It’s another month of our challenge: Tackle Your TBR Pile. So go dig through that stack taller than you of books you’ve been meaning to read and start reading away. Since this year is based on your TBR pile, I will not have a recommendations page, but I’m leaving the link here so it’s easier for me to set up NEXT year’s blog posts.

Find recommendations at Reading Challenge Recommendations, Crystal Caudill’s Reading Friends Facebook group, Avid Readers of Christian Fiction, or Inspirational Historical Fiction Index.

Don’t forget to comment at the bottom of the post for your chance to win a book off my prize shelf. *The list of prizes from my shelf can be found here.*

Reading Challenge 2025: Tackle the TBR Pile

If you’re anything like me, you have a TBR pile that is bigger than you can hope to read in a lifetime. This is the year we’re going to try an tackle at least twelve of those books. Head to your shelves and find books that fit each month’s challenge.

This Month: October – Title from a favorite author

Next Month: November – Award-winning book

Gallimore

by Michelle Griep

Review by: Crystal Caudill

I’m almost caught up with my Michelle Griep backlist. I can tell that this was one of her earlier books, as it lacked some of the typical elements I’ve grown accustomed to. However, it was a fun time-travel novel that allowed me a break from the normal. I love how Gallimore dealt with grief and allowing others into your life, all with the backdrop of a realistic Medieval setting–complete with smells and perhaps less than chivalric behavior. It was fascinating how she tied the past to the present and how echoes of the past affected the future relationship of the characters. It’s a quick read, and while I would love to have a longer version with more details to fill in some of the cliffhangers that jumped to the future and build in the romance of the present-day hero and heroine, it was still an enjoyable read.

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Genre: Time Travel to Medieval England

Plot:

Jessica Neale’s faith is lost the day of her husband’s death, and with it, her belief in love. In a journey to find peace, she encounters a gentle, green-eyed stranger who leads her to the ruins of the medieval castle, Gallimore.

On his way to battle, Colwyn Haukswyrth, knight of Gallimore, comes face to face with a storm the likes of which he’s never seen, and a woman in the midst of it who claims to live centuries in the future. The Lady Jessica of Neale is an irksome, provoking bit of woman to be sure. And she’s about to turn his beliefs on end.

The product of a family rooted in pain and evil, Colwyn has focused on naught but himself—until Jessica. To a mysterious prophecy stitched on a tapestry, through the invasion of Gallimore itself, Colwyn and Jessica are bound together by a lesson in forgiveness and love—a bond that might be strong enough to survive the grave.

Author Website: https://michellegriep.com/

Purchase Link: Amazon |  Barnes & Noble

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Giveaway

For your chance to win a print copy, comment with what book YOU read for this month. You MUST comment on this blog post or your entry with be disqualified. Use the KingSumo App for your entry. Entries end on the 7th of each month at midnight EST, and the winner will be drawn sometime that week and notified by email.  *Giveaway Policies can be found here.

*Note: I am using a new platform.  KingSumo will also send you an email (check SPAM/Promotions) from Crystal Caudill that will ask you to confirm your email. I think you HAVE to hit confirm in that email for the entry to count. I will NOT be signing you up for any newsletters, etc. This is PURELY for the entry method and required by KingSumo and not me. I’m doing the best I can with what I’ve got. We’ll see how this goes . . . Thanks for your patience as I try to figure out how to move forward with options that don’t cost me an arm and a leg now that Rafflecopter shut down and Gleam ended up too expensive.

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What did you read for the challenge? What were your thoughts on it? Would you recommend it?