Alright, we’ve made it to the meat and potatoes of bookish favorites!!! Today is contemporary and tomorrow is historical!
Don’t forget to come by for the last First Line Friday of the year.
Y’all are going to be so proud… Here are ten contemporary favorites from 2016!
Finders Keepers by Sarah Monzon
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Dual timeline with two fabulous storylines, adventure, romance, and soul-searching
The Conspiracy of Silence by Ronie Kendig
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Indiana Jones, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, special ops team mashup (in the most awesome, non-corny way)
Finding Margo by Jen Turano
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Suspense with a quirky twist
Ordinary Snowflakes by Jennifer Rodewald
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Challenging and encouraging sweet novella
Wild Montana Skies by Susan May Warren
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Second chances, beautiful vistas, and love songs
A Portrait of Emily Price by Katherine Reay
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Innocent whirlwind romance and culture shock
The Promise of Rayne by Nicole Deese
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Northern Idaho beauty and small town grudges
Love, Lace, and Minor Alterations by V. Joy Palmer
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Gilmore Girls meets Say Yes to the Dress with zany humor
A Twist of Faith by Pepper Basham
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Academia meets Appalachia and sparks fly
Write Me Home by Crystal Walton
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A little mystery with a summer love vibe
HAHAHA! Y’all didn’t really think I could stop at 10, did you?
Humor me, here are 8 must-read series that I adored this year!
Double S Ranch series by Ruth Logan Herne
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Faith is healing this broken family one brother at a time
Southern Hearts series by Janet W. Ferguson
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Southern small town friends with beautifully intertwined lives and stories
Close to You & Can’t Help Falling by Kara Isaac
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Lord of the Rings and Narnia fans must read these humor filled, heartfelt romances
Isle of Hope series by Julie Lessman
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Beefy novels full of redemption, forgiveness, and second chances
The Wedding series by Rachel Hauck
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Incredibly beautiful dual timeline storytelling
Summer Harbor series by Denise Hunter
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Fall in love with the Callahan brothers and their beautifully flawed love stories
Love Unleashed series by Dana Mentink
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Quirky, zany shenanigans courtesy of furry friends with character to spare
Bleu Streak
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Music, family, faith, and a prankster or two
Let’s talk! Did you add any to your TBR? See any of your own favorites? Have a top favorite to share?
Faithfully Bookish 
Lots of great reads on this list! A Portrait of Emily Price by Katherine Reay and The Promise of Rayne by Nicole Deese are on my wish list. 🙂
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Excellent choices, Caryl!
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Thank you, Beth Erin! I’m honored to be on this list! ????????????
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I’m so excited to see what you have coming up next, Joy! I’d love to do a spotlight post with you and you can tell us all about it! 😉
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What a great list. I’m super honored too! I have The Promise of Rayne on my bookshelf right now, waiting to be read. Soon! Can’t wait. 🙂 Thanks for putting this together. So fun.
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Crystal, Write Me Home is nestled deep into my readerheart! Looking forward to Ti’s story!
Enjoy The Promise of Rayne, I have a feeling it’s right up your alley!
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LOL, Beth, you sound like me — can’t pick just ten!!
Ooooo … “beefy” … I like it! 😉 Especially if it describes the heroes … 😉
Beth, thank you SOOOO much for putting my IOH series on your favorites list — you are SUCH a blessing, my friend!!
I wish you and yours a happy, healthy, and holy 2017!
Hugs,
Julie
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LOL, Julie! In my defense, I did have 200+ to choose from 😀
Happy New Year! HUGS!!!
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Beth,
You are too sweet to include my series 🙂 All of the above novels I’m sure are wonderful. I’m trying hard to make time to read more. The ones I’ve read are fabulous, and the authors have hearts for the Lord. Thank you for all your hard work 🙂 I hope to meet you if we have another readers’ and authors’ retreat!
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Lord willing, Janet, I will see you there!!! After experiencing CFRR, I can’t imagine missing it!
Your spot on the list is well earned by your endearing, authentic characters ????
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Thank you! I always get so excited I forget to answer the blog questions. Of course, I love Jen and Sarah’s books (two of my critique partners). I keep hearing about The Promise of Rayne. Need to get that one, and I have Pepper’s book waiting on my Kindle 🙂
I’ll check out the others you listed! Lord willing, we both can be at CFRR!
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Great list, Beth! Most of these I’ve already read or are on my TBR soon list. We have similar tastes in books. 😀
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Great minds read alike! Right? I think so! 😀
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I love your list too Beth! I have several of these and added a couple to my wishlist.
I can’t wait till tomorrow’s list…Historical is my favorite!
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Squeee!!! So excited!!!
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One of my top contemp faves of 2016 was Phoebe and the Rock of Ages by my critique partner, Becky Doughty. It’s book 3 in her Gustafson Girls series about 4 sisters and her characters are so realistic. I need to check out a lot of these on your list, too!
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YES! I loved Phoebe’s story, too!!! I’ll have to do a big review of the whole series, I love those Gustafson girls! ????
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Thanks for this summary – I’ve added a few to my TBR list!
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i am dying to read the Summer Harbor series! Whimper.
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Oh my, Carrie! Yes, yes, yes!
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