2017 CHRISTY AWARDS!

The Christy Award Celebration Gala was held tonight in Nashville, Tennessee and I loved watching it on their livestream broadcast. The Gala celebrated the art of Christian fiction and featured Karen Kingsbury, Andrew Peterson, Chris Fabry, and many other authors.

The Gala also celebrated the 50th anniversary of the beloved novel Christy by Catherine Marshall, for which the award is named.

Congratulations to all of the winners! This has been a crazy year and I have not been able to review as many books as previously. The titles of those which I have reviewed are linked to those reviews. Others that I have read but not reviewed have comments beneath them.


CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Her One and Only
by Becky Wade
(Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group)

FIRST NOVEL

Stars in the Grass
by Ann Marie Stewart
(Barbour Publishing)
(Just recently read it. Excellent!)

GENERAL FICTION

The Promise of Jesse Woods
by Chris Fabry
(Tyndale House Publishers)
(Read it a couple of weeks ago. Great book!)

HISTORICAL

The Mark of the King
by Jocelyn Green
(Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group)

HISTORICAL ROMANCE
IT'S A TIE!

A Note Yet Unsung
by Tamera Alexander
(Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group)

The Lady and the Lionheart
by Joanne Bischof
(Mason Jar Books)
Great book! Thought I reviewed it.
MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/THRILLER

When Death Draws Near
by Carrie Stuart Parks
(Thomas Nelson)

SHORT FORM

Looking Into You
by Chris Fabry
(Tyndale House Publishers)

VISIONARY

The Long Journey to Jake Palmer
by James Rubart
(Thomas Nelson)
Fantastic novel. Missed reviewing it.
A must-read!
YOUNG ADULT

The Silent Songbird
by Melanie Dickerson
(Thomas Nelson)

2017 BOOK OF THE YEAR

Long Way Gone
by Charles Martin
(Thomas Nelson)