Christian Fiction Devourers discussion

October - December 2024

Read books to spell out titles of books that were listed in our group’s Favorite Books thread this year.

Choose as many or as few books from the linked list as you like.

You may use the first letter of a book’s title (ignore articles) or the first or last initial of an author’s name for each letter. If you use the author’s name, please link the author.

Rules:
* Rereads okay.
* No page minimum
* Please repost your completed challenge when you are finished.

Allean26
Annette
Brittany
Crystal
Karen
KC
Lauri
Lynnette
Michelle
Reagan

I'm in.

Fatal Witness

F - The Firefighter Daddy
A - Amish Country Ransom
T - Liz Tolsma, What I Would Tell You
A - Amish Wilderness Survival
L - Lenora Worth, Rescue Operation

W - Winning the Rancher's Heart
I - Irene Hannon, Sandcastle Inn
T - Twin Peril
N - Christina Suzann Nelson, What Happens Next
E - Explosive Force
S - Shadows of Lancaster County
S - Shield of Protection


The Painted Castle

T - A Texas Thanksgiving
H - Denise Hunter, Bookshop by the Sea
E - Lynette Eason, Holiday Amnesia

P - Dani Pettrey, One Wrong Move
A - Arlene James, The Rancher's Answered Prayer
I - Identity Crisis
N - The Number of Love
T - Treacherous Trails
E - Engaging the Competition
D - Amanda Dykes, Born of Gilded Mountains

C - Cowboy Christmas Guardian
A - Amish Hideout
S - Standoff at Midnight Mountain
T - True Blue K-9 Unit Christmas
L - Lost Christmas Memories
E - Evermore

I'm choosing my favorite book out of the ones I've read off the list.


T The Lady's Mine
H Heaven's Wager
E Engaging Father Christmas

Y
A A Run at Love
D
A Agenda 21(not CF)

Y
A
D
A

P Prayers of a Stranger: A Christmas Journey
R
A
Y
E
R

G Gideon's Gift
R
O
U The Unfinished Gift
P The Proving

I'm in! I will try to work through my favorites of the books mentioned. I'm starting with my two favorites from the list.

L - Love at First Skate
O - One Last Stand
V
E - An Evergreen Christmas

U - Unforgotten
N - 70 North
S - Search and Detect
C - The Cowboy's Forgotten Love
R - Running into Forever
I - Ice, Ice... Maybe?: An Instalove Fairytale Hockey Romance
P - Patriot at the River: A Novel of the American Revolution
T - The Lost Daughter's Irishman
E
D - Dreaming About Forever

W - Wrangling the Wandering Rancher: A Sweet Historical Romance
H - Hope Like Wildflowers
E
N - A Not-So Holiday Paradise

T - The Perfect Putt
H - The Hometown Muse
E

D - Double Duty Defense
A - A Courtship for the Amish Spinster: An Uplifting Inspirational Romance
Y

C - Cabin Mate
O - Owen Bailey Needs Advice
M - Mistletoe Face Off: A Christmas Hockey Romcom
E
S - The Siren of Sussex

I’m in! I’m going to start with When the Day Comes because it was my first five star read of the year. I may (or may not) add others along the way.

W - What Happens Next (10/16/24)
H- Her Mother's Hope (11/08/24)
E - Eight Was Enough: A God-Led Adventure with Adopted & Special Needs Kids (10/22/24)
N - No Safe Harbor (11/17/24)

T - Trapped (10/04/24)
H - Holy Night (12/05/24)
E - Esther: Royal Beauty (10/27/24)

D - Ted Dekker & Rachelle Dekker - The Girl behind the Red Rope (10/09/24)
A - An Irish Heart (10/20/24)
Y - Yours is the Night (11/26/24)

C - Chasing Amanda (10/13/24)
O - One Wrong Move (11/14/24)
M - My Emily (10/09/24)
E - Expired Return (11/30/24)
S - Susan May Warren - From Russia with Love (10/13/24)

I’m in for this one please….one 5 star read for me and one that’s been on my tbr shelf for too long 😊



A➖The Amish Midwife 10/12
M➖Meet Me in Myrtle Beach 10/8
I➖The Inheritance 10/2
L➖Love and a Little White Lie 10/1
L➖Linda Byler 10/5
I➖In Sheep's Clothing 10/6
O➖Ours for a Season: A Novel 10/9
N➖Now or Never 10/19
L➖Lighthouse Devotions: 52 Inspiring Lighthouse Stories 10/26
I➖Identity Theft 10/11
T➖Then Sings My Soul 10/28
T➖Tracking Tilly 10/19
L➖Love Heals 10/25
E➖Tanya Eavenson 10/9
C➖Criminally Cocoa 10/08
H➖Healing the Boss's Heart 10/16
O➖Out of My Dreams 10/11
I➖Intervention 10/27
C➖Amy Clipston 10/15
E➖Esther: Royal Beauty 10/21
S➖Sophie's Heart 10/17


W➖Where the Blue Sky Begins 11/20
H➖Hidden Love 10/4
E➖Lynette Eason 10/23
R➖Rescue Story: Faith, Freedom, and Finding My Way Home 10/1
E➖Lynette Eason 10/16
T➖That Certain Summer 10/07
H➖Her Second Chance Prodigal Groom 10/17
E➖Emma St. Clair (clean romance) 11/8
B➖Borders of the Heart 10/12
L➖Lisa Wingate 10/6
U➖Undercover Amish 10/18
E➖The Englisch Daughter 11/23
S➖Second Chance Father 10/13
K➖Karen Kingsbury 10/4
Y➖Ginny L. Yttrup 12/3
B➖Beth Wiseman 10/15
E➖Emma Miller 10/20
G➖Shelley Shepard Gray 10/10
I➖Impossible Love 11/07
N➖North Country Mom 10/24
S➖Secrets Come Home 10/14

I'm in. I'm going to go with five books that I plan to read this quarter -



For Mercie's Sake
F - A Flood of Love (10/29/24)
O - One Hour (12/21/24)
R - The Riders: Courage Under Fire Book 10: Righteous Judgement (10/21/24)

M - More Than a Pretty Face (11/19/24)
E - Esther's Gift: A Mitford Christmas Story (11/28/24)
R - The Recipe (10/13/24)
C - The Christmas Journey (10/5/24)
I - Ice Lake (12/23/24)
E - Esther: A Modern Tale of Love and Integrity (12/6/24)
S - The Staff of Moses (10/25/24)

S - Sarah Gives Thanks: How Thanksgiving Became a National Holiday (12/5/24)
A - Mary Alford - Firestorm (10/18/24)
K - Kristen (11/30/24)
E - Everything (12/5/24)


Into the Fire
I - Indecent Exposure
N - Narrow Escape (11/16/24)
T - Take a Chance on Me (10/7/24)
O - An Offering: The Tale of Therese

T - Tracking Danger (10/21/24)
H - How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (11/28/24)
E - An Ever After Summer (12/5/24)

F - For Mercie's Sake (10/27/24)
I - Into the Darkness
R - Recipe for a Husband (12/23/24)
E - Edge of Eternity (12/20/24)


One Last Shot
O - On Desolate Heights, Balaam's Story (12/31/24)
N - The Nativity Bride (12/13/24)
E - Engaging the Competition (12/12/24)

L - The Lumberjack's Bride (12/9/24)
A - Ashley Clark - Christmas at the Inn (10/24/24)
S - Southern Fried Christmas: A Bayous Meets the Mountains Novella (12/8/24)
T - A Tale of Two Hearts (11/30/24)

S - Silver Bell Secrets (11/2/24)
H - A Home for Hava (11/22/24)
O - Sandra Orchard - Deep Cover
T - Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving (12/5/24)


The Centurion's Wife
T - Tigger Comes to the Forest (12/18/24)
H - Heather Day Gilbert - Queen of Hearts (12/30/24)
E - An Eventful Thanksgiving (12/21/24)

C - Caught Up (10/19/24)
E - An Endless Christmas (12/15/24)
N - Nellie
T - Tim LaHaye - Come Spring (11/25/24)
U - Michelle Ule - The Yuletide Bride (12/13/24)
R - A Royal Christmas (12/18/24)
I - In Her Sights
O - Oslo Overtures
N - Nobody Ever Observes (12/21/24)
S - The Snowbound Bride (11/29/24)

W - Who Was A.A. Milne? (12/2/24)
I - Imperfect Justice
F - Fiona's Train Ride: Level 1 (12/4/24)
E - Embattled Hearts


Widow of Gettysburg
W - When the Smoke Clears
I - Liz Isaacson - The Yes at Yuletide: Glover Family Saga & Christian Romance (12/21/24)
D - Deadly Yellowstone Secrets (12/20/24)
O -
W - When All is Eliminated (12/21/24)

O - Offshore Ambush
F - The Festive Bride (12/6/24)

G - Grand Encounters (10/29/24)
E - Explosive Reunion: LaMar County Justice Book 3
T - To Follow the Star (11/21/24)
T - Threadbare: A Short Story (12/4/24)
Y - Yosemite Firestorm (10/14/24)
S - Stranded
B - Belinda (11/4/24)
U - Unfortunate Homecoming
R - Rocky Mountain Pursuit (12/26/24)
G - The Gift-Wrapped Bride (12/13/24)

My favorite book right now is The Miserable Mill from the Series of Unfortunate Events.

The Green Ember
Hostile Hospital (Series of Unfortunate Events)
Early Sunday Morning (Dear America)

Murder on the Links
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly (Dear America)
Slippery Slope (Series of Unfortunate Events)
Ersatz Elevator (Series of Unfortunate Events)
Romeo and Juliet
Anne of Green Gables
Better than the movies
Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe
Ember Falls

Mysterious Affair at Styles
I
Land of Buffalo Bones (Dear America)
Little Princess

I only have one book I don’t have 🤣😭😭😭

I'll give it a go

W What Happens Next by Christina Susanne Nelson (10/4)
H Hear the Bells Ring by Scott R Rezer (11/3)
E Everywhere to Hide by Siri Mitchell
N Night Falls on Predicament Avenue by Jaime Jo Wright (10/28)

T The Lost Boys of Barlowe Theater by Jaime Jo Wright (10/10)
H Hear the Falling Snow by Storm Shultz (11/16)
E Even if We Cry by Terrie Todd (12/13)

D DarkStar - Confessions of a Rock Idol by Creston Mapes (10/14)
A All My Secrets by Lynn Austin (11/12)
Y Yesterday's Christmas by A.M. Heath

C Child of Joy by Kimberly Rae Jordan (11/22)
O Of Love and Treason by Jamie Ogle (10/1)
M Molly Malloy by R Marshall Wright (10/26)
E Embers in the London Sky by Sarah Sundin (12/27)
S Samson by Shawna Colieng (10/22)

I'm in!

#1:
T - The Heart's Shelter by Amy Clipston (10/27)
O

T - A Tailor-Made Bride by Karen Witemeyer (12/29)
A
M - Waiting for Morning by Karen Kingsbury (12/26)
E

A

C - A Cowboy's Touch by Denise Hunter (11/7)
O
W - To Write a Wrong by Jen Turano (10/8)
B
O
Y - I Will Protect You by Eva Mozes Kor and Danica Davidson (11/21)

FAVORITE BOOKS SPELL OFF
Oct - Dec (Quarterly Challenge)


1. Fatal Witness

F Frothy Foul Play 10/12/24
A The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Classic Starts)
T The Hermeneutics of the Biblica Writers
A Agatha Christie, The Murder at the Vicarage
L Lord of the Flies

W What Happens Next 10/12/24
I Immerse: Beginnings
T The Book Swap
N Northanger Abby
E Elodie's Library of Second Chances
S Specters in the Glass House
S Ann Swindoll, Christmas in the Castle Library


2. When the Flames Ravaged

W Wings of the Storm
H The Hiding Place
E
N

T Tired of Being Tired
H Joseph Heller, Catch 22
E

F Firestorm
L The Last Voyage of Columbus
A Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
M Mind Games
E
S

R
A
V Voice of the Ancient
A
G God of Vengeance
E
D Dead End

Welcome, all!

Not sure how far I'm going to get with this one but I've got the first word completed!

T The Lady's Mine
H Heaven's Wager
E Engaging Father Christmas

Great job, Crystal!

Calling this one DONE!

W - What Happens Next (10/16/24)
H- Her Mother's Hope (11/08/24)
E - Eight Was Enough: A God-Led Adventure with Adopted & Special Needs Kids (10/22/24)
N - No Safe Harbor (11/17/24)

T - Trapped (10/04/24)
H - Holy Night (12/05/24)
E - Esther: Royal Beauty (10/27/24)

D - Ted Dekker & Rachelle Dekker - The Girl behind the Red Rope (10/09/24)
A - An Irish Heart (10/20/24)
Y - Yours is the Night (11/26/24)

C - Chasing Amanda (10/13/24)
O - One Wrong Move (11/14/24)
M - My Emily (10/09/24)
E - Expired Return (11/30/24)
S - Susan May Warren - From Russia with Love (10/13/24)

Great job!

I'm finished!

Fatal Witness

F - The Firefighter Daddy
A - Amish Country Ransom
T - Liz Tolsma, What I Would Tell You
A - Amish Wilderness Survival
L - Lenora Worth, Rescue Operation

W - Winning the Rancher's Heart
I - Irene Hannon, Sandcastle Inn
T - Twin Peril
N - Christina Suzann Nelson, What Happens Next
E - Explosive Force
S - Shadows of Lancaster County
S - Shield of Protection


The Painted Castle

T - A Texas Thanksgiving
H - Denise Hunter, Bookshop by the Sea
E - Lynette Eason, Holiday Amnesia

P - Dani Pettrey, One Wrong Move
A - Arlene James, The Rancher's Answered Prayer
I - Identity Crisis
N - The Number of Love
T - Treacherous Trails
E - Engaging the Competition
D - Amanda Dykes, Born of Gilded Mountains

C - Cowboy Christmas Guardian
A - Amish Hideout
S - Standoff at Midnight Mountain
T - True Blue K-9 Unit Christmas
L - Lost Christmas Memories
E - Evermore

Great job!

Didn't do well with this one at all. Think it was the long title!

I only managed to complete two of the titles I planned for:

For Mercie's Sake
F - A Flood of Love (10/29/24)
O - One Hour (12/21/24)
R - The Riders: Courage Under Fire Book 10: Righteous Judgement (10/21/24)

M - More Than a Pretty Face (11/19/24)
E - Esther's Gift: A Mitford Christmas Story (11/28/24)
R - The Recipe (10/13/24)
C - The Christmas Journey (10/5/24)
I - Ice Lake (12/23/24)
E - Esther: A Modern Tale of Love and Integrity (12/6/24)
S - The Staff of Moses (10/25/24)

S - Sarah Gives Thanks: How Thanksgiving Became a National Holiday (12/5/24)
A - Mary Alford - Firestorm (10/18/24)
K - Kristen (11/30/24)
E - Everything (12/5/24)


One Last Shot
O - On Desolate Heights, Balaam's Story (12/31/24)
N - The Nativity Bride (12/13/24)
E - Engaging the Competition (12/12/24)

L - The Lumberjack's Bride (12/9/24)
A - Ashley Clark - Christmas at the Inn (10/24/24)
S - Southern Fried Christmas: A Bayous Meets the Mountains Novella (12/8/24)
T - A Tale of Two Hearts (11/30/24)

S - Silver Bell Secrets (11/2/24)
H - A Home for Hava (11/22/24)
O - Sandra Orchard - Deep Cover
T - Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving (12/5/24)

Great job!

Here's mine! I didn't get very many because I didn't get much reading done these past few months.

T - The Heart's Shelter by Amy Clipston (10/27)
O

T - A Tailor-Made Bride by Karen Witemeyer (12/29)
A
M - Waiting for Morning by Karen Kingsbury (12/26)
E

A

C - A Cowboy's Touch by Denise Hunter (11/7)
O
W - To Write a Wrong by Jen Turano (10/8)
B
O
Y - I Will Protect You by Eva Mozes Kor and Danica Davidson (11/21)

Great job!