🍎 Friday Finds - 19 September 2025: Indie Author Tanith Davenport ~ Giveaways ~ Food ~ Crafts
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Hey, friends! Grab your favorite drink and settle in—this week's Friday Finds brings an indie author spotlight (Tanith Davenport), a packed roundup of reviews & giveaways, a free ZyEarth bundle, a cozy chicken dinner idea, and a heartwarming craft story.
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✒️ Friday Finds Author Spotlight: Tanith Davenport
From ghosts to guitar riffs, Tanith Davenport turns sparks into wildfire—steamy, fast-paced romances with a wink.
📚 Weekly Book Blog Roundup | 12 September through 18 September 2025
This week’s book blog roundup includes interviews, giveaways, and some must-read new releases. (Click on the image for more information, including raffle entry.)
Helen Gillespie’s debut, The Goodbyes, is a slower-paced, character-driven novel of love, loss, and small-town secrets. Dianne faces a teaching internship, a terminally ill mother, and the wrong boyfriend before finding the courage to say goodbye and embrace her future.
Welcome to my iRead Book Tour stop! The Gentleman Thief Steals a Blanket by Mark Nutter is a zany, dialogue-forward caper with a cozy vibe and laugh-out-loud twists. I rated it ★★★★☆ (4/5). Don’t miss the guest post and the tour giveaway inside.
A beautifully illustrated tale of self-acceptance from the Underground Toy Society world. The Plain Little Unicorn by Jessica D. Adams—brought to life with art by her daughter Janelle M. Adams—is a 5-star picture book reminder that every child is unique and loved just as they are.
Dive into God’s Coded Language Is All About Transparency by Janette C. Andrejowich, a faith-filled exploration of Scripture’s hidden imagery, numbers, and parables. Join my stop on the Goddess Fish Promotions one-day book blast and enter the giveaway for a $10 Amazon/BN gift card.
Killers Can’t Hide review: a fast, twisty entry in the A Delbert Cantrell Murder Mystery series by Travis E. Short—murder, politics, and betrayal from Kentucky to Mexico.
In Taming the Perilous Skies, anti-gravity fails, and the world stalls mid-air. Phil Marshall blends hard science, political intrigue, and a father’s desperate search into a tense near-future thriller. Meet the author, read my review, and enter the giveaway. Details in post.
Last week's Friday Finds Recap
In last week's Friday Finds, September 12, we celebrated indie author Cricket Rohman, rounded up fresh book blog reviews, drooled over a Stromboli Bundt recipe, and discovered some adorable Halloween crochet creatures. Did you miss anything? It's still here for you!
🔥 Free Books for September from R.A. Meenen
For the month of September, I'm offering all Zyearth books for free through my website. DRM Free Downloads!
🎉 Friday Finds 19 September 2025 Fun Time Giveaway
How many paintbrushes are in the above image?
💬 Reply in the comments with your answer to enter!
🗓️ Entries from this month close September 30th at 9:00 p.m. CST.
Winner announced October 3!
I thought I was safe last week because the question was simply, "What time is it?" I guess the cartoon clock was a little bit confusing, but if you guessed, You Got An Entry!
🌟 Under-the-Radar Indie Gem
Do you love Jazz? How about historical fiction? Combine them both with this great story from Mim Eichmann!
Muskrat Ramble by Mim Eichmann
Seamlessly threaded into the emerging hot jazz music scene that captured the hearts of music lovers in 1913 New Orleans, are the themes of the deadly tightening Jim Crow era, World War I, and its aftermath of economic ills, political upheavals, and epidemics, and the choices, heartbreaks, and ultimate decisions of women of all races. At its heart, however, MUSKRAT RAMBLE is the saga of a young woman's unwavering devotion to the biracial child she was forced to abandon at birth.
🍴 Foodie Fun - 12 September 2025
I saw this earlier in the week and saved it to make for the family. I haven't tried it yet, but it looks so delicious, I wanted to share it with you. It seems even easier than the beer can chicken that was the rage a few years ago.
🧶Craft Corner – A Tale of Two Blankets
This is a fabulous, heartfelt story from Texas Gabi. I enjoyed reading it and hope you will too.
The Story - Read how the hexagon pin loom came into being.
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Umm..1 paintbrush..unless I am totally missing some..lol
Thank you so much for including The Plain Little Unicorn this week! It was perfect timing because the Bloomsburg Fair starts today! The building that I will be in doesn't open until tomorrow though. The bad thing is that my author copies for the book didn't ship yet, so I only have 5 books that I paid full price for to sell tomorrow at the fair. Hopefully the other copies will come soon!
I see one paintbrush in the picture.
Have a happy week!
Your welcome! Good luck at fair. Did Janelle like her mini feature?
Gina ~ thanks so much for mentioning Muskrat Ramble this morning! You made my day! Definitely had more fun prowling about New Orleans, particularly along Frenchmen Street, listening to fabulous early jazz music at The Spotted Cat, DBA, and Maison.
It’s a book that leaves an impression, for sure!
1 paintbrush in image for giveaway
those blankets are very pretty wish I had one just love them