Happy New Years' Eve! I can't believe 2018 is nearly over. This year went by so quickly. There were some amazing releases and I added several books to my TBR.
I had four bookish goals for 2018. I'm happy to say that I completed all of them!
Get NetGalley ratio to 65%.
Finish at least 12 nonfiction books (hopefully 1 each month).
Finish at least 5 series.
Finish at least 20 Love Inspired books.
The toughest one for me was, unsurprisingly,...
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Monday, December 31, 2018
2018 Reading Wrap-Up | Goals, Favorite Reads, and Top Releases I Meant To Read.
Posted by Melanie on Monday, December 31, 2018 with 4 comments
Thursday, December 27, 2018
Review: Every Wicked Man by Steven James
Posted by Melanie on Thursday, December 27, 2018 with No comments
About the book:
A criminal mastermind's chilling terrorist plot forces FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers to the brink in the latest thriller from bestselling novelist Steven James.
When a senator's son takes his own life and posts the video live online, Agent Bowers is drawn into a complex web of lies that begins to threaten the people he...
Posted in 5 Stars, Favorite, Reviews, Steven James
Monday, December 17, 2018
Review: A Temporary Family (Prairie Courtships #7) by Sherri Shackelford
Posted by Melanie on Monday, December 17, 2018 with 1 comment
About the book:
MAKE-BELIEVE MARRIAGE When Tilly Hargreaves and her three nieces are stranded at his small stagecoach station in an abandoned town and threatened by outlaws, Nolan West must protect them. And the only way he can do that is by pretending he's married to Tilly. But can the former solider, whose only wish is for solitude, stop himself...
Posted in 4 Stars, Love Inspired Historical, Review
Friday, December 14, 2018
Weekend Wrap-Up (December 14) / Kindle Deal Spotlight
Posted by Melanie on Friday, December 14, 2018 with No comments
Weekend Wrap-up is where I share what I read this past week, am currently reading, and my reading plans for the coming week.
Feel free to join along and post your own Weekend Wrap-up on your blog/site (if you do, please leave the link in a comment so I can stop by) or, in a comment, share what you've read this...
Posted in Weekend Wrap-up
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Review: More Than Meets the Eye by Karen Witemeyer
Posted by Melanie on Thursday, December 13, 2018 with 1 comment
About the book:
When Her Family Is Threatened, She Doesn't Expect Falling in Love to Be Their Best DefenseMany consider Evangeline Hamilton cursed. Orphaned at a young age and possessing a pair of mismatched eyes--one bright blue, the other dark brown--Evangeline has fought to find her way in a world that constantly rejects her. Yet the support...
Posted in 5 Stars, Historical, Karen Witemeyer, Reviews
Monday, December 10, 2018
Review: Tell Her No Lies by Kelly Irvin
Posted by Melanie on Monday, December 10, 2018 with No comments
About the book:
Combining romance and suspense, bestselling author Kelly Irvin’s Tell Her No Lies is a high-stakes race for the truth.“A moving and compelling tale about the power of grace and forgiveness that reminds us how we become strongest in our most broken moments.”—Library Journal review of Upon a Spring BreezeEven the most admired families...
Posted in 3 1/2 Stars, Review
Saturday, December 8, 2018
My To-Be Read List (#MyTBRL) -- And The Winner Is...December
Posted by Melanie on Saturday, December 08, 2018 with No comments

Hosted by Because Reading. On the first Saturday of the month you pick three books from your TBR list and ask for help from your followers and the people on the linky to help you choose which book to read that month. Then, on the second Saturday, you announce the results and get to reading. :) The goal is to review said book on the...
Posted in My TBR List Meme
Friday, December 7, 2018
Weekend Wrap-Up (December 7) / Kindle Deal Spotlight
Posted by Melanie on Friday, December 07, 2018 with No comments
Weekend Wrap-up is where I share what I read this past week, am currently reading, and my reading plans for the coming week.
Feel free to join along and post your own Weekend Wrap-up on your blog/site (if you do, please leave the link in a comment so I can stop by) or, in a comment, share what you've read this...
Posted in Weekend Wrap-up
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Review: Dead Drift by Dani Pettrey
Posted by Melanie on Thursday, December 06, 2018 with No comments
About the book:
The Final Countdown to Stop an Imminent Attack Has Begun.
Burning debris littering the ground . . . smoke pluming in the acrid air . . . this is just the beginning if he fails.
Seven years ago, operative Luke Gallagher vanished to become part of an elite team set on capturing a deadly terrorist. When Luke returns to face those...
Posted in 5 Stars, Dani Pettrey, Reviews, Suspense
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Review: Bodyguard for Christmas by Carol J. Post
Posted by Melanie on Tuesday, December 04, 2018 with 1 comment
About the book:
Someone’s after his little boy.
She has one chance to save them both.
When his young son is nearly kidnapped, assistant district attorney Colton Gale needs a Christmas refuge—and a live-in bodyguard. Though ex-military police officer Jasmine McNeal fights to shield them 24/7, she refuses to get attached.
But growing close to the...
Posted in 4 Stars, Love Inspired Suspense, Reviews
Monday, December 3, 2018
Review: Christmas at the Red Door Inn by Liz Johnson
Posted by Melanie on Monday, December 03, 2018 with No comments
About the book:
One blizzard. Two friends. Three days to fall in love.Lifelong islander Brooke Kane doesn’t know what to do with her college degree, her dreams, or her future, but she knows better than to venture far from home when there’s a storm brewing. But a promise to check on Rose’s Red Door Inn prompts Brooke to venture out. By the time she...
Posted in 4 Stars, Christmas Reads, Liz Johnson, Novella, Reviews
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Monthly Reflections ~ November 2018
Posted by Melanie on Sunday, December 02, 2018 with No comments

Monthly Reflections, where we take the time to reflect on the previous month.
How I Did With My November Goal...
Posted in Monthly Reflections
Saturday, December 1, 2018
My To-Be Read List -- December Voting #MyTBRL
Posted by Melanie on Saturday, December 01, 2018 with 1 comment

Hosted by Because Reading. On the first Saturday of the month you pick three books from your TBR list and ask for help from your followers and the people on the linky to help you choose which book to read that month. Then, on the second Saturday, you announce the results and get to reading. :) The goal is to review said book on the...
Posted in My TBR List Meme
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