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Happy New Year, reader friends!!! Before we dive into the fabulous 2018 new releases and delightful tbr rollover titles, let’s take a look back at this year’s most popular spotlight posts and my 2017 favorites!
most popular spotlights
fresh | comfort | history | adventure | hopeful | amusing | swoony
My 2017 Favorites
I was able to read (or listen to) over 200 stories this year… yay for books!
While the generally accepted number of year-end top picks lists is ten… I’m going with a slightly larger number for my favorites
(my blog, my rules… big sister blogger approved) 😉
Here are my top 25 favorites in alphabetical order by author
(series buddies I enjoyed this year share a spot)
AND a novella collection
A Note Yet Unsung by Tamera Alexander
The Road to Paradise by Karen Barnett
Just the Way You Are by Pepper Basham
Many Sparrows by Lori Benton
The Cimarron Legacy series by Mary Connealy
Backroads series by Christina Coryell
Wings of the Wind by Connilyn Cossette
Count Me In by Mikal Dawn
Magnolia Storms by Janet W. Ferguson
A Moonbow Night by Laura Frantz
Life After by Katie Ganshert
Creek Country Saga by April W. Gardner
The Mark of the King by Jocelyn Green
With You Always by Jody Hedlund
Peace in the Valley by Ruth Logan Herne
Hawthorne House series by Kristi Ann Hunter
Crown of Souls by Ronie Kendig
The Esther Paradigm by Sarah Monzon
Out of Darkness by Erynn Newman
Lady Jayne Disappears by Joanna Davidson Politano
Apart from the Crowd series by Jen Turano
The Secret Life of Sarah Hollenbeck by Bethany Turner
True to You by Becky Wade
Montana Rescue series by Susan May Warren
A Name Unknown by Roseanna M. White
The Message in a Bottle Romance Collection by Joanne Bischof, Amanda Dykes, Heather Day Gilbert, Jocelyn Green, Maureen Lang
What are your 2017 favorites, reader friends?
Faithfully Bookish 
I can’t think of a single book I read in 2017 that wasn’t my favorite – until I read the next one. Loved them all and can’t wait to read more great books in 2018.
Thank you for all you do in bringing these great books to our attention with reviews and giveaways!
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Thank you for hanging out with me, Kay!
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What an awesome comment!
Blessings
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Ahhhhhh!! I am totally not surprised that your hunky heroes post was one of the most popular – we do love our book boyfriends, ya know 😉 What a great group of spotlights and reviews, my friend. Your blogging big sister is proud of you!
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Awwww! Thank you, Carrie! Looks like I need to cook up some more cover love for my reader friends ????
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Y’all are so cute!
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Happy New Year Beth!
That is a great list of favorite books you have there! Thank you for sharing these, and many others, with us in 2017. I am looking forward to the books you will share this new year…2018!
I have a few of those books on my favorite books list of 2017 as well.
Blessings, Tina
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I’m so happy to share books with you, Tina! Thank you being here!
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I’ve read 9 of these, and want to read most of the others. I loved Pepper Basham’s Just the Way You Are, and her Second Impressions. Also loved Marion Ueckermann’s A Time to Laugh.
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That Love at First Laugh collection was a hoot!
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Becky! Totally sending cyberhugs your way!!
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We love you, Becky! So happy I got to meet you this year!
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Hunky HEROES!!! WOohooo!!!! And…well, #AdorkableAlex 🙂
Thanks so much for joining me in this journey, #myBeth!!
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YES! That post was so fun! I’m so happy we can share our love of stories, #myPepper!!!
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Love it, love it, love everything about it!!!
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This looks crazily similar to my list of favorites! There are a few I haven’t read yet, though! Thanks for the fun posts, Beth! You’re amazing, sweet friend! Hugs!
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Bookish buddies are the best! Thank you for being one of mine, dear Winnie! HUGS!
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Hey, Winnie! Thanks for all your support!
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So many on your list are on my favorites list, too! 2018 promises to be an exciting one as well 🙂
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Thank you for being here to share it with me! 😀
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I loved The Mark of the King and The House on Foster Hill. Several of the others are in my TBR waiting to become a favorite! 😉
Happy New Year, Beth! ((((HUGS))))
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The House on Foster Hill is coming up soon in my tbr! HUGS, Caryl!!!
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Waving, Caryl! 🙂
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So honored to have my name among these great writers. Thank you and happy new year!
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A wonderful list. I did not get to all of them, but there’s a lot of great writing above.
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Very special to see The Message in a Bottle Romance Collection on your swoof list, gal! We’re thankful for you!
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It is one of a kind! I love it!
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What a fantastic list! I’m impressed you got it down to 25 ???? AND… I particularly loved that Cover Post about dresses, too!!!
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Thank you! It was a challenge! I need to slow down long enough to incorporate more of those fun posts!
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AHHH! I’m so behind on commenting, but it’s still 2018, so I’m okay. 🙂 I’m so THRILLED, HONORED, DELIGHTED, {insert happy adjective here} that The Secret Life of Sarah Hollenbeck is included in your top 25, AND to be included in your most popular spotlights! What fun! Thank you, my friend!
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YOU, my dear, are a highlight of my year. What joy and fun you’ve brought to my life with your book and your comments and your closet chats, too! ????
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