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Sarah’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Sarah’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Sarah Loudin Thomas’s Followers (769)
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Sarah Loudin Thomas
Goodreads Author
Born
in West Virginia, The United States
Website
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Member Since
March 2012
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/sarahloudinthomas
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These Tangled Threads
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2024
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8 editions
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Miracle in a Dry Season (Appalachian Blessings, #1)
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2014
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6 editions
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Appalachian Serenade (Appalachian Blessings, #0.5)
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2014
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The Finder of Forgotten Things
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2021
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9 editions
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The Right Kind of Fool
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2020
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6 editions
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The Sound of Rain
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2017
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4 editions
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Until the Harvest (Appalachian Blessings, #2)
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2015
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6 editions
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A Tapestry of Secrets (Appalachian Blessings, #3)
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2016
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5 editions
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When Silence Sings
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2019
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6 editions
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These Blue Mountains
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2025
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7 editions
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Selah Award Finalists
I’m so delighted to see Appalachian historical fiction having a moment in this year’s Selah Awards. Plus, Cindy Sproles and Ann Gabhart are wonderful friends and encouragers! Celebrating together. Appalachian-style.
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Sarah said:
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I'm back again with the third novel inspired by the Great Flood of 1916 in western NC. This journey started with These Tangled Threads (flood at Biltmore), then These Blue Mountains (flood at Hot Springs), and now we come to These Empty Places (flood
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Sarah’s Recent Updates
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Sarah
entered a giveaway
Beyond the Clouds (Women of Midtown, #3)
by Elizabeth Camden (Goodreads Author)
10 copies
available, ends on
January 19, 2026
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"What an adventure into history
This book grabbed me within a few chapters. Life in Hitler's changing Germany, gripping my heart and the impact on so many lives. There is a song of hope in this story and so well written. Thank you for sharing your talen" Read more of this review » |
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| Krueger's writing is SO GOOD. He manages to combine tension, drama, and a compelling story that also touches your heart. I loved this so much. The way he handles the trauma of war and how it impacts people for a lifetime is deeply compelling. Read it ...more | |
"1932 Germany, Hitler is “ruling”, and secrets can be deadly. Hedda is living with and taking care of Lotte, her fiancée’s mother. Learning of his death in a prison camp, she heads to North Carolina to claim his body and take it back to Germany. More "
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“I'd rather look for the best. The worst usually makes itself known soon enough.”
― When Silence Sings
― When Silence Sings
“Other people's expectations can make you do all sorts of things against your better judgment.”
― The Finder of Forgotten Things
― The Finder of Forgotten Things
“Maybe that's how I'll know I've found true love--when I find a man who will eat burnt biscuits and dry pork chops.”
― Appalachian Serenade
― Appalachian Serenade
Polls
Here is October's poll. The two books with the most votes will be our October Books of the Month!
The Hesitant Heiress by Dawn Crandall
After a Fashion by Jen Turano
Healer of Carthage by Lynne Gentry
Miracle in a Dry Season by Sarah Loudin Thomas
The Midwife by Jolina Petersheim
A Woman of Fortune by Kellie Coates Gilbert
Mercy Killer by James H. Pence
77 total votes
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“We live in a world where joy and empathy and pleasure are all around us, there for the noticing.”
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“Sometimes God gives you strength to do without because, for whatever reason, he knows it's better for you not to have your heart's desire.”
― Appalachian Serenade
― Appalachian Serenade
“Maybe that's how I'll know I've found true love--when I find a man who will eat burnt biscuits and dry pork chops.”
― Appalachian Serenade
― Appalachian Serenade
“I turned my face more exclusively than ever to the woods, where I was better known.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
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