutely hilarious that almost each couple now has piggies of their own and the animals personalities. Love it.  Sunshine and Peaches, which is what I shall refer to them as, were quite the read! It was definitely a bit more *SPICY* than some of her other books, so just as a warning! The BANTER between these two was epic! I loved the sass back and forth! I loved how Peaches wasn't afraid to speak her mind, especially when Max aka Sunshine was being a grump. He was kind of a jerk at the beginning but like any golden retriever he got his act together and was green flags all around! This book also dealt with some heavier topics, which I thought Jennifer did a very good job covering it with reality and humanity, and sensitivity. I was proud of Layla for taking back herself and her body and...

 I'm not sure how I stumbled upon Jennifer J. Williams, most likely from a recommendation on Kindle Unlimited. But I'm so glad I did! Her eternity springs series has been so much fun to read that I'm sad to say goodbye to this family of crazy siblings! Worth the Wait was indeed, worth the wait.  Leo and Ella ripped my heart out and then slowly put it back together again. This is one of the most real, and raw romance, REAL life, real people, real feelings books I've ever read. Leo's struggles after the war, Ella's struggles with him before and after and the feelings she faced with that. Combine being the caretaker of her sisters two children. This book was life like.  You really felt the characters emotions and pain, and of course, finally happily ever after happened for the last Santos Sibling.  I absolutely loved this book, and I'm thankful for the opportunity to read it for free in exchange for my always honest opinions!

Y'all already know what I'm going to say. LJ Evans wrote another masterclass of a romantic suspense novel and you need to run, not walk, and go read it! But here's the longer version of LJ Evans is incapable of writing a book I don't love.  One of LJ's many talents is making you feel like you are a part of the book and the characters and their family. I joked last time that Parker and Fallon really put me through it. (They did!) But that is a testament to LJ's writing skills. You feel like the characters are real, living people and therefore you are invested in them like they are your own family.  I feel like this new series of younger characters (ha I say younger and they are in their 20's. Tell me you're in your 40's without telling me) are my nieces and nephews so this Auntie has some thoughts and at times during reading this book I wanted to sit both Beckett and Maisey down and have a CHAT. At one point I said, out loud, Beckett, my dude, we need...

  Once again I was lucky enough to be on the ARC team for another book by LJ Evans. Since I have discovered LJ she has become one of my top 5 must read authors. LJ’s books are like Christmas Day. Or your birthday if you’re like me and obnoxiously celebrate both. :) You count down the days until it happens with great expectation and excitement and then it gets there and you almost don’t want it to be there because then it will be over and you have to wait another 364 days for the magic to come by again. Thankfully for all of us LJ writes more than one book a year so we are all #blessed in that aspect. I’m always super excited to get and read her books, but it’s a mixed feeling of not wanting to start reading it because then it will be over, and I can’t wait to read it and see what happens. Oh the struggle of being a book lover! I had some FEELINGS over Parker and Fallon. I felt like they were real people and at several points I wished they were real people so I could take t...

  Buckle Up Buttercup, because Sadie Hatley is finally getting her story!!!! And it did not disappoint at all! The only thing I didn't like about this book is that it ended. I could have kept reading for 1000 more pages.  L.J. Evans is a Masterclass in how to write Romantic Suspense (that's not so scary you can't sleep at night) with witty banter, heroines who kick butt (figuratively and literally). Her books are full of real people with real problems. And I think that's one of the things I appreciate the most about her writing. Yes, her books are an escape for me, but they also show that whatever you're going through in life, everyone else is also going through something.  In the case of Sadie and Rafe alot of those issues they contained to themselves and kept the hurt and pain inside of them, in order to be strong for others and what they thought they needed to be. But L.J. shows us that not only is it okay to let people in, but the beauty and redemption that come...

  Hey friends! I'm sorry for not posting TBR, ya girl has been sick for the past two weeks. But I'm finally coming back to life, so here is the recap for today! Also some of the pics aren't in order and I don't have it in me to fix them so, sorry. 😁

Happy Tuesday Friends! And welcome back to Leviticus! Today we are in Chapters 8-10 and things liven up a bit, so let's dive right in. We start off with the differences between Anointing, Consecrating and Ordination, all three of which are happening in the Tabernacle as they get ready for their first weekend service :) I thought it was neat to know that all this happened about one week after they finished building the Tabernacle. They wasted no time meeting with God!  After being enslaved in Egpyt and then in the wilderness, for I believe one year at this point, I bet they were beyond excited to have their own place to worship God. Can you imagine not being able to do that and finally you're able to again? It reminds me a bit of when the Covid-19 Pandemic began, and then kept going. Our church was closed for months which I wholeheartedly agreed with. We learned how to do church online. And then church opened back up, but thanks to me being immunocompromised I wasn't able to...

Welcome back to Leviticus Friends! Today we are in chapters 5-7 and I'll admit on the first pass through of it, while listening to it on my Bible app and reading along, I didn't make a ton of notes. But when I listened to the pod things made more sense, and I got a lot more from it. Which is why I highly reccomend listening to the pod after doing your reading. TL breaks it down and shares historical and meanings of things that those of us not steeped in our Hebrew, might not know.  Things I found interesting: She mentioned that God is the only one who has spoken so far in Leviticus. Tomorrow we get a switchup with Moses and Aaron but so far the first 7 chapters have all been God talking! We talk about blood some more, and she again makes the note that it is a reminder of the fall and that God is working on rebuilding Eden. She also notes that blood is given back to God because God is the giver and taker of life.  A question I had, when we were in 5:11, talking about the rich a...

  Hello there friends! We made it to Leviticus! Wahoo!! I love the Old Testament but I will admit some books and chapters can be harder to connect with. So some of these posts in Leviticus may not be huge, but again it's about showing up and reading God's word everyday. And knowing that even when we don't think it's going to make sense or hit us, he's always got something for us. So onward to Leviticus! I use the She Reads Truth Bible, in the CSB Version, and I really love how as each Chapter of the Bible begins it gives you history and info on who wrote it, sometimes there are maps, this one has a layout of the Tabernacle which I found super helpful because I am terrible at visualizing things in my head.  Leviticus is about a Perfect, Holy God, who wants to be close to his imperfect people. So the laws and the ways to do things are about how to bring his people closer to him.  Some interesting points, The Term Tent of Meeting also refers to the Tabernacle. Sometime...

  Well Hello there Friends! This past week I started posting a picture of my Bible reading for the day along with my Birthday countdown, to FB and IG.  And very surprisingly to me people seemed to like the pics and my thoughts on what I was reading for the day. So I decided instead of copying and pasting from FB to IG, that we would dust off the ol' Blog so I can get REALLY wordy.  This is my second read thru of the Bible via The Bible Recap, I highly recommend it, you can google them and find all the info and free reading plans. Their podcast is all on major platforms. I currently listen to it on Podbean because I'm doing Year Three of the Podcast, and was having issues finding the day on Spotify. I can't guarantee I'll always find something super spiritual, some days it's just more about showing up and spending time with God, But I hope it encourages you to do the same and if nothing else this is going to keep me REAL ACCOUNTABLE. Let's hop into our reading fo...

(Shoutout to Ollies for the perfect Picture for this blog post) Remember when it was January and I said I was going to blog more this year? Well, it's now December, and I haven't blogged since January so clearly that goal went out the window.  BUT! I am here blogging today to share something I'm passionate about! And that is SAVING MONEY! And spending the least amount of money on things. Listen, the lower the price of something is, the more I like it.  I was waxing poetic about this subject to a friend on Marco Polo this week and decided that I felt the need to share it with the world. So, world, (or the three people who read my blog) You're Welcome. Sidenote: These are just some of the ways I stretch my dollars and get money back from purchases. Some of these have referral codes that if you join from them I get some sort of a reward, and some don't have codes, or I'm just not cool enough to know where to find them. Use the code, don't use the code, but plea...

  Tap, Tap, Tap. Is this thing on? No, your eyes aren't deceiving you, I'm back blogging after almost a year of not posting anything. I did a month long Prayer and Fasting with my church and abstained from Social Media (more about that to come) and during that time I realized I really missed blogging! So here I am! Clearly I'm rusty at this because I managed to upload my pictures in the opposite order, and I'm too lazy to go through and move each and every one of them, so we are going to look back at the month of January from the end to the start! Let's go! The Last day of January was a busy one. Well for me at least, after spending most of 2022 on my parents couch, inbetween surgeries, doing anything is busy for me. I had a piano tuning for Old faithful, my new to me baby grand, so I hung out in my bedroom while my tuner was there, and worked on my laptop. Before that I had my 1 year Brow touch up with Marissa at Lafayette Microblading. It had actually been over a ...