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 give me at least 3 options from my 2025-hg shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

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

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I'm in! ! Please choose 3-4 from my tbr-physical-books and/or series-in -progress shelves.

I'm in! Please choose 3-4 books from my Temp Read Soon shelf (a collection of sweet/clean romcoms):
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I'm in. Please choose several from my hidden gems shelf.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I’m in! Please choose 2-3 books from my 2-read shelf!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I’m in! Please choose 2-4 books from my shelf:
https://www.goodreads.com/user_shelve...

I'm in. Please select 4-5 from either of these shelves:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I’m in. Please choose 3-4 books from this shelf. Many thanks.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

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

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

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

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I’m in - any 3-4 books on my shelves is open to pick

I am in! Please pick 2-3 from my hidden gems shelf.

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

Sign-ups are now closed. Match-ups are being created. (Doing this tonight because I have a packed schedule tomorrow.)

Here are this month's matchups. Happy reading!

Karen (9) - Reagan (12)
Hannah (8) - Hope (7)
Missy (14) - Kate (2)
Bridget (6) - Loraine (11)
Staci (4) - Annette (10)
Sarita (13) - Michelle (3)
Charlene (15) - Brittany (5)

Hope wrote: "I’m in! Please choose 2-3 books from my 2-read shelf!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."

Hope, there were several great suspense stories on your shelves! These three were my favorite…hopefully you’ll find a five star read among them too. :)

Loraine,
I read both these books by Catherine Palmer

I haven't read either of these two
but I have enjoyed every Terri Blackstock I have read
and I always love a good mail order bride book.
Hope you enjoy whichever one you choose.

Sarita, here are the books I have chosen for you. They were all favorite reads for me. I hope you find one you enjoy.

Missy, here are my 3 choices for you:
The Cairo Curse
The Lady and the Lionheart
When Twilight Breaks

Charlene, here are a few books that I have really enjoyed in the past:

Kate, here are my 3 choices for you:

, , and .

I am going to choose:

Annette selected for me:


I selected for her:


Happy reading all!

Thanks for the choices, Missy! I'm going to go with I'll Be Seeing You .

Hi Michelle, here is my 3-4 choices for you:

Michelle wrote: "Sarita, here are the books I have chosen for you. They were all favorite reads for me. I hope you find one you enjoy.

..."

Thanks Michelle. I think I will go for

Hey Karen!

Here are my picks for you (the first one I've read, the other 4 are on my TBR list):

Thank you Sarita! I'll read .

Hi Hannah! Here are the books I’ve chosen from the Dare-to-DNF shelf you listed!

A Spy In The House (The Agency #1): Y.S.Lee
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

Drawing Fire (Cold Case Justice#1): Janice Cantore
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Ashburn(I.C.E. Agency Series#1): Julia Erickson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

The Gathering Table: Kathrine Springer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Hope wrote: "Hi Hannah! Here are the books I’ve chosen from the Dare-to-DNF shelf you listed!

A Spy In The House (The Agency #1): Y.S.Lee
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

Drawing Fire (Cold Case Ju..."

Thanks! Now to see if I can read at least two of them! :)

Hi Brittany,

I will be reading

I have read any on your shelf, but I pick the following for you:


Hope you enjoy the book you pick :)

Thank you, Reagan - I'll go with

Hi Reagan - you had so many good choices, many I've read and many on my TBR list.

Here are my choices for you, I've read them all and really enjoyed them.


Hope you enjoy the book you pick.

I loved An Uncommon Woman ! It's one of my favorite Laura Frantz books.

I'm probably going to try to read at least two of the books you picked for me. Maybe three. I'm going to start with on kindle and on audio. Thanks!

Bridget wrote: "I'm in. Please choose several from my hidden gems shelf.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."

Bridget my picks for you are:


They were all 5 star reads for me. Enjoy!!

My choice from your list is:

Bridget wrote: "Loraine,
I read both these books by Catherine Palmer

I haven't read either of these two

Thanks Loraine,
I am going to go with

I finished & it was a cute, quick read.

I'm also listening to & really enjoying it.

Hannah, thank you for your book recs! I just read Concrete Evidence and loved it! I will try to read the other two soon!

Reagan - I just finished - what a great suspenseful read from a new to me author.

Thanks for a great pick, I look forward to exploring more of her books.

Finished my HG and really enjoyed it. Thank you for the great choice Staci.

Karen wrote: "Hi Reagan - you had so many good choices, many I've read and many on my TBR list.

Here are my choices for you, I've read them all and really enjoyed them.
[bookcov..."

I will read [bookcover:Love Letter to the Editor|18848219]. Thanks!

Karen wrote: "Reagan - I just finished - what a great suspenseful read from a new to me author.

Thanks for a great pick, I look forward to exploring more of her books."

So glad you enjoyed it!

Sarita - I finished and very much enjoyed reading it. Thank you for picking it!

I actually ended up reading two of the four books picked for me this month. I listened to the audio version of & really liked it.

I finished my Hidden Gem , and it was very good.

Glad you liked it, Loraine.
I finished (2/20/25). It was my favorite in the series so far.

Missy wrote: "Kate, here are my 3 choices for you:

..."

I just finished my hidden gem, Missy. I loved it! Thank you for selecting it for me.

Annette, thank you for choosing One Wrong Move. I enjoyed it!