Nominate November's Group Read ** VOTING CLOSED **

[Diane U]

Happy October!

This month we are doing something a little different. We are going to nominate ANY Christian fiction book with a Christmas theme.

Let's get in the holiday spirit early!

Here are this month's nominations:

1. A Log Cabin Christmas: 9 Nine Romances of American Pioneer Christmases by Margaret Brownley - Rachel
2. I'll Be Home for Christmas by Julie L. Cannon - Barbara Ann
3. Christmas Mail-Order Brides: Four Mail-Order Brides Travel the Transcontinental Railroad in Search of Love by Susan Page Davis - Camille
4. A Prairie Christmas Collection: 9 Historical Christmas Romances from America's Great Plains by Tracie Peterson - Kristy
5. A Log Cabin Christmas: 9 Nine Romances of American Pioneer Christmases by Margaret Brownley - Diane
6. Promise Me by Richard Paul Evans - Lorie
7. The Parson's Christmas Gift by Kerri Mountain - Elizabeth

[Rachel]

I'm going to nominate A Log Cabin Christmas: 9 Nine Romances of American Pioneer Christmases, which includes novellas from some of my favourite historical authors, such as Margaret Brownley and Kelly Eileen Hake. I read a similar collection to this last Christmas and loved it! Perfect for busy days when you don't have time to sit down and read for very long, and I do like short stories at Christmas time :)

Also, this collection is on NetGalley!

[Barbara]

Rachel wrote: "I'm going to nominate A Log Cabin Christmas: 9 Nine Romances of American Pioneer Christmases, which includes novellas from some of my favourite historical authors, such as [author:M..."

Sounds like a good choice to me.

[Camille]

I would like to nominate Christmas Mail-Order Brides: Four Mail-Order Brides Travel the Transcontinental Railroad in Search of Love by Susan Page Davis et al. :)

[Kristy]

I'm going to nominate A Prairie Christmas Collection: 9 Historical Christmas Romances from America's Great Plains

I have this book. :)

[Rachel]

Kristy wrote: "I'm going to nominate A Prairie Christmas Collection: 9 Historical Christmas Romances from America's Great Plains

I have this book. :)"

Kristy, that's the one I read last Christmas - loved it!

[Diane U]

I would like to nominate:

A Log Cabin Christmas: 9 Nine Romances of American Pioneer Christmases

I just grabbed it on NetGalley and it sounds like a wonderful holiday read!

[Rachel]

We've all nominated short story collections so far, so weird!

[Camille]

The beauty of short stories is you get many more Christmas stories all together! :)

[Rachel]

Yay! I'm not always a fan of short stories but Christmas always seems to be the perfect time for them :)

[Lorie]

So I'm going to be different and not nominate short stories. I nominate Promise Me by Richard Paul Evans

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I'd like to nominate The Parson's Christmas Gift by Kerri Mountain

[Diane U]

Only a fews days left to nominate a book before Rachel selects one on the 15th!

[Barbara]

Oh, I'm gonna do it again... could you please change my nomination to a book a friend passed on to me. I get a kick out of the fact that all the titles in the series are old song titles. It's part of the When I Fall in Love series -- I'll Be Home for Christmas by Julie L. Cannon.

P.S. One of these days I'll learn to wait to make my nomination until I've thought it through a bit more. Sorry for being so fickle.

[Rachel]

Haha, no worries, Barbara! I actually have that book on my wishlist so I'm glad you're nominating it :) There's always time to change your vote - and I'm excited to see which one gets picked tomorrow!

[Diane U]

Barbara Ann, I changed it!

[Barbara]

Can't wait to hear what's picked tomorrow!

[Sarah]

Counting down the hours!

[Rachel]

And the winner is...

#3: Christmas Mail-Order Brides: Four Mail-Order Brides Travel the Transcontinental Railroad in Search of Love by Susan Page Davis!

Congrats on having your book chosen, Camille :)

[Camille]

Yay! I have had this one on my list for a while, so I am excited! :)

[Kristy]

Yay! I have this book.

[Lorie]

I wish I had it but it looks like you can order it for about 4-5 dollars

[Rachel]

Lorie wrote: "I wish I had it but it looks like you can order it for about 4-5 dollars"

I got a copy from Amazon marketplace including P&P for £2.12 - that's my bargain for the week! It's a used copy but I don't mind that, I'll probably pass it on to my mum to read afterward anyway.

[Carolyn E]

I am looking forward to reading this. After reading A Hopeful Heart by Kim Vogel Sawyer, I would love to read more similarly themed stories.

[Lorie]

Rachel wrote: "Lorie wrote: "I wish I had it but it looks like you can order it for about 4-5 dollars"

I got a copy from Amazon marketplace including P&P for £2.12 - that's my bargain for the week! It's a used c..."

I don't know how much that is in US dollars Rachel.

[Rachel]

Lorie wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Lorie wrote: "I wish I had it but it looks like you can order it for about 4-5 dollars"

I got a copy from Amazon marketplace including P&P for £2.12 - that's my bargain for the week..."

Apparently $3.35?

[Barbara]

I was so excited today -- I thought I had picked up next month's read from the reduced fiction section at Lifeway bookstore! But when I got home I realized that I actually picked up Kristy's suggestion, A Prairie Christmas Collection: 9 Historical Christmas Romances from America's Great Plains by Tracie Peterson. Oh well, with getting that one & two others I also got Love Finds You under the Mistletoe for free.

[Rachel]

Barbara Ann wrote: "I was so excited today -- I thought I had picked up next month's read from the reduced fiction section at Lifeway bookstore! But when I got home I realized that I actually picked up Kristy's sugge..."

I would say that's a pity, but actually, I loved the prairie collection! The more Christmas books the merrier?

[Rachel]

My copy arrived yesterday, yay!