Christian Fiction Devourers discussion

Welcome to this month's Hidden Gems challenge!

Hidden Gems is a fantastic way to plow through those mountains of books claiming space in your house or e-reader. This challenge produces some fun group interaction as well, because someone else chooses which book you’ll read next.

If you sign up, you'll be matched up with a Hidden Gems partner. You will choose a book from the list your partner designates which you have already read and cannot believe your partner hasn’t read yet. Your partner will do the same for you with the list you designate. The point is to find that “Hidden Gem” that you think they’ll love… because you adored it when you read it!

Let us know which books you choose for each other. When you finish reading your gem, let us know what you thought about it. Perhaps your Hidden Gem might find its way to someone else’s wish list!

Match-ups will be created on the 10th of the month. Please choose books for each other by the 13th.

Sign up by telling us which list you’d like your partner to choose from.

Happy reading, friends!

I'm in! Please select 3-4 books from my Hidden Gems shelf.

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I'm in! Please choose 3-4 books from my Temp Read Soon shelf:

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I'm in! Please give me at least 2 options from my hidden-gems shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I’m in. Please pick 2-3 from my hidden gems shelf.

i'm in. Please pic 2-3 from my hidden gems shelf.

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I'm in! Please choose 3-4 from my Series in Progress
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or physical books shelves
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I'm in. Please select 4-5 from my CFD Current Challenges shelf:

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I'm in. Please choose several from my hidden gems shelf
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I’m in! Please pick 3-4 from any of the following shelf’s

My 2026 Must Read Shelf

My Hidden Gems Shelf

I'm in. Please pick 2-3 from my hidden gems shelf
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I'm in - please pick 3-4 books from any of my shelves.

I'm in! You can pick from any shelf.😊💖

To-Read List
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Priority TBR
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Sign-ups are now closed. Matchups are being created.

Here are this month's matchups. Please choose books for each other by January 13. Happy reading!

Kate (4) - Missy (5)
Karen (8) - Chantel (13)
Sarita (12) - Jackie (6)
Brittany (3) - Bridget (9)
Charlene (10) - Michelle (2)
Staci (7) - Barbara (11)

Hi Charlene! Here is my selection for you.



I hope you enjoy whichever one you choose.

Sarita, Hope you enjoy the selections I have picked for you.



Happy Reading

Hi Chantel, I have read several books are your shelf. Here are my selections for you, I highly recommend any of them:



I hope you enjoy whichever one you choose.

Missy, I had a really hard time narrowing your bookshelf down, but here are my recommendations for you:
In Spotlight and Shadow
The Ladies of Ivy Cottage
Saving Amelie

Brittany,
I haven't read any of the books on your shelf.

I have enjoyed all the Sarah Eden books I've read so I will pick


The other books I am choosing by cover/title


I hope you find a good one!

Hey Michelle,

I love those picks I’m unsure which one I am going to pick but I will keep you posted.

For you I pick
I enjoyed them all!

Happy reading :)

Thank you, Charlene!

I will read .

Hi Bridget,

Thanks for my choices. I'm not sure which I will read yet. I'm leaning toward the Sarah M. Eden.

For you, I am choosing two that I have read and really enjoyed:


and two that I have not read yet but have enjoyed other books by the authors:

Karen wrote: "Hi Chantel, I have read several books are your shelf. Here are my selections for you, I highly recommend any of them:

[bookcover:With This Ring?: A Novella Collection of Proposals Gone Awry|258220..."

Thank You Karen!!! I'll go with


I also want to read this one too!

Hi Karen! 😊
Here are the books I picked for you to choose from:

Thanks Brittany!
I am going to go with .
I loved the first book. Looking forward to reading this one! Plus Pepper Basham is my Author Match for January. 😊

Chantel wrote: "Hi Karen! 😊
Here are the books I picked for you to choose from:
[bookcover:Wildflowers from ..."

Hi Chantel, I appreciate your picks but they are not from the shelf I identified for this. Could you please pick 4-5 from my CFD Current Challenges shelf:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Thank you.

Jackie wrote: "Sarita, Hope you enjoy the selections I have picked for you.



Happy Reading"

Thank you Jackie - I will probably go with the Terri Blackstock one, since it the longest on my TBR.

Jackie, here is my selection for you:

Sarita wrote: "Jackie, here is my selection for you:

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Thanks, Sarita. I think I will start with One Tuesday Morning

@Karen

I'm sorry I picked from the wrong shelf. Here's the new line up!😊


I loved all four!

Hi Chantel,

No apologies necessary. Thanks for the new picks.
I'll go with and hope to read at least one more of your picks.

Thanks again.

Barbara chose for me:


I chose for Barbara:


Happy reading all!

Kate wrote: "Missy, I had a really hard time narrowing your bookshelf down, but here are my recommendations for you:
In Spotlight and Shadow
Th..."</i>

Hi Kate -

I am going to choose [bookcover:In Spotlight and Shadow

For you I choose these (they may help in another challenge also) -

and

thanks for the picks, Missy!
it was definitely a difficult choice, but I'm going to go with The Escape Game
happy reading!

Karen wrote: "Hi Chantel,

No apologies necessary. Thanks for the new picks.
I'll go with and hope to read at least one more of your picks.

Thanks again."

No problem! I hope you enjoy it! 🫶🏾😊

Great job getting those picks in, friends!

completed 23 January 2026. Love the book. Karen Kingsbury is such a great writer. She makes you feel like you are right there in midst of the book with the characters. This book brought back many memories of 9/11. I plan to read the other two books of this series.

I finished and very much liked the book. Charlene, thank you for picking this.

Well, I intended to read , but actually ended up reading because I was in the mood for a contemporary story. I loved it! Thank you, Bridget!

finished (1/29/26)
Thanks Brittany

Missy, I just finished The Escape Game and really enjoyed it! Thanks for picking it for me!

I finished on Jan. 31st I had a good time reading this one! Thank you Karen!😊

Hey Michelle, happy to hear you enjoyed

I read this is my first by this author and really enjoyed it. Thank you for the pick :)

I'm glad you liked it.

I finished - I enjoyed this one and glad to get to one which was on my list for more than 10 years.

Chantel - finally finished - thanks so much for a great pick, loving this series.

Karen wrote: "Chantel - finally finished - thanks so much for a great pick, loving this series."

Awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed it, Karen! I think I might have to read this series again! 😊

I've really enjoyed it, Chantel. Just have the last book to finish, started it this evening.