Hello again. Do you still have room for more books? Well, we’ve got plenty to share so come on and join the fun!
The sunshine is so pretty today. Look how it’s turning the leaves into glowing gold and orange and scarlet! It’s a perfect day to take a leisurely ride on one of the bikes, or take a boat out on the lake for a row. Enjoy a hike through the glorious woods and rest on one of the benches while you sort through your stack of books. Wander down the road to the orchard and help pick some apples. Sure you can stop and eat some while you read. You might even find an empty bushel basket you can fill with books. If you get a little chilly, you can enjoy some time around the bonfire talking about your favorite stories. Have you made it to the barn yet and tried the big swing? Or if you want to enjoy the sunshine, take a blanket, spread it in the grass, empty your full backpack and relax as you look through new stories.
And we only need 26 more people to enter the giveaway before we can offer a 2nd place winner! So share with your family, friends, neighbors, 3rd cousins, aunts, mailman, well, you get the point. 😀
Just so you know how this works, I’ll be sharing my Top 5 books in the day’s genre, and right below that, I’ll have the links to all the other rooms, I mean blogs. Make sure you check them all out and find the Books room because they will be offering a FREE short story! And then, below the party rooms, is the giveaway. You won’t want to miss that!
Hope
So many stories that portray hope. I had a hard time deciding which ones to share that I hadn’t shared before. Some of these stories are shorter, but others are longer.
This story offers hope in the promise of a new life, a new chance, and a new job. Touching and sweet.
Their Day at the Beach by Isabella Alden
The hope is offered by some young people and then later returned.
How They Kept the Faith by Grace Raymond
A story set in France during the persecution of the Christians. Some of it is pretty intense and exciting, but hope is always there.
What’s in the Parcel? by Catherine MacKenzie
This short story for children gives a picture of the life of a real missionary and the hoped for help.
Finding Hope by Melanie D. Snitker
Yes, this is somewhat a romance, but it’s focused more on the main character dealing with cancer and the hope she keeps holding on to.
Are you ready to visit all the other Party Rooms–er, blogs? Have fun and don’t forget to leave comments, add books to your TBR list and enter the giveaway! Oh, and these will open in a new tab, so don’t worry, you won’t get lost in the acres of land around the Literary Lodge. 🙂
Grand Prize Giveaway!
- Dancing with Fireflies by Rebekah Morris
- Promise’s Prayer by Erika Mathews
- Bingeworthy by Madison Brown (and other authors)
- Oh, the Fallen by Abigail Harris
- Jayne’s Endeavour by Lauren Compton
- A Five Fall Favorites Book Bag
- Amazon gift card
This giveaway is open to everyone. International as well as US. However, if we have an International winner, they will get a kindle bundle and an Amazon gift card instead of the actual books and bag. (Sorry, we just can’t mail this internationally.)
If we get more than 75 different people entered into the giveaway, we will add a 2nd place winner, so be sure to tell you family and friends!
Please be honest in your entries because they will be checked.
This has to be updated manually, and I can only do that every 3 hours, so if you enter and don’t see any progress, don’t despair, I will update it. 🙂
I love today’s genre so much!! (Yes, I know I said that yesterday, but I really mean it!! XD) All these genres are so nice. I think today I’ve ended up adding the most books to my TBR. They all look so amazing!!
Oh, and Off Course is one of my favourite short stories!! I haven’t read the others though 😀
Yay! Another winning genre! 😀
Oh, fun. You should have plenty of books to read then.
Yes, I really like Off Course. 🙂
I love Off Course! Have to read the others 😉
Yep, you should. 😉
Wow, these all look amazing. I will have to read them, especially “How They Kept the Faith”! Thanks so much! 😀
You’re welcome! I hope you enjoy “How They Kept the Faith” as much as I did.
I want to read that Angie Thompson book; actually, I think I might have it.
It’s good, Lilly. 😀
It was fun to see the different kinds of books people chose for the word Hope!
Yes, everyone has their own ideas about it. 😀
Whoops! I just entered that I wrote a review for Celia Garth, but I actually did that yesterday not realizing it had to be a review I wrote today. Sorry!
Well, as long as you didn’t enter with writing a review yesterday, it’ll be fine. 🙂
Nope, I didn’t. Thanks!
These ones are all new to me today, Rebekah! Although a couple of authors are familiar 😉
Wow, all new? Well, I hope you can read and enjoy them soon.
(By the way, you can get Their Day at the Beach for free on the Isabella Alden website.)
I have so many new books added to my mental TBR list I decided to start a physical one in a new notebook I just got. XD Two full pages just from the last couple of days!! XD I haven’t read any of these, but a couple of them are being added to the list! 😀
That’s a good idea!
(I’ll let you in on a little secret, all the book titles from this FFF will be on a downloadable list on Saturday and available for everyone.)
REALLY?! *gasps and squeals and squeaks* XD
Yep. 😀 We know it’s hard to remember all the books, so this way you can mark all the ones you want to read and or all the ones you have read or whatever you want. 😀
The entry form isn’t loading for me now… I don’t know if it’s my Internet, or what, but I can’t get it to open!😬
That’s strange. It’s working on my end. Maybe try again in a few minutes and see what happens.
No, it’s still not working… I’ve tried on several different devices and I’ve cleared all my history… but it’s just loading and loading and never actually coming up😔
I emailed the giveaway link to see if that works. Sometimes a direct link fixes things.
I considered listing Off Course for one of my books in this category! 🙂
Fun! 😀
Thank you for sharing these. I’ve added Their Day At The Beach to my list. And How They Kept the Faith reminds me of so many other powerful stories of God’s hope shining in the midst of darkness.
You’re welcome! I hope you enjoy Their Day at the Beach. Yes, so many wonderful stories of God’s hope when things are dark.