Southern Comfort Reading Challenge Book Recs: January 2025 Prompt - Southern Homecomings - A Character That Goes Home

 Hey yall!

I have a YouTube video up recommending many books for the
Southern Comfort Reading Challenge this year!

Here is the video (comes out Monday morning 12/30 so will be private until then): https://youtu.be/dstmC5i3Glo 

January's Prompt: Southern Homecomings - A Character That Goes Home

Here are the links for the books!

Truth is a Whisper - Mandi Blake:
Review with purchase links: https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2023/09/book-review-truth-is-whisper-by-mandi.html

Almost Everything - Mandi Blake:
Review with purchase links: https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2023/09/book-review-almost-everything-by-mandi.html

Unyielding Hope - Janette Oke and Laurel Oke Logan:
Review with purchase links: https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2024/10/book-review-unyielding-hope-by-janette.html

Echoes Among the Stones - Jaime Jo Wright:
Review with purchase links: https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2023/04/book-review-echoes-among-stones-by.html

Counter Attack - Patricia Bradley:
Review with purchase links: https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2023/06/book-review-counter-attack-patricia.html

Fatal Witness - Patricia Bradley:
Review with purchase links: https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2024/02/book-review-fatal-witness-by-patricia.html

The Shadows of Swanford Abbey - Julie Klassen:
Review with purchase links: https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2024/05/book-review-shadows-of-swanford-abbey.html

Submerged - Dani Pettrey:
Review with purchase links: https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2024/02/book-review-submerged-by-dani-pettrey.html

Wild Montana Skies - Susan May Warren:
Review with purchase links: https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2024/04/book-review-wild-montana-skies-by-susan.html

Memory Lane - Becky Wade: 
Review with purchase links: https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2023/02/book-review-memory-lane-by-becky-wade.html

Embers in the London Sky - Sarah Sundin:
Review with purchase links: https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2024/02/book-review-embers-in-london-sky-by.html

The Women - Kristin Hannah:
Review with purchase links: https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2024/04/book-review-women-by-kristin-hannah.html

The Long March Home - Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee:
Review with purchase links: https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2023/05/book-review-long-march-home-by-marcus.html

In A Far Off Land - Stephanie Landsem:
Review with purchase links: https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2023/11/book-review-in-far-off-land-by.html

My Hope Next Door - Tammy L Gray:
Review with purchase links: https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2023/02/book-review-my-hope-next-door-by-tammy.html

Assaulted Caramel - Amanda Flower:
Review with purchase links: https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2023/05/book-review-assaulted-caramel-by-amanda.html

The Summer of Yes - Courtney Walsh:
Review with purchase links: https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2024/07/book-review-summer-of-yes-by-courtney.html

Live and Let Chai - Bree Baker:
Review with purchase links: https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2023/06/book-review-live-and-let-chai-by-bree.html

Others not mentioned in the video:

Crime and Poetry would also work by Amanda Flower - here is that review:  https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2024/01/book-review-crime-and-poetry-by-amanda.html

The Summer of Keeping Secrets by Jill Lynn would also work - here is that review: https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2024/06/book-review-summer-of-keeping-secrets.html

IF you are still in a Christmas mood, this was a favorite that works 

Home For Christmas by Courtney Cole. Here is that review: 
https://bookloveramanda.blogspot.com/2024/12/book-review-home-for-christmas-by.html

Long Way Home by Lynn Austin would work! I forgot that one. Here is the review link for that too. I still need to add all my 2022 reviews to my blog, but here is that Goodreads review. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4621956826 

Love y'all! Thank you for participating!

- Amanda

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/bookloveramanda
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/bookloveramanda 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookloveramanda/




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